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Diamond select toys: Alice Through the Looking Glass and Doctor Strange!

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In Stores This Week: Alice Through the Looking Glass and Doctor Strange!

 

It’s a mind-blowing week at comic shops, as Diamond Select Toys ships two reality-twisting toy lines to stores across North America! First up, four Vinimates vinyl figures based on Alice Through the Looking Glass capture that movie’s time-traveling shenanigans, then the Doctor Strange Movie Minimates assortment captures all of the dimension-distorting magic of the hit Marvel Studios film! Read on for details, then find a comic shop near you at comicshoplocator.com!

 

Alice Through the Looking Glass Vinimates Vinyl Figures</br>

A Diamond Select Toys release! Off with their heads! The newest movie to join the Vinimates revolution is Alice Through the Looking Glass! Four characters from the much-anticipated sequel – Alice, Mad Hatter, Red Queen and new villain Time – are now part of the Vinimates vinyl-figure army. Each 4-inch PVC figure is sculpted in the Minimates block-figure style, and pre-posed to display their personality. Plus, with their ball-jointed necks, you can add additional attitude to each already perfect pose! Each Vinimate is packaged in a full-color window box.

Alice Vinimate (Item #JUN162363, SRP: $9.99)

Mad Hatter Vinimate (Item #JUN162364, SRP: $9.99)

Red Queen Vinimate (Item #JUN162365, SRP: $9.99)

Time Vinimate (Item #JUN162366, SRP: $9.99)

https://diamondselecttoys.com/alice-vinimates

 

Marvel Minimates Series 70 Doctor Strange Movie 2-Pack Asst.

A Diamond Select Toys Release! The next chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is now the next entry in the long-running Marvel Minimates line! Series 70 of Marvel Minimates mini-figures travels to the world of the Doctor Strange movie, with four different two-packs: Doctor Strange with The Ancient One, Mordo with Kaecilius, the comic-shop-exclusive Stephen Strange with Christine Palmer and the comic-shop-exclusive Wong & Zealot! Each 2-inch Minimates mini-figure features 14 points of articulation and fully interchangeable parts. Each two-pack is packaged in a full-color window box. (Item #JUL162622, SRP: $9.99/ea.)

https://diamondselecttoys.com/marvel-minimates-series-70-doctor-strange-movie-2-packs-asst

Find your nearest comic shop at comicshoplocator.com!

Toy Vault’s Outlander: Destiny Dice game will be in stores early 1Q 2017

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Outlander: Destiny Dice supports 2-4 players and game-play typically takes 20-30 minutes.

 

Each player rolls the 6 custom dice.  The goal is to roll Jamie and Claire characters.  Dark characters, like Black Jack Randall and Laoghaire MacKenzie, can ruin great rolls when they appear, while helpful characters like Jenny or Dougal, can save poor rolls.  Players can alter destiny through action cards which allow players to re-roll dice or modify their roll. 

 

After each player has rolled, players compare rolls. The best rolls advance their players forward on the destiny track, bringing Jamie and Claire closer together. The first player to get Jamie and Claire together wins the game.

 

Outlander: Destiny Dice was created by designer Kevin G. Nunn. (Sentinel Tactics, Duck Duck Go).

 

Outlander: Destiny Dice contains:

 

6 oversized custom full color dice

40 Action Cards

4 Reference Cards

8 Markers (2 for each player)

A full-color rulebook

 

The Outlander television series is adapted from Diana Galbadon’s New York Times best-selling Outlander book series.  Produced by Sony Pictures Television and filmed on location in Scotland, Outlander follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743 and thrown by circumstances beyond her control into the arms of Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior. 


​XPV ® RC Skateboarding Mikey

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XPV ® RC Skateboarding Mikey

Booyakasha! It’s Radical Control with the all-new XPV® RC Skateboarding Mikey. Watch as 
Mikey does amazing skateboard tricks and self-rights when turned over. Check out his 

awesome style as he performs incredible moves such as wheelies, 360s, one-footed spins and more! Mikey even comes equipped with over 10 radical sound phrases.

Requires 5 C and 2AA batteries (not included)

Jakks does RC cars right and this guy here is a must for all TMNT fans and RC enthusiast alike! 

Star wars bigfigs

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Star Wars: Rogue One Figure Assortment

20-inch Figures

JYN ERSO, STORMTROOPER, DEATH TROOPER, K2-SO

From Star Wars: Rogue One, each BIG-FIGS™ action figure in this assortment stands 18-inches 

to 20-inches tall and includes seven or more points of articulation. Most figures in the 

assortment also include soft goods capes and removable accessories.


