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DID THE SIMPSONS ALREADY PREDICT THE SUPER7 ACTION FIGURES?
What if ToyFarce told you that, as is tradition, the Simpsons had actually “done it first”, and had teased a Super7 action figure line a long time ago?
BREAKING NEWS:
DID THE SIMPSONS ALREADY PREDICT THE SUPER7 ACTION FIGURES?
“D’OH!”
Last week, Super7 teased a new license that would join their *inhales* ULTIMAAAAATES line of action figures.
IN ROD WE TRUST
Several collectors immediately screamed “OH MY GOD, STAR WARS!!” before deleting their comments shortly after realizing that it was a tease for a Simpsons line (we saw that!). Super7 has since then revealed the figures, which are available for pre-order on their website: https://preorder.super7store.com/
Promo pics
So many accesssories!
What if ToyFarce told you that, as is tradition, the Simpsons had actually “done it first”, and had teased a Super7 action figure line a long time ago?
First, they had a comic book called “SIMPSONS SUPER SPECTACULAR” which had the word “Super” in it. There was an issue number 7, so it was CLEARLY a tease for a Super7 line:
On the cover, you can see the words “Simpsons”, “Super” and “7”. It’s pretty obvious!
More recently, they had an episode called “the 7 beer itch” (S32E05), which had the number 7 in the title! Another OBVIOUS tease by the creators of the Simpsons. As a matter of fact, the name “Simpson” has 7 letters!! It makes you wonder how long they’ve known about the Super7 figure line!
Seven! It’s right there!
There is also an official episode guide that has the word “ULTIMATE” right in the title!
But the most obvious one that we could find came from an episode from 1995, titled “Bart’s Comet” (S06E14). In that episode, in that episode, Bart discovers a comet while being punished by Skinner, and temporarily joins a group of nerds from the school.
Bart joins a group called… the SUPER friends!
Guess how many members the SUPERfriends had when Bart was a member… BINGO! It was 7! *mic drop*
If that doesn’t convince you, we do not know what will. To us, it’s very clear that the Simpsons had been teasing the Super7 line for all these years. Great job!
More news at 11:00… Aye caramba!
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AMIDST SILVERHAWKS PAINT CONTROVERSY, SUPER7 ANNOUNCES NEXT WAVE OF ULTIMATE TMNT!
A few days ago, Super7 unveiled the first pictures of the digital sculpts of the Silverhawks figures… and inevitably, people started to complain!
BREAKING NEWS:
AMIDST SILVERHAWKS PAINT CONTROVERSY, SUPER7 ANNOUNCES NEXT WAVE OF ULTIMATE TMNT!!
A few days ago, Super7 unveiled the first pictures of the digital sculpts of the Silverhawks figures… and inevitably, people started to complain! (That could actually be another article, and just end there). From the pictures of the digital scuplts (read that again, digital sculpts. Not even actual figures yet), the paint didn’t look as shiny as the figures used to be in our collective memories… Oh noooo!
“WHAT? Those are not shiny enough!”
In the late 80’s, the figures used “vac-metal” (or vacuum metallizing) and were oh-so-shiny, and that is how people are remembering them. On the new Super7 figures digital sculpt pictures (once again, not even prototype pics, just digital), the colors seemed more matte, rather than very shiny. Collectors will not be able to use their Silverhawks figures as mirrors to look if they have something stuck between their teeth. Such a shame!
(For more info about the Super7 Silverhawks line and colors, check out the excellent interview of Brian Flynn by the great Pixel Dan that came out during the weekend. It’s amazingly informative! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFMZHnva640 )
“I won’t be able to enjoy my reflection in these! Gosh darn!”
ToyFarce did some digging, and found out about what the next wave of Ultimate TMNT will be, and you’ll never guess who the characters are! (#3 will shock you… sorry, old clickbaits habits).
The plan is for the next wave of TMNT Ultimates to include Chrome Dome, Robotic Bebop, Robotic Rocksteady and a Robotic Foot Soldier! All those figures which were vac-metal back then too! No digital sculpt pictures yet to see if they have a shine to them, but we’ll keep you posted as soon as we hear more.
Chrome Dome, Robotic Foot Soldier, Robotic Bebop and Robotic Rocksteady… SO SHINY!
There are also early rumors that the next wave could be inspired by the Metal Mutants wave from the early 90’s!
Shiny rumors!
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More news at 11:00… in vac-metal!
