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McFarlane Toys Reveals San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Exclusives

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The Announcement:
We are excited to be a part of SDCC 2024! Come Visit us at the DC Booth #4545.

VIP ACCESS: McFarlane Collector Club Platinum Members will receive VIP line access at the booth. Look for the Platinum logo for line access. *Subject to availability

Due to space constraints some of the convention products will be made available on EQL to ship after the convention. Convention attendees will be given priority when they allow geo-location at time of entry. In addition, Platinum Members will be given VIP Priority for all convention EQL campaigns, regardless of geo-location!

EQL International: We have expanded international shipping to include Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia, and Japan!

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Batmobile (Batman: White Knight). Autograph Series Gold Label: After years of epic battles between the Dark Knight™ and his twisted archenemy, Batman faces his greatest challenge yet: The Joker™ has been cured of his madness and is now sane. The Clown Prince of Crime has changed his ways, fighting for good in Gotham City™, and it may just cause Batman to go over the edge of his own sanity. Includes collectible art card autographed by comic writer and artist Sean Gordon Murphy.
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Checking Out Playmates Toys @ Toy Insider’s “Spring Fling” 2024

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Our friends over at The Toy Insider had recently announced a brand-new event called the “Spring Fling Toy Preview” and it would be held at an event space that I never visited before as well so when the invitation came to come out and explore for the purposes of the website and its bevy of social media profiles, I could not resist. From the get go I felt that this was a great idea since the usual winter months Toy Fair was not happening and would be returning in early 2025. Of course there was a Toy Fair back in the Fall of 2023 which dedicated readers of the site already know based on the content that was posted across the realm. Once I was situated in Lavan Midtown, I began exploring and found that most of the items being exhibited were more suited to our companion website “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken”. I’ll link to that later on but now its time to showcase what we found at a toy company that has been discussed on numerous occasions, Playmates Toys.

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It’s without question that I love what Playmates Toys is releasing these days and over the years we’ve seen assorted variations of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Voltron and Star Trek. Currently they are the holder of the license for the upcoming “Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire” film and brought a lot of the line with them to the Spring Fling. Let’s take a look.

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Are you ready for the big reveal? 10, 9, 8…oh just scroll on down 🙂

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Tada!!! Here is a little too far away snap of the table. They had more stuff from other licenses but I will get to those soon enough.

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These are the 6″ and 7″ action figures of the main cast and their new villains Shimo and Scar King. Of all the collectibles from the film these are the items that I key into the most since I prefer this size in an action figure. The larger ones not too much but that’s a personal taste.

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Here are some of the bigger action figures and face masks that make sounds and let you battle it out with your friends if you care too. No I didn’t get a photo of myself wearing the Godzilla mask but I should have. Maybe if I see it again somewhere I promise.

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This Kong looks great and no he is NOT wearing the Infinity Gauntlet. That sure would have been funny if he was though.

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From the collector’s standpoint I’m very interested in the set from the 6″-7″ inch line and if I get my hands on any of them I will do another overview and maybe even a video. Now its onto the next property they have.

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Generally speaking I would normally post anything about “The Miraculous Ladybug” over on Piercing Ken but I already have plenty of other companies posted over there and this is the only Playmates Toys post I will be doing.

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Today at the Spring Fling they were showcasing the Paris HQ Playset which looks like the Eiffel Tower and has lots of cool details and enhancements. It does not come with the action figures of Ladybug, Cat Noir and the other characters but many of them are presented in these few images.

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The appeal of the “Miraculous Ladybug” is not gender specific by my observation so I think boys as well as girls can appreciate the coolness of this fun character. There are numerous other related items for this license but they were not on display today. Maybe they will be during the Toy Insider “Sweet Suite” that happens in July. If we attend

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So I realize that this next disclosure will age me out a little bit but I remember Playmates Toys very first editions of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” action figures. At the time they only had the four of them and I only ever remember seeing them in the comic book shops. I did own these and opened the packages and am not sure where those actually remain at this point in time but I digress on this. It was exciting to see the latest and greatest from this license.

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One of the latest lines they are offering up are the “Mutations: Mix and Match” which let you interchange parts across a wide variety of action figures. Your only limits would be the imagination and the parts you have to choose from. It’s a cool idea but I lean more towards having the exact figure from the comic book pages or animated series. That’s just me.

