THE WALKING DEAD LICENSE, LITERALLY A ZOMBIE! ALIVE…BUT DEAD!!

SPOOKTOBER NEWS:

THE WALKING DEAD LICENSE, LITERALLY A ZOMBIE! ALIVE…BUT DEAD!!

It has been a very long time since some new Walking Dead Action figures came out. McFarlane Toys was doing an awesome job with their TV series and comic book lines of 5” figure lines, …

… then released some 10” of a few characters, and switched things up by restarting the line with the 7” “Color Tops” figures, …

… then came the construction sets and their 2” figures, …

… and the collector’s editions of the dvd/blu-ray sets of the series.

The last thing that was announced by McFarlane was the Color Tops 7” figure of Jesus in 2016 (picture below), which never came out !

ToyFarce asked zombie experts from all over the world for their opinion about what happened to the Walking Dead action figure license, and it turns out the license ended up turning itself into a “walker”:

It is alive, but dead at the same time.

A lot of companies may or may not still have the Walking Dead license (McFarlane Toys, Funko, ThreeZero,…) but it seems that the license just died down, becoming a zombie itself.

Even if the comic book series by Robert Kirkman has now ended, maybe the addition of several spin-off shows, ( Fear the Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, along with another show about Daryl & Carol), and movies (showing what happened to Rick Grimes after he left) will revive the license! One thing is for sure, we are still going to see walkers on our TVs for a while…

More news at 11:00… Hhhuuuuuurrrgh! (yes, that is how a walker sounds)

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HASBRO REALIZED THEY SKIPPED HALLOWEEN, DAYS AFTER ANNOUNCING HOLIDAY EDITION BLACK SERIES!

SPOOKTOBER NEWS:

HASBRO REALIZED THEY SKIPPED HALLOWEEN, DAYS AFTER ANNOUNCING HOLIDAY EDITION BLACK SERIES!

At the end of september, during the Hasbro PulseCon event, Hasbro announced a wave that nobody knew they wanted (and some are still wondering), the Holiday Edition Black Series, a wave of Christmas-themed troopers. Here are the pictures of the announced figures:

ToyFarce reached out to Hasbro to ask them the important question: What about Halloween?? If you are going to announce figures based on a holiday right before october, you have to take into account that there is Halloween first!

Hasbro let us know that a wave was in development but got canceled because there wasn’t enough time to produce the figures on time for the Halloween festivities. Maybe next year? Here are the prototype pictures that they sent us (allegedly).

More news at 11:00… and don’t forget about Halloween!

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GHOST STORIES: THE G.I.JOE CLASSIFIED SERIES COBRA ISLAND SIGHTINGS AT TARGET!

SPOOKTOBER NEWS:

GHOST STORIES: THE G.I.JOE CLASSIFIED SERIES COBRA ISLAND SIGHTINGS AT TARGET!

As we are now in October, or Spooktober, the month of Halloween, all the posts will be horror or halloween related. Don’t be too scared!

We have all heard the stories: Some say that they have seen them at the stores in person, but there is never any witness to confirm it… Some people have seen them marked ‘IN STOCK’ on Target’s website, for a mere few seconds, before being denied the purchase when checking out, because they were sold out... The G.I.Joe Classified Series Cobra Island wave is truly a paranormal phenomenon.

ToyFarce hired some of the world’s best paranormal experts to go inverstigate on Target’s website and at their stores, and it seems that even the Scooby Gang, the Winchester brothers AND the Ghostbusters wouldn’t be able to solve that one: There is a ghost in the distribution system.

“It’s a sadistic spirit that they have on their website. It will allow people to add the items in their cart, but will remove all the stocks right after, just to watch the collectors trying to order it get mad or cry. When we went to the store in person, we could see from afar a full shelf of the Cobra Island wave. It was them, for sure, 100%. When we got closer, the packaging just changed right in from of our eyes, to reveal they were actually Fortnite figures. There is something terrible going on at Target!”

More news at 11:00… And knowing is half the battle!

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MORE HASLAB RAZOR CREST STRETCH GOALS REVEALED!

BREAKING NEWS:

MORE HASLAB RAZOR CREST STRETCH GOALS REVEALED!

During the first ever Hasbro PulseCon, Hasbro revealed their new Haslab crowfunded project, the Mandalorian’s Razor Crest, with an initial goal of 6000 backers, which was shattered within 24h.

When the first goal of 8000 backers was reached, Hasbro announced that the first stretch goal would be the addition of the escape pod, and announced the next goal would be 10,000 backers, and the next item unlocked would be none other than the Child, to go with the ship!

6,000 backers: The Escape pod was added to the Razor Crest.

Reveal of the next goal

As usual, ToyFarce investigated and asked some inside sources what the next stretch goals would be, and here are the reveals, exclusively for you!

