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SIDESHOW COLLECTIBLES WILL FINALLY RELEASE “THE HAND STAND”!
After years of begging, “The Hand Stand” will finally be available for us to display our figures the same way they are displayed on the pictures on the website!
BREAKING NEWS:
SIDESHOW COLLECTIBLES WILL FINALLY RELEASE “THE HAND STAND”!
We’ve seen it with the Mandalorian…
We’ve seen it with Thanos…
If you ever bought a Hot Toys action figure from Sideshow Collectibles, for example, you might have been disappointed to find out that the hand stand that was displayed with the figure on the pictures from the website did not come with the figure. It has been a sad realization that we all had at some point. But after years of begging for it to be released, “the Hand stand” will finally be available for us to display our figures the same way they are displayed on the website!
The Hand stand will be available in Q3 2022 on Sideshow Collectibles, which is about 4 months after everybody already got one from a store in Hong Kong.
Several other brands, such as Bandai and their S.H.Figuarts have used the Hand stand in their promo pictures in the past, so maybe we will get other options from other brands in the near future! Perhaps a Hand stand…with a glove! What a time to be alive!
More news at 11:00… we’re all hands on this!
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“A COMPLETE COINCIDENCE!” - SEVERAL BRANDS ANNOUNCE AWESOME TOYS JUST DAYS AFTER THE STIMULUS CHECKS HIT!
Multiple toy brands announced awesome toys, surprise waves, or long-awaited figures finally released merely days after the deposits arrived!
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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REVIEW: HOT TOYS THE MANDALORIAN & THE CHILD (DELUXE VERSION)
This week, we’re reviewing the Deluxe version of The Mandalorian & The Child from Hot Toys. Yep.
TOYFARCE REVIEWS:
HOT TOYS THE MANDALORIAN & THE CHILD (DELUXE VERSION)!
It’s wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!
This week, we’re reviewing the Deluxe version of The Mandalorian & The Child from Hot Toys. Yep. The figure was ordered on KGHobby as soon as it was announced, and arrived last week. As expected, it is a gorgeous piece! What it is lacking in articulations and poseability (the suit gets in the way a lot), it makes up for it with how amazing it looks. Two Grogu/Baby Yoda (yes, two!), tons of great accessories and possibilities, , it’s a very, very nice set!
“Nice armor!”
Art box (sorry, I didn’t take a picture of the brown shipper box. It was beautiful, though!)
Inner sleeve
2 levels of awesomeness
(Some ‘collectors’ actually leave those wrapping plastic around the figure and display them like that. LOL!)
The classic “Museum pose”, a favorite of Hot Toys collectors (supposedly to avoid damaging the suit, which makes the whole process of buying a $250+ figure with real clothes absolutely pointless)
“The child coos”
The stand is the same as the previous Mandalorian figure, but comes with an additional part in which you can “plant” the tube that holds the pram in the air. Yes, it’s a transparent tube. Hot Toys still didn’t come up with the technology to have it hovering over the ground… SMH!
Closed pram…
Open pram!
“COO!”
“Pull my finger, kid…”
“Wherever I go, he goes.”
The Mandalorian theme intensifies!
Among the accessories, you can find a tracking fob. Now, how do these things work? Seriously? We’ve seen them in the shows. The characters just look at it and can tell “He’s 200ft northwest from here.” while there is only one blinking red dot. I WANT TO KNOW.
Mando also comes with 3 different attachements for his vambrace (had to google that one), of the whistling birds:
Closed
Loaded…
And FIRE!!
Talking about fire, he also comes with a flame thrower attachment for his other vambrace (yeah, i’ll use it a lot now).
“Anybody wants to grill something?”
2 different ‘earpieces’ included, closed one, and with his night light out, so that he can read books in the dark.
A great addition to the Deluxe version was the Camtono (or ice cream maker from the 70’s). It’s highly detailed and opens up like in the show, with a few beskar ingot inside.
Other “Deluxe version” exclusive accessories are a wired grappling hook, hologram Mando, and the shoulder piece with his Mudhorn symbol
BADASS
The jetpack can be attached thanks to magnets (how do they work?). It comes with 2 fire effects, so you can get your Mando airborne!
Finally, the necklace for Grogu is the perfect last addition to that amazing set.
“It’s called fashion. Look it up.”
“You’re… smaller.”
I’m gonna tell my kid this was Daft Punk.
It was very fun to take those pics and get to play with each accessories, rather than just get it out of the box, put it in one position and toss it in a Detolf forever. I will definitely do that again! Now, I just have to pick a badass pose!
More news at 11:00… THIS IS THE WAY!
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THE BIG VALENTINE’S DAY LIST 2021!
