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WHO BROKE THE INTERNET? G.I.JOE AND STAR WARS COLLECTORS BOTH CLAIM TO HAVE CRASHED WEBSITES AT 1 PM!
Yesterday (June 10th, 2021), at 1pm EST, many toy websites were in turmoil, as several pre-orders hit all at the same time, causing some crashes.
BREAKING NEWS:
WHO BROKE THE INTERNET? G.I.JOE AND STAR WARS COLLECTORS BOTH CLAIM TO HAVE CRASHED WEBSITES AT 1 PM!
Yesterday (June 10th, 2021), at 1pm EST, many toy websites were in turmoil, as several pre-orders hit all at the same time, causing some crashes. But let’s rewind a little...
A week ago, during the Hasbro Pulse: Fan First Friday Yo Joe! livestream, the Hasbro G.I.Joe team announced a new G.I.Joe Classified Series set, including Snake Eyes and Timber, that would be available for pre-order on June 10th, at 1pm EST.
Then, this week, during the Hasbro Pulse: I am your father’s day Star Wars livestream, the Hasbro Star Wars team announced a plethora of figures (a new Rogue One Black Series wave, Black Series archives figures, and a new wave of The Vintage Collection), and all those figures would all become available for pre-order…you guessed it right…on June 10th, at 1pm EST.
So, of course, the inevitable happened. Tons of G.I.Joe and Star Wars collectors rushed to the big toy websites, which caused some of them to crash and become unavailable for some time. Some met crashes on Hasbro Pulse’s website. Others on Entertainment Earth or Big Bad Toy Store.
Here’s what we saw at 1pm EST…
ToyFarce has now witnessed people in Star Wars collectors Facebook groups that claim, with pride, that it is thanks to them that all the websites crashed. Others, in G.I.Joe groups, say that it is thanks to the G.I.Joe fans that the websites couldn’t handle the traffic. ToyFarce interviewed a random person from each side:
G.I.Joe collector: “Of course, it’s the Joe fans that crashed all! And on ‘Yo Joe! June’, no less! It’s our month! Have you seen that Snake Eyes and Timber set? It’s amazing! I’m sure all the G.I.Joe collectors worldwide logged in at the same time at 1pm EST sharp to get that one! We all know that, and you know what they say about knowing… YO JOE!”
Star Wars collector: “It’s obvious to me that it is the Star Wars collectors that crashed Hasbro Pulse, Big Bad Toy Store and the others. There were more figures coming out for us, so we have the strength in numbers! Like Han Solo, we shot first! The Star Wars collectors take that win!”
The S.C.A.L.P association refused to comment on which side they were on, but it is fair to assume that their bots probably had something to do with the crashes as well.
Either way, whether it is the G.I.Joe or the Star Wars collectors that crashed all the websites in order to get their new figures, the clear winner in this story is Hasbro! Next time, have a few Marvel Legends figures available for pre-orders at the same time too!
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CALLING FIGURES FROM THE 90’S AND EARLY 2000’S “RETRO” PERFECLY LEGAL (ALLEGEDLY)!
You might have seen it and felt a pinch in the heart when a brand like Hasbro calls toys from your childhood “retro”, but it turns out that it’s ok…
BREAKING NEWS:
CALLING FIGURES FROM 90’S AND EARLY 2000’S “RETRO” PERFECTLY LEGAL (ALLEGEDLY)!
You might have seen it and felt a pinch in the heart when a brand like Hasbro calls toys from your childhood “retro”, but it turns out that it’s ok…
The ‘Retro’ craze started years ago, most likely with the Star Wars: The Vintage Collection from Hasbro, which had the same packaging and design as the original vintage figures from the 70’s and 80’s.
Nowadays, Hasbro is continuing to play with nostalgia, releasing figures from many of their lines (Marvel Legends, Star Wars: The Black Series, Transformers,…) with a packaging similar to the one we had when we were kids/younger.
But recently, Hasbro has been using for their Marvel Legends figures retro line, the same designs as the X-Men, Spider-man, Fantastic Four figures from Toy Biz from the mid to late 90’s. Even more shocking, they announced during a recent Fan First Friday that the next Star Wars: The Black Series “retro” figures would be based on the Star Wars Episode 1 figures which came out in 1999 and early 2000… Is this still considered “retro”?
ToyFarce asked several experts, and also found on wikipedia that: “Retro style is a style that is imitative or consciously derivative of lifestyles, trends, or art forms from the historical past, including in music, modes, fashions, or attitudes. In popular culture, the "nostalgia cycle" is typically for the two decades that are 20–30 years before the current one.”
So… yeah. We’re just getting old. It’s perfectly normal and legal to call something from 2 decades ago “retro”. If we are to believe this, Facebook, Youtube, the iPod, the iPhone, the Playstation 2 and the Playstation 3, the XBox and XBox 360, the Gamecube and the Wii should all become “retro” during this decade. Ouch?
More news at 11:00… Retro style!
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STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES - VALENTINE’S DAY EDITION STORMTROOPERS?!
