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Yu-Gi-Oh! Galactic Overlord Review – Dragons shall rise again
2 weeks ago
Once every 3 months it happens, duelists line up in the morning or appear in droves in the afternoon with the release of a new set of cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! Last time, Order of Chaos really helped change the game by introducing Inzektors and allowing Wind ups to be complete with Wind-up Shark and More >
MGS3: Snake Eater figures from Hot Toys
3 weeks ago
Hot Toys has revealed its Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 12-inch figures. It includes Naked Snake, AKA Big Boss, and The Boss. The game has been out for a while, but I’m glad that the toy company has decided to bring this classic game into the toy world.
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Harley Quinn finally gets a Kotobukiya bishoujo statue
3 weeks ago
Kotobukiya has recently announced that Harley Quinn is joining the DC Bishoujo statue collection, with Batgirl, Catwoman and Poison Ivy already being released. Finally, one of the most popular DC femme fatales gets the Shunya Yamashita touch.
What’s a Kotobukiya bishoujo statue without a seductive More >
Contest: Yu-Gi-Oh! Giveaways with Starter Deck XYZ Symphony and 2012 Premium Tins (updated)
1 month ago
Yu-Gi-Oh! fans, welcome to our first giveaway. We have some of the new Yu-Gi-Oh! Starter deck XYZ Symphony which was released today, as well as the 2012 Premium Collection Tin. Thanks to Konami for providing these items.
The Starter Deck: Xyz Symphony also is the first set to use the new style for More >
Play Arts Kai Mass Affect 3 figures
1 month ago
Play Arts Kai is a toy company whose video game license is no joke, with games like Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, and Street Fighter just to name a few. They will be adding a new one to their long list of licenses, Mass Effect 3. The first few figures set to be released are: Commander Shepard, More >
Yu-Gi-Oh! Starter Deck: XYZ Symphony
1 month ago
by Chris Del Castillo
in Toys
Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship series is under way and the cards just keep coming. With Galactic Overlord and The Battle Pack: Epic Dawn releasing next month, duelists still have one more set to look forward to with a new starter deck, XYZ Symphony.
Featuring Yuma’s ace card Number 39: Utopia, the set will More >
Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Long Beach breaks world record
1 month ago
YCS Long Beach was an event no one could have expected or prepared for. What was originally a 2-day event (Saturday and Sunday) could have been considered a 3-day event. On Friday, March 23rd, 2,223 players pre-registered for the main event, which took around 6 hours. All around the Long Beach More >
Fan-Made Lego Game Boy Transformer
1 month ago
This unusual Nintendo Game Boy is truly more than meets the eye. Ha ha, get it? Get it? Eh, you don’t get it. Anyway, this stunning Lego Game Boy Transformer comes from Lego builder Julius von Brunk. Apparently, Julius is living the dream we all wanted but could never achieve, playing with toys More >
Video: 100th Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series at Long Beach and Current Decks
2 months ago
If you are a fan of Yu-Gi-Oh! and live in the West Coast, chances are you’re getting ready for this weekend’s YCS. And with some help of some local duelists, we thought we would talk a bit about a few important things: type of decks you will be seeing, current format, current sets, what you can do More >
Back to the Future DeLorean flying in real life
2 months ago
And when I say DeLorean flying in real life, I mean an RC quadrotor modeled after the DeLorean from Back to the Future. Well, if we’re not going to have actual flying cars in our lifetime, we’ll just have to settle with our imagination and an RC controller, don’t we?
The custom-built DeLorean has More >
Name an area for Blizzard’s RISK: Starcraft board game
2 months ago
by Michael Revis
in Toys
Board game company USAopoly has a special treat for Blizzard fans. In their partnership with the gaming giant, they’re holding a contest where you can actually name a specific area in the upcoming Starcraft version of the classic board game, RISK.
How do you get in on this oppurtunity? Simply go More >
Spider-Man Minimates available this summer!
2 months ago
With The Amazing Spider-Man crawling into cinemas this year, Minimates is releasing a line of Amazing Spider-Man figures! The 2-inch figurines will be available to buy in June.
