ANIMAL WARRIORS OF THE KINGDOM™ Deluxe Series: will consist of Gorilla, Bear, and Buffalo warriors, including the series’ favorites like the heroic “General Thane” and the nightmarish bear, “Belarus.” Each figure features 18 points of articulation as well as removable armor and weapon accessories!
FIGURE INCLUDES: 1 Figure, accessories and removable armor! Mix and match your figures, weapons and gear to create unique army builders.
Hisstank newcomer Guam has posted blueprints for the V1 PIT from the Marvel GI Joe Comics. His detail is amazing, every level, every room is detailed in these blueprints so you can make your own PIT! Check it out!
Earlier this morning, Hasbro held their 2018 1st Quarter Financial Results conference call to investors and press. HISSTANK staff attended live online to learn how Hasbro did last quarter and what lies ahead in the future.
Hasbro is working hard to recover from the impact created by Toys”R”Us Bankruptcy. It was reported that a loss of $61.4 million was associated with the unfortunate event. With this loss, Hasbro posted a total $112.5 million loss in Q1 2018 results.
“The Hasbro teams executed extremely well during a challenging first quarter,” said Brian Goldner, Hasbro’s chairman and chief executive officer. “Hasbro brands are resonating with consumers and consumer takeaway is positive. However, as we discussed earlier in the year, our first quarter was expected to be difficult. We are working to put the near-term disruption from Toys”R”Us behind us. Our global retailers view this as an opportunity in a key consumer category and are partnering with Hasbro to develop growth plans for our brands. New Hasbro initiatives shipping in this quarter and beyond won’t be caught up in the Toys”R”Us liquidation process. With the rapid shift to a converged retail environment, we accelerated plans we originally had spread throughout the year to transform our commercial organization on a more immediate basis.”
With that, we wrap-up our report of the financial call. You can check out an infographic of the summary, after the jump.
Thanks to Funko for releasing information about the upcoming WWE Pop and Pop tees that will include G.I.Joe fan favorite Sgt. Slaughter.
Check out all the new Sgt. Slaughter Funko Pop images after the jump.
New Jersey Collectors Con Winter Show Update March 3rd and 4th 2018
When and Where Is The Next New Jersey Collectors Con?
Holiday Inn Cherry Hill – New Jersey
2175 West Marlton Pike (Rt. 70), Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Saturday and Sunday March 3rd and 4th 8-am – 10am Early Bird 2-Day Pass Extra Tickets for door prizes $20.00 General Admission 10am – 5:00pm $10.00
2-Day Pass $20.00 – Extra Tickets for door prizes
The door prize announcements will start at 9AM and conclude at 4:00PM with our last door prize announcement for Saturday.
– 9AM Early Bird Coffee Mug Marvel: Spider-Man Heat Up Eyes Disney Mug.
– 9AM Toyfinity NJCC Exclusive Night Mordle
– 9AM Boss Fight Studio NJCC Blasted Land Orc
– 9AM Kre-O Skeletor NJCC Custom Exclusive
– 9AM Badcube Lorry (215 Toyz)
– 10AM Badcube Speedbump (215 Toyz)
– 11AM Black Panther Marvel Legends Complete Wave
– 12PM Magic: The Gathering HasCon Grimlock Boxset
– 1PM MP-36 Masterpiece Megatron!
– 2PM X-Men Marvel Legends Complete Wave
– 3PM LEGO DC Super Heroes Lobo Set
– 4Pm MEGA DOOR PRIZE #1 Mattel 1/10 Scale Justice League RC Batmobile special thanks to Realm of Collectors!
The door prize announcements will start at 8AM and conclude at 3:30PM with our last door prize announcement for Sunday.
– 9AM Early Bird Coffee Mug Universal G1 Transformers Mug
– 9AM Giga Power Grassor Chrome
– 9AM Toyfinity NJCC Exclusive Night Mordle
– 9AM Boss Fight Studio NJCC Blasted Land Orc
– 10AM IG Figures from Letal Customs Set
– 10AM Power of the Primes Rodimus
– 11AM KFC Kingorilla
– 12PM Mezco One:12 Collective Wolverine
– 12PM S.H. Figuarts Justice League Batman
– 1PM NECA Kratos God of War 4
– 2PM Power Rangers SDCC Box Set
– 3PM S.H. Figuarts Homecoming Spider-Man
– 3:30PM MEGA DOOR PRIZE #2 MP-36 Masterpiece Megatron!