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and Hasbro has got a new treat for us!
LOVELY NEWS:
STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES - VALENTINE’S DAY EDITION STORMTROOPERS?!
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and Hasbro has got a new treat for us! After the undeniable success of the Holiday Edition stormtroopers a few months ago…
…and the realization that they completely skipped Halloween that year, as well (See more in this ToyFarce article: https://www.toyfarce.com/news/hasbro-realized-they-skipped-halloween-days-after-announcing-holiday-edition-black-series )…
… it looks like we will be getting more holiday-themed Stormtroopers for ours shelves, and we couldn’t be happier about it!!
The Valentine’s Day Edition wave should come out very soon, considering Valentine’s Day is this sunday! Look at the early leaked pictures of the figures below!
Aww, he comes with a bouquet of roses… How sweet!
Aaaw, this one has a heart-shaped box full of space chocolates! Yummy!
Err… Well, it is Valentine’s Day after all…
If you cannot wait for those Valentine’s Day Edition figures to come out and need a present for your loved one a.s.a.p., Funko has got you covered with those (real) Valentine’s Day Star Wars Pops! How pink!
More news at 11:00… Isn’t it lovely?
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THE STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES FIGURE WE REALLY WANT!
Today is Hasbro’s “Fan First Friday: Star Wars”, the first Fan First Friday of 2021 and we are getting a ton of cool new announcements of figures we will desperately want and need! (Anything from The Mandalorian, anyone?)
TRUTHFUL NEWS:
THE STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES FIGURE WE REALLY WANT!
Today is Hasbro’s “Fan First Friday: Star Wars”, the first Fan First Friday of 2021 and we are getting a ton of cool new announcements of figures we will desperately want and need! (Anything from The Mandalorian, anyone?)
Yesterday, they already announced a few cool figures for Lucasfilm’s 50th anniversary, a Obi Wan Kenobi with a vinyl cape (just like old times!), a green Greedo (just like old times!), and a Jawa with a fabric robe (What? No “Jawa with vinyl cape” this time? Aaaw man!), complete with vintage looking packaging.
The rumours/leaks said we would be getting some Episode I: The Phantom Menace figures with the old-school red blisters like we had when the movie came out (My father was on TV to show them off, as he was one of the first person in Europe to get them, back then. True story! Humble brag!). And it turns out it was real!
But there is one figure that we all would love to see revisited, that was missing from the event, wasn’t there? A Black Series re-issue of the barrel-chested, hunky, muscular Luke Skywalker from Kenner’s Power of the Force line!! Imagine what could have been…
Do you remember him? Of course, you remember him! How can anybody forget THIS:
Look at his chest! SHINY!
The entire first wave of Kenner’s Power of the Force needs a Black Series re-issue, really.
Hunk Skywalker, Chewba-jacked, Han Swolo and Robust Leia
The figures were said to have a more “heroic” style, with larger muscles than the actual actors, but now, we do know why: I mean, look at his nephew! Oiling their muscular chest is clearly a family thing!
Well, we can always hope for another Fan First Friday: Star Wars for those to be announced!
More news at 11:00… May the SWOLE be with you!
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HASBRO REALIZED THEY SKIPPED HALLOWEEN, DAYS AFTER ANNOUNCING HOLIDAY EDITION BLACK SERIES!
ToyFarce reached out to Hasbro to ask them the important question: What about Halloween??
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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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!
Finally, Hasbro has announced their long awaited 40th version of 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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WALMART THIEF FROM OHIO ACCIDENTALLY STOLE MOSTLY PEG WARMERS !
The toy collectors community has been shaken to its core this week, after hearing about some loser in Ohio that was caught on camera stealing a bunch of action figures in a Walmart
BREAKING NEWS:
WALMART THIEF FROM OHIO ACCIDENTALLY STOLE MOSTLY PEG WARMERS !
The toy collectors community has been shaken to its core this week, after hearing about some loser in Ohio that was caught on camera stealing a bunch of action figures in a Walmart, and even assaulting a Walmart employee. That is right, this man assaulted a fellow human being for a bunch of toys.
The first reports said that the man was stealing some of the new G.I.Joe Classified figures, which collectors have been searching for for weeks, while scalpers/resellers were selling them at a higher price.
ToyFarce News hired a team of elite experts to analyze the pictures and videos and the results are in: The Walmart thief from Ohio did not steal the latest G.I.Joe Classified figures, as he intended to, but he actually stole a bunch of notorious peg-warmer Star Wars Black Series Constable Zuvio action figures !
That figure is well know in the toy community as a peg-warmer, a completely unsellable figure, a character that no one cared about, that even the most completist of collectors passed on. Some say there are still stores on our planet that have a unlimited stock of them, kindly warming pegs in their store's toy aisle.
ToyFarce News hopes that the man gets caught, but at the same time, we hope that his loot does not end up back in the store, because they have already restocked the shelves with more Constable Zuvio figures.
More news at 11:00... and may the peg-warmers be with you!
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