15,000 backers: A pine scented spaceship-freshener, along with some fuzzy dice for the cockpit!

20,000 backers: A beskar trumpet will be added in the armory

(Yes, we’re doing inside jokes now. After the Mortal Kombat Spawn and the Haslab Sentinel, The Mandalorian now gets a trumpet too!)

30,000 backers: The Razor Crest gets some pin-up posters

(It gets lonely in space when you’re bounty hunting. Don’t judge!)

40,000 backers: The Razor Crest will get some badass musclecar flame patterns. Yep.

A huge shout-out to @starwarsphotoshop on Instagram / WookieNutz on Facebook for posting that reveal earlier this week:

80,000 backers: The Festive Holiday paintwork, to go with the Holiday Edition stormtroopers.

Some say that if it reaches 1,000,000 backers, Pedro Pascal will hand-deliver it to you…and he will have to wear the helmet!!

What would you like to see as a stretch goal for the Razor Crest? Let us know in the comments!

More news at 11:00… This is the way!

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IKEA AND LEGO FINALLY ADMIT THAT THEY ADD EXTRA PIECES IN EVERY BOX, JUST TO MESS WITH US!

BREAKING NEWS:

IKEA AND LEGO FINALLY ADMIT THAT THEY ADD EXTRA PIECES IN EVERY BOX, JUST TO MESS WITH US!

BYGGLEK, the very first collaboration between IKEA, the giant Swedish furniture maker, and Lego, the giant Danish toymaker, is expected to be available later this week, on October 1st 2020.

How a collaboration between the 2 has not happened before, I do not have a clue. They both basically sell a product that you have to build yourself at home, so it doesn’t make sense that they waited for 2020 to finally decide on a partnership. They could have at least made the double-decker couch from the movie!

“Introducing the new BYGGLEK collection – a set of simple storage solutions and a unique set of LEGO® bricks exclusive to IKEA, that inspire kids' imagination.”

However, it was not without some controversy! ToyFarce managed to uncover a press release that was never published that mentioned that both brands share more than just products that you have to build:

They both add a few extra pieces in every box, “just to confuse the hell out of people” !

Have you ever built an IKEA Billy or Detolf to display your collection, and once it’s all done, you are left with a handful of screws and those weird long wood thingies? Do you remember building a nice Lego Star Wars set and feeling puzzled at the end of it because there is still a dozen tiny pieces left that have nowhere to go? Well, it turns out it was all on purpose!

There is even a legend that says that if you gather all the extra pieces from all the sets, you can build the ultimate secret set that nobody knows about…

Will you be picking up the BYGGLEK IKEA/Lego sets? What are your plans for it? Let us know in the comments!

More news at 11:00…Introducing the double-decker couch!

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5 THINGS WE WISH TO SEE AT HASBRO PULSECON 2020!

Last month, Hasbro announced the first-ever Hasbro PulseCon, “a 2-day virtual event that gives fans unprecedented access to their favorite Hasbro brands, music and entertainment”. Hasbro PulseCon will take place on Sept 25th and 26th on the Hasbro Pulse Youtube Channel. There will be bands like Tenacious D or Fall Out Boy.

Here are 5 things we are dying to see at the very first Hasbro PulseCon!!

5. A great introduction !

We hope that Hasbro will have prepared a nice video package to start the event, along with giving us a warm welcome as the event start. It would make us feel good!

4. An energetic staff !

Hopefully, the Hasbro crew will be as excited as we are, and really hyped-up about organizing their own Con, and it will be great to see them ecstatic during their announcements.

3. Some nice presentations !

Speaking of announcement, we hope the presentations will look great and use the same designs as the PulseCon poster, with the red, yellow and purple shadows. We can’t wait to see the content and announcements, but hopefully it doesn’t feel like a powerpoint presentation.

2. Surprise guests !

We already know about the a few of the guests (John Cena, Joe Manganiello, Ashley Eckstein, Henry Golding, Jason Reitman, and many more) and the musical acts (Tenacious D, Fall Out Boy, Lights), but we hope that there will be some surprise appearances, to keep us on our toes.

1. SOME GREAT F*CKING TOYS !

That goes without saying. With licenses such as Marvel, Star Wars, Transformers, GI Joe, Ghostbusters, Power Rangers, My Little Poney, Dungeons and Dragons, etc…, it would be pretty freaking difficult for them not to announce anything cool !

What are your thoughts? What are you expecting the most? Let us know in the comments!

More news at 11:00…CON!