Toys available will be:
- Peter Parker & Spider-Man
- Battle-Damaged Spider-Man & Lizard
- Uncle Ben & Swat Officer
- Aunt May & More >
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Premium Collection coming March 20th
2 months ago
by Chris Del Castillo
in Toys
It’s dueling season with 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship series just passing and plenty more to come. At the end of this month at Long Beach, California, there will be another Championship series. With the release of Order of Chaos Special Edition, Konami has another goody in store for this month.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Players had a few questions about the upcoming Battle Pack Epic Dawn, we got them answered
2 months ago
For Yu-Gi-Oh! players, the surprise announcement of the Battle Pack: Epic Dawn was a nice change of pace when cards like Tour Guide of the Underworld, Fiendish Chain, Fabled Raven and more would be getting a reprint, making it easier for duelists to get and put in their decks.
While it’s just like More >
Yu-Gi-Oh! Order of Chaos Special Edition gives duelists easier access to Effect Veilers
2 months ago
by Chris Del Castillo
in Toys
Order of Chaos instantly became a game changer for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading card game with greater support for Wind-up decks, and introduces new deck type like Inzektors and Ninja’s that are now some of the top used decks for regionals and YCS.
On March 6th, Konami will be releasing what is possibly More >
ThreeA + MGS = AWESOME!!!
2 months ago
by Jose Gutierrez III
in Toys
When people hear the name Ashley Wood some people think artist, some figure creator, and other don’t know who he is. I’ve been following him for a while now since he did some work for the Spawn series as well as releasing some books on the Metal Gear Series. When I hear it, I think of all the More >
Michael Bay isn’t the first to put balls on Transformers
3 months ago
We all saw that scene in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with Devastator climbing up the pyramid showing off his shiny metal testicles. After seeing that, I immediately wanted to throw up. Devastator, my favorite combiner Transformers, was nothing more of a joke. It’s sad to say that Michael More >
Get Marty McFly’s hover board 3 years earlier
3 months ago
My favorite Back to the Future trilogy was the second one, mostly because it had flying cars and big screen TVs. As a fan of what the future would be like, I was in awe when I first saw Marty McFly use the hover board, a skateboard with no wheels, to escape his futuristic bullies with powered hover More >
So the Lizard will look more like Killer Croc in the Amazing Spider-Man
3 months ago
So Diamond Select will be releasing its own line of The Amazing Spider-Man busts and action figures. We get a good look at how Spider-Man and the Lizard are going to look like in the movie. The images were taken during the 2012 Toy Fair in New York.
I’m pretty excited about the film, but I’m not More >
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron gets Bruticus combiner toy
3 months ago
With the upcoming anticipated Transformers: Fall of Cybertron video game on the horizon, Hasbro has released new images and artworks for Bruticus, a Decepticon combiner that’s going to be featured in the game.
Bruticus is made up of different Decepticons including Blast-Off, Vortex, Brawl, Swindle, More >
Soon you can own Thor’s hammer, Mjölnir
3 months ago
The guys over at eFX Collectibles recently revealed their new Marvel’s Avengers line of props including Captain America’s helmet and shield, Thor’s helmet, and Iron Man’s helmet. Today, they have revealed an image of Thor’s Hammer, Mjolnir, which you can preview at WonderCon in March. This is the More >
KAROTZ: Rabbit Gone Wild Facebook Device
3 months ago
Say hello to my little friend (that never gets old) – The Karotz. This rabbit is a multipurpose Internet-connected 3rd party Facebook hardware peripheral. The little guy will move his ears, speak to you, read, listen, light up and will even detect the presence of objects by sniffing them. The More >
The Avengers Prop Replicas from eFX Inc Coming This Spring
3 months ago
Now that eFX Inc has acquired the rights to make Marvel collectibles, the prop company will be creating replica props for the upcoming Avengers film by Joss Whedon. The new line will be revealed in the first quarter of 2012, and the Avengers props will be displayed at WonderCon 2012 from March 16 More >
You See that Catwoman Statue? She’s got Curved Heels. Curved. Heels.
3 months ago
Got that Skyrim reference? No? Too bad.
Here’s a U.K. Toy Fair image of DC Direct’s Catwoman statue from the upcoming Dark Knight Rises film by Christopher Nolan. This is the best representation of Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman that we can get that shows off her booty, I mean body.
The top part of More >
LEGO Makes Minecraft a Reality
3 months ago
The video game phenomenon has just been approved to be created in the LEGO world. The idea for the new kits came from the Lego submission site, Lego Cuusoo, where people can post and vote on new kit suggestions. If a suggestion can garner 10,000 votes, then “a Lego Jury evaluates the idea’s More >
