{"id":11684,"date":"2011-02-14T07:38:44","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T13:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11684"},"modified":"2011-02-15T03:43:44","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T09:43:44","slug":"toy-fair-2011-armchair-coverageroundup-w-updated-checklists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11684","title":{"rendered":"Toy Fair 2011 Armchair Coverage<br>RoundUp w\/ Updated Checklists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11684\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"newsimages\/nytf\/tf2011.png\" hspace=4><\/a> Got that morning after feeling? I do. I not only spent all weekend being abused by toy companies long term plans to take my money, I foolishly vowed to have the IAT Checklists updated before the weekend was out (they are!), Once I was done, I remembered there was still that little matter of Armchair Coverage&#8230; <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Before I get into any of the nitty gritty, I want to give a huge shout out to the folks that attended this year. For those of us that are unable to attend, they make this weekend miserable for our wallets instead of just miserable for us. It feels like more sites attended than normal this year and coverage came back very quickly. Some of the coverage is getting so well-organized that I almost wonder if Armchair Coverage is even going to be needed next year.<\/p>\n<p><Center><strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:115%\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11684\">Page 1<\/a> &#8211; Marvel, Captain America, Thor, GI Joe, Transformers, &#038; Star Wars<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11684&#038;page=2\">Page 2<\/a> &#8211; MOTU, Action League, JLU, <span style=\"color:red\">DC Classics<\/span>, Young Justice, &#038; DC Direct<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11684&#038;page=3\">Page 3<\/a> &#8211; Thundercats, <span style=\"color:red\">Power Rangers, Ghostbusters, NECA, Tonner, Cars, &#038; Universal Monsters<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:red\">Areas denoted in red have been updated for Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to start with Hasbro because they simply blew me away on Saturday. I had errands to run that night and I had to be peeled away from the computer to get them done.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?page_id=10912\">Marvel Universe 2011<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"resources\/muimages\/rogt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"newsimages\/nytf\/rogt.jpg\" hspace=\"4\"><\/a> MU is that line that&#8217;s worming its way into my collection even though I know Legends is coming back. I&#8217;m not anywhere near completist with the line but the newly revealed lineups including Steve Rogers, Darkhawk, Scarlet Spider, and a First Appearance Captain Britain have me double checking my Marvel budget for the upcoming year. The Marvel Universe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?page_id=10912\">2011 page<\/a> has been updated with the press kit images &#8211; and, as requested, the new pics will open to larger images when you click &#8216;on em. We did hear about some variants like a Classic Darkhawk and Astral Doc Strange and a 2pk of Adam Warlock &#038; Thanos (I just bought that guy!) that weren&#8217;t shown, as well the upcoming inclusion of Rocket Raccoon &#038; Groot into the line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"resources\/muimages\/11smcbt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"resources\/muimages\/11smcb1.jpg\" hspace=\"4\"><\/a> For some great booth pics &#8211; including images of the Fantastic &#8220;Three&#8221; and Original Avengers 3pks (love the gold FA Iron Man) check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyark.com\/news\/toy-fair-59\/marvel-universe-toy-fair-2011-images-3731\/\" target=\"_blank\">ToyArk&#8217;s Booth Coverage<\/a>. Oh, and on that note, if you&#8217;re like us at IAT and love that the new Cable comes with baby Hope, buy him early. Later shipments won&#8217;t have Hope. I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s a bad pun in there somewhere&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>Marvel Legends<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t expecting much Marvel Legends news since 2012 is still a bit way, but we did get some tidbits! <A href=\"http:\/\/www.toyark.com\/news\/toy-fair-59\/toy-fair-2011-hasbro-star-wars-and-marvel-presentation-live-3730\/\" target=\"_blank\">ToyArk<\/a> reported that the first figure out of the gate will be a SDCC 2011 Exclusive modern Thor with the first full wave to follow in Spring 2012. A few names were dropped for that wave including Bucky Cap &#038; Modern Hawkeye, but more importantly, there will beBAF and the first one is none other than Terrax!