SITE NEWS: Holiday Hiatus

And we're outta here...!



That Figures will return on in the New Year, but ahead of that, we'd like to wish all our readers a very Merry Happy filled with love, friendship and awesome toys.

NEWS: USA Today Chats To The Sucklord

USA Today caught-up with the self-styled supervillain of bootleg toys, The Sucklord, to discuss his recent appearance on Bravo TV's Work Of Art: The Next Great Artist (the finale of Season Two airs tonight), his approach to work and his plans for the future.



Read the interview for yourself.

VIDEO VIEW: Sherlock Season 2 TV Spot

Fans of Stephen Moffat's modern take on the Great Detective will be pleased to see its return to the BBC on January 1st. For those of us in the US, we'll have to wait until May to see the second Season of Sherlock but ahead of that, here's one of the four TV spots - as featured over at Britscene - to give us a taste of what's to come.

NEWS: New Marvel's The Avengers Character Posters

A new set of character-themed posters for the upcoming Marvel's The Avengers has just been released. Click through to view them.























It's interesting to note that The Hulk's poster features his alter-ego, Dr Bruce Banner. Perhaps The Avengers will be taking its cues from The Ultimates, where Banner spends more time in his human guise using his scientific knowledge to help

NEWS: Lego Power Armor Lex Luthor Vs Superman Reviewed

So we brought you the news yesterday that the DC Super Heroes Lego kits had been spotted on shelves. Now ToyArk forum poster DogFashionDisco (great username!) has got his hands on the Lex Luthor Power Armor Vs Superman set and has shared a few thoughts - and pictures - which, if you're a fan of Lego and/or DC comcis, you might want to check-out for yourself.

NEWS: Fwmnfm. Fmmnmnm. Rfrm. Rawr. Bfffffrrrm? (Translation: The Dark Knight Rises' Bane Leaves Audiences Confused)

Cinema goers lucky enough to catch the extended prologue to The Dark Knight Rises (currently attached to IMAX viewings of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and now circulating unofficially online) have voiced their concerns over the movie's protagonist Bane and his... interesting vocal performance.





As covered at The Hollywood Reporter, Bane - portrayed by Tom Hardy - is, at times,

NEWS: Latest Minimates Vehicle Packs

Diamond Select Toys has revealed a little more about their upcoming Knight Rider KITT and KARR packs, plus we've some shots of the new Calico Jack pirate ship, Vendetta (complete with Anne Bonnie.)



The vehicle and figure packs will be available in comic and specialty stores from January but ahead of that, here's some shots of the sets and their packaging to get you drooling.

VIDEO VIEW: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trailer

 Must... contain... excitement...

VIDEO VIEW: Wrath Of The Titans Trailer

 


The original Clash Of The Titans was a fun, campy adventure flick with some superb stop-motion effects, a great Classic mythology plot and some superbly memorable creatures. Then the remake came along and attempted to make it more ''gritty'' by giving us Suicide Bombers, cynical ''heroes'' and a boatload of crap CGI.



Anyway, it's spawned a sequel in the form of Wrath Of The Titans,

NEWS: DC Lego Landing At Retail

Fans of superheroes and/or construction sets will be pleased to hear the previously-announced DC Super Heroes Lego sets have been spotted at retail.


As reported at The ToyArk, these rather cool Lego sets are available now at Toys R Us (so presumably they're also in-stock at the other usual outlets.) As well as featuring the Catwoman play-set, which includes ''regular-scale'' Lego figures

VIDEO VIEW: Prometheus Teaser Trailer

OK, so it's not the full trailer (which we're promised will land on Thursday) but here's a first-look at Ridley Scott's Alien prequel, Prometheus.

NEWS: Ask DST #146

In this Minimates-themed edition, the good folks at The Art Asylum and Diamond Select Toys answer all your queries in the latest round of Q&A in Ask DST #146.



So if you're a fan of the collectible mini-figures, head over to The Art Asylum's Blog now.

VIDEO VIEW: The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe Preview Clip 2

The 2011 Doctor Who Christmas Special - The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe - airs on Christmas Day in the UK and USA and on Boxing Day in Australia.

NEWS: Hasbro's Ultimate Gift Sets Spotted At Retail

I spotted the Marvel Universe Ultimate Gift Set over the weekend but wasn't able to snap any pics of it. Thankfully, Phillip at Battlegrip managed to snag not just the Marvel Universe set but also the Transformers and Star Wars packs.



As I don't collect either, I'm not really in much of a position to comment on those packs but the Marvel Universe set is a pretty good deal - providing you

VIDEO VIEW: The Dark Knight Rises Official Trailer

 



So here it finally is... The official trailer for the final installment in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises.

