In Stores Now: Black Panther, Justice League and Kingdom Hearts!

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In Stores Now: Black Panther, Justice League and Kingdom Hearts!

The Black Panther is one of the biggest movies not only of the year, but of all time, and Diamond Select Toys is rolling out its latest products based on the blockbuster film! The first Marvel Gallery PVC Diorama and the first Marvel Select action figure based on the film are in comic shops today, plus products based on Marvel Comics, DC Comics, the Justice League (movie and cartoon!), Kingdom Hearts and more! Reserve yours at your local comic shop and keep an eye out for more Black Panther goodies on the way!

Marvel Movie Gallery Black Panther PVC Diorama

A Diamond Select Toys release! From the newest, highly anticipated Black Panther movie comes this Marvel Gallery PVC of T’Challa himself! The Black Panther is ready to pounce on anyone who invades Wakanda in this brand-new sculpt based on the new movie, and is in the same 9-inch scale as the other figures in the Marvel Gallery line. Packaged in a full-color window box. Sculpted by Rocco Tartamella! (Item #SEP172486, SRP $45.00)

Marvel Select Black Panther Movie Action Figure

A Diamond Select Toys release! The king of Wakanda joins the Marvel Select action figure line! The first Marvel Studios film of 2018 takes us deeper into the world of the Black Panther, and now you can recreate the action of the movie with this 7-inch scale action figure of T’Challa! Packaged with a diorama of the movie’s Warrior Falls, this figure comes packaged in the famous Select action figure packaging, with side-panel artwork for easy shelf reference. Sculpted by Gentle Giant! (Item #SEP172486, SRP: $25.00)

Also in stores this week!

DC COMIC VINIMATES BATGIRL & NIGHTWING 2-PACK (Item #OCT170011, SRP: $19.99)

DC GALLERY BATMAN BEYOND BATMAN PVC FIGURE DIORAMA (Item SEP172471, SRP: #$45.00)

DC GALLERY BATMAN TAS ROBIN PVC FIGURE (Item #AUG172647, SRP: $45.00)

DC GALLERY JUSTICE LEAGUE ANIMATED FLASH PVC DIORAMA (Item #OCT172363, SRP: $45.00)

DC MOVIE GALLERY JUSTICE LEAGUE SUPERMAN PVC DIORAMA (Item #NOV172425, SRP: $45.00)

DC MOVIE GALLERY JUSTICE LEAGUE WONDER WOMAN PVC STATUE (Item #DEC172251, SRP: $45.00)

FEMME FATALES SINFUL SUZIE PVC DIORAMA (Item #SEP172472, SRP: $45.00)

KINGDOM HEARTS MINIMATES 2-PACKS SERIES 1 ASST (Item #NOV172432, SRP: $9.99/ea.)

MARVEL COMIC GALLERY SILK PVC DIORAMA (Item #AUG172646, SRP: $45.00)

MARVEL COMIC GALLERY X-23 PVC DIORAMA (Item #NOV172443, SRP: $45.00)

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Real Ghostbusters Select Action Figures Coming to Stores in Late 2018!

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Real Ghostbusters Select Action Figures Coming to Stores in Late 2018!

Fans have delighted to Diamond Select Toys’ Select action figures based on the first and second Ghostbusters movies, with buildable dioramas of the Spook Central rooftop and the Firehouse façade. Now, it’s time to get real! The highly anticipated Real Ghostbusters action figures go up for pre-order on June 20th, and we’ve got the first official pics of the figures based on the hit 1980s cartoon series!

Egon, Winston and Slimer make up the Series 9 assortment, with the two ’Busters wearing their color-coded jumpsuits and packing all-new, cartoon-accurate gear, and Slimer coming with a support stand and three interchangeable faces! Designed by Yuri Tming, and sculpted by Gentle Giant Studios, each figure packs approximately 16 points of articulation, and Slimer features all-new arm sculpts to better match his animated look.

Plus, each figure includes pieces to build the firehouse diorama – collect all 15 figures in Series 6 through 10 to construct the sign and front doors of the Ghostbusters headquarters! The firehouse features interchangeable parts, including teh sign and the “Hook & Ladder” lettering, so it can be converted from Ghostbusters to Ghostbusters 2 configuration.

Series 10 will feature Peter, Ray, and DST’s first ever fully articulated Mr. Stay-Puft! That series will complete the firehouse, so be sure to pick up Series 6 and 7 now, as well as the imminently shipping Series 8, all based on Ghostbusters 2.

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Warner Bros. Animation Launches New Short-Form Content Program Looney Tunes Cartoons

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“What’s New Doc?”

