Articles in the Toys Category

LootCrate is a Monthly Crate of Fun Loot
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Posted in Toys on 16 September 2014
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If you enjoy a monthly crate of fun toy “loot” – a mystery box like Christmas every month? Then LootCrate is either for you or a fun gift. Every month, they send you a box of mystery toys (all new and worth at least $40) … the box is about $20 a month with shipping […]

Some Fun Funko Pop Vinyl’s Coming
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Posted in Toys on 13 September 2014
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You can pre-order at Entertainment Earth … Big Hero 6 Baymax (oversized compared to other Funko POP Vinyl’s). There’s also a “naked” version of Baymax. Coming in December. Dancing Groot. EE also has an exclusive Dragon Ball Z Super Saiyan Goku that glows in the dark. There’s even a Howard the Duck POP Vinyl – […]

San Diego Comic Con 2015
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Posted in Toys on 10 September 2014
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Here we go again! If you were a previous attendee, you should have gotten your email … if you want to go, you have to pre-register and wait for the email to get in the queue.   Thanks for the screenshots, “NascarBronco.”

Order Your High End Diorama
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Posted in Toys on 31 August 2014
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This guy will build a custom diorama for you … in Japanese and you probably need 5-figures but if you can dream big and you have a big bank account … ORDER HERE.

Hasbro Revenues Up But Not Enough According to Wall Street
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Posted in Financial, Toys on 28 July 2014
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“Hasbro posted second quarter sales of $829.3 million, up 8.2% compared to last year. Sales fell short compared to consensus estimates at $839 million. Despite the increase in topline sales growth, earnings were down and fell by 8.2% to $33.5 million.” Of course, this was the quarter they shipped TRANSFORMERS – sales are counted when […]

LEGO Has a Cool New Batman Tumbler Coming
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Posted in Lego, Toys on 27 July 2014
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Another very cool new LEGO Batman Tumbler coming next month … You can check out more photos at USAToday. BTW, you can begin pre-ordering the COMPLETE Batman 1966 TV Series Blu Ray. (Amazon).

If HELLO KITTY says Feed ME, You Feed It!
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Posted in Toys on 20 July 2014
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Even if she doesn’t have a mouth … but she can sense if you don’t feed her … I have 150 phrases and I WILL NOT stop talking … isn’t this how those Chucky movies started?

The State of the Toy Business 2014: Hey, Is That a Cliff?
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Posted in Toys on 13 July 2014
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This is the latest kick in the teeth to the toy business … While Transformers, the movie is doing fine – the toys are stacked to the gills and selling at a slow pace. Basically, the toy business is like the movie business now. If you don’t have blank pegs by the time the movie […]

Diecast Manufacturing Machinery Expo – China
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Posted in Toys on 28 June 2014
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If you’re going to the Diecast Manufacturing Expo later in July, pick up one of these for me, will you? 🙂 You want 100 Chuy’s, you got it! There will be scintillating topics covered such as, “High strength and high toughness magnesium alloy,” “Austempered ductile iron (ADI) for development and application,” & who doesn’t want […]

Hasbro Says Please Buy a Lot of Transformers So We Can Make Another Movie
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Posted in Toys on 11 June 2014
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“Brian Goldner, Hasbro President and CEO, claims the films have largely focused on the same group of hero and villain robots – resulting in limited variation for the toy line. Goldner asserted, for Transformers 4, the story would center around a new batch of robots – for the purpose of refreshing the toy line. [The […]