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Another month, another new series of information to fill you in on. As
always you can e-mail me at the address above with ideas for articles,
questions or comments.
Picking up on the Star Wars information that I have been posting for the
past several months, here's a rundown on things. The B-Wing should be
available in your local Target store. I've seen it and I have mixed
feelings about it. Having owned it in the original B-Wing from the Return
of the Jedi series, it does not seem to do it justice. My first problem
with it is that it costs $40. $40? That's ten dollars more than I paid for
the Y-Wing fighter that was also a Target exclusive. The only way I
would pay that much is if it had some other feature than an exclusive figure.
The original B-Wing did not come with an exclusive figure, but it had
landing gear (which I think the new one has) and sound effects. The
other problem I have with it is that it comes with an exclusive pilot. Now lets
think back to when the original line came out; when a vehicle came out,
there was a figure that was carded separately that you had to buy. Now
instead of having to buy it separately, they include it and jack up the
price ten dollars. I'm torn, though. I'm collecting the figures and
vehicles that they produce for the new line that were produced in the
original lines from 1977-1985. The B-Wing was part of that line, and I
really am trying to justify the price to myself.
While on the subject. It looks like some places up north and overseas
have already gotten the Toys R Us exclusive TIE Interceptor. I
have not seen it in person like I have with the B-Wing. It will probably
cost over $30 because of the "exclusive" figure. Here's a clue for the
exclusive figure. It is a TIE Pilot figure with jointed knees. That's the
only thing that is different. The TIE Interceptor does not even have the
sound effects. My local Toys R Us store still has figures from the last
line of The Phantom Menace (mostly Qui-Gon and Darth Maul), and
barely two pegs of the Power of the Force Figures (all of them being Leia Bespin
Escape). They have not even finished their huge reset yet, so I probably
will not see them until some time in October. I probably will get one if I
can find one.
Some other Star Wars related news. There will be a 12-inch Luke
Skywalker on a speeder bike exclusive to Target stores. I guess this is a follow up
to the one they did last year with the 12-inch Biker Scout with Speeder
Bike. Look for this some time in fall. There will also be one more set of
3.75" figures released this year. Look for a Battle Damaged Darth Vader,
Luke Skywaker X-Wing Pilot (less bulked up than the one they released
in the beginning), Shmi Skywalker, Obi-Wan in Jedi Armor (from Episode 1)
and yet another Han Solo variation this time with Stormtrooper belt. Also a
little birdy told me that a new line with the likes of the FX-7 droid and
Ketwol is or should be out soon. Looks like I need to start making room
on my Star Wars wall for a few more slots.
Now on to other non rant related news.
McFarlane Toys has put out his line of figures based on some current
NFL players. Look for Randy Moss, Eddie George, Emmitt Smith and Edgerrin
James. If I had any interest in these figures (which I don't) and wanted to
get the one from Dallas (which I don't) then I would never ever find the
Emmitt Smith figure. The figures can be posed in a signature pose, stand
six inches tall, and have a stand. Look for them this month.
Our intrepid editor's husband e-mailed me a picture of the new
He-man
figure that is going to come out in 2002, and I think it should still be
available on the site if you want to see it. Anyway, it looks like they
plan to have a whole series of these figures. Starting in Spring 2002,
they will have the first wave of figures. Look for new versions of He-Man,
Man-At-Arms, Stratos, Skeletor, Mer-Man and Beast Man. All of these
figures will have some special function like He-Man will have a punching
action and Skeletor will have a sword slashing action.
It's about time that the game Perfect Dark for the Nintendo 64 got it's
own figure line. BBI is making two 12 inch figures of the games main character
Joanna Dark. One will be dressed in her battle gear and armor with all
sorts of weapons, and the other will be a standard catsuit like outfit.
They look nice and if I can find one than I might get one.
Playmates is putting out another Treehouse of Horror playset. Coming
out in time for Halloween, this set will include Kang and Kodos from
numerous Treehouse of Horror episodes and a Homer figure as well as the playset
will be based on the bridge of their spaceship. It should be out some time
in October.
Jakks Pacific has lots more on the horizon for the WWF license. Look for
the 12 series of figures to be out soon. This one will include Steve
Austin, Kurt Angle, Undertaker, Big Show, Chris Jericho and The Rock.
There will also be a fourth series of Rebellion figures. Look for the
likes of Lita, X-Pac, Chris Benoit, Triple H, Billy Gunn and Edge. The
finishing moves series is on its fourth incarnation featuring Steve Austin
vs. The Rock, Edge vs. Kane (when did this happen?) and Buh Buh Ray
Dudley vs. Lita. The real scan process has really improved the quality of these
figures and I hope that they improve it in the future.
That's all for this month, there will be more next month.
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