<\/p>\n<p>Until then, 6&#8243; fans will be tiding themselves over with the IM: Armored Avenger line which is continuing with figures of the Crimson Dynamo and War Machine (Initiative). On that note, the Iron Man 2 4&#8243; line appears to be wrapped up. A few IM2 items were shown, but nothing for that scale except for a repaint of the Indy Car (which come to think of it, still needs added to that checklist&#8230; doh.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?page_id=11473\">Captain America<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"resources\/caimages\/junglecapt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"resources\/caimages\/junglecap.jpg\" hspace=\"4\"><\/a> The Captain America line only had a handful of items that we hadn&#8217;t seen before and how much you like &#8217;em might vary. Personally, I love the idea of a Red, White, &#038; <em>Green<\/em> Cap figure and I&#8217;m going to buy it (Hasbro calls it &#8220;Jungle Fatigues&#8221;, but I\u2019m calling him &#8220;Captain Italy&#8221;). Other variants included Night Landing, Desert Fatigues, and Arctic Gear. Press Images can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?page_id=11473\">our checklist<\/a> while I recommend the gallery at <a href=\"http:\/\/i.marvelousnews.com\/g\/index.php?mode=album&#038;album=2011_Toy_Fair%2FHasbro%2FCaptain_America\" target=\"_blank\">MarvelousNews<\/a> for up close shots of the newer Cap items.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"resources\/thimages\/dxheimdallt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"resources\/thimages\/dxheimdall.jpg\" hspace=\"4\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?page_id=11508\">Thor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> The Thor movie line is a real conundrum. The figures look really well done, but I&#8217;m not sure how into them I can get with no comic figures in sight. It&#8217;s that silly situation where you&#8217;ll spend money on a crappy comic-based Thor while passing on an awesome movie-based one. The NYTF lineup revealed a fairly deep roster for this early in a movie line with 12 characters from the film. Our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?page_id=11508\"> Thor Resource<\/a> has the press images, but I might have a couple of the Thor figures out of order &#8211; I&#8217;ll get it fixed if I do. For booth images, I&#8217;m going to stick with <a href=\"http:\/\/i.marvelousnews.com\/g\/index.php?mode=album&#038;album=2011_Toy_Fair%2FHasbro%2FThor\" target=\"_blank\">MarvelousNews<\/a> for some great closeups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"newsimages\/nytf\/ssss1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"newsimages\/nytf\/sssst.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>G.I. Joe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"newsimages\/nytf\/sbrig1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"newsimages\/nytf\/sbrigt.jpg\" hspace=\"4\"><\/a>While I was impressed with a lot of Hasbro&#8217;s Marvel offerings, it was the G.I. Joe section where I was sure Hasbro was out to get me. Not only is the line veering back towards updated figures of my 80s favorites, but they sprung for an all-new Skystriker (the original mold was destroyed\/lost years ago) and to make it that much more appealing, it&#8217;s getting a Transformers Starscream redeco. That news shot through the internet so quick, I think we all knew within minutes! It\u2019s pretty cool even if it doesn\u2019t transform. The SDCC version will be piloted by Cobra Commander and he comes with a Megatron pistol to boot.<\/p>\n<p>After I calmed down a bit from that TF\/Joe combo, there were a great mix of Joes to check out including updated versions of Sci-Fi, Crazylegs, the last Storm Shadow you&#8217;ll ever need, a Techno-Viper (!!!), and Steel Brigade. I honestly couldn&#8217;t pick one to be most excited about. There&#8217;s a few others I didn&#8217;t mention (including some Renegades stuff, Zarana, and a sweet new Hazmat Viper!) so check out HissTank for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hisstank.com\/gi-joe-news\/toy-fair-17\/gi-joe-hasbro-toy-fair-2011-official-images-10157\/\" target=\"_blank\">Press Pics<\/a> &#038;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hisstank.com\/gi-joe-news\/toy-fair-17\/gi-joe-2011-and-renegades-3-34th-figure-images-10155\/\" target=\"_blank\">Booth Pics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>Transformers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"newsimages\/nytf\/sprime1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"newsimages\/nytf\/sprimet.jpg\"><\/a>Honestly, I think Transformers was the one area where I wanted to look and find some cool stuff, but I got lost in all the sub-lines. There was Mech Tech, Cyberverse, Prime, Dark of the Moon, Robopower, Rescue Bots, Kre-O, and eleventy billion others I can&#8217;t remember. I&#8217;m glad that one of my favorite properties is clearly doing very, very well, but I didn&#8217;t always know what I was looking at.