The Winter NJCC 2018 features a huge dealer room for Transformers, Marvel, G.I. Joe, DC and 80’s to current pop culture merchandise! NJCC is an action figure toy collector focused event. Boss Fight Studio will be set up showing off the latest and greatest from VITRUVIAN H.A.C.K.S. including Zombies, Bucky O’Hare and for the first time at retail – VITRUVIAN H.A.C.K.S. Products! 215 Toyz 3rd party dealer room (NECA Room) and more. NJCC will also have a get together at Red, Hot and Blue – Saturday Night starting at 8PM to celebrate the industry and have some Nerd speak (must be 21 to enter)
NJCC will also have their very own Boss Fight Studio Series 2 Fantasy Blasted Land Orc! He comes with a slew of accessories including a mace, sword, shield, 4 helmets, alternate head and extra hands. He also comes with spiked shoulder guards and armor for the body. $30 available at retail for the first time at the show.
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The Wall Street Journal (paywall) is reporting via undisclosed sources that Hasbro has been in talks to takeover Mattel. This has been rumored before but apparently has fired back up recently. No specifics, costs, or process have been revealed at this time. Hasbro is currently worth near 11 billion, while Mattel is worth 5 billion. The acquisition would put Barbie, Transformers, G. I. Joe, Nerf and Hot Wheels under one roof, not to mention licenses for both DC and Marvel, creating a truly dominant market player.
The offer takes place against the backdrop of an industry in the throes of deep change. The bankruptcy filing of Toys R Us, the children’s store giant, has reverberated across the toy industry.
Mattel shares, which have taken a beating amid weak sales results, skyrocketed by more than 20 percent in after-hours trading on the Hasbro news. Hasbro shares jumped more than 2 percent on the same report.
Both companies declined media requests for comments.
Let us know what you think about the possibility of this juggernaut!
Heads up, AWOK Tribe! Our friends from Animal Warriors of the Kingdom shared some great news via Facebook – The Deluxe AWOK figures have been sent for Prototyping!
We’ll bring you more details as they’re released, but the good news is that we’ll hopefully see these brutes on the battlefield soon enough! You can get in on all the Animal Warriors of the Kingdom discussion after the break!
More images of upcoming characters from Action Mice have been shared on the Action Mice Facebook Page. First up we have the newest members of Action Mice, Quarter Master, 13 year-old genius inventor and his robot Supply Chain.
The Iron Weasels also add a new recruit to their roster. Meet General Moult, Action Mice better be on their toes when he is on the battlefield.
The Gaelstone Media Group is a name that you’re going to become quite familiar with in the near future. Not only has GMG been tapped by our friends at Zica Toys to bring us a 6 issue story arc of Sectraurs named Legacy of the Sectaurs.
That’s not all GMG has up their sleeve! There’s another project coming our way that is sure to please us Modern Army Action Figure fans. That project? ACTION MICE!
The story of Action Mice pits the heroic Mice against the evil Baron Ironweasel and his Iron Weasels! The Action Mice team includes –
The enemy ranks of the Iron Weasels includes –
There’s even MORE awesome coming our way via this new venture, but that’ll be kept in the BARN for now. We’ve collected a sample of images and bios for you to check out after the break.
I’ve finally had some time to sit down and sink my teeth in to the Action Figure Foam Archival Trays from Toy Gear. The 4 inch Figure sized Trays have been specifically designed to fit most modern and vintage action figures and provide a neutral, padded, organized long term storage solution. They also make for a great way to display your figures with an acrylic stand or mounted directly to a wall.
The Toy-Gear website gives you an option to pick up card stock inserts and folks, they’re well worth it. These semi-gloss quality card stock inserts are professionally printed and designed specifically for the foam archival trays. They add a custom flair to your tray display and are really eye catching in person! Simply cut and insert.
I’ve shared a few images showing the height & depth of the trays, along with different scale action figures to give you a better idea of how your collection will look once you add these to your collection. Join us after the break to check them out!