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REVIEW: SUPER7 NJPW KAZUCHIKA OKADA
Fresh from Ringside Collectibles, the long awaited Super7 NJPW figures were finally released…and the crowd went MILD!!
TOYFARCE REVIEWS:
SUPER7 NJPW KAZUCHIKA OKADA
It's Wednesday. You know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!
Fresh from Ringside Collectibles, the long awaited Super7 NJPW figures were finally released…and the crowd went MILD!!
First off, for those unfamiliar with NJPW (New Japan Pro Wrestling), Kazuchika Okada is one of the best wrestlers on the planet these days, only eclipsed by a few. His matches with Kenny Omega are legendary (their matches regularly scored over 5 stars…on a 5 star rating, and they share the only 7 star out of 5 match in the history of wrestling). Here’s his entrance theme:
The figures come with their own mini-shipper boxes, which is nice. Shipper box collectors will go crazy about those. The boxes also have a ‘sleeve’, with the NJPW logo, which looks very classy.
The figure itself? Well… The likeness is unfortunately quite off. He comes with 2 different headsculpts, which are not that different from one another, one of his signature entrance robes, the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship belt, 5 different sets of hands, and some Rainmaker money.
Now, let’s talk about the elephant in the room: The ugly-ass ab crunch. When I saw the first few pics from people starting to get their figures, and saw that hard-to-miss ab crunch, I believe I said out loud “OH NO”. Fortunately, as ugly as it is, it’s not that bad in person. It looks bad if you over-bend the figure, like this…
…but if you keep the figure in ‘normal’ standing positions, it’s not as bad as it looked on those first pics, thank goodness.
The scale is unfortunately quite off too, as Okada is supposed to be a very tall man, while this figure is the same size as your standard wrestling figure (and it’s even worse when compared to the other Super7 NJPW figures, which has Tomohiro Ishii at about the same size, while he is a lot shorter in real life).
Talking about other wrestling figures, let’s revisit some of the Rainmaker’s rivalry, with 2 former Bullet Club members (even though Bullet Club is supposed to be 4…4…4…4 LIFE).
Okada is said to have one of the best dropkicks in the business
Tombstone piledriver!
The chemistry between Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada is unrivaled (ooooh!)
Setting him up for his finisher…
The wrist has been locked!!!
And…
RAINMAKEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!!
RAINMAKEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!!
RAINMAKEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!!
Okada about to do his signature pose… NO, WAIT!!!
DAMMIT, you have to warn people when you zoom out like that… Well, folks, here is my kitchen.
The bottom line is this: Could it have been better? Yes. Does it look like the prototype we were shown? Not really. But, am I happy that I get to have an action figure of “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada to display next to my other wrestling figures? Absolutely. This is probably the only Okada figure we will get in a long time, so we’ll make do with what we have.
Series 1 had Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Will Ospreay, and series 2 had already been announced and will include most of the members of the Ingobernables de Japon faction: Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, Bushi and EVIL (who has now joined the Bullet Club, betraying his friends).
*COIN TOSS SOUND*
Did you pick any of the Super7 NJPW figures? What is your opinion about them? Let us know in the comments! And don’t forget to follow @toyfarce on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!
More news at 11:00… RAINMAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!
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SUPER7: “GO BIG *AND* GO HOME!” - MORE HUGE PLAYSETS TO COME?!
One thing is for sure, collectors will need to make a lot of space for all the upcoming huge toys!
BREAKING NEWS:
SUPER7: “GO BIG *AND* GO HOME!” - MORE HUGE PLAYSETS TO COME?!
Last year, Super7 became the number 1 reason why couples are arguing after releasing the HUGE Masters of the Universe Snake Mountain playset, a huge playset that is in scale with their MOTU Classics line. Hundreds of collectors are still in the doghouse with their significant other after bringing home that enormous beast of a playset.
Then, last week, it was the turn of the Thundercats franchise to get their own huge playset, with their vehicle, the ThunderTank, which makes the Thundercats Ultimate figures look like they are 3”3/4 scale next to it.
ToyFarce got the intel (probably a disgruntled employee, again) that for Super7, “This is only the beginning!”. They are now testing the waters, and after seeing that Snake Mountain was VERY popular, and that the early ReActions (pun absolutely intended) to the ThunderTank are that, albeit a bit on the expensive side, most Thundercats fan will definitely get it, the sky is now the limit for Super7, who has a lot of awesome franchises to play with, and their enormous playsets! Can you imagine all the vehicles for the Ultimates Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line, for example?
