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<\/a>So I was planning on posting a review for Friday, I\u2019d even managed to scrounge up one more female action figure to finish off the girls week and then\u2026 Vault reviewed Casey Jones? Well, now you know why I usually put the theme week graphics in the top corner. They\u2019re to remind him!<\/p>\nAnyway, it\u2019s probably for the best because I forgot that Toy Fair news has really changed over the last few years. It seems like just yesterday when Convention Coverage was a multiple day affair, waiting for various sites to get their galleries up and longer for any reporting beyond a few sentences. Back when Armchair Coverage was useful.<\/p>\n
Then, technology started to catch up, eyeFi cards that would load the pictures to the \u2018net as they were taken. Twitter & Cover It Live could bring the news from the floor & panels to the globe almost immediately. For those who can\u2019t travel to the show, we were just short of live streaming panels. We could almost be there by proxy.<\/p>\n
But then the toy companies kinda caught on that they were letting toy blogs be their mouthpieces when they could control the news themselves. Mattel started getting all the toy bloggers rounded up in one room and would then post their press pics online while the bloggers were occupied with the presentation. That\u2019ll take the wind out of your coverage. Other companies haven\u2019t been quite so stingy \u2013 they prefer to just release some news & images to various media outlets prior to the show.<\/p>\n
This is particularly true at NYTF which isn\u2019t open to the public. Today has already been filled with news of that nature, so I\u2019m going to skip the review and head right into coverage for today.<\/p>\n
Here are some highlights:<\/p>\n
MARVEL LEGENDS<\/h2>\n
Hasbro had already let slip that the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy film would be getting Marvel Legends and they opted to use Yahoo to reveal the figures today. In a cool twist, they displayed the figures in the same style as the recent movie poster:<\/p>\n
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<\/center>My personal jury is still out on these. They look like fun figures, but I have to like the movie before I\u2019m going to want the toys. I have a great comic-based Rocket already (& the likenesses on these early samples could be better). Groot is standing out to me though, so I might want him. Will he be a BAF? We won\u2019t know til Hasbro\u2019s panel this weekend.<\/p>\nNECA<\/h2>\n
NECA’s been getting in the build-up action with a few teases for Aliens 3, Rambo 2, & Dawn of the Planet of the Apes:<\/p>\n