NEWS: Dr Evil To Battle Captain Action in 2012

Fans of retro action figure, Captain Action, will be pleased to hear that when he returns in 2012, he won't be alone...



Round 2 has announced that the costume-swapping hero Captain Action - set for release in March 2012 - will be joined in July by his nemesis, the equally-adept-at-assuming-other-identities Dr Evil.







"Every good hero needs an evil counterpart, and who’s more evil than

NEWS: Sherlock Season 2 Air Dates Announced

The BBC has finally confirmed the air dates for the second Season of their modern update of the consulting detective's adventures, Sherlock.



Fans in the UK will be able to catch-up with Holmes and Watson on January 1st at 8:10PM on BBC One. But if you can't wait that long, Bleeding Cool has a couple of clips to whet your appetite - which are region-locked for non-UK viewers.


And if that

VIDEO VIEW: The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe Preview Clip 1

Doctor Who's The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe airs on BBC One and BBC America on Christmas Day.

NEWS: Papagrim Toys Facebook Giveaway

Got a Facebook account? Like toys? Want to win some?

Then read on!



Papagrim Toys is offering three fans of their toys the chance to win some very cool prizes over at their Facebook page. To enter, simply Like the Papagrim Toys Facebook page. When the Likes total hits the magical number of 75, three fans will be selected at random to receive some rather nice prizes.



Head over there now

NEWS: Middle Earth Lego

Insert your own Legolas joke here and then click through for more.




BURBANK, Calif., Dec. 16, 2011 — Warner Bros. Consumer Products and The LEGOGroup announced today a partnership that awards the world’s leading construction toy brand exclusive rights to develop build-and-play construction sets based on THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and the two films based on THE HOBBIT. The multi-year

VIDEO VIEW: Jack The Giant Killer Trailer

Seeming to take more cues from the story of Jack And The Beanstalk than the original 1962 version of the movie, Jack The Giant Killer's first trailer leaves me a little cold, I'm afraid... Anyway, give it a watch and judge for yourself.



Jack The Giant Killer is set to hit theatres in the Summer of 2012.

NEWS: Marvel Minimates Wave 44

The latest wave of Marvel Minimates is set to feature The Avengers - although not perhaps as you know them...

As seen at the Art Asylum blog, each of the two-figure packs - which will be available from the Spring of 2012 - features an alternate costume, timeline or story-specific take on some of the Worlds Mightiest Heroes and includes:



- Iron Man (Heroes Return Armor) and Captain America

SITE NEWS: Limited Updates

Apologies for the lack of updates today - I'm currently fighting-off a rather nasty bug and have spent most of today sleeping. I'm not sure when normal service will be resumed but hopefully this will be out of my system in the next 48 hours or so.

NEWS: Bio-Buildman Pre-Orders!

Troy Stith of Gorilla Mouth has just added a tonne of new information on his upcoming project, the Bio-Buildman - including details on how to pre-order one for yourself. 






Hailing from the murky marshes of Sesar IV, the Bio-Buildman are an organically reptilian race of hunters. Upon hatching, they're left to tend to themselves. While young, the Bio-Buildman live on instinct that turns to

VIDEO VIEW: Behind The Scenes With The Sucklord

If you've ever dreamed of going behind the scenes at Suckadelic and learning what inspires The Sucklord then maybe you should seek some professional help.



Warning: The Sucklord has a potty mouth and this video features adult content, swearing and other stuff that's probably not suitable for our younger visitors.

NEWS: Matty Collector's Demo-Man Delayed

The upcoming Masters Of the Universe Classics Demo-Man has been delayed.



Matty Collector posted the news yesterday and explained how the delay will effect the figure's release:

If you are a Club Eternia® subscriber, we will stand by our commitment to ship your entire order in one shipment, so subscription orders will not ship until Demo-Man™ is received at our warehouse. We expect that to

VIDEO VIEW: Toy Break Episode 195

 


Here's Episode 195 of Toy Break, in which George and Ayleen are joined by Voltaire for the usual weekly round-up of the latest toy releases.

NEWS: ASK DST #145

Diamond Select's latest edition of Ask DST is a Trek-tastic look at their plans to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation. (Jeez, that makes me feel old...) 



Beam down to the Art Asylum Blog now for all things Trek-toy related!

FEATURE: Five Thoughts About The GI Joe: Retaliation Trailer

The GI Joe: Retaliation trailer landed last night, much to the joy of GI Joe fans around the world. Now the dust of initial excitement has settled, here's a few things you may not have noticed.



Note that this feature contains GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra and - potentially - GI Joe: Retaliation spoilers.