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Now while I had mentioned that I am not really collecting much of the TMNT line, this is something that I can get behind. This is an action figure version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles original sketch. It looks awesome and I might want to add this set to my keepsakes.

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These are the “Tootin’ Tot Turtles” and if you squeeze them they uhm “toot”. It’s a fun idea but definitely for a younger age skew and not really the hardcore collectors. These would likely make good fun stocking stuffers for the holidays.

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So that’s it from the Playmates Toys booth but before I wrap this up entirely I’d like to share a few of the YouTube Short clips that were done from this part of the event. Depending on which of our social media platforms you follow you will very likely see these same clips over on Instagram Reels and TikTok but for this narrative I’m lauding the YouTube Channel. Please give it a subscribe. The first was our overall intro video.

Here’s a very brief glimpse of the “Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire” line of products.

Now this is the brief about the “Miraculous Ladybug” and while the photos from this section are above the video I snapped was posted over on the Piercing Ken Channel. I initially thought I would post those images on that site.

Last but not least are the brief visuals of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stuff. Overall this was a stocked booth with something for everyone.

That’s going to bring me to the end of views from the Toy Insider “Spring Fling” Toy Preview as far as the PiercingMetal side is concerned. As mentioned way up above, most of the items fell under the coverage arm of the Piercing Ken site so you can head over to that by clicking HERE. I’ll say that the event was a blast but too short for my liking since there was only a few short hours to explore. One tends to get chatty at such things and I am very guilty of that LOL. Thanks again to the Toy Insider for continuing to bring us into their events. What did you readers think about these offerings? Are you heading to Amazon.com to place some orders? Chime in down below with what appealed to you the most.

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Special Feature from New York Comic Con 2023: PureArts Studios, Super7 and Zenescope Entertainment

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Well hello once again my wonderful geek-minded readers. As promised I am back with another Special Feature from the recent New York Comic Con and this one will be the very last in the comprehensive photo overviews. Hey we had to finish up eventually right? So if this is your first time seeing the website, let me line out that when it comes to the New York Comic Con I tend to go all out and bring you as much as is possible. It’s a lot more work for sure but for me and the website having 20 or so images from a single spot and I think that I like doing it like this. So before I continue along let me recommend that the newer visitors click HERE first as that will open up a brand-new browser tab with all of the posts that preceded this one. Now its time to continue with the features and present to with Pure Arts, Super7 and Zenescope Entertainment. Let’s roll.

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The Pure Arts stuff is some serious business. These statues are as imposing in their visual as they are in price but if this is what you collect and love to display, that is alright for sure. There is a wide amount of franchise licenses being displayed in the below images. I’m a big fan of the brooding knight and of course the dragons.

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Special Feature from New York Comic Con 2023: Hallmark (Part Two)

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Hey there my friends, its now time to welcome you to the second installment from the Special Features focuses that I did from the New York Comic Con, and we are continuing along with the stuff from the massive Hallmark Pavilion. I won’t add to much more here outside of recommending that you first consider clicking HERE if you are only just now joining us on the website and planning on indulging in this super comprehensive coverage of NYCC 2023. Once you finish up you can easily continue along with the rest.

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In the previous chapter we had just arrived at the TV Shows area and they had lots of items from “The Office”. Down below you’ll find a wide display of things from “Ted Lasso”, “Rick and Morty”, “The Golden Girls”, “Spongebob Squarepants” and more.

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Special Feature from New York Comic Con 2023: Hallmark (Part One)

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So welcome back once again my friends. I bet that some of you thought that I had served up all of the adventuring from the New York Comic Con and while I technically did when it came to the day by day rundown, I also pointed out that I would be serving up some special feature focuses as well. Let’s face it, an event like the NYCC is like a vast crowded wilderness of geeky coolness and this practice will let me feature more items from a particular vendor. If you somehow missed all of the content from the con and are just joining us now, I’m going to suggest that you first start by clicking HERE. That will open up a brand-new browser tab with all of the posts that preceded this one and lets you glean all of the awesome presentation at your own pace. When you’ve finished you can pick up with us as I deliver what was found in the Hallmark Pavilion.

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Hallmark had a really big space and I just loved the “For All Fankind” motto. I think that needs to be on a button because I would wear something like that for sure.

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