Warner Bros. Animation Launches New Short-Form Content Program

Looney Tunes Cartoons

Coming to All Screens in 2019

BURBANK, Calif. (June 11, 2018) – Warner Bros. Animation is announcing its most ambitious Looney Tunes content initiative to date with Looney Tunes Cartoons, a series of new short form cartoons starring the iconic and beloved Looney Tunes characters. With multiple artists employing a visual style that will resonate with fans, each “season” will produce 1,000 minutes of all-new Looney Tunes animation that will be distributed across multiple platforms – including digital, mobile and broadcast.

Looney Tunes Cartoons echoes the high production value and process of the original Looney Tunes theatrical shorts with a cartoonist-driven approach to storytelling. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and other marquee Looney Tunes characters will be featured in their classic pairings in simple, gag-driven and visually vibrant stories. Each cartoon will vary from one to six minutes in length and, from the premise on through to the jokes, will be “written” and drawn by the cartoonists allowing their own personality and style to come through in each cartoon.

“The Looney Tunes are one of the most beloved group of animated characters in the world” said Sam Register, President, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series. “Looney Tunes Cartoons places these characters into the hands of some of the best artists in the business and into an animated shorts format that will remind many of the time when they first fell in love with Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the gang.”

Looney Tunes Cartoons is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and features veteran Looney Tunes voice cast members including Eric Bauza, Jeff Bergman and Bob Bergen. Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!) and Peter Browngardt (Uncle Grandpa) serve as executive producers.

About Warner Bros. Animation

Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. WBA’s highly anticipated full-length theatrical film, Teen Titans GO! to the Movies, will be released on July 27, 2018. WBA’s TV series include Justice League Action, Teen Titans Go!, Unikitty! and the upcoming DC Super Hero Girls and ThunderCats Roar for Cartoon Network; Be Cool Scooby-Doo!, Bunnicula, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, The Tom and Jerry Show, New Looney Tunes, Wacky Races and the upcoming Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who? and Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs for Boomerang; Mike Tyson Mysteries for Adult Swim; Green Eggs and Ham for Netflix; Harley Quinn and Young Justice: Outsiders for the upcoming DC Universe digital service;Animaniacs for Hulu. As home to the iconic animated characters from the DC, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films — including the DC Universe Animated Original Movies — for DVD, Blu-ray® and digital media. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has won six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).

Fear The Walking Dead Season 4, Episode 8 Thoughts

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I just finished the mid-season Finale of Fear The Walking Dead. It was a great episode. I have loved this season so far! Unfortunately we have lost a few main characters, my favorites at that, but they have gone in such an amazing way.

The episode starts with the war between The Vultures and the Clark crew coming to an end. John is shot, and Naomi, who we find out her real name is June, is trying to save him. Charlie is in danger of being killed, she killed Nick Clark so of course we would find her here, and there is gun fire everywhere!

After all is said and done Morgan, whom I am loving on this show, saves Charlie, John, and Naomi (sorry June seems odd). Al takes them to the one place there will still be supplies, the stadium. Unbeknownst to them, the Clark crew is following behind.

In the flash back we finally see how Mel tried to help the Clark crew basically to help himself because he was hurt, and the crew took him in, and Ennis released thousands of walkers to take over the stadium.

Flash forward to Al and her crew making it to the stadium to save John. The stadium was locked from the inside, and full of burned walkers, which was curious. Cleared a path and Naomi and Morgan go in for medical supplies. As they are in the infirmary Clark crew makes it there and start firing. Some talking and a rocket launcher later Alicia makes it into the swat van. Fight, fight, fight, and then Alicia finds out that Madison met Al, before the stadium. Madison tells Al this story of her kids saving a dying bird, fighting for it even though it didn’t have a chance to survive, and saving it, Alicia watches her interview. This leads Alicia inside where Morgan and Naomi are, to shoot Naomi, Morgan convinced her to put her gun down and they hug with tears.

After everything no one dies, thankfully, Naomi saves John (for now), and we get the ending to Madison’s tragic tale.

After Ennis realeased the walkers everyone in the stadium tried to leave, against Madison’s wishes. Madison was trying to save everyone and only seeing one way to do so. She led most of the walkers into the stadium, coming to the door she realizes there is no way out, she locks the door. Radios in to tell her kids, “You’re not gone, until you’re gone”, then lights the place up with a lit flare.

Now we don’t see her dead, but on The Talking Dead they seemed to confirm it. So RIP Madison, you were one of the best, and it’s sad to see you go, but she went out the hero we knew her to be.

Alicia remains the only character left from the show’s premiere. She becomes the lead after the death, or supposed death of Madison. We don’t actually see Madison get burnt to a crisp, so a small possibility exists that she lives. I had a feeling Kim Dickens would not survive the diamond. It was a clever hook to have Al and Madison meet in the beginning. Al was responsible for the creation of the diamond, a truly epic reveal. Fear the Walking Dead is officially rebooted. The second half of season four will surely establish a new dynamic among the survivors. I’ve had some major issues so far, but found the midseason finale satisfying. I will be tuning in when Fear the Walking Dead returns to AMC in the fall.

