Hey everyone! This week’s new custom action figure is a movie concept Ultraman, leader of the Crime Syndicate of America, as if he were to appear in the current DC Cinematic Universe. Just click the photo below to see the full gallery page, complete with a detailed description on the process of making him. Also be sure to watch the video I made for this Ultraman custom action figure to see some exclusive WIP (work in progress) shots! And if you’re new here, visit my Custom Action Figure Archive to go through every single custom action figure I’ve made. I’ll see you next week with some new custom action figures. Thanks for looking.
For those who haven’t heard by now, Mattel announced on their 
For a while now, Mattel has been hinting that there would be a “last hurrah” for the 6″ Four Horsemen styled DC Universe Classics action figures, and that it would be shown off at the 2014 New York Toy Fair. People speculated that it would be the Super Powers light blue Superman, Mr. Mxyzptlk, to name a couple. Well the speculation is over. Mattel has revealed that later this year they will be releasing 6 figures, all homages to the vintage Kenner Super Powers line! The figures will be Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Gold Superman, the Riddler (Hal Jordan repainted as the Riddler just like the vintage Super Powers figure), and Mr. Mxyzptlk! These will round out the rest of the DCUC Kenner homages, and will each come with a collect & connect piece to build Super Powers Kalibak! Not only that, but they will all come in special Super Powers styled packaging as well, with each Kalibak piece coming in a separate poly bag. Each figure is set to be $30 apiece.
the 2014 Toy Fair has been chocked full of so many great reveals. I’d say it’s turning out better than last year, to be honest. Amongst them is a slew of new Mattel reveals. They just showed off the Masters of the Universe Classics Rio Blast figure! I can’t fully tell from the picture, but it looks as if he will have all of his flip out guns just like the vintage figure. I’m very excited for this. Rio Blast has always been my favorite Masters of the Universe figure, and I’ve been waiting to see a new version of him pretty much since day one, so I’m glad he’ll be released this year. Rio Blast is set to be released in September of 2014.
There were some difficulties for a while, but now it’s that time again for Ask Mattel. Recently Mattel made some changes about what you can and can’t ask questions about. Basically, it has to be about one of their Mattycollector properties. This means there can’t be any Hot Wheels, Monster High, or DC related questions unless it’s about something that will be sold exclusively on Mattycollector. So, if you’d like to ask Mattel a question about any of its Mattycollector brands, leave them as comments to this post. I’ll pick five out of the bunch to be answered on January 1st, 2014. All questions need to be submitted by 11:59 PM CST on December 13th, 2013.
The other day a teaser image of the upcoming NECA Arkham Origins 1/4 Scale Batman figure was posted on the NECA Twitter page. It’s expected to be released in early 2014, but NECA always relishes an opportunity to show off teasers of upcoming products to get the fans drooling in anticipation.