Funko Looking for Big Trouble...In Little China!

When Funko showed off an entire wave of Big Trouble in Little China Pop! Vinyl Figures,  horror fans, action movie lovers, fantasy enthusiasts and general geekdom across the planet ...well..heads exploded. Today, we get word that Funko is adding to that anticipation with a whole wave of retro looking ReAction figures!

To recap, from the POP world we will see Jack Burton, Gracie Law, Lo Pan, Rain, Thunder and Lightning. Aw...no love for the Watcher!! These will be hitting next month. 

Big Hero 6's Baymax Celebrated for National Hugging Day

After much deliberation and even more hugging, Baymax, the lovable personal companion robot and star of Walt Disney Animation Studio’s action-packed comedy adventure and Academy Award® Nominated film “Big Hero 6,” was today named Most Huggable Character of 2015 on National Hugging Day™!

The coveted award was presented by the Ambassador of Hugs (HA!), Kevin Zaborney, founder and creator of National Hugging Day.™ Baymax humbly accepted the award from his residence in San Fransokyo where he attributed the honor to his “non-threatening, huggable design” and said he looks forward to spending the upcoming year giving and receiving hugs from all.

Toy Fair 2015: The "Best New Toys" List with Jurassic World, Minions, LEGO, Nerf & More

The winners of the Toy Fair Best New Toy Awards were announced for the seventh year this morning at the annual Toy Fair, predicting some of the top new toys for 2015. Winners range from household names such as Hasbro with their Nerf Rebelle Arrow Revolution Bow and LEGO® with their Disney Frozen: Elsa's Sparkling Ice Castle to impressive new tech toys such as the Quadcopter  “Rayvore” from Revell or the I-Que Intelligent Robot from Vivid.

The twelve categories, which produced 36 winning toys, from 26 different toy companies - were unveiled this morning by the London Toy Fair organisers, the British Toy & Hobby Association. Toy Fair is the UK’s only dedicated toy, game and hobby trade exhibition, playing host to more than 260 exhibitors launching thousands of new products.

Toy Spotting: Valentine's Day, Star Wars Hot Wheels, TMNT, LEGO & More

For those of you who visit regularly, the name "Toy Spotting" shouldn't be so unfamiliar. Glance at the top of the page and under all those pretty pictures, you'll see a slide show beckoning like a cosplaying siren dressed like gender bender Luke Skywalker. Whenever we are out in the world, we are constantly looking for the newest items you'll want to add to your collections...and so...Toy Spotting! Today we dumped about 80 new images in there including a sampling of Target and Walmart's Valentine's Day isles, New Lego sets for Star Wars, DC Comics and The Lego Movie, Hot Wheels $1 Star Wars car line and Imaginext Spongebob Movie figures! Let's hit the highlights...

Toy Fair 2015: Half Moon Bay's Doctor Who, Muppets, DC Comics & Star Wars Merch

I hate to break this to you...but I've looked around your house...your work station....your car....you don't have enough stuff. Seriously. You say you would die for the 11th Doctor, and yet I do not see decorative satchels hanging from your closet doors or Dalek mugs in your cupboards. You constantly extol the virtues of The Batman, and yet I barely see three bat symbol emblazoned items within your reach. To put it bluntly, you are a poor geek...and we have some work to do. Half Moon Bay to the rescue! UK Toy Fair is now in high gear and we'll kick things off with the STUFF of legend, ready to fill the empty gaps in your life and shout to the world..."HEY...I'm a dork. Come at me....but not in the face..."

Batman VS Robin Animated Movie Preview

SPRING 2015! Prepare yourself for another heaping helping of the character all of comic fandom loves to hate! It's Damian Wayne! This kid needs a really awful, catchy theme song. The oncoming release of Justice League: Throne of Atlantis has the expected preview of their next feature, simply titled Batman Vs Robin. Apparently our screams of anguish when they released Son of Batman were not sufficient.

Toy Fair 2015: Avengers: Age of Ultron Toys from Hasbro, Diamond Select, Mattel, LEGO & Hot Toys

Ahh..the dreaded street date. As more retail outlets employ people that are overworked and underpaid, a thing like the "street date" for a toy release is something that can be often overlooked. As we speak, toys from Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron have begun hitting shelves, although there is little they can reveal that the two meaty trailers have not. Let's look at a run down of everything spilling onto the internet so far...

A New Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer!

For those of you that don't watch sportsball...


Dive in for some screen grabs asking some important questions about what we just watched...

New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Episodes Launch Sunday, January 11th

Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles enters the New Year with the return of season three debuting Sunday, Jan. 11, at 11:00a.m. (ET/PT). In the all-new episode, “Eyes of the Chimera,” Casey, Raph, Mikey and Donnie are captured by a flying mutant who has an obscure connection to April. Meanwhile, April and Leo must overcome their disabilities to save them. Fans can catch new episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in its new timeslot on Sundays at 11:00a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.

