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While the plastic characters Toys For Bob created to populate the world of Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure are certainly cute, colorful, and well-made, zero points of articulation makes them less action figure, more tiny statue. Action figure customizer supreme Jin Saotome brings four Skylanders to life in a whole new way. More »
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How many different Master Chief figures can McFarlane Toys make? Oh they're just getting started. The company recently announced series two of the Halo Anniversary Edition figures, featuring the white-striped version of John 117 from the animated Halo Legends short "The Package". More »
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Jeremy Schultz loves taking photos of action figures. No posing, no irony. Just unadorned portraits of aging, flaking action figures, which for those of a certain age will evoke quite a bit of memory. (And no small bit of "God, was that thing really that ugly?") More »
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Square Enix does way more than just FInal Fantasy figures. They've got fantastic looking toys from other games—Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter, Batman: Arkham City, Vanquish, Halo, God of War...—coming to their Play Arts Kai line. More »
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Square Enix Products has produced some lovely action figures in its Halo: Reach Play Arts Kai series. Now the company commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Halo franchise with a re-envisioned version of Master Chief and a stunning Spartan Mark V. More »
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The official - and tiny - Super Meat Boy figurines from Voxelous and Team Meat have been revealed. Just two inches high, they're $12 each (plus $3.49 shipping for one, $3.99 for two or more). The first set includes Meat Boy, Bandage Girl, Brownie and the pathetic Tofu Boy. More »
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Shinji Mikami, the video game creator behind games like Resident Evil, God Hand and Vanquish, is finally getting his own action figure, now available for pre-order at the web site of Tango Gameworks, the developer's new studio. Featuring "real shaving action," 256 points of articulation and alternate zombie heads, it may be the best Shinji Mikami action figure of all time. More »
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Mega Man fan and Capcom community member Jin Saotome delivers a close approximation of what Mega Man characters sculpted by Halo action figure company McFarlane Toys would look like. As seen on Capcom Unity. More »
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McFarlane Toys ensures that no Halo fan will want for Halo: Reach action figures this fall. Nor will they starve for bad-ass plastic Halo vehicles in which to stuff the entire Noble Team. It's gonna be all "Boooosh!!" and "Pew-pew-pew!!" More »
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NECA Toys will bring Borderlands' helpful unicycling robot Claptrap to store shelves in toy form this October, complete with the ability to dispense a catchphrase or two. More »
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Toy and collectible maker DC Direct has some lovely looking action figure offerings coming this year and into 2011, all of which were on display at Comic-Con 2010. From Mass Effect to Twisted Metal, let's take a look! More »
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Lucasfilm isn't shy about diving deeply into Star Wars lore to churn out plastic toys based on the people, starships and beasts of George Lucas' universe(s). But what about turning those Star Wars video games into action figures? More »
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Idle Hands' translucent green mucus version of wacky superhero The Tick goes on sale tomorrow morning at 10am Eastern at Shocker Toys. Limited to 1,000 pieces, it's snot going to last long. More »
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Not that Batman has ever gone wanting for action figure exposure, but the Caped Crusader's getting a new line based on last year's Batman: Arkham Asylum game. It'll be revealed in next month's issue of Toyfare magazine. More »
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Crono and crew come to life in this series of four Chrono Trigger Formation Arts Trading Figures from Square Enix, now available for preorder from Entertainment Earth. More »
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If you want Dragon Age: Origins action figures, DC Comics' collectibles division has you covered. DC Unlimited will give gamers a quadruple dose of plastic, fully poseable playthings based on BioWare's role-playing game later this year. More »
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For someone who doesn't really collect action figures I sure have a lot. Mostly they're presents, leftovers from my childhood or product sent to me from game companies. More »
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The battle for Shanghai rages on in your home with the release of NECA's Army of Two: The 40th Day action figures, bringing total fistbump destruction action to toy stores near you. More »
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As if we needed another excuse to visit our local comic book stores, DC Unlimited is finally shipping its Ratchet & Clank and Resistance action figures to wherever fine monthly graphical literature is sold. More »
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The artist behind the Punch-Out!! custom action figures is back with another set - the cast of Pro Wrestling for the NES. Not included: the "Outlaw Choke" wrench the Amazon used to beat Fighter Hayabusa senseless. More »