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"newsimages\/nytf\/kreop1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"newsimages\/nytf\/kreopt.jpg\"><\/a>I did notice a curious lack of Generations-esque stuff. With Kup, Wreck-Gar, Scourge, etc., hitting stores, I wanted more of the same and didn&#8217;t find it because the overall line appears to be transitioning back to movie product. I did read that more Generations were in the pike though, so here&#8217;s hoping.<\/p>\n<p><P>Some stuff did catch me eye like the little <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfw2005.com\/transformers-news\/toy-fair-38\/official-high-resolution-kre-o-bumblebee-optimus-prime--starscream-images-171483\/\" target=\"_battle\">Kre-O minifigures<\/a> (think G1-styled Lego dudes) and this awesome Sentinel Prime (pictured right, click on the image to see the bot mode). That gobbedly gook on his cab in alt mode has to go, but he looks cool otherwise. My suggestion for TF coverage is to just hit up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfw2005.com\/transformers-news\/toy-fair-38\/\" target=\"_blank\">TFW2005&#8217;s Toy Fair category<\/a> and poke around.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>Star Wars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"newsimages\/nytf\/bariss1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"newsimages\/nytf\/barisst.jpg\" hspace=\"4\"><\/a> I realized some time back that I&#8217;m anti-George Lucas. No, I don&#8217;t have a beef with the eternal tinkerer. It&#8217;s just that Lucas has all the time &#038; money for Star Wars and I don\u2019t have enough of either, so I just can&#8217;t keep up with the line these days. One thing I couldn&#8217;t miss though was a giant Death Star 12-figure pack <A href=\"http:\/\/www.toyark.com\/news\/toy-fair-59\/star-wars-sdcc-death-star-12-pack-images-3733\/\" target=\"_blank\">coming to SDCC<\/a> (via ToyArk). It&#8217;s a giant package with 12 big packages in it. I honestly don&#8217;t know how you&#8217;re supposed to get it home.<\/p>\n<p>I also spotted a really sad looking Bariss Offee. She&#8217;s covered in worms or tentacles, so the sad look definitely makes sense. Rebelscum has a galleries of both the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebelscum.com\/TF2011\/Hasbropix\/\" target=\"_blank\">press pics<\/a> &#038; the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebelscum.com\/tf2011\/Hasbro_Star_Wars\/\" target=\"_blank\">showroom<\/a> for your viewing pleasure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11684&#038;page=2\">Continue to Page 2 of Toy Fair 2011 Armchair Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"newsimages\/nytf\/tf2011.png\" hspace=4> I want to stop here a moment and congratulate Hasbro for a job well done. You might notice a curious lack of pics on this page compared to the first one. Well, shortly after most sites had beamed back their coverage of the Hasbro panel &#038; booth yesterday, Hasbro Press Kit images came rolling in. Because of that, the IAT Checklists for Marvel Universe, Captain America, &#038; Thor were updated, image filled, and ready to go <em>the same day<\/em> as the panel. That&#8217;s awesome &#8211; so awesome that I wish a certain <em>other<\/em> giant toy company would follow their example.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>DC Direct<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still being told that DC Direct is in its death throes and, if so, they&#8217;re apparently trying to go out with a bang. AFI <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureinsider.com\/main\/dc-direct-green-lantern-boxed-set\" target=\"_blank\">has<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureinsider.com\/main\/dc-direct-green-lantern-series-6\" target=\"_blank\">three<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureinsider.com\/main\/dc-direct-green-lantern-series-5\" target=\"_blank\">pics<\/a> of new Green Lantern figures including Blue\/Green Hal, Clear Green Hal, Modern Guy, Red Lantern Guy, Arkkis, Natu, Black Lantern Blue Beetle, Star Sapphire Fatality, Stel, Munk &#038; Warth! Warth looks to be woefully undersized, but he&#8217;s a must buy since I don\u2019t see an elephant in DC Classics future. Oh, and Red Lantern Guy has a red construct chainsaw. If I only could spend $15 on accessories&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><P>AFI now has up