Age: 3+

Suggested Retail Price: $19.99

31-inch Figures

STORMTROOPER, DEATH TROOPER, K2-SO

These JAKKS BIG-FIGS Massive™ 31-inch action figures are straight from the Star Wars 

universe. Each figure includes seven points of articulation and comes accessorized with a 

weapon (depending upon the character). 

Age: 3+

Suggested Retail Price: $34.99

MM-X Toro & MM-XI Coprimozzo SetBy XTransbots

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Toro and Coprimozzo are a pair of transforming street cars. Each of these figures stand about 4.50 inches tall in robot mode and feature die-cast parts and real rubber tires. 

Toro Includes:
-Weapon rack (a floating pad) 
-Cannon
-Car loaded gun 
-Two combinable rods
-Hand gun 
-Water gun
-Car loaded antenna 
-Bio card 
-Instruction 

Coprimozzo Includes:
-Hand gun 
-Bio card 
-Instruction 
Product Number: XTR10036 
Shipping Weight: 1.26 pounds
Pre order today at BBTS

ZOOFY INTERNATIONAL INTRODUCES NEW PIXIE CREW™PRODUCTS FOR 2016 HOLIDAY SEASON

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Extended to Handbags, Pouches, Wallets, Thermos Mugs and Journals

SUNRISE, Fla. – (November 22, 2016) – Zoofy International LLC, the exclusive distributor of Pixie Crew™ products throughout North, Central and South America, is introducing a new line of products in time for the 2016 holiday season, it was announced today by Zoofy International President Chris Hattenbach.

The new products include handbags, pouches, wallets, thermos mugs and journals, along with a fun new line of Meme Pixie Crew items featuring such popular memes as world famous basketball star Yao Ming. The new line joins the already popular Pixie Crew backpacks, shoulder bags, pencil cases, iPhone® covers, tablet covers and other accessories introduced earlier this year.

Pixie Crew adds a new level of fun, creativity and personalization to everything from a Pixie Journal to a Pencil Case, a Backpack and much more. Every Pixie Crew product comes with a set of colorful silicon Pixies which are applied to the Pixie Base to create unlimited designs that can be changed time and time again.

With the Pixie Crew Online Editorwww.pixiecreweditor.com, you can create custom artwork, upload an image to be transformed into Pixie art or select from an extensive library of images from all over the worldwww.pixiecrewgallery.com. The Editor will provide detailed instructions on how to bring that image to life directly on your Pixie Crew. And, your image can be shared with the rest of the world.

“We’re introducing this new line on the heels of a successful launch of the first Pixie Crew products earlier this year and in reaction to calls from retailers for more SKUs for the holiday season,” said Hattenbach. “We plan to expand the line even further with new designs and product categories to be introduced at American International Toy Fair in February.”

About Zoofy International LLC

For nearly a decade, Zoofy International LLC has grown as a license driven distributor to become one of the nation’s most reliable resources for toys, stationery, backpacks and apparel. Zoofy carries some of the hottest brands trending in today’s marketplace including: Trolls, Dory, Shopkins™, Peppa Pig™, Minecraft, Pokémon™, Marvel, Star Wars™ and more.

Zoofy International is the exclusive North, Central and South Central American distributor for all Pixie Crew™ products, which have become a European sensation. Zoofy International owns the Fortsy Inflatable Play Structures brand, which it distributes worldwide, and participates in strategic partnerships around the globe.

Who survived the survivor series?

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In all honesty… the fans but just barely. In what was suppose to be one of the last big “event”shows of the year ended up reeking of Vince’s last minute booking changes.

The show started off at 6pm eastern time with an hour pre-show which featured Absouletly forgettable matches.  

The round table format (to me) has run its course. It’s time to interject new life into the preshow maybe interviews and unique video segments (not like Broken Matt Hardy) but something you would see done on Sunday Night football.
Survivor Series was always one of my favorite PPV to watch, with that unique spectacle of so many “teams” fighting each other it was sure to be a fire bed of action and suspense.At the very least  you were sure to enjoy a great brawl somewhere down the line up.

Unfortunately these past few years have been very lackluster as have most PPV’s in general. (yet,to Vince I’m a cycnical smark adult fan who supposedly isn’t the “Key demographic” for buy rates and subscriptions) I understand it is extremely tough to put together a big hit show every month but try to trust your talent and feel the pulse of the fanbase.

