Showing posts with label toy fair 2023. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toy fair 2023. Show all posts

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Toy Fair 2023: Moose Toys on Beast Lab, Trolls, Bluey, Magic Mixies & More

Moose Toys Beast Lab

Moose Toys brings a jolt of innovation to every retail success, making them a must-see booth at Toy Fair 2023! Their Treasure X line proved to be not only wildly addictive in it's ever-evolving interactive play modes, but highly collectible as kids and adults alike scrambled to snap up mini monsters by the dozen. This year's highly imaginative, fully hands-on lineup includes...

Saturday, November 18, 2023

Toy Fair 2023: Premium DNA Resurrecting Retro Toy lines

Toy Fair 2023 Premium DNA Earthworm Jim
A sure way to get a toy collector's attention as a new company on the block is to gobble up a handful of licenses from the awesome 80's and 90's and breathe new life into them. What was once a jumble of badly decomposing, discolored plastic with popping rubber o rings and exploding crotches becomes a newly sculpted thing of beauty, utilizing the original artwork to spark heart bubbles across the toy message boards. Premium DNA started their journey of retro resurrection with some killer vinyl Madballs figures and has followed up with a Toy Fair 2023 showing that has people signing over their paychecks. 

Friday, November 17, 2023

Toy Fair 2023: WowWee's Dog-E The One In A Million Robot Dog & More

Toy Fair 2023 WowWee Dog-E
For all the single, grown folks in the audience who have no immediate plans of cleaning up after an adorable animal, no matter how adorable it may be...THIS TOY IS FOR YOU!!

As soon as you uncrate this pup, the minting process begins, revealing a unique combination of colorful lights, sounds and personality traits. Dog-E moves and sounds like a real dog with a cute forward run, wagging tail and over 200 sounds and reactions.

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Toy Fair 2023: Super 7 Tug At Your Halloween Heart Strings

Super 7 Halloween Kids ReAction Figures
I often feel like Super 7 and Funko are in an epic, nonstop battle to see who can take on the most licenses in a year and show them off at Toy Fair 2023. LET THEM FIGHT!! This year, Super 7 Founder Brian Flynn showed us the latest with offerings from...

Universal Monsters including a Glow in the Dark Ultimates Metaluna Mutant Action Figure, Creature from the Black Lagoon Full Color Super Cyborg, and SOAKIES (in Black and White, Halloween Orange, and Standard Color ways featuring The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, The Bride, The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Wolfman and the Metaluna Mutant!!)

Toy Fair 2023: Trick or Treat Studios Action Figure Lineup

Trick or Treat Studios GWAR Action Figures

Trick or Treat Studios...They ain't just making amazing masks anymore! Taking on action figures in a range of sizes, Trick or Treat is proving great artists can do ANYTHING. I mean, sculpting is sculpting, right? This year's Toy Fair 2023 showing included...

Return of the Living Dead's TAR MAN (my favorite zombie of all time, natch) in a Uneeds Supplies 12 inch scaled figure set that includes his barrel, two face plates for the top, the halved-puppy, an extra head, and a BRAAAAAAAIN for munching.

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Toy Fair 2023: Bandai on Dragonball Z, Gundam, Godzilla, Disney, Anime & More

Toy Fair 2023 Bandai Gundam
This October is a constant game of catch up with Toy Fair 2023 and New York Comic Con booked BACK to BACK...for whatever reason. Insanity over logic? PERHAPS! Whatever the reasoning, we are neck deep in geek news while the spookiest of seasons begs our attention like an adorable kitten in a Dracula costume mewing at our feet. Today, we are crunching video shot by Jonathan and Meghan as they sped across the Toy Fair show floor, feverishly working to bring you the best possible coverage of all the companies we know and love. Every year, it's like a massive family reunion with endless cousins we are charged to photograph, all screaming LOOK WHAT WE CAN DO!! It's exhausting...it's never-ending...and it's really cool!

