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AIC NEWS: SDCC 2025 - A Special Highlight Report
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Welcome to AICNN (Adventures in Collecting News Network) where toy news matters, and this special extended report recapping the highlights you need to hear about from San Diego Comic Con 2025!
Hear about all of the wrestling, Marvel Legends, Star Wars, Transformers, McFarlane Toys, Jada, NECA, Bandai, and so much more!
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Introduction to AIC News and Comic-Con Coverage
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AICNN, where toy news matters.
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Welcome to AIC News. Give us a few minutes and we'll give you the goods. Welcome to the special AIC News Brief following 2025 San Diego Comic-Con. Now, hang in there with us. This is going to be a little bit of a long one. We are going to give you some of AIC's our favorite, and and and some of the big highlights from ah this year's San Diego Comic-Con. So first, just a little bit of housekeeping.
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Of course, our July giveaway still has a few days left as ah we we round out the month.
AIC's July Giveaway and Collector News
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Of course, with our giveaway still being the McFarlane DC Multiverse Platinum Edition False God Superman from the Snyderverse,
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You can visit us at AIC underscore podcast and you can follow the instructions to enter to win one. ah It is the pinned post. You'll see it right there on the top. Again, that is at AIC underscore podcast. And you have until the end of the month to do so. And then ah come August 1st, we'll announce the winner and we will also announce our episode.
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giveaway ah some additional housekeeping just in terms of our schedule here so our next episode we will be returning to the movie theater returning to the cinema ah to talk about ah it's but it's been a busy month for for toys and movies so we'll be talking about ah Fantastic Four First Steps so you can catch that ah next Monday a week from today so with that that gets the housekeeping out of the way here and before we hop into the San Diego Comic Con um news We just want to give a couple of really, really big shout-outs to the Boots on the Ground, the people who have helped us provide coverage all week.
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um Shouts to folks like ah Mikey at the Figure group figure Report, of course, Toy-Shiz, MCU collector, Brian, thank you so much for for streaming things. We've got Toying Around, Unparalleled Universe, um Praternia, ah who is collecting...
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ah Photos from from people around. Robo, there there there were a ton of people. I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Yimbo, J-Shot, Machu.
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There were some some really, really great pictures from the folks out there at San Diego Comic-Con. so Again, from from the bottom of our FOMO-ridden hearts here in New Jersey, we we thank them ah for ah for helping us provide coverage across social media. So ah before I hand it over to Dave for some wrestling, I am going to cover off on things that were um highlights that were non-wrestling related.
NECA and Mondo Figure Announcements
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So ah with that, let's start off with... our friends at NECA. So um one of the big things that we saw at the NECA booth, um and and shouts to to friend of the pod, Blaine, for sharing the picture, but ah he is not done with Ghostface. In fact, we've got a new Ghostface figure coming, and for the first time, we've got a mask that represents ah the Ghostface look from the Scary Movie franchise. So we've got the what-up face, which is really cool.
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It comes with other interchangeable faceplains. Again, um these represent the costume, not necessarily the films, but ah because the costume was licensed and yeah They ended up licensing things that appeared in the film.
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ah We've got a a a shimmering blue, a shimmering silver, a shimmering gold, the devil red, ah the plane, and and as I mentioned, the what's up face. um It's impossible to to say that without doing the voice, so I apologize.
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NECA also, of course, had new Universal Monsters. They had... um New ah ah reveals from Beetlejuice, including Bob and the um the sandworm and and namely some some big horror reveals. So for the first time, we've got a new look at a Friday the 13th Jason figure. This is from the Friday 13th. game and it is the Tom Savini designed Jason. So really, really cool looking Jason.
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We've got our first look at the box art for both the Terrifier 1 figures, the Blood Soaked and the the regular art, the clown figures again looking awesome. uh and uh and to add to the growing collection of michael myers that people probably never thought that they would get uh we're also getting the halloween resurrection michael myers so um lots lots and lots and lots to be excited for from neka and then of course looks at their upcoming ninja turtles whole bunch of new entries in both the 2008 animated line as well as the Archie comics as well as the movie as well as um the IDW Last Ronin and and New Mutation so lots and lots and lots to look forward to there.
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From NECA we head over to our friends at Mondo and ah Mondo showed off a bunch in their 1-6 scale including a new animated Storm ah And then during their panel, we saw looks at Superman, Batgirl, Beast, King of the Hill will be joining their their squads along with Rocko's Modern Life.
