The Official Toy Fair 2008 Thread

[Silver Knight]

I did..

 

[spideyboy_1111]

dude... we've said "fing fang foom" a million and a half times

 

[Silver Knight]

Im confused.

Lets just move on..

 

[Roughneck]

Oh my God....such a Hulk fan and he doesn't even know Foom....he's been going on and on about these Hulk figs....and he doesn`t even know Foom.


Anyway....FA She Hulk, Creel and Wendigo look great is the scale is right...and I`m glad that isn;t the official Foomer....he neck is too small

 

[Silver Knight]

The nd looks soo badass!

 

[uchiha_itachi]

Those pics look awesome. The end Hulk looks pretty sweet.

 

[Roughneck]

sweeet....and well done...but unneccessary

 

[Silver Knight]

Those pics look awesome. The end Hulk looks pretty sweet.

Indeed ,y friend, indeed.

 

[uchiha_itachi]

what is rough?

 

[archangelsr_uk]

Very nice. That absorbing man looks sweet and also means i wont have to break the bank to get one for my collection

 

[spideyboy_1111]

do you guys think the reason the Hulk line might be $20 a fig (and probably why they shortened the line by a fig or 2 as well) was because the figs are big.. and so probably is the BAF pieces?

 

[uchiha_itachi]

who said it was $20?

 

[HCpride]

yeah where did you hear that

 

[Spider-Jay420]

Very nice. That absorbing man looks sweet and also means i wont have to break the bank to get one for my collection

Amen to that! $65.00 on eBay? no thank you.

 

[venom892]

Asborbing man and wendigo are incredible! Between these and The Movie Iron Man figures Hasbro is winning me over!

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

were these posted yet?

Wowee! Fin Fang Foom! Please tell me he's at least going to be Galactus size!

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

also that isnt the foom we will see,thats a custom by a guy at fwoosh named cal,they havent shown the official foom yet

Oh, ok. Can't wait to see the official version!

 

[Spider-Jay420]

it's weird they only have 4 figs to make the BAF. They would have to be huge and I guess that makes sense if they'll go for $20.00 each. I mean if its only 4 figs, it would break down as 1 fig and both arms, then both legs then the torso and head right? They would be the size of the Juggernaut PLUS 2 FFF arms? There's no way they would sell for $10.00.

WAIT A MINUTE- you have to build FFF over 2 Hulk waves right? Nevermind

 

[SsM]

Yeah two waves..... 20 a piece.. pricey....

 

[Spider-Jay420]

$20.00 each is pricey, but I'm only getting Absorbing Man. and $20 is a LOT easier to shell out the $65.

 

[Roughneck]

the unnecessary comment was directed towards the Hulk The End Figure.

And Cap, Foom was shown at Toy Fair UK.....no pics allowed though, but he's been described as 12 inches tall at the shoulders....

And the $20 price point came from the official statement of these being ten pounds....roughly 20 USD.


And I am still holding out hope that these will still be 12 figs.......but am Glad thay Bi Beast and Wendigo seem to have made the cut....they were the two I was most worried about....the next being Valkyrie...as they are all new characters....red king too I guess but to a lesser extent because he is dead and was only in the one story....Skaar too...but I don't know how big of a role he'll be in the Marvel U

 

[Roughneck]

We've seen the Indiana Jones fgures for some time now and opinions been a bit mixed. Some people love them, some people are indifferent to them, although I've not seen (m)any peple say they hate them. Still, I'd not been sold on the new hasbro Indiana Jones range until I got to see some of the other items they're bringing out.

So let's talk about vehicles, and here's where I am very excited. Everyone remembers the desert chase from Raiders... one of my favorite Indiana Jones scenes. Well Hasbro are doing vehicles from that scene

First up is the kubelwagon (or whatever german vehicle it is); basically a german jeep with a gun on the back. I didn;t spend too much time looking at that because I was looking at the truck and being shown some of the action features. For example a whip extends from the rear axle so you can drag Indy behind it. The front grill will also spring down to recreate that part of the movie. I did ask if the door slightly unhinges but it didn't, however the rear canopy was removable to covert it to an open flat bed truck

Of course to really complete that scene you'd need Indy on horseback, which is why I'm glad to report this is one of the deluxe figures coming out. Also expect to see a German motorcyclist in this range. I also saw a set of INdiana Jones and the Arc of the Covenant, Marion and a Cairo henchman 2-pack and something that had me jumping up and down for joy: a German Soldier 2-pack. Yes, Hasbro will allow you to amass the greatest number of Nazis since the Nuremburg Rally. For the benefit of the soccer moms reading, and just in case anyone was of any doubt, real Nazis are bad, but toy german soldiers are all about discovering history through role-play.

There were no single pack figures from the new amazingly long-titled Indiana Jones and the Kindom of the Crystal Skull (or IJATKOTCS - the only movie abbreviation, that itself needs an abbreviation) but they did have the playset from the movie.

Now it seemed really, really familiar and I couldn't put my finger on it at the time but now thinking about it, I'm sure that it at least uses parts from the Mustafar Final Duel playset from the Star Wars line. You know that lava pool on that playset. That was a bubbling mud pool. In truth I was a little disappointed as it just seemed like a mountain playset, and they're never too exciting.

There was one figure on the playset though, that made me think that if Apocalypto fans were ever looking for a playset and figure, this would be ideal for them. The South American Indian reminded me very much of the ones from the opening scene from Raiders and I found myself thinking it would be great if the story of Crystal Skull somehow linked back to that opening. Got a while to wait until I find out whether that happens or not, but the figures should start popping up before then

These sound great....I think I'll be spending a lotta money on these...but only in certain aspects.....Like the truck they describe...I'll get that....some germans....a horse if I feel I need it....Indy.....then I'll also get Indy, Sallah, Marion....and just have them sonwhere else..but I'll recreate that scene...maybe another.....

then from Temple...I'll get Indy, Short Round and Willie and put them in a Mining Cart with another Cart and a Bad Guy...if they make that

From Crusade, I'll want Indy on a bike with Henry in the side car...and Nazi's on bikes too....and hopefully I can get a Tank, with indy, Marcus, Sallah and a horse...and a bunch of Germans.....

and don't know what scene I'll want to recreat from Skull....but yeah....these vehicles are getting me excited....hell all they did was describe the truck and I am pumped.....wish they were a larger scale...but for what I want I think I'll be glad price wise that these are smaller.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

yeah where did you hear that

someone posted the Uk listings.. someone said that amount translated to about $20 USD

 

[Nightmare]

Damn 20 bucks each!?!?

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Damn 20 bucks each!?!?

well in all fairness theres only 4 or 5 to a wave.. and there all big figs.. with Big build-a-fig parts i'd assume