WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE HASBRO PULSE FAN FEST PREMIUM MEMBER PARTY!

BREAKING NEWS:

WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE HASBRO PULSE FAN FEST PREMIUM MEMBER PARTY!

Yesterday, on April 8th 2021, Hasbro Pulse held their first Premium member party, ahead of the Hasbro Fan Fest that will happen today (April 9th). Apparently, someone had left the door open, and the live stream was also available for non-premium members at some point. Here is what we learned during this live event!

STEVE EVANS IS AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING

Natural-born entertainer? Yes. British accent? Yes. Dad jokes? Heck yes! On top of having a very fun instagram account to follow (@mrstevie18), along with his “Mr Stevie’s Tall Toy Tales” show and his multiple giveaways, Steve was the host of the event. What could have looked like a boring ‘Apple iPhone reveal’ event ended up being very entertaining, and it’s all thanks to Steve. (Special shout out to his new friend, “Chad”! The people who know know.). Also, I will always use the word ‘drinkiepoo’ from now on.

TOYS REVEALS!

Not a lot of things were revealed yesterday, since the real big event is today. Only a couple of announcements: Marvel Legends Domino and Cannonball figures (with half of the internet saying it will be a two-pack, and the other half saying it will not). Also, there will be a fan-vote for the Star Wars: The Vintage Collection figures line, which will be between Clone Wars Ahsoka, Old Republic Trooper, Rogue One Tank Trooper, Extended Universe (Force Unleashed) Starkiller and ROTJ Weequay.

CARPET/TOWEL BACKGROUND DIORAMA COMING SOON FOR G.I.JOE CLASSIFIED SERIES?

You can be a very talented professional photographer for Hasbro (they pay him!), using nice lighting and intricate dioramas for the background of your pictures, and still have what looks like a towel or a carpet as a background for yourself! Carpet/towel diorama coming soon? All jokes aside, Cory was very interesting. We learned how he gets inspiration from the stories of the characters to make awesome pictures.

THE HASLAB SENTINEL CAN GO FULL-JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME!

The Marvel Legends team provided some updates on the Haslab Sentinel, which is a thing of beauty, and even gave one away to a lucky winner! During the update part, they’ve shown us the range of articulations, and it looks like your Sentinel can do the split (as long as you apologize for holding him by the crotch)! That’s super cool! Oh yeah, the guy from the Black Eyed Peas was there too.

THE CYBERTRON SPREE IS YOUR NEW FAVORITE BAND

At the end of the party, we enjoyed some music (what’s a party without music?), and for a lot of us, it was a first introduction to a band called ‘The Cybertronic Spree’, which is totally awesome. According to their own website: “These rockstars in disguise play music from The Transformers: The Movie, hit film and anime songs, and video game covers”, while rocking Transformers costume the entire time. Amazing!

AND FINALLY: THE CHAT WAS PURE 100% TOXIC ASS-JUICE

Wow. That was bad. Before the event even started, people were already in the chat being a**holes, insulting Hasbro and each other. When the event started, it was even worse. Kudos to Hasbro for closing that sh*t down really fast. The event was much more enjoyable without the “fans” crapping on the event, pretending to be other people (several Unparalleled Universe spotted!), trying to highjack it, and making it about themselves. It’s moments like this that make you ashamed to be a toy collector and be part of that crowd... In the future, maybe we could have the accounts linked to the event, so that the people responsible can be accountable and get their premium membership revoked or something? Anyway…

ToyFarce hopes to see you all virtually at the Hasbro Fan Fest event later today for more reveals, and more cool stuff!

More news at 11:00… MORE THAN MEETS THE EEEEEEYE!

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EASTER: IS IT OK TO ASK FOR ACTION FIGURES INSTEAD OF CHOCOLATE EGGS?

EASTER NEWS:

IS IT OK TO ASK FOR ACTION FIGURES INSTEAD OF CHOCOLATE EGGS?

First of all, ToyFarce wishes everyone a happy long Easter weekend!

We received a lot of questions during the weeks prior to Easter asking us that simple, yet important question: Is it ok to ask for action figures instead of chocolate eggs for Easter? We put our investigative hats over the weekend and asked several Easter representative, to be sure to get the right answer.