a very thorough look through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureinsider.com\/gallery2\/album\/TF2011-DC-Direct\/index.php?page=1\" target=\"_blank\"> DC Direct Booth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>Action League<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In case <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11446\" target=\"_blank\">you<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11385\" target=\"_blank\">hadn&#8217;t<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11547\" target=\"_blank\">noticed<\/a>, Vault&#8217;s gotten into Action League rather intensely as of late. So he was excited to see the newest wave of action league featured at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elkkthunderstoyroom.com\/2011\/02\/dc-universe-action-league-wave-2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Elkk Thunder&#8217;s Toy Room<\/a>. There are some real gems there &#8211; St. Walker, Zilius Zox, Kilowog, &#038; Wonder Woman, but the other half of the wave is filled with what appears to be a straight-up Superman reissue, a black redeco of Batman, and a green\/blue redeco of Hal (we saw two of those in one day, I feel dumber). Hopefully, Mattel will aim for some more diversity and not just throw in unchanged versions of figures in new 2pks in the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>JLU<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JLU is finally over. Well, it will be soon anyway. AFI has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureinsider.com\/main\/more-new-jlu\" target=\"_blank\">two<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureinsider.com\/main\/new-jlu\" target=\"_blank\">pics<\/a> of the next to last batch from Toy Fair. I love that Future Superman and S.T.R.I.P.E. looks fantastic! The folks at AFI also got a chance to sit down with Toy Guru for an exclusive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureinsider.com\/main\/toy-fair-11-exclusive-jlu-interview\" target=\"_blank\">JLU interview<\/a> where Scott reveals that the last seven card-carrying members of the JLU will be featured in a MattyCollector.Com multipack later this year. I&#8217;m sad to see this line go, but it&#8217;s going out classy. Kudos to Mattel for putting out the last 7pk to finish off that ridiculously huge roster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>Young Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was the line where I was really interested to see some of the product, particularly how the DC Classics bodies would combine with the cartoon heads. There were three 6&#8243; scale figures on display &#8211; Robin, Aqualad, &#038; Spee&#8230; I mean Arrowet&#8230;. I mean Artemis!<\/p>\n<p>The Robin looked odd, but the Artemis and Aqualad really impressed me. I love Aqualad in the cartoon (especially when compared to the boring mess of an Aqualad in Brightest Day), so that figure appeals to me more than a comic version would. Plus, he looks good, comes with a cool base and a ton of accessories to boot. I think both he and Artemis will blend in well with my DCUC crop (Robin won&#8217;t without a headswap though). The smaller animated line looks okay, but I haven&#8217;t checked in on the JLU collectors to see if they see them as compatible, they don&#8217;t look it to me. Check out <a href=http:\/\/i.toynewsi.com\/g\/index.php?mode=album&#038;album=2011_Toy_Fair%2FMattel%2FYoung+Justice%2F&#038;dispsize=600&#038;start=0\" target=\"_blank\">this gallery<\/a> at TNI for Young Justice pics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dcclassics.com\">DC Classics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There wasn&#8217;t much on display for DC Classics (one new wave, a few more Legion figures, a 5pk, and a couple figures from a new subline), but there was nothing talked more about at IAT today than Mattel and DC Classics. Hopefully, the gang at AFI won&#8217;t mind my using their pic here to illustrate the main focus of our discussion:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/forum\/share\/freeze.jpg?w=640\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In 2011, Batman is getting his own spinoff line (rumored to be two waves of three figures each, no C&#038;C) and the Freeze above (on the left) is one of three figures from wave one. He looked awfully familiar to us. We already knew that Mattel was using our SP Mr. Freeze image for retailer solicits (lame), but we didn&#8217;t expect the figure to be so close to our custom. There are some differences, namely the head\/helmet, boots, and gloves, but the rest. Well, you see it. The  wave will be rounded out with an <a href=\"http:\/\/i.toynewsi.com\/g\/index.php?mode=album&#038;album=2011_Toy_Fair%2FMattel%2FBatman_Legacy%2F&#038;dispsize=600&#038;start=0\" target=\"_Blank\">angry black\/grey Bats &#038; Golden Age Joker<\/A>.