Diamond Select Toys has announced that Stargate figure collectors will soon have the opportunity to redeem the UPC’s from their figures for a free ‘Elite Serpent Guard’. Also randomly inserted one into each case will be an unpainted test shot figure.

From the site:

Stargate Promos Ready to Launch!

With the first series of Stargate SG-1 action figures nearing their Spring release, DST is excited to announce plans for several promotional figures to compliment the core assortment!

By purchasing any four of our Stargate SG-1 figures, customers will be able to redeem their UPC’s for a free exclusive Elite Serpent Guard action figure featuring a repainted armor design as part of a promotional mail-in program! Now in addition to building their own figure-sized Stargate, fans will also be able to build Apophis’ army! The details surrounding how fans can get this free figure will be available inside each packaged figure.

Also available with the first wave of figures will be a series of test-shot unpainted figures! Select cases sold to retailers each contain one of these limited figures, with four different versions released: Colonel Jack O’Neill, Dr. Daniel Jackson, General Jack O’Neill and a Jaffa Serpent Guard! These pre-production unpainted figures will be limited and will only be available in select cases for the specialty market, so be sure to contact your local comic book store and ask them to take advantage of this unprecedented offer!

From what I understand there are already quite a few variants for these figures as it is, so it looks like this line will be hard on the collectors out there. Good Luck!

Sideshow has announced their exclusive for the San Diego Comic Con. The exclusive will be a 12 inch Darth Vader just after he turns to the dark side. He features ‘Sith eyes’ (they’re yellow!), a ‘unique lava droid base’, and exclusive packaging. Supplies will be limited to 6000.

Preorders for convention attendees begins April 27th at 10AM, while preorders for non-attendees starts at 10AM the next day.

He-man.org has finally announced the summer convention exclusives from NECA and the Four Horsemen. I’ll just cut to the chase because I’ve been pretty eager to know what they were.

First up features a return of the mini-bust line. An exclusive 3-pack of brand new mini-busts will be offered. The set includes Mekanek, Man-at-Arms, and Teela.

  

The second exclusive (and the one I’m far more stoked about) is a mini-statue (staction) of Evil-Lyn in her classic colors of yellow and blue. It should be noted that this isn’t just a statue of the action figure that came out quite a while (and was short packed so it costs a fortune to find one now! >_< ), but instead a new sculpt. It features a shard of the Crystal of Darkness hanging around her neck as seen in the first volume of the modern comic from MVCreations.

 

Figures.com has posted part 2 of their interview with Four Horseman H. Eric ‘Cornboy’ Mayse.

You may remember us posting about the first half of the interview here.

He-man.org dropped a couple bombs on us today in the form of pictures of the third wave of staction figures from the Four Horsemen in addition to a couple of announcements.

The third wave of stactions include the Sorceress, Mantenna and Tongue Lashor. The paint applications on these figures are really something to admire particularly the Sorceress and Mantenna. There is even a glossy effect on Mantenna’s bulging eyes. Tongue Lashor is the biggest staction yet. They have posted some comparison pictures with prior wave statues to compare.

In further He-Man news, it was revealed that there will in fact be 2 (two!) convention exclusives this summer. Details to come soon as always.

Finally, the long ago promised pictures of Leech and Webstor will hopefully be revealed at the end of the week.

Our very own Rabban, has reported a sighting of the Battlestar Gallactica Titanium Series ships, the Cylon Raider and the Viper Mk VII. He spotted them at his local Wal-Mart, so if your a Battlestar Gallactica fan be on the lookout for these.

We previously reported a release date of June 2006 in the press release.

TFW2005 has posted what they think might be the first case assortment to the upcoming Generation 1 redeux line.

Transformers Classics Voyager asst / Optimus Prime
Transformers Classics Voyager asst / Megatron
1 case = 4 pcs (2pcs optimus + 2pcs Megatron)

Transformers Classics Deluxe Asst Bumblebee
Transformers Classics Deluxe Asst Astrotrain (3 in 1)
Transformers Classics Deluxe Asst Starscream
Transformers Classics Deluxe Asst Hot Rod
1 case = 8pcs ( each 2pcs )

Fwooshnet.com has an interesting tutorial up on how to make a pair of light up eyes for a toy custom. The author modded his Marvel Legends Sentinel to use these light up eyes in addition to making parts of his chest light up as well. This can be applied to many different types of customs and is good for any modder to check out.