The E.B.A. (Easter Bunny Association) has answered to us that, legally speaking, it is not against the law to ask for something else than chocolate eggs for Easter. Ethically, it’s a different thing, though… But if you’re diabetic, allergic to chocolate, or on a diet for example, it is sometimes allowed to get a replacement for the traditional chocolate eggs. So, if some adult toy collectors decided that they would prefer to go hunt for figures in their yard, rather than chocolate eggs, it is not forbidden! Go for it, guys!

You heard it here first! Now go get those Easter figs! There could be one behind that tree!! Quick!!

More news at 11:00… chocolate over-dosed!

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FIRST STILT MAN ON THE MOON?!

BREAKING NEWS:

FIRST STILT MAN ON THE MOON?!

The Marvel Legends ‘Stilt Man’ wave gave us some great figures. The 4 ‘Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse’ figures were awesome, Frogman was a pleasant surprise (still convinced it’s a Batman figure dressed as Frogman, look at his eyes!), and the Hand ninja was a nice addition to complete the wave.

The Stilt Man build-a-figure is where it’s at, though! By cleverly adding the legs part of Stilt Man with the Hand Ninja, Hasbro made sure that people who would army-build ninjas wouldn’t end up with a tub full of useless torsos, or heads, but would actually end up with useful parts, enabling collectors to make Stilt Man taller!

And it’s been going on ever since! Here are pictures taken from various locations (facebook groups, reddit…):

Is this enough?

And now?

How about now?

Ok, this has to be some sort of world record…

A contact at NASA informed ToyFarce today that a collector from California has now collected enough Hand Ninjas to make his Stilt Man reach… the MOON! Here is a first picture taken from NASA’s satellites, exclusively for you!

Isn’t that beautiful?

How do you feel about this accomplishement? And how tall is YOUR Stilt Man? Let us know in the comments!

More news at 11:00… THAT’S A LOT OF NINJAS!

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THE “CHADS” (aka Punched Tabs): THE COLLECTOR’S FRIEND OR ENEMY?

BREAKING NEWS:

THE “CHADS” (aka Punched Tabs): THE COLLECTOR’S FRIEND OR ENEMY?

You might have seen those lying on the floor under the action figures at your local toy hunting spot, and did not think much of it. But the Chads (punched tabs or punch tabs) are more important to some of you would think!

In the Toy collector lingo, if you get an action figure with its blister card “unpunched”, it means the figure still has that tiny cardboard piece where there should be a hole at the top (some call it the blister card “hymen”). A figure that is “unpunched” means that the “Chad” (or tab) is still present on the blister card, meaning it hasn’t even been displayed in a store and is therefore, in pristine condition. Unpunched cards usually have a higher value, and some MOC collectors prefer to have all their cards “unpunched”.

ToyFarce investigated a bit, and found out that there is an even deeper aspect to the “chads”, with some collectors, who call themselves “Chad-chasers”, actually collect ONLY the tabs!

“No need for the action figures, if you can get the chads!”

See this listing on ebay:

Collector Corey Y. had shown us how he displays his chad collection, and was asking other Chad-afficionados if he should use plexiglass or acrylic to frame his coveted collection:

Here is a collector, checking his latest finds on the ICDb, the Internet Chad Data Base, to see if any of the Chads he found have a high value:

We have even found this brilliant idea for a new product: the Ultimate Meta-Chad ! (Of course, real Chad-fanatics would prefer a version that is unpunched…)

For more Chad content, make sure to join the Facebook group: “Marvel Legends Retro 3.75 Collectors”, where the Chad-movement is going very strong!

How about you? Are you a Chad-chaser? Let us know in the comments!

More news at 11:00…unpunched!

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FRIENDS WITH KIDS CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR CHILDREN CAN’T PLAY WITH YOUR TOYS WHEN THEY VISIT!

BREAKING NEWS:

FRIENDS WITH KIDS CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR CHILDREN CAN’T PLAY WITH YOUR TOYS WHEN THEY VISIT!

This scenario has happened to all of us collectors at least once: Friends or family come to visit, they bring along small children, “Can my child play with some of your toys?”, chaos ensues.