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As seen on Insomniac Game's official Twitter, release date included. More »
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Homebrew action figure designer Donald "KodyKoala" Kennedy is working on a theme here - guts. As in Guts-Dozer, of Mega Man 2. And as in King Hippo's dunlop spare tire. More »
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Here's a look at the video game toys NECA is producing or pitching when they aren't recreating Rapture denizens or defying the laws of thigh physics. More »
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You have another shot at scoring a custom Fallout 3 power armor action figure, if your pockets are deep enough. Jin Saotome, creator of all things custom and articulated strikes again, post apocalyptic-ly. More »
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Triad Toys makes Soul Calibur fans' dreams come true with the upcoming release of their 12 inch rendition of the deadly female demon hunter Taki, complete with realistically sculpted...weapons. More »
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Microsoft Game Studios and McFarlane Toys plan on continuing their very lucrative partnership this spring with the announcement of action figures based off of the upcoming Halo Wars RTS take on the Halo universe. Closer to traditional army men figures than actual action figures, the toys will stand at 2.5 inches tall, with the only articulation being found at the waist. The first wave of figures consists of four sets of three figures each, with each pack carrying a retail price of around $10. Up top you can see a pair of unpainted prototypes, courtesy of GamePro. More »
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The National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA) continue their almost single handed quest to collect all the dust in the northern hemisphere with their range of shelf-filling collectibles. More »
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I'm with Dan from TBBPS on this one. Why bother spending your time skull hunting when you can simply lay down $13.99 to preorder the upcoming Hayabusa Spartan action figure from Entertainment Earth? Part of series 3 of the McFarlane Toys Halo 3 line, this little red gem of a toy not only keeps you from having to hunt down all those skulls (something I never bothered with), but you can also carry it around with you, whipping it out at parties to impress women and men alike. Trust me, there is nothing more attractive than a guy that carries around action figures in his fanny pack. Perhaps it will even come with the elusive katana, or an action feature akin to Cortana's magically glowing crotch, currently haunting my fireplace mantle. The red Hayabusa Spartan is due in August, alongside a silver Master Chief, War Chieftain, Human Flood Figure, a Jackal Major, and whatever else the Toddster has up his sleeves. More »
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The long wait for more molded plastic is over—McFarlane Toys' first line of Halo action figures has begun to arrive on retailer store shelves. The debut series includes Master Chief, Cortana, Brute Chieftan, Grunt, Spartan Soldier and Jackal Sniper, with the Spartan getting a multi-color, multi-sculpt release. That means collectors can expect to do some extra work for a complete collection. More »
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Florida-based toy manufacturer Jazwares announced today the availability of America's Army Real Heroes, a line of action figures semi-based on the America's Army series of video games and modeled after real-life military personnel. Yes, it's a little weird. Four America's Army soldiers comprise the first line, including Sergeant Tommy Riemen, Sergeant First Class Gerald Wolford, Staff Sergeant Matthew Zedwick, and Major Jason Amerine. Three of the four have been awarded the Silver Star for Gallantry in Action for their service in the Iraq War, with the fourth given the Bronze Star with V Device for Bravery while in Afghanistan. More »
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While diligently scouring the internet for video game news and certainly not trying to find out what the latest Transformers toys look like, I stumbled upon a gallery of action figures based on the recently announced Star Wars game, The Force Unleashed. Taken at Toy Fair 2007 earlier this week and posted at the Jedi Insider website, the pics could give us a little insight into what to expect from the story. Take the girl at the right there. Trashy slut Jedi who has been in the raspberry jelly again. Oh that Trashy. What won't she do? Other highlights include Grand Moff Hottie, Another Damn Stormtrooper, and Slapstick Vader with Fall-Apart armor action. Completely making the names up, of course, but imagination is fun. Michael Fahey More »
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DC Direct were showing off their upcoming World of Warcraft action figures earlier this week at the American International Toy Fair in New York, and they turned out pretty damn spectacular. Just check out the detail on the undead warlock figure, Meryl Felstorm. More »
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DC Unlimited, aka DC Comics, just announced that they are making a new line of action figures based on World of Warcraft. More »
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Alex over at First 4 Figures sent word that they've just signed a three year deal with Nintendo to make toys and action figures based off Metroid properties. As usual, these toys look a lot better than the rubber-headed He-Man homoeroticism dolls we played with as kids. More »
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