Win a Set of DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Figures! (CONTEST CLOSED)
It’s PLANET OF THE APES WEEK, so GO APE! Enter our contest to win these three simians from NECA! (UPDATED: CONTEST CLOSED) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes opens Friday 7/11 — and you could get your...
View ArticleLOVE AFFAIR on the PLANET OF THE APES
My romance with those damn, dirty apes. — UPDATED 2/8/18: It’s APES WEEK! Because today is the 50th anniversary of 1968’s Planet of the Apes! For the complete APES WEEK INDEX of stories, click here. —...
View ArticleBAT NEWS I: Pink Cowl Batman is Coming!
The folks at Figures Toy Company are at it again — this time with a wave of Batman ’66 episode variants that will knock you out like Batman knocked Riddler out in the ring! I’ll get out of the way for...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Making of NECA’s Classic Apes Figures
APES WEEK! Behind the scenes with NECA‘s sculpting guru Randy Falk — and his good friends Cornelius, Dr. Zaius and Gorilla Soldier! Within the next couple of weeks, NECA’s first wave of Classic Planet...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Toy Fanatics
Scott Beatty is a writer and one of comicdom’s preeminent experts on action figures past and present. He has a terrifically cool blog of his own: Plastic Memory. Somehow or other we connected — I don’t...
View ArticleREVIEW: Dig These Damn Purty Apes
NECA’s first wave of Classic Planet of the Apes figures is out — and they’d make the Lawgiver proud. These window-boxed 7-inch bits of plastic simian splendor retail in the $18-$20 range and are well...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE! Burt Ward’s ROBIN Is the Next Tweeterhead Maquette
PLUS! A look behind the scenes with the creators of the Batman masterpiece! We’ve seen Catwoman and Batman. Now, the fine folks at California-based Tweeterhead announce that the next figure in their...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE! Tweeterhead Announces BATMAN CLASSICS
The folks who’re bringing you the Batman ’66 maquettes are turning the clock even further back … to the Golden Age! Yep, get ready for the … Company chief Chad Coleman told me, “I’ve always loved the...
View ArticleThe Time Has Come: AMBIGUOUSLY GAY DUO Merchandise!
PLUS! Co-creator J.J. Sedelmaier underscores once and for all whether Ace and Gary are friends … or more than friends! The Ambiguously Gay Duo cartoons that used to run on Saturday Night Live were...
View ArticleYour Face on an Action Figure? We Have a Contest Winner!
Was it you … ? … it was if your name is LUKE FEDER. Luke won our most recent contest, with the folks from MyFaceOnAFigure.com — and now he gets to have his face on an action figure in a 2-pack with one...
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