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SDCC 2018-Skybound Reveals Their First Wave of The Walking Dead Exclusives

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Skybound and Image Comics is celebrating 15 years of The Walking Dead with their collection of variant covers of the comic series and merchandise. This year at San Diego Comic Con, they will have exclusives as well and here are the first wave of them.

There are four figures of Rick Gimes from different eras of The Walking Dead. Check them out below.

The first one is from the first issue of the series as Rick is in his sherif outfit.

The second one is a repaint of Rick during the All Out War arc with the 15th anniversary t-shirt

The third is Rick during the No Turning Back arc and it is also taken from issue #149

The final one is taken from last year’s issue 163 retailer variant (which i do not own yet because it is too expensive) as we see Rick in Negan’s clothes with Lucille

The set along with a bloody version of it will cost $100 at their booth this July.

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The Outer Space Men are Celebrating 50 Years of Toy Innovation at Five Points Festival!

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The Outer Space Men are Celebrating 50 Years of Toy Innovation at Five Points Festival!

Five Points Festival show sponsor, The Outer Space Men, are set to display brand new 12″ and 8ft versions of the epic Colossus Rex figure!

New York, NY (May 28, 2018) – Hitting the scene in 1968 and licensed to Colorforms, The Outer Space Men were a group of seven bendable action figures designed by toy inventor Mel Birnkrant. Each of the original seven figures represented beings from other planets in our solar system including Alpha 7, The Man From Mars; Astro-Nautilus, The Man From Neptune; Commander Comet, The Man From Venus; Colossus Rex, The Man From Jupiter; Electron+, The Man From Pluto; Orbitron, The Man From Uranus; and Xodiac – The Man From Saturn.

After their initial success, they faded from the public eye in 1969 after man walked on the moon. It was in 2008 that wall street executive and co-owner of The Outer Space Men, Gary Schaeffer, published the long-awaited graphic novel reintroducing a whole new generation to The Outer Space Men world. With the huge success of the graphic novel, Birnkrant and Schaeffer issued a license to the four horsemen studios (seventh kingdom, mythic legions, masters of the universe) and released a new series of action figures.
To celebrate this auspicious occasion Clutter Studios has produced an 8ft tall Colossus Rex. Working for the past 4 months, Clutter Studios used 3D scanning and printing technology, to scan one of the original Colossus Rex figures and upscale it to both 12” and 8 f

t tall. 3D printing both versions, Clutter Studios assembled and finished an 8ft version with full articulation and a genuinely deadly two-handed battle mace!
Be the first to see the amazing new 12” Colossus Rex in person, and take a photo with the awesome 8ft sculpture.

Join them at this year’s Five Points Fest as they celebrate fifty years of epic toys!!!
Join us for Five Points Festival at the Brooklyn Center for designer toys, art, craft beer & food, and so much more…
When:
Designer Toy Awards @ the Brooklyn Bazaar
Friday, June 1st: 7pm

Five Points Festival:
Sunday, June 3rd: 11am – 5pm
Saturday, June 2nd: 11am – 6pm

Where:
Brooklyn Center
72 Noble St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Doors Open at 10am for VIP’s.

Cost:
Daily and full weekend passes available

Saturday Only Admission: $35

Sunday Only Admission: $30

Weekend Pass: $45

VIP Pass: $125 SOLD OUT

Website: www.fivepointsfest.com
Social Media:

Facebook: facebook.com/fivepointsfest

Twitter: @fivepointsfest

Instagram: @fivepointsfest

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The Walking Dead Issue #182 Cover Reveal and 15th Anniversary Cover

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This week, Skybound and Image Comics released two covers of the long running series The Walking Dead. Here is the cover for issue #182 which will be released in August.

It looks like Pamela from The Commonwealth has made her way to The Sanctuary to talk with the current Saviors leader John to most likely form a partnership. Or, John could be telling her about Rick’s ways before they showed up. New World Order begun in January and although the arc ends in June, we will still see more of Pamela and The Commonwealth. Next month, The Commonwealth will be in Alexandria for the first time.

The second cover reveal is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the comic series.

On this cover, it is an updated look of the very first cover but this time, it showcases other comic series that Robert Kirkman has worked on over the years and there are also zombies inside the comic book store. Over the years, Tony Moore has remade the cover of the first issue starting with the retailer variant of issue 75 (which i am happy to own), the 10th anniversary edition back in 2013, and the issue 150 variant two years ago which you can compare in the images below.

The 15th anniversary edition will be released on October 13th.

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