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AIC NEWS: Week of December 15th 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 what you need to know for the week of December 16th, 2024!
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Introduction to AIC News
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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. Let's get you caught up on all the toy news highlights as we head into a fresh week.
Archie Award Tournament Round Four
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So first and foremost, we are into round four.
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That's right, round four of our annual Archie Award Tournament. Of course, the Archie Award is the toy line of the year as decided upon by you, our followers and listeners as you vote on Instagram.
Exciting Matchups in Archie Awards
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We have had some incredible matchups so far, but as you are hearing this, this AIC News update, the round four voting will begin tomorrow, Tuesday,
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December 17th and And we are going to finish up the entire tournament this week. So it's gonna be some some fast-paced Action as we as we finish up the tournament and and come to our our finals here Some matchups to look look out for this week that are really really exciting one of which is something that we have been waiting for four years to happen and which is Marvel Legends versus DC Multiverse. So we are we are finally getting the Marvel versus DC matchup that we were hoping eventually one day the the tournament gods would hand us. um Look out for newcomers Jada Street Fighter and Animal Warriors of the Kingdom or I shouldn't say newcomers but maybe underdogs as they have been making a tear through the field
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and uh an atom wars of the kingdom go up against last year's uh winners transformers uh gijo classified will take on another another former winner we'll take on uh jada street fighter of course like i mentioned we've got dc multiverse versus the marvel legends and then neka ultimates versus meta metacom mayfax And again, voting on that will start tomorrow.
Marvel Legends and McFarlane Preorders
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ah As for the toy news, Dave is going to hit you with a couple of high level items, but I've got ah two things to talk about as well. So we've got a whole new wave of Marvel Legends up for preorder. So our first wave of the year
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We'll be a Spider-Man retro card wave. We've got Spider-Man Unlimited. We've got ancient Agent Venom. We've got Spider-Boy. We've got 90s cartoon chameleon. We've got Kane. It's gotta be Kane. And we've got Electro, the the Francine Fry version. Those are up for pre-order now on Amazon and other retailers, aicpodcast.com forward slash links for those, as well as a new McFarlane toys release.
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which is the DC Multiverse Batman versus King Kong Monsterverse that we saw back at New York Comic Con. Again, aicpodcast.com forward slash links. Dave, over to you.
Super 7 and WWE Legends Preorders
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If you missed out on the original Ultimate release, he's back. The latest addition to the Super 7 Deluxe line
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Papa includes a soft goods robe and his crucifix staff. Papa Emeritus II is available to order now from super7.com for $35. This week, the latest wave of Target exclusive WWE wwe Legends Elite figures went up for pre-order. Legends Series 25 includes Psycho Sid, Bret the Hitman Hart, Ravishing Rick Roode, and Justin Hawk Bradshaw.
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They are $22.99 each. You can also pre-order the latest Legends Ultimate figure, the American Dream, Dusty Rose. Dusty is $32.99. This wave is due out on January 12th of this coming year. Any remaining pre-orders are available on Target.com.
Conclusion and Call to Share
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On behalf of the entire AICNN team, this has been your AIC News Brief.
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