Saturday, October 7, 2023

Toy Fair 2023: Doc Nocturnal joins 5 Points

Toy Fair 2023 Mezco 5 POINTS Doc Nocturnal - Nocturnal Tower Playset 001

REJOICE 18th scale collectors!!! Weep heavily, 12th scale crybabies. Here's the 5 Points Doc Nocturnal- Nocturnal Tower Playset...

This massive monstrosity of a set features 4 figures, a two-story Nocturnal Tower playset, and the Land Reaper vehicle - all with multiple accessories, changeable parts, and unique features! The Nocturnal Tower Playset is a call-back to a time when 5 point articulated figures, vehicles, and large play sets ruled the toy aisles! It contains our heroes, Doc Nocturnal and Woodford, two of the villainous Decapod Gang, and the Land Reaper – Doc’s trustly vehicle!

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Toy Fair 2023: Diamond Select Lord of the Rings

Toy Fair 2023 Diamond Select Lord of the Rings Samwise Action Figure

Due to some health complications impacting my ability to work all day, every day for a week and not fall asleep in the GUND booth, I bowed out of this year's New York Toy Fair coverage...but NEVER FEAR!! Meghan Lee and Jonathan Kolton hit the floor on day one with a truck load of enthusiasm and the desire to hug all plush. Diamond Select was jam packed with pop culture collectibles, as per usual. Every year, their level of detail, paint applications, and execution go up a level, but their prices remain extremely competitive and easy on the wallet! We kick off Toy Fair 2023 coverage with Diamond's Lord of the Rings line, including 7-inch scaled action figures and PVC statues. 

Sunday, October 1, 2023

Toy Fair 2023: Dance, Dance, Dance With Your NECA Wednesday Dolls

Toy Fair 2023 NECA Toony Classics Wednesday 009
Today NECA announced a full line of action figures, plush and collectibles to be released in partnership with MGM’s series Wednesday, streaming exclusively on Netflix. Directed by Tim Burton, the first season of the gothic mystery series follows Wednesday Addams as she enters Nevermore Academy. It debuted at #1 globally on Netflix in November 2022, and a second season is in production.

Saturday, September 30, 2023

Toy Fair 2023: Trick or Treat Studios Adds Goosebumps, GWAR & More Horrors!

Trick or Treat Studios GWAR 5 inch Action Figures
Day one of Toy Fair 2023 is in the books and we've got a TON of toy reveals to go through. While Meghan and Jonathan are sorting through mounds of pictures and video, we'll make a dent in the "official pictures" pile so you see all the shiniest plastics from every angle. 

Trick or Treat Studios used to blow us away with a little booth full of high quality latex masks, perfect for the adult who has chosen to make EVERY DAY Halloween! Now they consistently blow our hair back with action figures and collectibles based on movies and licenses only the most die-hard of horror fiends could identify on sight. Who else would create toys from the weirdest movies we love to death? Basically, they are doing the lord's work. Let's kick off this creep parade...

Toy Fair 2023: NECA's Pee-Wee Herman Celebration

Toy Fair 2023 Kidrobot 3 Inch Vinyl Mini Figure Pee-Wee's Playhouse 004
At the opening of the International Toy Fair in New York today, NECA announced a full line of action figures and collectibles celebrating the most famous character of the legendary late comedian Paul Reubens. The Pee-wee’s Playhouse line was in development in 2022 under the creative direction of Reubens himself and will see release under the guidance of his estate.

Pee-wee’s Playhouse ran Saturday mornings from 1986-1990 and introduced fans to a surreal, colorful, adventurous world inhabited by Pee-wee Herman. With frequent celebrity appearances and musical performances, the series holds a special place in the hearts of the many who grew up watching Pee-wee, Pterri, Chairry, Globey, Jambi, Randy, Cowboy Curtis, and a wide cast of eclectic characters.

Toy Fair 2023: Kidrobot Debuts Life-Size Coraline Doll!