Marvel Celebrates Deadpool 250...by Killing Him

That’s right – if you add together all the Deadpool series (creatively), April’s DEADPOOL #45 marks Wade Wilson’s landmark 250th issue! How will he be celebrating? DEATH! No, really. Wade's about to reach the end of the line, but he’s not gone yet. Prepare for a colossal-sized series finale the likes of which you’ve never seen before as Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn and more bid the Merc With a Mouth adieu, and explore the legacy he leaves behind.

First, Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn and Mike Hawthorne serve up a 30-page main story as, the villainous Ultimatum finally makes their move. They’re coming at Deadpool for revenge – all of them! And we mean ALL OF THEM. It’s going to be a bloodbath, but Wade’s not going down without a fight though.

“This is something we’ve been naturally building towards,” says writer Gerry Duggan speaking with Marvel.com. “This isn’t being done lightly. It always comes down to what we think is right and Marvel has been very king and gracious with us and let us get away with murder: in a literal sense.”

Let's Rip Apart the Ant-Man Trailer!

By now, you should be aware Disney is taking a fairly odd approach to selling us on an Ant-Man movie...a film that is probably more risky than they thought Guardians of the Galaxy was. I mean...his name is Ant-Man after all. He doesn't exactly inspire a theme song. Even the newly released trailer points a finger at that fact. It is this particular quality that I'd like to talk about today. While I'm sure Disney wants all their films to succeed, didn't you get the feeling they have no idea who to sell a movie named "Ant-Man" to?

Flash back to the day when "test footage" of an Ant-Man movie was released to the public in glowing HD. We saw the suit and the powers and a little adventure and overall, we were left with a sense that this character could actually be badass when we get to see someone capable of using this power set to its maximum potential, coupled with a genius brain if that was Hank Pym inside the helmet. 

Big Chief On Harry Potter 12 Inch Action Figures

After having recently re-watched the ridiculously fun and insanely morbid Harry Potter movie series, I developed a new found fondness for my NECA action figure collection. From here, my thoughts jumped to those UK releases I had missed and I went hunting online for all they'd released...and there was a ton...and it's long gone...and so, so, so pricey. As if reading my mind, in jumps Big Chief Studios, champions of BBC based 12 inch action figures that rival Hot Toys in quality, announcing their incoming Harry Potter 12 inch collectibles! Prepare your drool glands. They are about to work over time.

BIG Chief Studios are pleased to announce a new partnership with Star Ace, to bring their range of 1:6 Scale Collectible Action Figures to Muggles everywhere.

Toy Fair 2015: Hasbro on Star Wars, Marvel Legends & G.I. Joe

IT'S TIME!!! As per usual, we will remind you that the New York International Toy Fair starts this February, but the whole world gets a great big wiff of that new toy smell first...and the internet is bound to be chock full of those previews in the coming weeks. Let's kick things off with Hasbro and a slew of new announcements...

First up, Hasbro reps have pre-preemptively announced there will be no Star Wars: The Force Awakens merchandise on show in NY this year...

With Toy Fair approaching and Hasbro’s annual Entertainment Brand Preview Day scheduled for Saturday, February 14th, we wanted to reach out and clarify what Hasbro’s Star Wars presence will entail at this year’s show.

Marvel's Agent Carter Premieres Tonight!

Retro, post war spy intrigue led by a sexy, British female operative looking to prove herself more capable than her male counterparts in a world that believes Captain America is dead? COUNT ME IN! SPOILER WARNING** Full episode 1 synopsis below as well as a featurette**

ABC presents its second action packed series from the creative minds at Marvel in "Marvel's Agent Carter," inspired by the feature films "Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier," along with the short "Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter."

No One Kills It Like Gaston

It's very easy to discount the fine folks that work in all areas of the Disney empire in the more public venues. Visit any Disney store and you'll be greeted with a barrage of silly, whimsical phrases that continue in answer to any question. "Can I help you?" is simple enough, but an answer of "no thanks" will probably get you "Well let me know if you should need help. Sometimes things are not very clear through the looking glass" ...at which point we half expect little sparks to fly out of the kind lady's neck and her head to turn at an uncomfortable angle as her eyes grow wide. OK Snow White. I'm just going to keep pressing the buttons on the talking Star Wars figures til you float away. It is this sort of response ...which probably swings more toward "sarcastically amused" more often than not, which is seeping into our geeky every day lives, and onto social media as we hit the Disney theme parks while on vacation. We may discount those who step forward to greet the public in the name of the mouse, and perhaps more so when they are in full character, and without the benefit of hiding inside a giant mascot head. This brings us to Gaston, star of Beauty and the Beast, and the current Disney World actor playing him...and killing it in people's cell phone shot vids.