<\/p>\n<p>The other half of the Batman Legacy line will consist of two-packs of figures based on Arkham City and the Batman movies. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigurepics.com\/2011\/02\/toy-fair-2011-mattel-more-dc-comics-update\" target=\"_blank\">AFP has a nice roundup on Batman Legacy<\/a> and the two-packs. It&#8217;s cool to finally see Gordon getting a decent figure!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?page_id=8934#18\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"newsimages\/nytf\/18whole.jpg\" hspace=\"4\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In other DCUC news, we got confirmation of the Super Friends rumor for DCUC18 &#8211; Black Vulcan, Samurai, El Dorado, Toyman, along with Bronze Tiger &#038; Modern Captain Boomerang. Together they&#8217;ll build a C&#038;C Apache Chief. The Chief wasn&#8217;t shown, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyark.com\/news\/toy-fair-59\/dc-universe-classic-wave-18-up-close-images-at-toy-fair-2011-3757\/\" target=\"_Blank\">ToyArk<\/A> has a nice look at the regular figures. Also shown were more Legion figures: Wildfire, Chameleon Boy, &#038; Timberwolf. Those can be found in the 40+ DCUC pics at <a href=\"http:\/\/i.toynewsi.com\/g\/index.php?mode=album&#038;album=2011_Toy_Fair%2FMattel%2FDC_Universe_Classics%2F&#038;dispsize=600&#038;start=0\" target=\"_blank\">TNI<\/a>. Oh, and we got a date for that Legion 12pk &#8211; August. Y&#8217;know, right after you have to blow all that money on SDCC exclusives. Nifty.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right src=\"newsimages\/nytf\/csa.jpg\" hspace=\"4\"><\/a> Last but not least was the 5pk reveal: the Crime Syndicate! Superwoman, Owlman, &#038; Ultraman are modern versions and look awesome while Johnny Quick &#038; Power Ring are classic versions that look okay. Not sure why they&#8217;re mixed (are the SA Power Ring &#038; Johnny back because Hal &#038; Barry are back? lame, but possible), but it&#8217;s a cool set nonetheless. I still want the other two modern figures and I definitely still want a classic Owlman. AFI has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureinsider.com\/main\/dcuc-walmart-5-pack-2\" target=\"_blank\">nice shot<\/a> of the CSA 5pk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motuclassics.com\">MOTU Classics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><P>While there is still plenty of Toy Fair left, I felt largely wrapped up once Mattel finished DC &#038; MOTU. I still haven&#8217;t been able to sort out my feelings about the MOTU reveals. We saw the scheduled figures through August:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faceless One (June) &#8211; I was a bit disappointed by this one. He looks cool, but they gave him a nose and mouth, so he&#8217;s kinda Sortaface One instead. He does include the ram stone and a havoc staff, so that\u2019s cool.<\/li>\n<li>Battleground Teela (June) &#8211; Hot damn! IAT&#8217;s 2010 Most Requested Figure is already on the books! This Teela was the best looking MOTU figure shown today. I think she was the coolest thing I saw in the Mattel coverage today. <\/li>\n<li>Clawful (July) &#8211; Below the neck? I was really happy with the figure. I liked the fading on the arms, the scaly pieces, and the claw. But, much like Whiplash, the vintage just head doesn&#8217;t appeal to me. A new modern 4H take on a second hand would&#8217;ve really helped this figure.<\/li>\n<li>Man-E-Faces (Aug) &#8211; He&#8217;s straight-up vintage, includes his gun and a secret accessory, but one cool thing is that his Final Deco will be voted on by fans. You guys should all vote orange and not pale. Thanks! <\/li>\n<li>Megator (Aug) &#8211; I know I sound like a downer and I promise I did enjoy the reveals, but I just can&#8217;t get excited for this guy. Tytus was such a disappointment that I know Megator won&#8217;t be worth the price (and I\u2019m already locked in to buying him). He does include a secret accessory, so maybe that&#8217;ll lessen the sting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ToyArk has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyark.com\/news\/toy-fair-59\/masters-of-the-universe-classics-at-toy-fair-2011-3753\/\" target=\"_blank\">two MOTU<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyark.com\/news\/toy-fair-59\/even-more-motuc-images-from-toy-fair-2011-3754\/\" target=\"_blank\">galleries<\/a> up with tons of images.