I don’t think anyone planned on a long show. In fact, the show almost didn’t go on, with Sean and Sindra both out. But we got a last minute ringer in the form of Extra Zero, and still managed to talk about toys for an hour straight.

This may be the last Powetcast in the form you know it. We return with our 50th episode marking the 5th anniversary of Powet.tv next, and then a live recording from PAX. The show that comes back in March may be very different. Subscribe now and don’t miss it!

Music in this episode from the album Where Did the Night Fall by UNKLE

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Thundercats had a big presence this year at Toy Fair. Bandai had a great display of its upcoming products, so here is a brief summary.

Images in this post mostly originate from ASM. Please check out their full gallery for many more photos from Toy Fair 2011.

Information and images after the jump!
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Its that time of the month again. No not that time of the month! Its MattyCollector Day! Today’s offerings include MOTU Bow (the regular monthly figure), the MOTUC Shadow Beast (regular quarterly beast), reissue MOTUC Keldor and reissue MOTUC Tytus.

Remember to use the handy dandy bulk ordering page to make it a speedier process for yourself. Items will be available for purchase at noon EST.

Images of Bow and the Shadow Beast after the jump! The images of the reissues are no different than last time.
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ItsAllTrue.net and TNI had some great write ups of the MOTU Classics announcements. I will attempt to summarize here after the jump. For more, please check out their sites.

All images in this post are from ASM. Please check out there galleries here. I only posted a very few. They have a great gallery of lots more photos. Check ’em out!
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BigBangPow! post on their blog some teaser images of upcoming products. It looks to be their two display cases at Toy Fair 2011. So I guess its more of a “Here’s what we have” as opposed to “Here’s a tiny sample to whet your appetite”. Anyway, the images include products for the Twilight Zone, Lost, The Venture Bros., Dexter, Dr. Who, and various one-off figures from various movie franchises like the Big Lebowski and Flash Gordon.

I’m particularly interested in the Venture Bros. and I’m seeing a lot of new product we haven’t seen before including.
Jonas Venture Sr.
Rusty Venture (as a kid)
Dr. Henry Killinger (and his magic murder bag)
Brock Sampson in Sphinx uniform
Molotov Cocktease
Billy Quiz Boy

 

Hasbro just released the official images of the items revealed during their press event. Among them was the big announcement of a brand new Skystriker jet. Further they announced that this year’s San Diego Comic Con exclusive would be a repainted version of this jet to look like Starscream with Cobra Commander as the pilot who will carry a gun that is Megatron in gun mode. Its kind of a big deal.

I thought this image needed its own post. And it does.

Please, please, please don’t let there be another Sgt. Slaughter massacre on HasbroToyShop this year.

The weekend has kicked off in stupendous fashion with a news explosion from the Hasbro event held at New York Toy Fair 2011. If you were there, you knew you were in the right place because Optimus Prime was parked outside, trailer and all. (See above)

Image from Poe Ghostal’s Twitter feed.

I’ve been watching things from a far on my twitter feeds and blogs, so I’m going to do my best to recap all the relevant news and information coming out of the event. Read on after the jump to see all the details!

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