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And a first look at the Over the Garden Wall figures, again, all on their squads line. That looks incredible. um They had an amazing She-Ra with her her mount. And then a first look at the grayscale model of their 1-6 scale ah Ninja Turtles. So again, Lots of really cool stuff to look forward to from ah from our friends at Mondo.
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From Mondo, we'll head over real quick to Jada.
Jada and Hasbro Toy Line Expansions
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So Jada ah has become a ah fan favorite in terms of their offering in their 112 scale. um They are continuing their collection of Mega Man and Scooby-Doo figures, as well as...
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um they've announced what they're, they're moving into next from street fighter two. So they will be joining storm collectibles in the one 12 scale world of, um, street fighter alpha three.
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Uh, they showed off Ryu, they showed off Charlie and they showed off Chun-Li. So those will be your first three, um, coming from, from Jada there. And then, and then of course the big news, uh, with, uh, their, their deal that was announced earlier this year with, uh, skybound entertainment. We have a look at the first,
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three figures coming from ah the the Amazon animated series Invincible based on the Robert Kirkman comic. So the first three will be Invincible, Conquest, and Kid Omni-Man. So um look for more about all of those releases. No pre-orders or anything.
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um, for, for those. So moving on from some of the, uh, the, uh, I don't want to say independent brands, but the slightly smaller companies, uh, let's move into, some of the larger ones. So, uh, starting off with, uh, with, or I shouldn't say starting off with, let's just move over to Hasbro. What am I saying?
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So Hasbro of course had a ton of presentations as well as a huge booth presence, Um, let's really quickly cover off on some GI Joe, some Marvel legends, um, and, uh, some star Wars and some transformers news.
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So starting off with GI Joe, um, seeing as how there's nothing available for pre-order yet, uh, pre-orders will be available. If you are listening to this, um, as it airs for the first time on July 29th or July 28th, excuse me.
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Pre-orders will be live for G.I. Joe on tomorrow, on ah July 29th at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. So um they revealed quite a bit during their panel. um Of course, we had the opportunity to help ah give the first reveal, render reveal of Desert Scorpion.
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um They showed that again along with Sci-Fi wetsuit, ah the steel core with modular outpost and mainframe. Those will be your pre-orders on the 29th at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. um They also showed off Pythana, who will be the fall convention exclusive. And, um breaking news, Hasbro will be at New York Comic Con. So they did not mention anything about PulseCon, which is something that usually happens in the fall. They did mention that um Luca...
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Comic-Con, MCM, which is London Comic-Con, and New York Comic-Con are all kind of right in the same realm in timing-wise in the in the fall slash ah early early to late fall.
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So ah they do have a few exclusives that will be available um at those conventions, and ah and one of those will be Pythona. um Or Pythona. I don't know how you pronounce it.
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But they also showed off Ghost Viper and Direwolf, which will pair amazingly with your crystal ball and a two-pack of Steeler and Short Fuse. They also gave some name-only reveals. Lifeline, Night Viper, Hit and Run, Big Lob.
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Super excited for Big Lob. And an Iceberg. Moving from G.I. Joe over to Star Wars, um the big reveal from Star Wars, of course, being the announcement of the Gunship HasLab.
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So the Gunship HasLab is live now. It will need 8,000 backers in order to fund Um, with the gunship you get, uh, this is an army building has lab, by the way. So this gunship is, is made to be slightly customized. It's got swappable pieces, comes with two, um, clone troopers and there are three, uh, Jedi hidden behind, unlocks. So unlocks, um, that will, will add additional figures to your collection.
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Uh, they did also announce that their, uh, fall, comic-con exclusive uh will be a mace windu versus um senator or emperor palpatine um chancellor palpatine uh if you will uh two-pack so um much like the two-pack that we we got at san diego comic-con with obi-wan and anakin um you will have a chance to recreate that iconic moment from uh from revenge sith Uh, moving on from star Wars to transformers, a absolute mega ton of bots.
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Um, not enough time here to go through all of them, which reminder, if you want to see the full coverage, if you're just listening to this and just trying to catch up, great, happy to have you. But if you want the full coverage, go head over to at AIC underscore podcast on Instagram and scroll through. We, we did our best to cover all of these panels again, thanks to those names that I mentioned up top.