1. They're All Dead!

In the end of GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, master of disguise

NEWS: Minimates Celebrate 10th Anniversary With ''Best Of'' Boxed Sets

It's hard to believe, but next year sees the tenth anniversary of the Marvel Minimates.



To celebrate, Diamond Select is launching a wave of two-figure packs, dubbed the ''Best Of'' line, which feature some of the most iconic Marvel characters sporting their ''classic'' looks. The intention is to both celebrate the line's decade of releases and also give new collectors a chance to grab some

VIDEO VIEW: Men In Black 3 Trailer

I have to admit I'm not a big fan of the Men In Black series but I'm there are some of you out there who enjoy the movies. So here's the trailer for the third installment, which again reunites Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. In 3D.

VIDEO VIEW: GI Joe: Retaliation Trailer

 



 Oh. My.

NEWS: GI Joe Zombie-Viper Spotted At Retail

The latest Series of GI Joe 30th Anniversary Figures - Wave 4 for those keeping count - is already landing at retail.

HISSTank poster blayze5150 found the Zombie-Viper on-sale in a Wal-Mart store in North Carolina over the weekend. Presumably the remainder of the figures from the wave - Airtight, Sci-Fi, Lifeline and Law & Order - had already been snapped-up by another collector.And I

NEWS: The GodBeast's New Figure And Colorways

Prepare to be awesomed-out...





Marty - AKA The GodBeast - has just uploaded a tonne of new images, showing the latest Armorvor colourways (which look amazing), along with some shots of his Onell Design-collaboration, the Repoclaimer Soldier.











Head over to The GodBeast's blog to see more.

NEWS: Art Asylum's Creepy Christmas Competition

The Art Asylum and Diamond Select Toys are spreading some spooktacular seasonal spirit with their Creepy Christmas giveaway.



As detailed at the Art Asylum blog, one lucky winner could get their hands on a one-off prize in the form of the Series 2 Universal Monsters prototypes, a pair of Grandpa and Herman Munster preliminary packaging protos and a Universal Monsters Legacy boxed set.

NEWS: The Amazing Spider-Man & The Dark Knight Rises Posters Revealed

Marvel and DC's biggest hitters - Spider-Man and Batman, respectively - are set to slug it out soon in theatres. And in the opening salvo, it appears both are reading from the same playbook - if these newly-released posters are anything to go by...





The Amazing Spider-Man's poster teases us with the line ''The Untold Story.'' From this and the previously-seen trailer, it appears that

VIDEO VIEW: Atomic Martians Toy Reviews Episode 51

They're back!



This week Jason, Jay and Matt look at the GI Joe: Renegades Storm Shadow and Transformers Generations Sky Shadow toys in their own, unique style. Expect strong language and adult content.

NEWS: ''Lost'' Doctor Who Episodes Re-Discovered

During the 1960s and 70s the BBC - in an effort to conserve space and recycle used videotapes - purged their library of a number of TV show episodes, including Doctor Who. As a result of this, a number of episodes were lost forever.

Until yesterday...





As reported at the BBC's Doctor Who website, two lost episodes - Part Two of the Second Doctor adventure, ''The Underwater Menace'' and

NEWS: Marvel Universe Iron Spider Variant Found?

Fans of variant figures (and obsessive collectors) may be pleased to hear that a semi-transparent version of the Marvel Universe Iron Spider figure has been spotted.





The variant - which replaces the regular figure's solid red body parts with (for some reason) semi-transparent pieces - surfaced on Ebay last week. I may not get the concept behind the clear plastic parts but I have to admit

NEWS: GI Joe: Retaliation Trailer Sneak Peek

The wait is almost over!



Entertainment Tonight is the place to be... erm, tonight... for fans of the Real American Hero, as they'll be bringing us the first scenes from the new movie, GI Joe: Retaliation.


Ahead of the trailer hitting the Internet later today, Dwayne ''The Rock'' Johnson - who plays Roadblock in the action-packed sequel - has been Tweeting teaser images counting down to

VIDEO VIEW: Henshin Cyborg Theme Song

The awesome Henshin Cyborg theme song, complete with CGI effects.



All together now... HENSHIIIN! HENSHIIIN!

VIDEO VIEW: Doctor Who ''The Eternity Clock'' Teaser

Here's the teaser trailer for the upcoming videogame Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock, currently being developed by UK-based Supermassive Games and coming to the PlayStation 3, PC and other assorted formats at some point in the future. Look, it's a teaser and it's vague, OK?

NEWS: Bio-Buildman from Troy Stith

The Glyos universe continues to grow with this latest addition, the Bio-Buildman from Gorilla Mouth's Troy Stith.



