Toy Fair 2014: WowWee Elektrokidz, Robots, Robot Zombies & Once Upon a Zombie Dolls

We are closing in on the start of New York International Toy Fair, so we'll be making a big push to square away all the footage we've gotten abroad! Next up, we take a look at WowWee's displays at UK Toy Fair.

Let's do this Wedding Day style, starting with something old; namely WowWee's RobotZombie!

A renegade Zombie virus has infected the robot world, pitting robots against their former human controllers! As one of the last remaining robot controllers, it's up to you to fight back and defeat the hordes of mechanical menaces!

Toy Fair 2014: Funko's Official Game of Thrones Legacy Action Figure Reveal

How do you follow up the advance sale of a magnificent action figure series no one expected to be on shelves before we would even see a shadowy teaser image? Apparently, you drop the news on a forum and not tell anyone. Lucky for us, we have friends who send little messages all day long, alerting us to such things, like tiny Marvel Comics T shirt wearing cherubs. ...Now there's an image you won't soon forget. AH! And as I'm writing my snarky remarks, Funko has dropped the official release, so we've got details aplenty.

Funko is excited to announce a new line of highly articulated action figures celebrating some of pop culture’s biggest franchises. The hit HBO® series Game of Thrones® will be the first license released in the Legacy Collection, which is currently available exclusively in Barnes & Noble stores nationwide in time for the Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season DVD release on February 18. It will follow at additional retail partners on March 4.

More Gotham Casting

Earlier in the week, it was announced Ben McKenzie (Southland, The O.C.) had been cast in the lead role of Detective James Gordon in FOX and Warner Bros. Television’s GOTHAM, which has a series commitment at the network. Based upon characters published by DC Comics, GOTHAM is a drama exploring the origin stories of Commissioner James Gordon and the villains that made Gotham famous.


Today, you can add some key Bat-players to the lineup...

Adult Swim Announces 10-City Fun House College Tour

Adult Swim today announced that the 2014 Adult Swim Fun House is hitting the road this spring, embarking on a 12-week, 10-city national college tour, sponsored by Ice Breakers® Mints and KFC. The network will offer fans the opportunity to get lost within a 40-foot tall inflatable castle featuring 15 distinct rooms themed after popular Adult Swim shows including Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Childrens Hospital, Loiter Squad, Metalocalypse, Robot Chicken and Squidbillies. The free tour – open to guests 18 and older – will kick off on Feb. 20 at the University of California, Riverside.

Ben 10 Omniverse: Galactic Monsters Premieres Feb 15 on Cartoon Network

Ben is back in all-new episodes of BEN 10 OMNIVERSE! Starting this Saturday, February 15 at 9 am ET /8 am CT, Ben takes on new fiendish forms in BEN 10 OMNIVERSE: GALACTIC MONSTERS. Halloween is coming early to Bellwood, and to beat scary new villains like zombie clowns and evil vampires, Ben will have to take some monster alien forms of his own.

Monsters, mummies and werewolves may be taking over, but Ben  has defended the universe from the worst of the worst. Now it’s hero time on Monster Planet! The spooky fun begins with "Something Zombozo This Way Comes," when Ben and Rook must stop Zombozo and the Circus Freaks from turning everyone in Bellwood into zombie clowns. Tune-in to Cartoon Network every Saturday morning to see who comes out of the shadows next!

Toy Fair 2014: Dark Horse Announces the Next Wave of Game of Thrones Figures

The epic HBO® series Game of Thrones has won worldwide success and a legion of fans. This audience is clamoring for unique collectibles and merchandise, and Dark Horse has been working with HBO Global Licensing to provide just that. A core item in the Game of Thrones program is the ongoing series of high-quality, affordable, molded-plastic figures of the most in-demand characters.

Building on the success of the previously announced lineup, five new figures will debut to the trade in February at the International Toy Fair, held at Jacob Javits Center in New York.

Toy Fair 2014: Barbie and her BFFs

We are mere days away from the start of New York International Toy Fair 2014, but we've still got plenty of coverage to sift through from UK and Nuremberg! Mattel's Barbie line made a very brief appearance in Germany, pushing a Fashionista / Best Friends Forever theme...perhaps..simultaneously? I said her appearance was brief! Here's the little blast of information we snapped up...

Tamashii Nations Reveal S.H.Figuarts: Super Mario & Chogokin Hello Kitty

At long last, Tamashii Nations is proud to introduce the world’s first fully posable, adult collectible of Super Mario!  Step into the world of Nintendo with the most recognizable video game mascot of all time.  This highly advanced S.H.Figuarts articulation allows for precise posing to bring all the intense video game action directly to your fingertips.  S.H.Figuarts Super Mario features “?" Block, coin, coin stand, and a super mushroom.  Separately sold diorama playsets allow you to expand the Mario world.  Don't flush your money down a warp pipe on inferior merchandise; this is the Mario to brawl with.