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um, for providing coverage. And I just thought of two other ones, uh, Kyle Peterson and, uh, my damn toys. Um, again, thanks to all of these folks for, uh, for, for, for taking images and, and, and posting them and, and being so on top of everything.
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Um, but, uh, yeah, lots and lots to come from Hasbro. They're of course, continuing their age of the primes and adding some additional, um, primes like, uh, like Quintus prime and amalgamous prime.
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Uh, Yeah, so much here to look forward to everything from um from 86 and Bayverse to, ah you know, Transformers one.
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I am super excited for the they they are doing a Titan class of Grimlock from Age of Extinction, and I love the design of him in that. So. um Yeah, lots lots and lots to look forward to from the Transformers team.
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ah Lastly, with Hasbro closing out on Marvel Legends, again, megaton amount of releases and announcements um and pre-orders. So ah the big announcement coming out of... um The Marvel Legends panel, of course, is Mephisto.
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Mephisto is a made-to-order item. He will run you $80. He is available for the next 30 days. So um this is not a HasLab. This is a made-to-order item. He will not charge until he ships sometime next year, likely looking in July.
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um But he is available now. He stands roughly eight inches tall. um Comes with an amazing throne with an awesome shout out to Glenn Danzig and Chris Starr, I guess.
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But ah you yeah they had ah they had a bunch of announcements during the panel, including um the next wave of... X-Men 97 figures, which are up for pre-order now. So those are on Amazon on Big Bad Toy Story. You've got Morph, Emma Frost, Sunspot, shouts to friend of the pod, Guy Agostini.
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um You've got Jubilee. You've got Logan in his classic ah bomber jacket, cable, and as well as a couple of two packs that will be available later on this year of a Storm and Wolverine, um basketball,
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Basketball Gambit and Rogue, which is amazing. Looks like they're reusing maybe some parts from from a ah a certain sport related line that is no longer with us. um And then you've got your OG looks for Cyclops and Jean Grey.
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um They also added some characters that have been requested for a long time outside of. Mephisto being ah Rachel Summers from her Excalibur team as well as Feral.
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So um you've got some ah some teams that you can you can move further on to completing. and ah And lastly, just wanted to shout out the Marvel Legends team. They are... the classiest bunch of humans in the world. They gave a really, really cool shout out slash um appreciation moment for a former Hasbro employee and and real life Marvel legend, Ryan Ting, who of course was recently let go.
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um He was in attendance, so it was really great just to kind of celebrate for him and you know his accomplishments on the 12 years that he's he's worked on Marvel Legends. So um was really, really great to ah to shout him out.
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um Moving from Hasbro, we're going to check in really quickly with McFarlane Toys. So um McFarlane Toys, pedal to the metal. they are They are not letting up the gas even as their their license for DC seemingly expires.
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um They showed off, of course, the ah the Batman Returns theatrical wave. which looks fantastic. The renders are getting closer and closer to looking like the final products, which is awesome.
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um And they also revealed a wild GameStop exclusive or EB Games in Canada, the Penguin with ah the Duckmobile. So really, really cool.
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um We're getting some other really iconic characters in in the DC Multiverse line as well, such as a a Silver Age Batgirl, Hush Riddler, and a classic Scarecrow, um a ah Static Shock figure that looks amazing, as well as an Elite Edition Zerana.
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So, um again, a figure that's been very, very hotly requested. We also got a better look at their upcoming 5-inch IDW Ninja Turtle page punchers, um as well as some new Marvel statues and their Mortal Kombat figures. so um The thing that's really interesting about the Marvel statues that are coming, we are getting our first look at toy versions of ah Marvel Rivals looks. So Hulk, Venom, Iron Man, and Spider-Man will be coming to you from McFarlane Toys in that kind of statue form.
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Uh, to round things out, just a couple of quick things to shout out from, um elsewhere around the con. Um, it was really great to see from our friends at Banda and Tamachi nations. They had their Cyclops game reverse figure out on display, looking fantastic next to one of their, um, body coon figures.
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Um, really, really great display. One of my other favorite, uh, displays that I, that I saw from, um, you know from the pictures at New York Comic Con was their Super Mario display. So Super Mario is returning to the SH Figure Arts line.