We all have some nightmare stories like that, so please do share yours in the comments! We’ll start:

A few years ago, a couple of friends we hadn’t seen for a long time came to visit, and they brought along their child (aged 3). Upon arrival, the husband saw the toy collection and asked “Oh, nice! Can my kid borrow a few toys to play with?” to which I quickly reply “No, those are not for playing” and explained politely that they were collectibles, some of them were actually quite pricey, and that is why they are in glass cabinets, and not just lying on the floor. (Also, I didn’t realize I was the one supposed to provide entertainment for his kids when they visit…). I asked if they wanted that we put some cartoon on Netflix for the kid, and he replied “No, he does not watch TV”. Great.

As the conversation went on, I kept an eye on the 3 year old, which was looking at the toys in the Detolfs, and even went to discuss with him about what he liked, and if he knew some of the characters (Apparently, 3 year old kids are not into the Walking Dead, Metal Gear Solid or Stranger Things. Weird, right? He did like Batman and Star Wars, though). The kid was absolutely fine with just looking and seemed to enjoy it. His father, though, kept asking “How about this toy? Is it expensive? Can he have it?” pointing at the Hot Toys 1989 Batmobile. “It’s big, he’s not gonna break it”. Yeaaah, nah. He kept asking every few minutes about other toys, and didn’t seem to grasp the general atmosphere (even his wife was a bit annoyed by then).

“Can I take a photo of the kid with this on?” pointing at the Marvel Legends Iron Man helmet. At this point, we all looked at each other, realizing that he would not stop until we gave him at least something, and agreed to take the pic if he would stop to ask after that. Here it is:

The child didn’t even want it, and barely moved as his dad was placing the helmet on his head. Needless to say, they haven’t visited a lot since, and we would always meet at THEIR place after that. It was weird because it wasn’t the child himself that made the situation uncomfortable, but the parent.

(And before anyone thinks that ToyFarce is anti-children, this is not the case at all. There are plenty of well behaved children (and parents!) that have visited over the years without a single issue. Children of collectors also usually understand very well that there is a difference between kids toys, and “mummy or daddy’s toys”. We’re only talking about the situations where things went south!)

Let us know your stories in the comments! This should be good, I’ll bring the popcorn!

More news at 11:00… “…but can he borrow that toy?”

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HASBRO TO REMOVE ALL PLASTIC FROM THEIR PACKAGING, NOW PLANNING TO SELL EMPTY BOXES!

BREAKING NEWS:

HASBRO TO REMOVE ALL PLASTIC FROM THEIR PACKAGING, NOW PLANNING TO SELL EMPTY BOXES!

In-box collectors, rejoice! Hasbro is planning to remove all the plastic from their packaging, including the pesky figures that usually ruins our boxes!

Brian Goldner, CEO of Hasbro, announced a while ago that they were looking into removing the plastic from their packaging, in order to create a more sustainable future (which is a really great idea! It was always a pain for those who recycle their packagings to have to separate the plastic shell, the plastic bubble,… from the cardboard!)

Last week, Yakface, one of the most trusted source about anything related to Star Wars toys, shared some pictures about a survey showing different versions of what a “plastic-less packaging” would look like (pictures below).

Now, ToyFarce did some deep undercover investigative work, and found out an amazing scoop for you: There are plans to go even further, by releasing 100% plastic-free packaging, that won’t even include the figures that are made of plastic! They will probably end up just adding a cardboard cut-out of the figure in the box, so that you still have the impression that the figure is inside (like when they announce new figures at a Toy Fair or Comic Con, and they display a cardboard cut-out picture of the figure. We’ve always wanted to have one of those!).
Finally, the in-box collectors will be able to have a collection of ONLY boxes, without anything inside to lower the value of it!

More news at 11:00… plastic-free!

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“A COMPLETE COINCIDENCE!” - SEVERAL BRANDS ANNOUNCE AWESOME TOYS JUST DAYS AFTER THE STIMULUS CHECKS HIT!

SUSPICIOUS NEWS:

“A COMPLETE COINCIDENCE!” - SEVERAL BRANDS ANNOUNCE AWESOME TOYS JUST DAYS AFTER THE STIMULUS CHECKS HIT!

In the last 7 days, millions of Americans received their $1400 stimulus check, money sent by the U.S. government to stimulate the economy and provide consumers with some spending money. It is a great gesture and must be a relief for a lot of people, but it seems that the arrival of the deposits hasn’t fallen on deaf ears, as multiple toy brands announced awesome toys, surprise waves, or long-awaited figures finally released merely days after the deposits arrived!