We’re a few days away from February 14th, and ToyFarce would like to wish all the toy lovers worldwide a happy Valentine's Day! (And also, a happy name day to all the Valentin(e)s of the world, who can't help but be forgotten on that day every single year).
VALENTINE’S DAY NEWS:
THE BIG VALENTINE’S DAY LIST 2021!
We’re a few days away from February 14th, and ToyFarce would like to wish all the toy lovers worldwide a happy Valentine's Day! (And also, a happy name day to all the Valentin(e)s of the world, who can't help but be forgotten on that day every single year).
Last year, we published a list of some of the biggest love stories in the world of toy collecting, and we thought it would be nice to give that list a little update! (Last year's list: https://www.toyfarce.com/news//2020/02/happy-valentines-day-to-all-toy-lovers.html )
Here are some of the greatest love stories from last year:
The eternal love story that all collectors know about. We’re in 2021, and there is still not an invention that would get rid of dust permanently…That shows how much dust loves our action figures!
Being a toy collector, and being financially irresponsible are pretty much the same thing nowadays!
Good ol’ Detolf. I remember my first… Do you?
It’s only over when you don’t see the wall at all anymore. Then… you start another wall!
“Can I copy your homework, Kenner? - Sure, NECA! But don’t make it too obvious…”
Still waiting on items that were supposed to come back in Q3 2020? Oh, sweet delays…
Todd McFarlane: “Ok, no more Batman… SIKE! Here’s 2 different Batman Beyond ones!”
By the time the figures come out, we have forgotten we ordered them!
“Would you like a bag for all that nothing?”
Nothing says “QC issues” like taking a figure out of the packaging and its limbs snap off…
“Anyone still looking for Vipers or Firefly? THAT WOULD BE $250!!”
Ooooh… Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? - DBZ GOKU!
We hope you’ll have a lovely Valentine’s Day, and don’t forget to treat your toys to a nice candle-lit diner as well! Action figures need love too!
More news at 11:00… WHAT A LOVELY DAY!
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COLLECTOR BUYS HIMSELF RARE, EXPENSIVE TOYS; TELLS EVERYONE HIS WIFE GOT THEM FOR HIM!
“My fiancé went to do the groceries and got me the entire GI Joe Classified Cobra Island set! She’s a keeper!”
BREAKING NEWS:
COLLECTOR BUYS HIMSELF RARE, EXPENSIVE TOYS; TELLS EVERYONE HIS WIFE GOT THEM FOR HIM!
“My fiancé went to do the groceries and got me the entire GI Joe Classified Cobra Island set! She’s a keeper!”
“My wife surprised me this VINTAGE MINT ON CARD JAWA WITH VYNIL CAPE that I was missing! She thought it was cute and that I would like it! Thanks, Sarah!”
“My boyfriend just bought me an helicopter LOL!”
In the last few years, you may have seen lots of posts similar to this. It seems that lots of significant others are suddently very savvy about the toys and collectibles that their partners want, and somehow find some good deals, out of nowhere. ToyFarce does not deny that this can happen, and that some definitely share the passion with their soulmates, of course, but some of them do sound a bit too big…
Let’s be honest for a second, here: To the guy that says that his wife “surprised him” with a Mint in sealed box GI Joe U.S.S. Flagg Aircraft Carrier as an “early Christmas present”: We don’t believe you. You totally bought this for yourself.
A lot of collectors have collections of decent sizes and sometimes need to have a checklist to keep track of what they have, so having their partner “randomly surprising them” with one of the few items that they are missing does sound suspicious. They could at least admit that they asked them for that very specific one.
So what makes collectors post something like that? Is it for the attention? Would their post get more ‘likes’ if they say their wife bought it rather than saying that they bought it themselves? Is it to reduce the guilt of succombing to the temptation and paying scalper prices? The mystery remains unresolved…
What do you think about it?
More news at 11:00… by the way, totally unrelated, but my girlfriend just bought me fifteen Prime1 Studios statues this month. Thanks, honey!
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HOT TOYS ANNOUNCES DARK KNIGHT RISES PRODUCTS, S.H. FIGUARTS ANNOUNCES AVENGERS MOVIE FIGURES… WAIT, WHAT YEAR IS THIS??
2020. This entire year has felt like a decade already. Remember February? That was like 3 years ago. Yet, it seems we’re getting announcement for toys that already came out … in 2012!
PARADOXICAL NEWS:
HOT TOYS ANNOUNCES DARK KNIGHT RISES PRODUCTS, S.H. FIGUARTS ANNOUNCES AVENGERS MOVIE FIGURES…WAIT, WHAT YEAR IS THIS??
