You can see them here. They are limited to 250 each and can be purchased individually or as a set.

  

I am not usually into the idea of busts for Transformers, but I have to admit these look extremely nice. Particularly with the wings coming off the base. I am highly tempted by this set. The fact that they are so limited is unfortunate.

• Marvel Legends Icons and 2-Packs
• DC Universe/DC Superheroes
• Castlevania

So read on for more details…

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As with each year at the SDCC, news is flowing out about upcoming plans, events and merchandise. Due to the sheer volume of data, I’m just going to cover the toy news from the Preview night (yesterday) and Day 1 (today).

I will be covering news for:

• The 7th Kingdom (FANtastic Exclusives)
• Minimates (Marvel)
• Marvel Legends (Main line and supplemental lines)

So if you are interested in any of these, continue on below!

More coming tomorrow!
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Show Notes:

Universe Spacewarp appears in a number of ‘complete checklist’s. Here are a few:

• Hasbro’s complete collector’s checklist
• TFArchive listing
• Transformers Universe listing on answers.com

TFans SPacewarp pictures

Galvatron got his revenge on Hook, Line and Sinker by tricking Sinker into killing Line. Then Galvatron dispatched Sinker himself, then Hook.

I attended Botcon 2007 this year and was able to get my hands on all of the exclusives. I decided to do a quick hands on with all ten exclusives. I divided it up into two 10 minute videos because its long, a little boring, and not very in depth. If you’d like me to do a more in-depth look at each of the exclusives with more background information and the full transformations, please let me know by commenting on this post below. Thanks!

Part 1: Dirge, Thrust, Thundercracker, Dreadwind and Bugbite

Part 2: Springer, Huffer, Weirdwolf, Alpha Trion, and Phasing Mirage

For the initial announcements on each figure in the main set go to the following links:
Thundercracker
Dirge
Thrust
Dreadwind
Bugbite

[EDIT – CRAZY: It has been brought to my attention that Don Figueroa did the art for the cover of the box set and not Dan Khanna. Apologies.]

You know you’ve done it before. You get your hands on a piece of bubble wrap, and you can’t help but compulsively begin popping the little bubbles one by one for hell knows how long, or even just twisting the whole thing in a massive fit of rapid-fire popping. It’s one of life’s little pleasures, and now someone is cashing in on the craze.

Bandai has swooped in to capitalize on this wonder with the new PuchiPuchi infinite bubble wrap toy. Designed to feel and sound like real plastic bubble wrap, you can continuously pop the bubbles on these little marvels to your heart’s content. They’ve even thrown in little twists to keep things interesting, such as unique sounds for each 100th pop!

So now, you can annoy the hell out of people around you with constant bubble-popping while also feeding your compulsion with these pocket-sized little toys. Sounds like a sure-win to me.

A reader over at Action-Figure.com wrote in to the site with the following message:

Adrian,

Thought you’d like to know: Toys R Us has received an RTV (Return to Vendor) order for the entire Series 1 release for Marvel Legends.

In black and white on the RTV order, the reason for the recall states “poor sales”.

Hopefully, this means Hasbro will get their act together and work on better quality product and pricing.

This order means that Toys R Us can’t mark the product down… they have to return the product as soon as possible. This is a major line for Hasbro to cross. Toys R Us is not responsible for the cost of the product.

Peace,
CC

If you are in need of completing the Annihilus wave, you had better do it soon. You may not have the chance in the near the future if you wait too long.

Its interesting to note that while some of these figures have really not sold well at all (Emma Frost, Banshee I’m looking at you!), others have been scooped up as soon as they hit shelves including Ultimate Iron Man, Planet Hulk, and Hercules.

To celebrate the arrival of the exclusives from China to the Botcon warehouse, Botcon.com has posted the box art to the exclusive box set (thats already sold out!).