Hot Toys announced a 2-pack that includes the reissue of a “grail”, the very sought-after Knightmare Batman along with a brand new black suit Superman.

NECA announced that they FINALLY got the license for John Carpenter’s “The Thing”, and will release a ULTIMATE (say it with a deep voice and your arms open, like Robo) of Kurt Russell’s character. Can’t wait for the actual ‘Thing’!

Mezco opened the pre-orders for their recently announced Destro from G.I.Joe on wednesday, and doubled up on thursday, with the release of their long awaited Black Skulls Death Brigade figure (which was yet again, a clusterf*ck to order).

And finally, Hasbro announced a new surprise wave of their Star Wars Black Series figures, which includes figures from the extended universe, such as Jaxxon from the comic book, which fans had been asking for a loooong time!

ToyFarce asked representative of those brands about the suspicious timing of all those announcements/pre-orders/releases, which all came out only days after everyone got their deposit, and here is what their answers boiled down to:

“Stimulus check? What stimulus check?… Oh, THAT Stimulus check? The $1400 that everybody got, and can now buy toys with? Was it this week? We had no idea, we promise! That’s a complete coincidence: But just wait until you see what we have in store for when the next one hits! Oh wait…”

More news at 11:00…but stimulated!

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THE MYSTERY OF “MARVEL LVL LEGENDS INFINITY 10 AVN4”

BREAKING NEWS:

THE MYSTERY OF “MARVEL LVL LEGENDS INFINITY 10 AVN4”

Less than 24h ago, Amazon added a listing called “Marvel MVL Legends Infinity 10 AVN4”, with the Hasbro (Haspartner?) logo as a picture…

The listing comes with a vague description about Marvel and Hasbro, and not a single element could help identify who or what the listing is actually selling. We’ll brush over the fact that it is now the #1 Best Seller in the “Action Figures” category, but…yeah, it is now the #1 Best Seller in the “Action Figures” category. Gotta love them collectors! (UPDATE: Just before publishing, it now appears as “Temporarily out of stock”!)

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08SQF799Y/

ToyFarce had to bribe a few Amazon employees, but managed to get a bit of information just for you… Allegedly, the listing might end up being the long awaited, fan-favorite, true hero from the Avengers: Endgame movie… The one that started a chain of events that lead to the defeat of Thanos in the movie that made $2,798 billion, the last chapter of the Infinity Saga, "Avengers: Endgame"… That’s right, we are talking about Marvel’s The Rat, coming with Luis’van!

This will be the picture on the listing, once uploaded!

At last, fans will be able to display their entire Marvel Legends Avengers team alongside the true hero that lead them to victory. Marvel's The Rat will also come with Luis' van, the instrument that enabled him to help the Avengers fight Thanos, by releasing Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) while running accross the Quantum Realm machine, and therefore, SAVING THE UNIVERSE. No release date announced at this time.

Are you excited about finally getting the savior of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for your toy collection? Let us know in the comments! And don’t forget to follow @toyfarce on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!

More news at 11:00… AVENGERS…ASSEMBLE!

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“STOP PUTTING TOYS IN THEM!”: AN INTERVIEW WITH SVEN IVAR DETOLF, THE INVENTOR OF THE DETOLF GLASS CABINET!

TOYFARCE INTERVIEWS:

“STOP PUTTING TOYS IN THEM!”: AN INTERVIEW WITH SVEN IVAR DETOLF, THE INVENTOR OF THE DETOLF GLASS CABINET!

“With a glass-door cabinet, you can show off as well as protect your glassware or your favorite collection.” This is the official description of the Detolf glass cabinet on IKEA’s website. If you’re a toy collector, you’re most certainly familiar with those, as we’ve seen thousands of pictures of toy collection displayed in one or more Detolfs (Detolves?)

ToyFarce managed to get an exclusive interview with Sven Ivar Detolf, the inventor of the glass cabinet, and he had some sour words to say to all toy collectors!

ToyFarce: Hi Sven, and thank you so much for doing this interview with us.

