{"id":26907,"date":"2014-02-16T00:57:17","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T06:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=26907"},"modified":"2014-02-16T00:57:17","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T06:57:17","slug":"toy-fair-14-armchair-coverage-hasbro-dominates-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=26907","title":{"rendered":"Toy Fair ’14: Armchair Coverage
Hasbro Dominates Day One!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Transformers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
Links to Coverage:<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
AFI Liveblog – Panel Coverage<\/a>
\nTNI – Panel Coverage<\/a>
\nTFW2005 – Panel Coverage<\/a>
\nAFI – Transformers Quick Pics<\/a>
\nFigures.com – Transformers Display<\/a>
\nTFW2005 Press Pics – One<\/a>, Two<\/a>, & Three<\/a>
\nTFW2005 – Skybyte & Roadbuster Highlight <\/a>
\nTFW2005 – Jetfire Highlight<\/a>
\nTFW2005 – Mashers Press Pics <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"\"The big news for Transformers is that it will now following the Star Wars trend of splitting the collector’s market from the kids market. We’ve come to such a strange place these last few years haven’t we? Remember when it used to be that colectors were just one small part of the group and companies couldn’t afford to cater to us without keeping kids in mind? It’s crazy to think about now. Has the collector really market grown? Doesn\u2019t seem like it. Have the kids really just left in droves? Probably? Where we will be in just a few years? Like I said, crazy to think about.<\/p>\n

\"\"With Hasbro putting their Star Wars dichotomy plan into Transformers<\/a>. The good thing is collectors are at least in store for a short term (and maybe long term) gain. The kids are too – plus, we all know some of us will want to collect those. The easy-transform stuff has some stinkers, but there are maybe some neat toys<\/a> mixed in (we love all kinds here at IAT, okay) and, if nothing else, I bet some of the flip-open Transformers will have great engineering.<\/p>\n

\"\"As for me, well, it’s honestly tough for me to stay engaged on the Transformers front – I’m just not interested in movie toys for one. And if we’re really going to get “all G1 up in here” well, Masterpiece is quite nice if you’ve got the money. Still there are plenty of interesting pics to look at in the galleries below. Some of the movie designs are interesting, and then there are some cool, classic\/IDW-inspired figures like Gears or the tiny, lil’ Acid Storm<\/a> (I know, I don’t care! lol), Nighbeat, Roadbuster<\/a>, and of course that beautiful Leader Scale Jetfire<\/a>. It looks gorgeous. It looks to possibly be considered in-scale with MP. I mean… I don’t know. He may lure me in, but for the most part, Takara’s got my TF money locked up for right now. I still love the direction Hasbro is going on the collector stuff all the same. Kre-O still growing strong too, though I’m starting to recognize less and less of them?<\/p>\n

Finally , I did crack up seeing Skybyte<\/a>! I have his old, original figure somewhere chroming it up in my garage. I don’t recall much about the character, but I do get a chuckle from him being cool enough (or old enough… eek!) for Hasbro to come back around to. That’s funny.<\/p>\n

G.I. Joe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
Links to Coverage:<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
AFI Liveblog – Panel Coverage<\/a>
\nTNI – Panel Coverage<\/a>
\nHisstank – Panel Coverage<\/a>
\nHisstank – Press Images<\/a>
\nHisstank – Kreo-Display<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"\"G.I. Joe thankfully, thankfully, had 50th Anniversary Product. And it kicks ass! Some great 2pks & 3pks (though I don’t always want them all) and some fun vehicle reissues. I’m loving the and the Arctic B.A.T., but you know me and my obscure likes? I’m excited to finally get a good Leatherneck in the 3pk with Destro (who ain’t half bad either<\/a>). By the way, Hasbro, fix Wet-Suit next! Check out Hasbro’s Press Release at Hisstank<\/a>.
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\nG.I. Joe is also still pulling down some great Kreons<\/a>. Mike Power, Atomic Man was probably my personal favorite – but Nunchuk!!! of course makes me smile. Wet-Suit, Footloose, and hey, even Nemesis Enforcer if you’re into that sort of thing and love block figures! The big set was a good surprise the Terror Drome! If I had room for Lego-type stuff and just loved Joes above all else, these Kreons would be amazing. That said, I will own Bazooka and his Fudgee Bar, yes I will<\/A>.<\/p>\n

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Continue to Page 2 for Star Wars & Marvel Links!<\/a><\/h1>\n

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Star Wars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
Links to Coverage:<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
AFI Liveblog – Panel Coverage<\/a>
\nTNI – Panel Coverage<\/a>
\nToyArk – Panel Coverage<\/a>
\nFwoosh – Press Pics<\/a>
\nAFI – Quick Pics<\/a>
\nToyArk – Display<\/a>
\nFwoosh Star – Display<\/a>
\nPreternia – Display<\/a>
\nFigures – Display<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Star Wars had plenty of 3.75″ reveals<\/A> and while it’s fantastic to hear that Hasbro doesn’t intend to stop that scale, I only have eyes for the 6″ Black Series these days. (Though Disney has already made me fall in love with Chopper<\/a>…) And black had some great reveals: Chewie looks amazing<\/a>. I hate that cloth cape on Darth Vader<\/a>, but he looks really sharp and I knew it’d be cloth already. ROTJ Luke<\/a> rocks. The Sandtrooper with black shoulder armor. Clonetroopers… and the bigger reveals the Speeder Bike with Biker Scout and Jabba the Hutt<\/A>! I’m mixed with Jabba, & Vault called him an outright disappointment. For my money, I want to see the slab & Salacious – because where else are we going to get those? The mouth will open and close, it looks like there are some good swivels, and the arms are well articulated, but what about that big slugbutt? Can it move at all? We’ll have to wait and see…
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Marvel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
Links to Coverage:<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
AFI Liveblog – Panel Coverage<\/a>
\nTNI – Panel Coverage<\/a>
\nToyArk – Panel Coverage<\/a>
\nAFI – Quick Pics<\/a>
\nToyArk – Press Pics<\/a>
\nToyArk – Display<\/a>
\nToyArk – Display<\/a>
\nFwoosh – Display<\/a>
\nFigures – Display<\/a>
\nToyArk – GOTG Press Pics <\/a>
\nPreternia – GOTG Display<\/a>
\nFigures – GOTG Display<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"\"While G.I. Joe bowled me over and Star Wars Black kept me interested, it was the Marvel highlights that I was really waiting to see while I was at work today. That coverage was really dominated by the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy<\/a> film. There were some fun stuff – a new 2.5″ scale<\/a> line with vehicles and playsets, Rocket Raccoon role play mask<\/a> (no one ever predicted that happening in the last 25 years). And while we’ve already seen the movie Legends, we did get some more info like Groot being a whopping 9″ tall BAF. I was also happy to see was the Cosmic Armor Iron Man<\/a> (ok, cool) but I really was happy to see Hasbro finally apologizing for that awful Nova by making an awesome one<\/a>! The new Nova instantly jumped up to the top of my ML need list. Now we just need redos of Rogue, Captain Britain, Valkyri.. wait, they’re not in GOTG are they? Doh. <\/p>\n

\"\"The little 4″ guys got in on the action here too with the much rumored Masterson Thor<\/a> & Death’s Head<\/a> finally seeing the light of day along with Red She-Hulk, Whirlwind, Deathlok, and Ares<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Some quick hits as we close down for good measure: Figures.com My Little Pony Gallery<\/a>, Figures.com Potato Head Gallery<\/a>, and a ToyArk Kreo Cityville Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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