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SQUARE ENIX TO RELEASE MORE FIGURES OF CLOUD, UNTIL THE SUN EXPLODES (…so 3 more months)

BREAKING NEWS:

SQUARE ENIX TO RELEASE MORE FIGURES OF CLOUD, UNTIL THE SUN EXPLODES (…so 3 more months)

Square Enix, the japanese brand behind countless RPG, such as the Final Fantasy video games franchise, is no stranger to the toy industry! They have been producing quality action figures for more than a decade, with their Play Arts, Play Arts Kai and Bring Arts lines. Earlier last week, it was announced that the figure from Cloud Strife from the Final Fantasy VII remake would get a version 2.0, that would be exclusive to the Tokyo Game Show 2020.

The thing is: There has already been a ton of Cloud figures.

There were Play Arts figures from the original game, then the Kingdom Hearts version, the Dissidia version, the Kingdom Hearts 2 version, the Advent Children one, the Play Arts Kai version, then the remake one, the remake deluxe edition one, the remake deluxe edition from the collector’s edition of the game one, etc… And for each of those, you can add a Sephiroth to tag along with Cloud.

ToyFarce has reached to Square Enix to ask how many Cloud figures they were still planning to release: “We will continue to produce Cloud figures until the sun explodes. When we have done many more Play Arts and Play Arts Kai Cloud figures, we will do like we did with the Final Fantasy IX figures, which is to change the scale, call them “Bring Arts”, and sell them all over again. It already worked for the many, many figures of Sora from Kingdom Hearts.”

The picture in the corner is from @SpartanUruk on instagram and youtube.

More news at 11:00… SEPHIROTH!

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HASBRO QUIT MAKING FIGURES FOR ‘THE MANDALORIAN’ HALFWAY THROUGH PRODUCTION TOO, AFTER HEARING RUMORS!

After hearing about the rumors that Pedro Pascal was (allegedly) difficult to work with, and (allegedly) left ‘The Mandalorian’ set halfway through filming due to issues with the creative teams (the actor (allegedly) wanted to be able to show his face more, which is definitely NOT the way), Hasbro decided to do the exact same thing and quit making ‘The Mandalorian’ in beskar armor from the Black Series line halfway through production too.

Reference, in case you missed it: https://cosmicbook.news/star-wars-pedro-pascal-difficult-mandalorian

“If the actor from the show can quit halfway through production, we can do it too” said a Hasbro representative.

ToyFarce would like to thank Alexander Alicea-Cruz for the anonymous tip. (Wait… what does ‘anonymous’ mean, again?). Also, ToyFarce is aware that not a single trustworthy news website has confirmed that, and that Cosmicbook News is usually full of cr*p. (If it happens to be true, though, just don’t read the ‘allegedly’ parts).

More news at 11:00… This is the way.

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CELEBRATING THE 40th "STAR WARS - THE BLACK SERIES" BOBA FETT FIGURE!

BREAKING NEWS:

CELEBRATING THE 40th "STAR WARS - THE BLACK SERIES" BOBA FETT FIGURE !

Finally, Hasbro has announced their long awaited 40th version of the Black Series Boba Fett figure! Only the real collectors have bought all other 39 versions of that figure, which is pretty much  the same figure every single time with a different packaging or various repaints!

The 40th Boba Fett. Can you imagine that? They have managed to makes us buy the same Boba Fett figure 40 times! Crazy, isn't it? They even stamped the '40th' logo on the box, to show that is is the 40th. Do you remember the 100th Batman figure? Or the commemorative 300th Boba Fett figure from Hasbro, back in the days? ToyFarce remembers...

EDIT: After further inspection, it turns out it was the 40th Anniversary of the movie 'The Empire Strikes Back', and not the 40th Black Series Boba Fett... Our bad!

More news at 11:00... He's no good to me dead!

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MAKE YOUR OWN PLATINUM EDITION CHASE FIGURE WITH THIS SIMPLE TRICK!

TOYFARCE TIPS:

MAKE YOUR OWN PLATINUM EDITION CHASE FIGURE WITH THIS SIMPLE TRICK!

 With the latest announcement from McFarlane Toys that the DC Multiverse line will have "Platinum Edition" chase figures (Arkham Asylum Joker being already available in the wild, with Arkham Asylum Batman and Arkham Origins Deathstroke having already been teased), collectors worldwide have been excited about going for toy hunts again!

Those Platinum Edition figures are limited to 3000 worldwide, which, to be honest, is a lot, considering the average production for normal version of the figure is probably around 5000 worldwide anyway, (on average). But if you fear that you will never be able to find it, ToyFarce has a simple yet efficient trick for you!

Just go to your local hardware store and buy some bronze color spray paint can, do a couple of layers on your normal figure, and voila! You have the Platinum Edition variant! Coincidentally, those have been sold out for a few weeks at our local hardware store, but it might have nothing to do with the McFarlane Toys figures... 

PS: Please use this trick for your own collection. If you are planning on doing this to resell it, just don't.

More news at 11:00... but in Platinum Edition!

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