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AIC NEWS: Week of November 13, 2023
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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 November 13, 2023.
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Thanksgiving Talk & NECA Figures
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AICNN, where toy news matters. Welcome to AIC News. Give us a few minutes and we'll give you the goods. I'm the Stretch Armstrong you popped 20 years ago and forgot to throw out, and I'm here with the Pikachu float from the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Dave and Eric are out. White meat, dark meat, all will be carved. Thanksgiving.
Tamashi Nation 2023 Highlights
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Eli Ross,
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Thanksgiving has hit theaters and NECA has your plastic fix, with both the 7-inch Ultimate and 8-inch Clothed John Carver figures available now at TheNECAStore.com. These are not exclusive to the store, but it is the first place you can get your hands on them. Speaking of NECA, look for Black Friday specials beginning November 24th on TheNECAStore.com, including The Secret of the Oos, Professor Perry 2-Pack, and the Mirage Comics TMNT 4-Pack.
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Tamashi Nation's 2023 happened last week and some big highlights from the Bandai event in Japan included a 1 to 1 scale replica of the Legend of Zelda's Master Sword in their Proplica line, an addition of Across the Spider vs. Spiderpunk, a new Cell Saga Super Saiyan Trunks with Soft Goods Cape, and Demon Slayers Tanjiro and Nezuko to the SH at Figure Arts line. More to come on those releases as well as the full gamut of reveals.
Super 7 TMNT Pre-orders
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The gang at Super 7 have placed TMNT Wave 11 up for pre-order, which includes the retooled Rat King and yes, sexy Rat King head is still there, rapper mic, ninja nomad leo, and battle-damaged foot soldier. Expected to ship in August of 2024, pre-order them now directly from super7.com and receive an additional accessory kit.
McFarland Toys Exclusive Figures
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Lastly, McFarland Toys has been busy with reveals of Animal Man and Red Tornado available exclusively at Target beginning November 21st, Steel on November 27th at most major retailers, and finally, Vampire Robin and Owlman coming soon exclusively to Walmart.
AIC Podcast Social Media Promotion
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If you are looking for Black Friday deals, links, availability, make sure you keep an eye on our Instagram feed at AIC underscore podcast in the highlights section where we will have links to all of the Black Friday deals as they appear.
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Nice and organized for you. And stay tuned to the main feed as well as we will be posting when we notice that things go live. Black Friday is coming up this week if you are listening to this new. It is just a few days away so that is November 24th. So again, at AIC underscore podcast where we will keep you up to date with the latest Black Friday deals. Pikachu, over to you.
Mattel Wrestling Figures Reveal
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It was a big news week for Friends of the Pod, so let's get into it. Mattel and Ringside Collectibles got together this week for Ringside Fest 2023. Friends of the Pod's Steve and Bill from Mattel had plenty of reveals to show off from upcoming Basic, Elite, Ultimate and Retro lines over the two days of Ringside Fest.
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Highlights include first time in the line Basics 4, Giovanni Vinci, Caden Carter, and Katana Chance. We saw the entire SummerSlam wave with a Build-A-Figure John Cone, updates for the Judgment Day, first time in the line Pretty Deadly Elites, Ring's side exclusive Ultimate Outsiders 2-pack that'll be Paul and Nash from their original bash at the beach debut in WCW.
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We also got an updated look at the Ultimate Nitro Ring and Eric Bischoff and plenty more. These are already up for pre-order at Ringside Collectibles. Some of them will be coming soon.
Sofubi Pro Wrestling Updates
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Speaking of WWE, Friend of the Pod Junk Shop Dog gave an incredible update for the Sofubi Pro Wrestling line. The first two figures of Series 4 are Hulk Hogan. The WWE licensed figures portray Hogan in two iconic Japanese appearances. The Ichiban figure is a nod to the original Popey figure.
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and the Dome Show Figure is a nod to appearances from the 1990s. Both figures are $29.99 each, ship in the first quarter of 2024, and are available to pre-order now at JunkShopDog.com.
Special Wrestling Two-Pack Pre-order
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If that wasn't enough wrestling figure news for you, the first Wrestling's Heels & Faces two-pack is up for pre-order. The limited to 2000 piece two-pack commemorating the Deathmatch Classic from GCW Homecoming 2021 Night One
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between Matt Cardona and Nick Gage is available at Friend of the Pod Zombie Sailors website for $84.99. The two-pack includes soft goods t-shirts for both wrestlers, extra hands, bloody pizza cutter and light tube accessories, and an extra head for Nick Gage. This two-pack ships in February and is available at zombiesailor.com.
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Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving on behalf of the entire AICNN team. This has been your AIC News Brief.
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