Toy Fair 2014: Kotobukiya on Freddy Vs Jason

The horror world seems to get more collectibles than any other genre. Specifically, Freddy Krueger of Nightmare on Elm Street and Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th enjoy extensive lines of action figures, plush, candy holders...hell there are probably female pleasure devices out there bearing the character's names. Amid all those products, no one had ever re-imagined these two icons of horror as sexy, fit, nubile women. I know right?! WHY THE HELL NOT?! Today, Kotobukiya changes all that.

Toy Fair 2014: Funko's Game of Thrones Action Figures

A couple of days back, Entertainment Earth got the exclusive reveal of Funko's extensive ReAction figure line with pop culture icons like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Freddy Krueger, Terminator, Snake Plissken and more alongside our favorite characters who have never gotten the action figure treatment like Zoe Washburn from Firefly, Marty McFly from Back to the Future and Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction! Basically, the internet freaked the hell out. Geek overload...everywhere. What no one asked was...what became of those whisperings of a Game of Thrones line back in November? Today, we got an answer...

Game of Thrones Valentines by Chris Bishop

Pure Brilliance. You can order a print of this art here - http://www.inprnt.com/gallery/bishop/game-of-thrones-valentines/ - but apparently NOT little car sized Valentines. Sadness. Looks like that Jim Lee X-Men Valentines Day Card box is going to come in handy at Toy Fair! Someone needs to do straight up horror valentines next. Themes could be Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Psycho, Species, Xtro, Aliens, and one specifically from the trees of Evil Dead. .....you see where I'm going with this. You know you want them too.

Adventure Time: The Complete Third Season on Blu-ray & DVD February 25th

Come out and play with BMO on February 25th, as Cartoon Network will release ADVENTURE TIME: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON on Blu-ray (click to pre-order for 22% off!) and DVD!

This February, Cartoon Network will release the third full-season installment of its most mathematical animated series on both Blu-ray™ and DVD as Adventure Time: The Complete Third Season hits retail. Continuing the franchise’s home entertainment momentum which has included a series of top-selling releases to date, the Blu-ray and DVD both feature all 26 episodes from the series’ third season, as well as must-have bonus features including episode commentaries for ALL 26 episodes, an interview with series creator Pendleton Ward, an alternate show introduction. Plus, further satiating even the most passionate Adventure Time fans, it’s BMO! Fans and collectors are in for a special treat with a custom die-cut BMO slipcase, which transforms the Blu-ray and DVD packaging into their very own collectible BMO figurine. Available on February 25 for the suggested retail price of $32.07 and $26.95 for Blu-ray and two-disc DVD, respectively.

Toy Fair 2014: Terminator, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Nightmare Before Christmas & More Join Funko's ReAction Figure Line

It's now ONE WEEK til New York International Toy Fair and the press releases, teases and outright reveals are going to start spilling from every corner of the geek universe. Today, Entertainment Earth proves itself the warm, fuzzy center of that universe with a reveal of Funko's newest additions to their insanely popular ReAction Figure series. Joining the initial release of Alien ReAction figures will be characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Terminator, Escape from New York, Nightmare Before Christmas, Universal Monsters, Firefly, Back to the Future, The Rocketeer, Predator, Goonies, Pulp Fiction, Scream, Halloween, Hellraiser, Nightmare on Elm Street,  Trick R' Treat and The Crow. So..yea..basically Funko are on their way to making everything, ever.

Toy Fair 2014: Living Dead Dolls & Horror

I can remember a time when multiple companies were introducing their creepy toy lines. Some had bears and some demon babies and one chose the classic doll format and scale, creating individual personalities for each with distinctive styling and a spooky little poem to top it off. That line was called Living Dead Dolls and 16 years later, Mezco is celebrating with their 27th series and some surprises...

Spirits and ghouls from around the world,
Things that go bump in the night,
The form in shadow in the corner of the room,
Beasts that avoid the light,
All of them gather in defiance of heaven,
We proudly present...Living Dead Dolls 27!

Toy Fair 2014: DC Universe & Classic TV Batman Blind Box Mini Mez-itz

Moving on with Mezco's Toy Fair 2014 preview, we dive into the panels of DC Comics, where Mez has been mining characters for their Mez-itz figure line for a very long time now. DC Universe Mez-its have ranged from mini to giant sized and recently, have included the retro 66 Batman TV universe, complete with the most badass Batmobile in history for our crime fighting duo. Now, Mezco breaks away from their standard blister carded figure packs and gets in on Funko's mini blind box figure revolution with DC Universe and Classic TV Batman Blind Box Mini Mez-itz!