<\/p>\n<p>A few other items were there too like our first look at the red weapons on April&#8217;s Weapons rack as well as the next MOTU vs DC 2pk: She-Ra versus Supergirl. Neither figure &#8220;received development&#8221; which means there&#8217;ll be no review of it here at IAT. Finally, the reveal of Megator as a Q3 item means that Swift Wind is indeed Q4 and Mattel mentioned that a new She-Ra will be coming out the same day. The difference? The new She-Ra will be able to ride Swift Wind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11684&#038;page=3\">Continue to Page 3 of Toy Fair 2011 Armchair Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"newsimages\/nytf\/tf2011.png\" hspace=4><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>Thundercats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;ve missed it, Thundercats is finally&#8230; roaring (sorry)&#8230; back onto toy shelves. I never really got into Thundercats as a kid, so this is a &#8220;well that&#8217;s nice for those folks&#8221; sort of thing. I could see picking up Bandai&#8217;s Classic Lion-O if we were MOTU compatible, but, at 8&#8243;, it&#8217;s not a likely purchase unless I want him to fight Hellboy or my Diamond TNG figures. Anyway, all your TCats needs can be met at the newly minted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thundercats.ws\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thundercats.ws<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>Power Rangers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And while we&#8217;re talking about Bandai&#8230; we did see that Rita Repulsa figure in <a href=\"http:\/\/i.toynewsi.com\/g\/index.php?mode=album&#038;album=2011_Toy_Fair%2FBandai%2FPower_Rangers_Showroom&#038;dispsize=600&#038;start=0\" target=\"_blank\">TNI&#8217;s Power Rangers gallery<\/a>. Can you say <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=3738\">Most Requested<\/a>?? Of course, we would&#8217;ve liked her better without the tiny head and huge hands, but beggars can&#8217;t be choosers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>CTR has a full look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooltoyreview.com\/TF2011\/Bandai\" target=\"_blank\">Bandai Showroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghostbusters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There wasn&#8217;t much to see Ghostbusterswise&#8230; at least not from Mattel. They mostly showed progressed items from SDCC (Vinz in his package, the corrected GB 2 Winston (score that one for the collectors), and the 12&#8243; doll prototypes). They debuted the kitbashed Labcoat Egon. He does come with a nifty Library Ghost though!<\/p>\n<p>Diamond&#8217;s Minimates are another story entirely. Diamond has moved onto <em>Real<\/em> Ghostbusters merchandise and debuted a crapton of minifigures. <a href=\"http:\/\/protoncharging.com\/gb\/2011\/02\/14\/nytf-2011-sneaks-a-peek-at-rgb-minimates-waves-1-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">ProtonCharging<\/a> has pics of the little guys including the four main Ghostbusters, Lewis &#038; Janine both in office attire and uniforms, and a boatload of the series main ghosts &#8211; Sandman, Boogeyman, Samhain! I keep trying not to buy minimates, but that&#8217;s an awesome collection.<\/p>\n<p>Also, there&#8217;s an upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/toynewsi.com\/news.php?catid=288&#038;itemid=16931\" target=\"_blank\">Ghostbusters Bishoujo<\/A> (via TNI) statue coming out for Ghostbusters too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>Tonner Dolls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tonner is one of those companies I don&#8217;t know much about aside from seeing a few of their dolls in person and the pics online. They have a wide array of properties though and CTR has a full look <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooltoyreview.com\/TF2011\/Tonner\/\" target=\"_blank\">at their booth<\/a>. I like the Dove. I&#8217;d be interested to see her and Hawk done in metallic colors for DCUC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>DC Retro Action Superheroes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t buy these, but <A href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigurepics.com\/v\/events\/toyfair\/tf2011\/mattel\/miscdc\/Retro-Action+Super+Heroes+_1280x853_.jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Rayner in his 90s outfit<\/A> (via AFP)? I feel like I&#8217;m being targeted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>NECA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t had time to look through all the NECA images yet, but I keep hearing people talk about their Gremlins 2 line. I find that odd and amusing, but I do admit the toys look great in the pics. CTR has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooltoyreview.com\/TF2011\/NECA\/\" target=\"_blank\">full coverage of their booth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>Cars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s