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AIC NEWS: Week of February 5, 2024
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Welcome to AICNN (Adventures in Collecting News Network) where toy news matters! This is your AIC NEWS brief. Give us a few minutes, and we'll give you the goods.
This week the AICNN anchors highlight toy industry news from the week of February 5, 2024.
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Introduction & McFarland Toys Anniversary
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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. I'm Taylor Swift's Private Jet and I'm here with Usher's favorite microphone. Dave and Eric are out.
McFarland Toys New Releases & Pre-orders
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2024 marks 30 years of McFarland Toys and Todd and company are going to celebrate. As revealed in their press release to announce the forthcoming celebrations, McFarland Toys announced that Todd is returning to action figure form.
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in a two-pack featuring, for the first time, an action figure based on the original Spawn sketch. And while we wait for more info and pictures of that release, McFarlane Toys did post two pre-orders for two new exclusives. Pre-order the blue translucent Frostbite Batman at GameStop, and the Killawag and Kyle Raynor Green Lantern Corps two-pack on Amazon. You can visit Adventures in Collecting,
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on Instagram at AIC underscore podcast to get those links.
Upcoming Interviews & Hasbro Announcements
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And in case you missed it, Todd himself will be joining us next week on the show. So make sure you tune in to hear from the Todd father himself.
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A man without fear, but with cell shading. A surprise to all our friends on the Marvel Legends team over at Hasbro dropped a new pre-order last week of the Daredevil and Hydro Man as they appear in Spider-Man the Animated Series. Once again featuring retro VHS box art by Harry Moore, you can pre-order the exclusive set on HasbroPulse.com for $50.
Star Wars & Rebels Mural Cardbacks
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And while we're talking about Hasbro Pulse, Star Wars fans can pre-order the Deep Cut once-legend now-canon E-Wing in the vintage collection line. This ship comes packaged with a Cartadroid Ke4 N4, or Kenna.
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Kenner, get it? For $100 and is an open pre-order, closing March 4th. They also revealed that the ship's pilot from its appearance in Ahsoka, Lieutenant Callahan, will be coming to the Vintage Collection on-card at a later date. This week also marks the closing of the mural, cardback, Sabine, and chopper, so make sure you get those orders in before Valentine's Day, February 14th.
Transformers HasLab & Omega Prime
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Again,
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Sabine and Chopper are on those mural cardbacks to match the ghost HasLab and will complete your Rebels crew. Lastly, a quick congrats to BMac, Mark, and the entire Transformers team on another fully funded Hasbro HasLab campaign. Omega Prime has funded and is well on the way to unlocking its first tier. Visit hasbropulse.com to learn more about the project and lock in your combining Autobot.
Power Town Wrestling & TNA Figures
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Usher's mic, over to you.
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Four of TNA Wrestling's biggest stars are taking the trip to Power Town. That's right, Power Town Wrestling has announced the first wave of TNA Wrestling's highly anticipated return to the action figure space. TNA Ultra's wave one includes TNA Knockouts Champion Jordan Grace, TNA World Champion Moose, Eddie Edwards, and the walking weapon Josh Alexander.
ZombieSailor Figures & Pre-order Details
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Pre-order details are forthcoming.
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Look in my eyes, what do you see? An action figure of Larry. Friend of the Pod, ZombieSailor has added CM Punk and his four-legged companion Larry the Dog to the wrestling's heels and faces figure line. This one-time-only made-to-order pre-order experience has begun already. CM Punk and Larry are two individually-carded figures,
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and the two-week pre-order began on February 7th, is available on zombiesailor.com for $40, and is due to ship in late summer, early fall.
Liquid IV Promotion & Recommendations
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Credits & Disclaimer
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