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ah They're showing off Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Bowser to start. um These were very popular figures when they first came around. Looks like they're getting a little bit of re-engineering love um and some some deco updates. But again, they look fantastic. And then what I have to say is that one of my favorite things that I saw at Comic-Con was there is a new um re-engineered version of Goku on a new body coming. um He's actually up for pre-order now at a Big Bad Toy Store.
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um for $38, but he is almost entirely re-engineered. So this is Super Saiyan's son Goku The Games Begin. um And they had this really, really cool display where they were breaking down all the improvements. So what's going on with his shoulders, his waist, his neck, um so on and so forth. So um really, really cool there. And while we're talking about imports, I would be remiss if I did not mention the fine folks at a Good Smile who showed off some of their new MoffX releases So they've got Deadpool and Wolverine from the Deadpool and Wolverine film.
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They look fantastic. Deadpool comes with some wild accessories, including pieces Logan's corpse, as well as dog pool. And then they showed off a couple of other new figures as well.
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um Things that we've only seen so far in gray model. So Iceman looking great. Nate looking great. um A new Jubilee, a new ah ah a new Gambit.
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We've got...
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Age of Apocalypse cycllipse Cyclops, sorry, i I lost my train of thought there for a moment. um Magneto, ah really, really great offering in terms of Marvel, ah as well as a look at um a Superman character.
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Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne from the, uh, their, their ongoing hush line. Um, and honestly guys, this, this kind of just scratches the surface. There was so much to talk about so much to see.
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And, um, you're about to hear more of it. So I'm going to hand it over to Dave who is going to go over the wrestling news from San Diego comic-con Dave, take it away.
AEW and Ringside Collectibles Wrestling Figures
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San Diego Comic Con is done, it is in the books, and a lot happened.
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We are going to start our wrestling coverage here by starting over with the Collect Major brand, our friends of the pod over at Collect Major, Kanik, Matt Cardona, and Brian Myers, and they announced the next handful of Major Bendis.
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um This fall, you're going to see the debut Hardys,
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Brian and Matt got their own Major Channel exclusives. It's going to be a two-pack of Sabu and Joey Janela from Sabu's final match at Spring Break 9.
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The Major Stars Series 1 and Series 2 lines are coming, as well as New York Comic-Con exclusive Matt and b Brian Major Stars. um The Major Bendy's ring is coming.
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In Big Rubber Guys, we have the Extreme line starting off with the late, great Sabu. A whole bunch of other names announced, ah like the Nasty Boys and a lot of classic stars like Paul Ellering.
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Hercules Hernandez, Jim Powers, Paul Roma, so many more just silhouetted. But the big news is that Big Rubber Guys is jumping into Major League Baseball, and it's starting with two of the more famed ah mascots out there.
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Of course, I mean Mr. Met and the Philly Fanatic, um as well as Kind of taking a dip back, if you know you know, um a Reds prospect named Randy Poffo was in the minor leagues for a short time.
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And of course, that man went on to become the Macho Man Randy Savage. So a Big Rubber Guy in Cincinnati Reds themed attire. We also got to see the full lineup for AEW Big Rubber Guys Series 1.
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um That is of course Sting, Hangman Adam Page, Will Ospreay, and Timeless Tony Storm. And ah Hangman Page and Tony Storm have chase variants which can only be acquired randomly through pre-ordering the bundle.
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So um if you pre-order on shopAEW.com, where these exclusively live, Series 1, through August 9th, pre-orders end on August 9th, you have a chance at those chase variants.
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Now, on to our next stop on the wrestling train. Our TTA-style, people-mover-esque journey through wrestling figure reveals um continues on with our next stop, which is Jazwares, and specifically the Jazwares Vault, as we're going to see some ah Ring of Honor figures.
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and AEW exclusives heading to the vault. um We have Matt Cardona and Chris Jericho representing their World Championship match recently in Ring of Honor at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
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We have Darby Allin with his flamethrower from, i believe, Anarchy in the Arena. um We're getting an Outrunners two-pack. My personal two favorites of this reveal. First, Dalton Castle.
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Much deserved, long time ah needed figure, long time requested figure for me. And um another long time requested figure for me, Athena, the Fallen Goddess, with the Ring of Honor Women's World Championship because she is your forever champion.