2020. This entire year has felt like a decade already. Remember February? That was like 3 years ago. Yet, it seems we’re getting announcement for toys that already came out … in 2012!
This week, Hot Toys has announced their (re-)releases of the Dark Knight Rises Batman figure, along with the Bat-Pod.
Earlier last week, S.H. Figuarts announced a series of action figures from the Avengers movie. No, not Endgame, not Infinity War, not even Age of Ultron: the first Avengers movie.
At the same time, we’re getting ‘retro’ figures with packaging from the 90’s from the Marvel Legends line, Vintage Collection Star Wars action figures in the same packaging as the ones in the 80’s, Power Rangers figures from the Mighty Morphin’ show from the 90’s…
WHAT YEAR IS THIS??
Does it sound suspicious to anyone else that we are also getting ‘Back to the Future’ figures from NECA, also this year? The same year that we’re getting all those products from the past again? Doc Brown has got some explaining to do!
More news at 11:00…or whenever is 11:00 in this time paradox!
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THERE’S BEEN A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE… AND THOUSANDS ARE TRYING TO SELL THEIR DARTH VADER FIGURES AT A HIGHER PRICE…
ToyFarce would like to extend their condolences to David Prowse’s friends and family.
SAD NEWS:
THERE’S BEEN A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE… AND THOUSANDS ARE TRYING TO SELL THEIR DARTH VADER FIGURES AT A HIGHER PRICE…
During the weekend, we were all saddened to hear about the passing of David Prowse, the man under the costume of Darth Vader, an iconic role that is still, to this day, giving chills to people watching Star Wars for the first time (and will probably do so forever). ToyFarce would like to extend their condolences to the actor’s friends and family.
Unfortunately, as is tradition in our community, greed seems to live next door to death, as there was an influx of people trying to take advantage of the death of the actor, and tried to sell Darth Vader figures at a higher price. A few were caught red-handed and told off in the comments of their sale posts, before pretending not to know about the death of the actor before posting the ad for the latest Hot Toys Darth Vader figure, or an Hasbro ‘The Black Series’ figure.
On behalf of the entire toy community, ToyFarce would like to reiterate:
DON’T BE THAT GUY.
Darth Vader didn’t sacrifice himself for that. Let the man rest in peace. Don’t take advantage of another person’s death. It’s just sad.
For those that do, we already discussed that when Chadwick Boseman passed away, here: https://www.toyfarce.com/news//2020/08/pathetic-losers-use-actors-death-for.html
More news at 11:00… Rest In Power, Dark Lord. Thanks for the memories.
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REVIEW: MATTEL'S STAR WARS - THE CHILD
There has been a disturbance in the Force. A new toy has made its way to ToyFarce’s home which has caused another toy to feel threatened…
TOYFARCE REVIEWS:
REVIEW: MATTEL'S STAR WARS - THE CHILD
There has been a disturbance in the Force. A new toy has made its way to ToyFarce's home which has caused another toy to feel threatened...
Baby Groot felt a threat that he might not be the cutest life-size toy in the house anymore, and needed to inspect the situation.
“I am groot.” - *The child coos*
After some deliberation, Baby Groot decided that they might have more chances at being the cutest thing in the house, if they formed an alliance.
So it was agreed.
...until the eventual sudden heel turn from Baby Groot !
"I AM GROOT!!"
Baby Groot had only forgotten about one thing... the Force.
“I…am…Groot…”
*The Child coos*
All in all, for 29$, this might be the best 'The Child' version around. Unless we're talking about the SUPER TINY Black Series one, which is the TINIEST THING EVER MADE. Review coming soon!
More news at 11:00... *cooing*
*COO*
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PATHETIC LOSERS USE ACTOR'S DEATH FOR OWN PROFIT
Rest in Power, Chadwick Boseman.
SAD NEWS:
PATHETIC LOSERS USE ACTOR'S DEATH FOR OWN PROFIT
On behalf of the entire toy community, ToyFarce News would like to extend a message to:
- all the scalpers/resellers that have decided to increase their prices on all Black Panther merch after the actor's untimely death ;
- the professional resellers (especially one in HK) that decided to put the prices up on their Black Panther figures (before removing the sale "out of respect" only after getting called out) ;
- and all the people that did the exact same thing after any other celebrity that passed away (Stan Lee, for example) :
YOU SUCK.
HAVE SOME RESPECT.
Now, back to original programming...
Rest in Power, Chadwick Boseman.
More news at 11:00... Wakanda Forever! *arms crossed pose*
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IRON MAN MARK DIY... WITH COLOR MARKERS ?!
Today, Hot Toys revealed 4 of their exclusive figures that will be available at various comic cons (you know, the ones that were cancelled...).