Here is some speculation of what may or may not come!
ALIEN’S USCSS NOSTROMO PLAYSET:
A Nostromo playset, scaled for the ReAction figures line would probably barely fit in our collection rooms, but that does not seem to have stopped Super7 before, and a lot of people would still buy it! Bring it on!
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION USS ENTERPRISE NCC 1701-D
Even bigger, imagine a spaceship U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701-D that would scale with the freshly announced Star Trek: The Next Generation ReAction figures! We are at least getting for sure a bridge and/or transporter room playsets! Can’t wait!
DISNEY’S THE HAUNTED MANSION (THE ACTUAL MANSION!!)
Can you imagine, a replica of the mansion, with all the best parts of the ride included in it? The stretching elevator? Check. The doom buggies? CHECK. The ballroom with dancing ghosts? CHECK! (This is just wishful thinking, but damn, I want that, now…). I’d actually go for the Disney Land Paris version of the Haunted Mansion (or Phantom Manor), which, to me, looks creepier!
Also, Super7 just announced that they landed the classic Godzilla license for toys… Can you already see a Godzilla scaled to the ReAction figures? That thing would take all the space in your living room… and you couldn’t be happier about it!
One thing is for sure, collectors will need to make a lot of space for all the upcoming huge toys! Between the Super7 playsets and HasLab’s Unicron, the Sentinel and the Razor Crest, we are all collectively going to need bigger homes.
More news at 11:00… GO BIG!
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TOYFARCE’S TOP 10 FUNNIEST AND WEIRDEST TOYS OF 2020!
Since everybody seems to be doing a Top 10 of the best figures of 2020, we figured ToyFarce should do one for the all the funny/weird/silly figures of this year, so here goes!
YEAR END NEWS:
TOYFARCE’S TOP 10 FUNNIEST AND WEIRDEST TOYS OF 2020!
We did it, guys! This is the last week of 2020! We have managed to survive 2020!
Since everybody seems to be doing a Top 10 of the best figures of 2020, we figured ToyFarce should do one for the all the funny/weird/silly figures of this year, so here goes! (We focused on US brands, and stayed away from Japanese toys for that list, otherwise, it would have probably been 10 Japanese products ^^)
10. BOSS FIGHT STUDIO’S SAM & MAX
Sam & Max, Freelance Police!
Sam & Max are characters from a comic book, a video game franchise, and an animated series, that parodies the crime-detective genre and American pop-culture. Finally getting action figures of the duo is amazing, thank you Boss Fight Studio, and we can’t wait to get our hands on those (unfortunately, like most items in this list, they were still in transit at time of writing, so we’ll have to wait to post our own pics and review).
9. JAZWARE’S “A LITTLE BIT OF THE BUBBLY” CHRIS JERICHO
Ooooh… A little bit of the Bubbly!
After winning the AEW World Championship belt at Double or Nothing 2019, Chris Jericho went backstage while still followed by AEW’s cameras. At some point, he saw a bottle of champagne on a table and said “Oh…a little bit of the BUBBLY!”, and the rest is history. This became a meme, which eventually became an action figure set. A meme turned into a toy. What a time to be alive!
8. MCFARLANE TOYS’ DOOM SLAYER : DOOMICORN
Rip and tear, until it is done!
Imagine you’re a demon, and you’re just going about with your day, doing demonic things, and a guy dressed like THIS shows up and slaughters all your friends, before coming for you… Now, that’s a new level of humiliation!
7. DIAMOND SELECT’S STAR TREK TNG: PICARD (FACEPALM - SDCC 2020)
*Facepalming intensifies*
Another meme turned into toy, with Jean Luc Picard’s facepalm limited edition bust. This speaks for itself. This year deserved a massive facepalm, and Picard delivered. There’s also a Riker version of it!!
6. HASBRO’S MARVEL LEGENDS DEAPOOL “PREMIUM INTERACTIVE HEAD”
The merc with a mouth…without a body!
This made the list only because of the commercial, which was completely insane. It’s Deadpool. It talks. Need I say more?
5. SUPER7’S DELUXE REN AND STIMPY
Happy happy joy joy!
From the classic wacky animated series come those 2 deluxe action figures from Super7. Alternative heads and hands, weird accessories, they have it all!