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um We also have Colt Cabana getting his first figure, and another longtime request from me, um the fallen angel Christopher Daniels getting a figure with the Ring of Honor World Television Championship.
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Beyond that, we actually have some mainline AEW announcements too. We have Ricochet coming to the line, as well as Commander, two first-time-in-the-line figures.
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Jon Moxley will be back, as well as Sting, and Chris Jericho, Mercedes-Monnaie, and another first-time-in-the-line figure, Roosh.
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So some great um reveals there. Rounded out by another first time in the line figure, the proto star, Kyle Fletcher. So excited to see Kyle Fletcher in the line.
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We're getting a new Hook, a new Kenny Omega, a new Chris Statlander, so some much needed updates for the Jazzwares line. We are also seeing ah first time AEW Supreme exclusive being shared with ah both The Vault and Ringside Collectibles.
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And that is up for pre-order now, and it is the Ariel Assassin, Will Ospreay. And of course, as it is a shared exclusive with Ringside Collectibles, um And is up for pre-order already. You can use code AIC and save 10%.
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Now another um ringside exclusive that is coming soon. A very exciting two-pack of figures, including first time in the line Prince Nana and Swerve Strickland.
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So that's going to be an awesome one. That's going to be a ringside exclusive. Now there are, of course, other exclusives coming. Some were announced. One was a shop AEW.com, Swerve Strickland, that's coming that represents um a photo taken backstage from the night he won the title at Dynasty.
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We close out our Jazzwares AEW coverage with the figure that started off the weekend for Jazzwares, the Blood and Guts Jon Moxley figure, which is once again a Ringside Collectibles exclusive.
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Once again, use code AIC to save 10% on that pre-order. And that figure represents Moxley's match with Orange Cassidy for the AEW International title.
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So definitely check that out. Our next stop... is Mattel. Now if you want a full breakdown of the vast majority of the wwe WWE figures that were announced, definitely check out our Live at Five from this past Friday on YouTube where I broke down a lot of that information. So we're just going to hit some of the highlights i here for this news report.
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Now LJNs are back. um And they're back with Mattel. The first series went up for pre-order on target this weekend, and that was John Cena, Logan Paul, and Dusty Rhodes, with more superstars incoming in the future, like Stone Cold Steve Austin, Jesse the Body Ventura, The Ultimate Warrior, King Kong Bundy, Main Event Jey Uso, and CM Punk.
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um Those last names are going to be down the road, but... Cena, Logan, Paul, and Dusty are available for pre-order now. Now we also have some new and exciting Ringside exclusives um coming through, and the first is going to be the two-pack of the Dudley Boys in an Ultimate Edition two-pack to go alongside the Ultimate Outsiders and Steiners that they've released as two-packs, as tag team two-packs.
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um Those are up for pre-order now at RingsideCollectibles.com. You can use code AIC to save 10%. Now we also got to see some new defining moments, Jey Uso with the foam hands,
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Dark Match CM Punk, couple other Defining Moments figures have gone up for pre-order or will be going up for pre-order. um Ricky Saints, Ray Phoenix, Cody Rhodes, Penta.
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So those will be available soon. However, the first ever Ringside exclusive Coliseum Collection 2-pack is also up for pre-order. And that is Jesse the Body Ventura and King Kong Bundy.
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That can be pre-ordered now as well at ringsidecollectibles.com. As well as the latest real-scale ring with an Ultimate figure packed in, and that is going to be the SmackDown ring with Ultimate Edition Jacob jacob Fatu.
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Six new retros were also announced, and with one exception, where we're staying in the modern era with retros now. um So we have main event Jey Uso, CM Punk, and our lone kind of legend in Jesse the Body Ventura.
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We also have Paul Heyman, Logan Paul, and... The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes coming to the retro line um sometime within the new year. Up next is the new collaboration for WWE, that is going to be with Street
WWE and Street Fighter Crossover Figures
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Fighter.
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These Walmart exclusives are going to be coming within the new year. um Two waves worth. We have Bianca Belair as Cammy. Batista as Sagat, John Cena as Guile, The Ultimate Warrior as Blanca, The Rock as M. Bison, because after all he is the final boss, and Rey Mysterio as Ryu.
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ah No release date yet for these, but keep an eye out, they will be Walmart exclusives. Now we do have some Legends coming to the line for the first time, or returning to the line um for the first time in a while.