Sven Ivar Detolf: Yes. Hi. (Reminder that Sven is Swedish, therefore has limited social skills)

ToyFarce: So, Sven, how did you come up with the idea of the Detolf glass cabinet?

Sven Ivar Detolf: Well, my wife had some nice bowls and vases that she kept in a cupboard, so we couldn’t see them. I asked her if she wanted a cupboard that would be made of glass, so that we could see the nice bowls and glassware, and she said yes. So, I invented it. Then, I gave it my name.

ToyFarce: Wow, that’s…a nice story? Anyway, how happy are you to know that to this day, your Detolf are still sought after, and even sometimes hard to find, because collectors worldwide are using them to display there most precious items?

Sven Ivar Detolf: I DON’T LIKE IT.

ToyFarce: Oh…?

Sven Ivar Detolf: It’s not what I designed it for! It’s made to display bowls, vases and other glassware. Stop putting toys in them! They’re not made for that. Have you seen the promotional pictures? There’s bowls and glassware in them! Nothing else! Maybe trophies, sometimes, but even that is already too much!

ToyFarce: But surely, you can appreciate that some people come up with some great displays, adding lights and backgrounds to show off their most precious items, no?

Sven Ivar Detolf: I don’t care! Get out of my house.

So… this didn’t go well. We haven’t heard of Sven Ivar Detolf since, but an anonymous source told us that it’s not a coincidence that some of our Detolf glass cabinet sometimes “accidentally explode” when we put toys in them. ToyFarce will investigate more on that!

More news at 11:00… SECRET DETOLF EXPLOSION ATTACK!

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ALL THE BRANDS NOW WANT FORTNITE TOO, BECAUSE WHY THE HELL NOT?

BREAKING NEWS:

ALL THE BRANDS NOW WANT FORTNITE TOO, BECAUSE WHY THE HELL NOT?

In case you have been living in a cave for the last few years, Fortnite is an online free-to-play multiplayer battle royale video game by Epic Games that took the gaming world by storm. Whether you’ve played it or not, you have to have at least heard of it. The characters are wacky, and very toyetic, so much so that in 2019, 2 brands were already producing toys for the franchise.

In the beginning of 2019, Jazwares started releasing multiple action figure lines: 4” figures, “Legendary” 6” figures, accessory sets, blind bags, plushes, you name it. You’ve probably seen those in your toy section.

Later in 2019, McFarlane Toys also announced that they were going to make figures for Fortnite, and out came a few waves of nice articulated action figures.

As the game grew bigger and bigger, with tons of character skins now coming from pop-culture (such as Marvel, DC, movies,…), it didn’t take long before another brand would announced the acquisition of the Fortnite franchise. A few weeks ago, Hasbro announced that they would start to produce Fortnite action figures as well, so we are now having 3 amazing brands producing toys from the same thing. What is interesting with Hasbro is that they are also partners with other franchises, such as Marvel or Star Wars, which also had skins in the games, which means that maybe someday, we could see Fortnite figures of those characters too.

Hasbro first announced a Fortnite Snake Eyes figures, before announcing that there were plans for more.

ToyFarce did some digging and professional journalism…things, and it turns out that there might be more coming in the future! Brands like Mattel, Playmates, NECA, Bandai, and even Playmobil are looking into acquiring the coveted franchise. Since it seems they don’t do exclusive deals with other brands, we could now get the same character from 8 different brands!

Since they can’t all reveal what type of figures we’ll get, ToyFarce is here with some speculation!

-Mattel will produce Fortnite Basics, and Fortnite Elite figures, similar to their WWE lines. The basics will be crappy, and the Elite will be barely recognizable and only slightly better, as is tradition.

-Playmates will release a cardboard box looking like a bus, which will have 6 figures in it, like they did with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sets.

-NECA will make beautiful figures with great sculpts that will require a hot bath before you can do anything with them.

-Bandai will produce Fortnite figures as part of their SH Figuarts line, so we will get the same figures we already have, but for $90, with more articulations, and they will be released 10-12 months after announcement. At least, the articulations will make them able to do all your favorite dance moves for the game!

-Playmobil would actually be the more interesting, considering the construction aspect that can also be found in the game. If Playmobil ends up making Fortnite figures for real, you heard it here first, folks!

More news at 11:00… Victory Royale!

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