Based on the Glyos Buildman, Troy's Bio-Buildman adds a more organic element to the figure's design. Like the original, Troy has also incorporated a slightly abstract sense to the asymmetrical elements, meaning you can switch limbs from multiple Bio-buildmen to create minor

VIDEO VIEW: Captain America's Shield - Behind The Scenes

Digital Spy - by way of SuperheroStuff.com - brings us this behind-the-scenes sneak-peek at how the crew - and Chris Evans himself - developed the shield-throwing techniques featured in Captain America: The First Avenger.



Captain America; The First Avenger is available on Blu-Ray and DVD now.

NEWS: GI Joe 2: Retaliation Trailer Air Date Leaked?

This is an oddity...



The Facebook GI Joe Movie UK page announced moments ago that they'd be bringing us our first-look at the GI Joe 2: Retaliation trailer on Monday at 4:30 PM - in a post that's promptly vanished.



Did they accidentally let slip the air-date for the new trailer and then have to cover it up?



We'll find out Monday...

UPDATE: The page is now showing a date and time of

FEATURE: Please Support Toys For Tots

With Christmas just a sobering 16 days away, there's never been a better time to help support the Toys For Tots campaign.





If you're not familiar with the program, it's a non-profit organisation that collects cash donations and brand-new toys to distribute to the children of families who wouldn't normally receive any gifts over the holiday period. 



Sadly, it seems the program hasn't

NEWS: Iron Klaw - Now With Hat!

The GI Joe Collectors' Club has released some new close-up images of the upcoming subscription service-exclusive figure Iron Klaw - specifically, his head.



The images - posted to their Facebook page yesterday - demonstrate the Leader of S.K.A.R.'s removable beret accessory. Not something you'd base your buying decision on but still, it's always nice to see extra equipment included with a

CLASSIC COMMERCIALS: The Avengers From Toy Biz

AVENGERS! SHOOT! BANG! POW! LOOK-OUT! PKOW! TOYS! WAH! EXPLOSION! BUY THEM! NOW!

NEWS: Butch Adams' Slime Ape (And New Blog!)

Here's the latest shots of Butch Adams' Slime Ape master sculpt. More after the jump.



The sculpt - which is in wax - will be cast and then revised before a final mold is made. After that, the Slime Ape will go into full production as a vinyl figure. Although Butch is still to make a final decision on arm articulation, he stated it will include a pivot at the waist.







No word on when

NEWS: Sucklord's Occupy Cybertron Gallery

Last night saw The Sucklord hosting the Occupy Cybertron exhibition. If you weren't fortunate enough to make it to the show, then we've a few shots of the event for you to enjoy after the jump...



The event - which took place at the End of Century in New York - saw The Sucklord creating a new line of Transformers-themed bootlegs in both the regular 3'' scale and, in a new move for the

NEWS: Sci-Fi Comedy Red Dwarf Back For 10th Season!

British cable TV Channel Dave has confirmed the return of the sci-fi sitcom - Scit-Com? - Red Dwarf.





As reported at SFX.com and Red Dwarf.co.uk the new series re-unites original cast members Danny John-Jules, Craig Charles, Robert Llewellyn and Chris Barrie for a season of six, 30-minute episodes. Filming is currently underway and the show is slated for a September 2012 release in the UK

NEWS: Galaxxor 008 Drops Today!

Just a quick reminder that the awesome-looking Galaxxor 008 goes on sale today at noon, CDT.



If you want to get your hands on this very cool Grape Ape colourway (which will never be issued again), then act fast, as the release is limited to just five pieces. 



Galaxxor 008 at The Galaxxor Store

VIDEO VIEW: New Clip From The Doctor Who Christmas Special

The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe airs on December 25th on BBC One and BBC America.

NEWS: Ask DST #144

Are you ready for another edition of Ask DST?



This time around the guys at Diamond Select Toys answer your questions on such topics as the possibility of Marvel's The Avengers tie-in toys, the possibility of poseable Femme Fatale 9'' figures and much, much, much more!



Read it for yourself at the Art Asylum blog.

VIDEO VIEW: Toy Break Episode 194

In the latest edition of Toy Break, George and Ayleen are joined by Toypinionated's Matt Hisey. The trio look at the awesomely absurd Battle Babies, Jumping Brain blind-box toys, Friends Forever and more.

SPONSORED LINK: Marvel Legends Wave 01

Fans of Hasbro's 6'' figure line will be pleased to hear that Big Bad Toy Store is now taking pre-orders on Wave 01 of the newly re-launched range of toys, set to arrive in March of next year.



The seven-figure line-up features Commander Steve Rogers (Captain America), Extremis Iron Man, Klaw, Ghost Rider, Heroic Age Thor, Constrictor and Hope Summers. Each figure also includes the Terrax