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Coco Beware and his bird Frankie will be coming to the line. um Demolition Crush will be returning. And um some exciting Target Legends reveals coming up. We have El Matador Tito Santana, Bull Nakano,
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Kona Crush, Bob Backlund, and the Diamond Stud. We also have an Ultimate Hacksaw Jim Duggan coming soon, and a Target pre-order that fits nicely in your Legends collection.
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um It's up for pre-order now. We have the Piper's Pit 3-pack with the Piper's Pit set, Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff, Cowboy Bob Orton and of course Rowdy Roddy Piper and this is going to be period specific to the 80s.
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Now a couple legends entering the um Monday Night War line or just a couple cool notes that I want to point out. We are getting a build a figure for referee Charles Robinson much deserved.
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i' Very excited to see that. That's going to be on the Greatest Hits wave. We also are seeing, for the first time ever, I think one of my favorite announcements for the weekend, Steve Blackman, The Lethal Weapon, will be joining the Monday Night War line, including the Hardcore Championship, as well as the Head Cheese Hat.
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So hopefully Al Snow's down the road too. And then my second favorite Monday Night War announcement, Sid, but not just any Sid Vicious. Sid Vicious getting very angry that his car was destroyed in the parking lot during Monday Nitro, um including his Air Jordan 12s, which is pretty great.
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um So very much looking forward to that as well. Now we are going to see um another big time, first time in the line figure, another much well deserved figure, and that is going to be for Sam Roberts.
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We're getting a build of Sam Roberts coming soon. We are also getting the Punk Life CM Punk figure, which is going to be a Mattel Creations made to order exclusive. That's coming soon.
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We're getting Build-A-Figure Corey Graves, another much-deserved, well-deserved figure. We're seeing Build-A-Figures come to the Legends line in the Diamond Stud and Mr. Bob Backlund, so that's going to be very exciting.
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We're going to see some Legends ultimates as well, with Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Bray Wyatt getting ultimates. um And we're also going to see a lot of really cool first-time-in-the-line figures and accessories coming soon, um within the next year or so.
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We have Andrade coming back to the line with the first-time-in-the-line Speed Championship title belt. We are also going to see big first time in the line figure.
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Stephanie Vaquer is coming, as well as Julia, as well as Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley, the Motor City machine guns. um We are also going to see el Grande Americano get a first time in the line figure.
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Javon Evans is getting a first time in the line figure. And these are all going to be elites. um Now we are going to get a couple first time in the line main event figures as well.
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We are getting Ivy Nile and we are getting Sol Ruka. Oh, also in the Elite um figure line, we are also getting first time in the line um Brutus and Julius Creed, the Creed brothers. So you will be able to um put American Made together as a group with ah all the figure releases coming soon.
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Now last but not least, we want to talk about the other thing that was revealed, which is new packaging for the new year. So we are going to see, starting with Elite 121, believe,
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um and 2026 top picks wave one new packaging for elites is going to have a larger window box so you can see um more of the wrestlers gear down to basically head to toe so you will be able to see more of the figure that you're purchasing um it's really cool it's got some nice um Really black, white, red, and blue color um color palette, which is really nice. Top picks.
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um Gets the raw red and SmackDown blue out for gold. which I think is really cool. And first time in the line figures will have a yellow stripe to represent first time in the line figures.
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So I think that's really cool. We've got a lot of awesome stuff, more than what I could even mention in this news report.
Conclusion and Listener Engagement
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I'm coming soon. So as you start to see stuff hitting shelves or hitting ringside,
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Definitely keep an eye out on our ah Instagram, our Facebook, our Twitter, our threads, at AIC underscore podcast, where will give you more wrestling figure information.
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um And thank you for taking this journey our Tomorrowland People Mover style ride through San Diego Comic Con wrestling announcements.
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Thank you. Thank you, as always, for sticking with us. We hope we were able to bring San Diego Comic-Con to you if you were unable to attend, even though we weren't there ourselves. So again, thank you so much to all of the folks who put on such an amazing show, who were there in person taking pictures, sending pictures, posting, providing updates, live streaming.
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um but we We can't thank you enough for um letting us follow along at home and and help bring all of the San Diego Comic-Con news out to you here.
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So ah on behalf of myself, Dave, all the folks that I just mentioned, this has been your AIC update for San Diego Comic-Con. Until next time.
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