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McFarlane Does The Prince Of Persia
2:40AM Mike Fahey | McFarlane Toys and Disney are teaming up to deliver a little shirtless Jake Gyllenhaal to the masses, with a massive toy line planned to coincide with the release of the film. More »
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US Toy Fair: Dante’s Inferno, Gears Of War, Street Fighter, Halo, Guitar Hero & More
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | The New York Toy Fair kicked off over the weekend. And video games being big business and all, there were loads of new gaming figures on show. Loads. More »
Halo Wars Action Figures Are Real-Time Posable
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | New Halo game on the horizon? Better get McFarlane on the case, get some small, plastic action figures churned out. Oh, what’s that? McFarlane’s already on the case? How unexpected. These figures may have been announced in September, but today, here’s your first good look at them. They’re coming smaller (at 2.5″) than the standard Halo figures, and in packs of three, and all colour-coded, because Halo Wars is an RTS, get it? Expect them in March 2009. More »
Oh Look, More Halo 3 Figures
1:40PM Luke Plunkett | Can’t tell you just how many Halo 3 figures this is from McFarlane. We’ve lost count. We can tell you, though, that for the first time in a long time, this is a new figure. Not a repaint, not an old figure with new weapons, it’s all new. And it’s a UNSC Marine, who comes with a battle rifle, a pistol and a trip mine. Should be out in March 2009, along with the other repaints/reissues in the gallery. More »
Yes, MORE Guitar Hero Figures
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Because the kids can’t get enough miniature plastic replicas of replica rock stars from a replica rock n’ roll game. Due in stores next February, McFarlane’s line of “Guitar Hero Rockers” are 2-inch, stylised versions of the game’s main characters, and will be bundled in pairs. If your quarterly quota of McFarlane/Guitar Hero plastic merchandise hasn’t been filled by February, they should cost you around $US7. Check ‘em out here More »
New Halo Toy Line Features Wee Spartans, Big Hunter
8:30PM Luke Plunkett | McFarlane keep on releasing Halo figures, and the kids, the kids keep on buying them. Latest products to roll off the money-printing machine include some more Master Chief/Spartan variants, a range of 2.5″ figures that come in three-packs (for hot desktop Red v Blue action) and a deluxe 8″ Hunter figure, complete with intricate, wormy neck detailing. Halo 3 Figures Gallery More »
McFarlane’s Tiny, Plastic Guitar Hero Guitars
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | First announced a few weeks back, here’s a first look at perhaps the strangest piece of Guitar Hero-related marketing we’ve seen to date: McFarlane’s range of small, stringless, unplayable plastic guitars. It looks like they’re meant to be used by the company’s line of Guitar Hero figures, but since that “feature” is mentioned nowhere in the line’s press release, there remains the possibility these guitars are meant for…well, just sitting there. Tiny Guitar Hero Guitars Gallery
More Guitar Hero Toys Coming From McFarlane
7:00PM Luke Plunkett | Those figures of your “favourite” Guitar Hero “characters”? They’re just the start of Activision and McFarlane’s push to sell you more mostly-immobile hunks of Guitar Hero-related plastic. Due for release in January 2009 will be a line of customisable guitars that let you swap out the heads, necks and bodies (no word on size or price), while later in the year, there’ll be more versions of the guitars, as well as 10″ versions of the already-seen characters, eight more of the 6″ characters (including Clive Winston and Eddie Knox) and a few lines of 2″ character figures. If you’re torn between just which Johnny Napalm 10″ figure you’ll want – the “British Flag” variant or the “Skeleton” variant – the full release (sadly, lacking any pictures) follows.