eleventy million Cars toys already, so companies are apparently going to great lengths to come up with novel ways to keep us buying them. Elkk Thunders Toy Room has pics and video of two such cars. A (relatively) normal sized die-cast Lightning McQueen that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elkkthunderstoyroom.com\/2011\/02\/mattels-cars-2-toyfair-exclusive.html\" target=\"_blank\">drives around and talks<\/a> (it&#8217;s mouth and eyes move too) and a Finn McMissile that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elkkthunderstoyroom.com\/2011\/02\/spinmasters-cars-2-wall-climbing-finn.html\" target=\"_blank\">drives on walls<\/a>. The Lightning is available for preorder at Matty <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattycollector.com\/store\/matty\/en_US\/DisplayProductDetailsPage\/productID.225055500\" target=\"_blank\">right now<\/a>, but the price tag may just kill this little project &#8211; he&#8217;s $60. Ouch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>Universal Monsters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Figures.Com has some images of this year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/toyfair2011.figures.com\/showgallery.php?cat=630\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Monster figures<\/a> from DST. Frankenstein and the Bride look nice, but the generic Dracula looks off. They also have a bunch of minimate pics and more black &#038; white figures from series one. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:130%\"><strong>The Wrapup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alright, it&#8217;s early and it&#8217;s time to wrap this puppy up. Toy Fair isn&#8217;t over and there&#8217;s certainly a few other items I&#8217;ll be adding to this coverage until it is (there&#8217;s already a couple links I know I&#8217;ll be adding later in the day). We&#8217;ve been doing a lot of event coverage this week: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11602\">WonderFest<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=11637\">Tamashii Features<\/a>, and Toy Fair, but our reviews will return tomorrow. I&#8217;m not sure what Vault has on tap for Tuesday, but Wednesday will feature the long overdue review of the second MOTU Weapons Pack (yep, we head back to ye olde weapon shop).<\/p>\n<p>Before I go, I have to thank that sites that put in the time, travel, and hard work to cover the show: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigureinsider.com\" target=\"_blank\">AFI<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfigurepics.com\" target=\"_blank\">AFP<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooltoyreview.com\" target=\"_Blank\">CTR<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ElkkThundersToyRoom.com\" target=\"_blank\">ElkkThundersToyRoom<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.figures.com\" target=\"_blank\">Figures<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hisstank.com\" target=\"_blank\">HISS Tank<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marvelousnews.com\" target=\"_blank\">Marvelous News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.millionaireplayboy.com\" target=\"_blank\">MillionairePlayboy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poeghostal.com\" target=\"_blank\">PoeGhostal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebelscum.com\" target=\"_blank\">Rebelscum<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thundercats.ws\" target=\"_blank\">Thundercats.ws<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyark.com\" target=\"_blank\">ToyArk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfw2005.com\" target=\"_blank\">TFW2005<\/a>, &#038; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toynewsi.com\" target=\"_blank\">TNI<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got that morning after feeling? I know I do. I not only spent all weekend being abused by toy companies trying to take their money, I foolishly vowed to have all the IAT Checklists updated before the weekend was out (they are!) Once I was done, I remembered there was still that little matter of doing some Armchair Coverage&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[130,47,10],"tags":[870,445,170,111,378,2557,33,24,123,127,2567,20,16,588,37,888,2589,2570,909],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-32s","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8211,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=8211","url_meta":{"origin":11684,"position":0},"title":"SDCC Armchair RoundUp &#038; Updated Checklists","date":"July 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Do you find yourself back at work on Monday morning after a long toy news binge? 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