Gaming tends to take over things. We get video games moulding movies, video games infesting Facebook. At Toy Fair 2010, I expected to see gaming infecting and influencing toys. I did. But I also saw so many other delightful things.
If people were apprehensive about Bioshock sequels, how about Bioshock statues/toys/figures? For true believers and sceptics, here are some pics and a video I shot at Toy Fair 2010 of NECA’s Bioshock line.
Will Wright was on a recon mission on Tuesday in New York City. On a snowy day on Manhattan’s West Side, one of history’s top game developers was at his first Toy Fair, his wheels turning.
NECA, statue/toy-maker for grown-ups is continuing to expand its Gears of War line. At Toy Fair 2010, the company showed its next three figures. Name them all. We’ve got a priest and a, uh… help me out, Gears fans.
The small Square-Enix booth at Toy Fair 2010 had some fancy Final Fantasy jewellery, the newest versions of upcoming Final Fantasy XIII statues, some tiny Chrono Trigger pieces and some new Kingdom Hearts figures. Sorry, I didn’t photograph the jewellery.
Somewhere in the crowd of Funko’s Wacky Wobbler bobbleheads (and lamps) at Toy Fair 2010 were familiar gaming faces. Sonic is a prototype. Also new for 2010 are the Lord of the Rings and Star Wars ones. No shaking, please.
Yeah, you’ve seen glimpses of the toys based on the upcoming Transformers game War For Cybertron, but Toy Fair is no place for glimpses.
Here are some new pieces coming out of Toy Fair earlier in the week; the first statues based on Jim Lee’s artwork for DC Universe Online, and a rather cranky-looking baby from Dante’s Inferno.