Author Archives: John Harmon

Toy Reviews From Around the Net – January 1st – 14th, 2013

Posted on by
Reply

This list of reviews from around the net covers the first two weeks of 2013, January 1st-14th. Because it covers two weeks, the list includes one hundred and thriteen reviews from twenty-nine different sites!. The reviews are all categorized by major brands, independent releases such as Onell or Spy Monkey are listed under the “7th Market” heading, and smaller brands are grouped together under Miscellaneous. Huge thanks to NoisyDvL5 at itsalltrue.net for starting this and helping to make the toy community grow.

Continue after the jump for the full list, and remember: The offsite reviews do not necessarily reflect the views of me or Mint Condition Customs.
Continue reading →

News – NECA DJango Unchained Action Figures Discontinued

Posted on by
2

Recently, some Civil Rights groups have protested NECA’s line of Django Unchained action figures, calling them offensive. It seemed inevitable that an action figure line based on a controversial movie like Django Unchained would receive people being offended, but the Civil Rights uproar seems to have worked, because now the line of action figures is being discontinued. Continue after the jump for the full story.

Continue reading →

Ask DST #193 – Marvels, Monsters, and Miscellaneous

Posted on by
Reply

“Ask DST” is something that Diamond Select Toys has been doing on their Facebook page for quite some time now. I only just realized this to be honest, so I’m going to start posting their Q&A’s here whenever they have new ones. If you want to ask your own questions of DST, just follow this link, “like” the Diamond Select Toys Facebook page, and click where it says “Ask DST” near the top, and fill out the form. It’s that easy!

 

Joe Mike
Why aren’t there any characters from the film X-men First Class in your marvel select line ? Will there be more film based characters in your future marvel select line ?

DST CHUCK: The movie was written and filmed very quickly, so there was not time to execute a full figure. It is way to early to say if we will make movies from the follow up movie, but none are planned for First Class.

 

Jeremy Burdge
Hi Art Asylum My Question Is Did You Ever Think About Making Jean Claude Van Damme Movies Figures Like Cyborg,Double Impact ,Death Warrant, Or Street Fighter Movie Figures And 1984 A-Team,Croba(Stallone),Barbarian Twins(Peter&David)Rapid Fire(Brandon Lee),Jackie Chan,Last Action Hero Movie Figures? Thanks For Your Time

DST CHUCK: Jeremy, I think something like the old N2 Toys Hardened line would be cool with a mix of action stars from different movies, but it’s not something we’re looking into at this time.

Continue reading →

Review – Hale Caesar – Expendables 2, Diamond Select Toys

Posted on by
1

Expendables 2 Hale Caesar Action Figure Diamond Select Toys

I’ve previously reviewed both Barney Ross and Gunner Jensen, and to end this week of Expendables reviews, today I’m taking a look at the Heavy Weapons Specialist of the team, Hale Caesar. In the movies, Hale Caesar is played by Terry Crews, and is brought into the plastic world by Diamond Select Toys. Hale Caesar is one of my favorite characters from the movies, so join me as I take a closer look at the figure and see if it lives up to the character.
Continue reading →

News – MOTUC Fang Man Packaged Shots & Explanation of January Charges

Posted on by
4

Masters of the Universe Classics Fang Man Mattel Packaged FrontMattycollector just revealed on their Facebook page, the packaged shots for the upcoming Masters of the Universe Classics Fang Man action figure. In addition to this, they also sent a quick explanation over the January subscription charges. Many people were surprised at how much January turned out to be when they saw their credit card statements, and here Mattycollector offers a quick explanation, and promises to have a full explanation soon.

Check out the Fang Man packaged shots and read Matty’s explanation after the jump. Continue reading →

Review – Gunner Jensen – Expendables 2, Diamond Select Toys

Posted on by
3

Expendables 2 Gunner Jensen Figure Diamond Select Toys

The Expendables has become a hit franchise, reigniting the careers of some of the greatest action stars of the last 30 years. When word hit that Diamond Select Toys got the license for the Expendables 2 and was releasing an action figure line, I was more than a little excited. I love the movies and am a huge Sylvester Stallone fan, so the more figures of characters from his movies, the better.

Of course I’ll try my best to stay objective in the review, but I may not be able to help but let my fanboy show once and a while. I already reviewed the Barney Ross figure for Toy News International, but today I’m taking a look Gunner Jensen, the character played by Dolph Lundgren in the movies. So join me as I take a closer look.

Continue reading →

Ask Mattel – Answers for January 15th, 2013

Posted on by
4

Mattel Mattycollector Logo

It’s been a while, but welcome back to the Ask Mattel answer session! There’s a lot of positive answers in this round, which is eerie. But enough talk, let’s get to it!

 

Chris Pittenger asks: Will it ever be possible to see a mattel Chris Benoit figure?

Anything is possible but we don’t have one to announce right now.

 

 

Johnathan asks: When will wee and learn more about the Adam West Batman movie masters figures?
Continue reading →

News – Hot Toys G.I. Joe Retaliation 1/6th Scale Storm Shadow Sneak Peek

Posted on by
Reply

Hot Toys G.I. Joe Retaliation Storm Shadow and RoadblockThe blog Geektrooper posted this scan from a magazine that gives us our first look at Hot Toys upcoming G.I. Joe Retaliation 1/6th scale Storm Shadow action figure. If you look closely, you can also get a glimpse of their upcoming Roadblock figure in the background as well. With as amazing as their upcoming G.I. Joe Retaliation Snake Eyes figure looks, this is shaping up to be one awesome line.

Continue after the jump for the full sized photo.
Continue reading →