The highlight I was most waiting for was Raw vs Smackdown women’s division to finally have the four Horsewomen in the ring again. (we know how well that all turned out)

Also, having no Canadian wrestler come out on top really was a smack to the local fans collective faces.

Miz vs Sami was a great match but Vince really thinks its funny to keep rehashing the Montreal screwjob.

As promising as most of the line up seemed to be it all fell flat with bad endings and weird eliminations.

The cruiserweight match was dry and not very fulfilling.I feel they are missing the true point of the Cruiserweights. These matches should honestly be spot fests.

Then we get to the “Main attraction” Brock vs Goldberg.

Reports from the wrestling observer:
Goldberg dominate him last night in order for him to go over strong. There was also a decision made internally to keep the match short because Goldberg was not in the best of shape in time for his match and had a nagging shoulder injury which the company did not want to risk aggravating further. It was felt having a short match in the fashion it went down would shock viewers and leave them talking.


Knowing how well NXT is doing it feels shortsighted not to trust your talent and allow them to give you the matches the fans pay to see.

The match of the night was Raw vs Smackdown and it was well put together due to the talent in the ring. Why not just have AJ vs KO already?

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The True Story of the Royal Rumble Review

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by Chris Vint! 

“Every man for himself” was a phrase I always remember Gorilla Monsoon saying in the earlier Royal Rumble matches. 

The Royal Rumble in 2017 will have been around for 30 years and now we have a way of looking at some of the memorable matches and moments throughout the years.

Pat Patterson was the brains behind the Royal Rumble match and it wasn’t until he mentioned it to Dick Ebersol at NBC who thought it was a great idea for TV and that’s how it started! 

No doubt if you are a wrestling fan you have some Royal Rumble memories and I’m going to hopefully cover some of them in my review! 

In my eyes the best Royal Rumble was in 1992 where Ric Flair won the vacated WWF world championship. The only time the championship was up for grabs….until 2016 when Triple H becomes the 14 time champion!

The Royal Rumble started giving the winner title shots from 1993 onwards and 13 times the winner has won the title at the grandest stage of them all…Wrestlemania!

What makes the Royal Rumble special? Unpredictability is the big factor here! How many returning superstars have garnered a huge response from the crowd? In 2010 Edge returned to action after a horrible injury…the crowd reaction was insane and better yet Edge won the royal rumble that year. Very much like Triple H did in 2002. Coming back after tearing his quad and headlong Wrestlemania X8 with Chris Jericho was a personal highlight for me! 

With the internet now it’s very hard to keep anything a secret but some of the returns like Chris Jericho in 2013, John Cena in 2008 and this years surprise entrant was the pick of the bunch. Finally after many years of wondering “When will he come to WWE?” AJ Styles made his debut to the sheer delight of the crowd!

The Royal Rumble had 30 entrants (yeah we won’t talk about the 40 person one they did once) and you’ll have some superstars face off that you haven’t seen for a long time or not seen at all! Hulk Hogan faced off against The Ultimate Warrior in the 1990 Royal Rumble which was something to savour. Then in 2007 we had The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels as the last two competitors…wow. This was before their Wrestlemania matches but again, this made you lick your lips with how awesome this was! 

You’ll notice I said entrants above. That’s because in 1999 Chyna became the first female competitor to enter the Royal Rumble. She eliminated Mark Henry which is no mean feat! Beth Phoenix and Kharma would be two other females who would enter the Royal Rumble match years later.

This blu-ray set gives us a fascinating insight into the Royal Rumble and hearing from Superstars past and present is very much welcomed. It is also great to see Roddy Piper talk about his time in the Royal Rumble before he passed. As always, the blu-ray set gives you some added extras.

If you want to know more, head to https://www.wwedvd.co.uk/true-story-royal-rumble-p-12287.html?osCsid=c78f89a99103cd009c717b6f92b0cb11 and place your pre-order.  


This for me was a good watch and I loved hearing from the older superstars and saying to myself “oh I remember that” or “i forgot about that”. It’s not as strong as the True story of Wrestlemania and i would have rathe that this set had more structure rather than going from 1988 to 2016, back to 1993 and just jumping year to year. If you’re new to wrestling or a lifelong fan, there is something here for everyone!

That’s it from me, I’m off now to stand and point to a Wrestlemania sign!