CONFUSED COLLECTOR: “THIRD PARTY? I WASN’T EVEN INVITED TO THE FIRST OR SECOND ONES!”

BREAKING NEWS:

“THIRD PARTY? I WASN’T EVEN INVITED TO THE FIRST OR SECOND ONES!”

ThreeZero. SooSoo Toys. Star Ace. ToysEra. Manniple (hehe…nipple). NOTA Studio. Blitzway, and many more. Those companies all have one thing in common: they have been defined by the toy community as ‘Third party’ brands.

A third party brand is a brand that provides an alternative product, not supplied by the primary brands to the customers (thanks, Google!). Basically, any action figure that is not coming from the bigger brands (Hasbro, Mezco, Hot Toys…) is considered a third party brand, it seems. For example, we’ve seen countless times collectors ask for a one sixth scale figure, in the very official form of a post on facebook: a picture of an unreleased character, with a text saying “HOT TOYS WHEN?”, but when a third party brand does release that character, collectors seem to not want it, because it does not come from the big brands that they trust. What could be the issue?

“I’ve heard that there is a third party, yes. It’s nice and all, but I wasn’t even invited to the first and second ones” says Paul, a long time Hot Toys collector. “Why would I even get to the third party if I wasn’t invited before? I’d rather just wait that Hot Toys announces the toys I want when they have their own party!”.

Some third party brands are more legit than other, and one of the best part about the ‘unofficial’ ones are the names they come up with to avoid raising any eyebrows (*cough* copyright issues *cough*). ToyFarce will hold a ‘Third party name generator’ the whole weekend on social media (instagram and facebook stories), so please, visit the pages and give us some characters, and we’ll come up with their third party names!

More news at 11:00… from “ActionfigureJokes”

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REVIEW: STAR ACE TOYS BATMAN NINJA - THE JOKER (DX VERSION)!

TOYFARCE REVIEWS:

STAR ACE TOYS BATMAN NINJA - THE JOKER (DX VERSION)!

It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!

Today, we’re checking the 1:6th scale Joker figure from the Batman Ninja movie by Star Ace Toys, the Deluxe version!

First things first: Yes, Batman Ninja, the anime movie…wasn’t great. It was wacky and pretty bad, but at the same time, so much fun! There’s samurai battles, and even giant mechas made of monkeys and bats fighting! I shit you not! It has become a guilty pleasure of mine.

One thing that I love about the movie is the character designs, by the great Takashi Okazaki (Afro Samurai). It seems I am a sucker for anything that is given a feudal Japan twist (Star Wars Movie Realization figures from Bandai for example…stay tuned for next week’s review *wink wink*), and that line hit the right spot for me. Batman being one of the main things I collect, I couldn’t pass on this. I already had the Batman Ninja himself anyway!

The box is very nice and colorful, as opposed to the Batman one which was dark and gloomy.

Sidenote: I was not aware that the Joker was into autoerotic asphyxiation!

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The insert of the box has some nice print on it too!

The figure looks very good, with an amazing headsculpt. The tailoring is also surprisingly nice, which wasn’t obvious on the Batman figure since it had a lot less soft goods on it.

The American-dubbed version of the movie had Tony Hale (Buster from Arrested Development!) voicing the Joker! I’ve always watched the Japanese version, though… It somehow fits better.

Oh, I never really wanted to be a Lord. It wasn't what you would call an aspiration. But when life throws you time travels, sometimes you gotta make "travelade."

That hairdo !

Did anyone say “creepy”?

The fans have very sharp pointy ‘teeth’ at the end. Because why not?

The Tanegashima (japanese rifle) from the Deluxe version

Even in feudal Japan, the Joker had to have a prank gun (it says “ha ha ha ha ha ha”)

The Deluxe version comes with a barrel, on which you can sit your Joker figure on, if you’ve played with it too much and it needs a rest.

Anyone fancy a bomb?

Thank god I had this gourd with me to quench my thirst!

Shiny!

The Deluxe version comes with a nice base and a barrel to sit the Joker on, as well as a few extra accessories, like the prank-tanegashima (Japanese rifle) with its flag. All the accessories can be displayed on the base, there are holes and slits (hmm…) to allow you to place all the items on it, so that it looks cool. A clever touch, which allows you to also display the accessories, instead of just keeping them stored in the box.

Accessories displayed on the base

It’s a bomb!

That Joker figure will nicely compliment your Batman Ninja!

So menacing!

Star Ace Toys has already announced a Catwoman, a Harley Quinn and a Modern version of the Batman with light-up features (from when they are in the present, in the movie), which will destroy my wallet when they come out. Yay!

More news at 11:00… HahahaHAHAhahaha!

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