4. BANDAI’S CUP NOODLE 1/1 SCALE MODEL KIT
Hungry? Cup Noodle! Nissan!
In the history of weird model kits, we’re pretty sure nothing can top that one. The 1/1 scale Cup Noodle model kit was really fun to build, and looks amazing displayed in a kitchen, next to the real thing. Careful not to add boiling water to that one, though…
3. HASBRO’S STAR WARS BLACK SERIES HOLIDAY EDITION
A long time ago, in a Christmas holiday far, far away…
A lot of controversy came with those one, but who cares about negative opinions, those are super fun. I mean, come on… Winter porgs? Green stormtroopers? A ‘Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer’ D-0? We totally wanted those to be part of our Christmas decorations this year…
2. NECA’S TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MUSICAL MUTAGEN TOUR (SDCC 2020)
Cowabunga, dudes!
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle line has been a very successful line for NECA, so it was not surprising that they would release some sort of set to be SDCC exclusive, but oh boy, no one saw that one coming. The turtles with their ‘Coming out of their shells tour’, complete with denim outfits, instuments, and stage. This is ‘silliness’ at its best! They’re wearing shoes!!
1. HASBRO’S G.I.JOE CLASSIFIED SERIES - FINANCIAL DIRECTOR DESTRO
Pimpin’ ain’t easy!
What else? What else could have been number 1 on a list of the funniest/weirdest/silliest toys of 2020 than the Pimp Destro himself? That figure is so absurd and loud, it’s perfect. He comes with a suitcase full of cash, sunglasses, burning dollar bills, has leopard pattern on his costume and a leopard skin as a cape. Hasbro, we want more of that !
HONORABLE MENTION: 100% SOFT TOYS’ DUMPSTER FIRE
There is no better toy to represent this year than this one. There are now several variants of it, with facemask, with lights, … and we hope to see more of it in 2021.
Here it is, folks! The ToyFarce Top 10 Funniest and Weirdest toys of 2020! Did we miss any? Would you have placed them differently? Let us know in the comments!
More news at 11:00… and f**k off, 2020!
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REVIEW: SUPER7 REN & STIMPY DELUXE ACTION FIGURES!
It’s wednesday, which means it’s “Review day” for ToyFarce, and, oh boy, do we have a treat for you!
TOYFARCE REVIEW:
SUPER7 REN & STIMPY DELUXE ACTION FIGURES!
It’s wednesday, which means it’s “Review day” for ToyFarce, and, oh boy, do we have a treat for you! We finally got our hands on the Super7 Deluxe Ren & Stimpy figures!
They even came with their very own custom shipper boxes! And God knows how important it is to have a shipper box for a figure… If you’ve hanged around on any Hot Toys/one sixth scale figure group or forum, you’ll know that some people refuse to buy figures if they do not come with the shipper box! The figure is considered incomplete without its shipper box to them. We kid you not! They collect the cardboard as much as the figure. (Shout out to the ‘Hot Toys Shipper Boxes’ gang on Facebook!).
First, some packaging pics:
And the very first impression is: Those things are HUGE! I had assumed they would be way smaller, but at 7 inches, those can definitely look good displayed next to bigger figures (even one sixth scale). And now, let’s #LetEmBreathe!
“Hiiii!”
First, Ren Hoëk, who comes with 2 alternative heads, 2 alternative sets of hands, a fez, a rubber nipple hat and a plate of pork snacks.
“Mmmmh… Pork faces.”
Stimpy J. Cat comes with an alternative face plate, 2 sets of alternative hands, a litter box that can be used as a stand (ingenious!), a bag of Gritty Kitty litter, a fish skeleton, a nose goblin (!), a fart (!!) and his own rubber nipple hat.
“Sweet relief!”
“It’s my magic nose goblin! I picked it myself!”
“Dad!”
Both figures have minimal articulations (arms and legs + head for Ren), but those are not exactly made to be highly poseable, they’re just tons of fun, and any fan of the 90’s Nickelodeon show will just want them.
“Where is my face?”
And now, it’s time for their favorite moment…
“Hello, boys and girls! It’s your old pal, Stinky Wizzleteats! This is a song about a whale…
No! This is a song about being happy! That’s right, it’s the Happy Happy Joy Joy song!
“HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY! HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!”
“HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY! *BONG*
There are still some available at BigBadToyStore (which is where I got them), in case you want them!
More news at 11:00… YOU EEDIOT!
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