Kidrobot Coraline Life Size Plush 004

Kidrobot is excited to reveal a brand-new addition to its Coraline collection: the Coraline with Button Eyes Life-Size Plush Doll. At 5 feet tall, this premium plush is not only the largest item in Kidrobot’s Coraline collection but the largest item available for order on Kidrobot.com. Coraline stands a foot taller than the largest figures in the Kidrobot Art Giants Collection, including the iconic 4-foot Dunny Art Sculpture.  

Friday, September 29, 2023

Toy Fair 2023: University Games’ Party Game Celebrates The 50th Anniversary of the Rocky Horror Show

University Games’ Rocky Horror Show Game

It’s just a jump to the left… and a step to the right… to stop by the University Games Booth #1665 at the New York Toy Fair to play the new Rocky Horror Show Game (MSRP $24.99 for 2-6 players, ages 12+).

The experiential new party game hits store shelves this year in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the cult-classic show. Players choose a favorite character and try to escape the castle to win the game. Along the way, you will rock to song lyrics, hear familiar lines, and perform the Time Warp (again) as you build alliances and navigate the lab.

Toy Fair 2023: WHP Global Announces Toys"R"Us Retail Expansion

Rendering of a Toys'r'Us Store
WHP Global ("WHP" or the "Company"), parent company of Toys"R"Us®, unveils bold new plans for the expansion of the iconic toy brand. The Company announced today a partnership with Go! Retail Group to roll out Toys"R"Us flagship stores nationwide in the U.S. beginning in 2024. In addition, WHP is set to bring Toys"R"Us to the travel industry with a new retail experience for airports and cruise ships.  The first Toys"R"Us airport store will open in November at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport through a partnership with Duty Free Americas.

Toy Fair 2023: THRUSTMASTER: The 488 GT3 Wheel is Here!

Thrustmaster the 488 GT3 wheel 01
Thrustmaster® is thrilled to unveil its new racing wheel rim specially designed for competition, in partnership with Ferrari®: Ferrari 488 GT3 Wheel Add-On.

This new wheel rim is a 1:1 scale replica of the wheel from the most successful car in the Prancing Horse brand’s legendary history, with more than 500 victories in competitions: the Ferrari 488 GT3.

Toy Fair 2023: LITTLEST PET SHOP Kicks Off Massive Global Relaunch

LITTLEST PET SHOP Experience on Roblox
LITTLEST PET SHOP, one of the most well-known collectible toy brands in history, will be marking its long-anticipated return to retail with an immersive digital play experience on the global immersive platform for communication and connection. The brand-new pet simulation experience, which will launch worldwide in December 2023, is a joint collaboration between LITTLEST PET SHOP Master Toy licensee, Basic Fun!, a leading global marketer of toys and consumer products, Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), a leading toy and game company, and Suit Up Games, a Roblox development studio specializing in high-engagement branded experiences for young audiences.

Toy Fair 2023: Cats Vs. Pickles Licensing Deal With Well Played Toys

Cats vs Pickles

Ahead of the New York Toy Fair 2023, Curiosity Ink Media, the original storytelling and Intellectual Property (IP)-generating subsidiary of Grom Social Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: GROM), announces a new expansion of its Cats vs Pickles licensing program in association with Cepia, LLC. This licensing partnership with Well Played Toys is poised to introduce a diverse and innovative range of Cats vs Pickles products to the market.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Toy Fair 2023: This Spring from Diamond Select: AEW, Star Wars, Rebel Moon and More!

Diamond Select AEW Wrestling Ring Minimates Playset
It’s almost October, which means it’s time for the October Previews catalog to unleash its pre-order goodness on an unsuspecting public! This month, there are a variety of items from Diamond Select Toys and Gentle Giant LTD, including more AEW Minimates, a new Indiana Jones statue, their first Rebel Moon action figures, a new Matrix diorama, new Pacific Rim action figures, and the usual goodies from Marvel and Star Wars! Read on for details, then pre-order through your local comic shop (find one at comicshoplocator.com) or order online at diamondselecttoys.com and gentlegiantltd.com!