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Another Toy Fair has come and gone, and Noisy was nice enough to compile all those different links and bits of information into a comprehensive post<\/a>. I\u2019m sure glad that\u2019s not my job. He’s given you the facts, now it’s time for the opinions. Mr. Rant style. <\/p>\n
Hasbro<\/strong><\/P><\/p>\n I\u2019m going to have to admit I can\u2019t give Hasbro much flak for its handling of the Marvel Universe line. Getting characters like Mary Jane or Kitty Pryde with pack-ins like Mrs. Lion and Lockheed is what fans who want to collect the whole universe are looking for. And what can I say about that Galactus besides \u201cHoly Starfruit\u201d, he\u2019s everything that build-a-figures aspired to be without having to be one. So, Mattel, for doing so well with these two lines, you get an official \u201cMr. Rant Cookie of Congeniality\u201d. This is, as you all know, the highest honor one can receive from Mr. Rant in cookie form.<\/P><\/p>\n But it wasn\u2019t all wonderful in the Hasbro booth. No offense to you Transformers fans out there, but the upcoming Transformers line is looking rather boring. I\u2019m done with the movie style, or any style derivative of it. I also don\u2019t want to see any more G1 crap. If you want a toy from your childhood, then go to Ebay. Don\u2019t clog up my Toys R Us pegs with retro-nonsense. You know what I really want to see?<\/p>\n World War 1 Transformers. Or a hybrid Transformers\/GI Joe line. Those could make for some amazing toys, but the folks at Hasbro haven\u2019t been able to make the connection yet I suppose. To keep with the food them, Transformers get the \u201cDonut Hole of Meh\u201d.<\/P><\/p>\n GI Joe? I don\u2019t have much to say here. I saw nearly all of that stuff at Joe Con, so wake me when it reaches store shelves. Oh, wait. There is one thing, that awesome mail-in Cobra Commander? It\u2019s now an extremely rare chase figure. Thanks for that, Joe team. You\u2019ve taken a figure we could all get with a little work and turned it into a ripe scalping opportunity. For that, you get the \u201cDropped Line Watermelon\u201d.<\/P><\/p>\n Mattel<\/strong><\/P><\/p>\n Masters of the Universe had some pretty cool stuff. We got a giant yellow and green gorilla. A dentist. A comb\/battle axe. I don\u2019t know why that hasn\u2019t been thought of before. It\u2019s the perfect accessory for those girl barbarians that have to cleave on the go. There was a battle pack of accessories that I don\u2019t know what to do with since I don\u2019t have a weapons rack to put them on. Speaking of which, what use do I have with an extra Horde crossbow when I only have one member of the Horde? And what the mangosteen am I supposed to do with pink Zodak armor? <\/P><\/p>\n But it wasn\u2019t all mindboggling. I really liked Keldor. He\u2019s really good if you ignore the fact that he doesn\u2019t come with a burning face or his 200X sword. Why does he need his 200X sword? For the same reason that He-Man, Hordak, Merman, Teela, Webstor, TriKlops, Whiplash, Evil Lyn, and King Randor have their 200X accessories. Because it just makes the figure cooler and gives those 200Xers out there a little love. For this, you get the \u201cRice Cake of Duh\u201d.<\/P><\/p>\n Mattel also took this opportunity to give us the first crazy toy mash-up since Ninja Turtles joined with Star Trek. DCU & MOTU 2 Packs. Now, I\u2019ll concede that the Superman\/He-Man pack makes some perverted sense because of that old comic even if it\u2019s difficult for new fans to access (i.e. out of print). What you reprinted it? Oh, okay then. Now everyone can see how awful it was. What you have to really appreciate in this line though is Mattel\u2019s overlooking of common sense and their plans to continue this strange amalgamated abomination. Lex Luthor vs. Skeletor, really? Why is Lex even fighting Skeletor in the first place? Why is Lex using Kryptonite on Skeletor? When is Skeletor sword made of yellow kryptonite? Yes folks, it seems all logic has flown out the window with this \u201ctoy line\u201d. I wonder what could be next: Gentleman Ghost vs. Scareglow, Black Manta vs. Mer-man, Grodd vs. Gygor? The insanity may never end, so MOTU gets the \u201cSpicy Asian Chicken of Madness\u201d.<\/P><\/p>\n DC Classics was exciting, or at least it would have been if they didn\u2019t give most of the reveals to Toyfare. Mattel kind of spoiled themselves on that one didn\u2019t they? They did reveal two figures of an upcoming Green Lantern 5 pack. Have you heard? You get Guy Gardner and Tomar Re and all you have to do is buy a third Hal Jordan, a second John Stewart, and a tiny Sinestro head on a normal Hal body because the Deadman body while being perfect of Sinestro is somehow now perfect. So, enjoy your $50 Green Lantern Corps of Previously Made Earthmen. Also, why does the comatose, near death, on life support JLU line get cool accessories with their figures like Kandor while we DCUC fans get buttons? The DC Universe is full of props to load into the line, so stop being so stingy. And $20 for Lobo? It\u2019s the \u201cCalamari of Overpricedness\u201d for you.<\/P><\/p>\n Ghostbusters, what do I say? We\u2019re never going to get that incredibly scary sculpt of Sam Hein from the Four Horsemen. Sigh. Oh, and don’t place a ghost trap next to Walter Peck if he’s not going to come with one. For a moment, I was excited that we’d have two traps. But, no. You put two traps in the display even though you only get one if you buy all the figures. Nice. \u201cBreakfast Cereal of Defeat\u201d for you. <\/P><\/p>\n DC Direct<\/strong><\/P><\/p>\n Were you even there? Oh, those statues in the corner? Jonah Hex figures are in the Neca Booth? Moving on\u2026 <\/P><\/p>\n Diamond<\/strong><\/P><\/p>\n You somehow made Minimates cooler than they were, but at the same time you don\u2019t seem to know what to do with the Star Trek line in any of its forms. Sure would be nice to get more than one of those cool starships per year. But I\u2019ll give you the benefit of the doubt that you\u2019ll figure your starfruit out, so it\u2019s the \u201cPeach of Fortitude\u201d for you.<\/P><\/p>\n Bandai<\/strong><\/P><\/p>\n Gee, thanks for making more retro Power Rangers figures, even those little squash down ones. Oh wait, still no Rita? We\u2019re no longer on speaking terms. Get your stuff and get out, and take your \u201cRack of Lamb Failure\u201d with you.<\/P><\/p>\n BifBangPow<\/strong><\/P><\/p>\n I saved you for last, BBP. You\u2019ve licensed one of my favorite TV shows, a show I was hoping to get toys of someday. You\u2019ve taken that show, and instead of producing a line of highly sought after, well sculpted, six inch, fully articulated, fits in with DCUC figures, you\u2019ve given me a Mego abomination. I hate Mego dolls, and I don\u2019t care who knows it. Sure, they were cool back in their day. I\u2019m sure the children of the seventies walked into toy stores and seeing Mego dolls was something akin to the \u201cmonkey meets the monolith scene\u201d in 2001: A Space Odyssey. But it\u2019s 2010 last I checked, and people know that toys no longer need to wear real clothes. The technology to mass produce accurately sized heads on bodies with useful and effective articulation exists. <\/P><\/p>\n I don\u2019t begrudge Mego fans. They can buy all the oven mitt wearing remakes of DC, Marvel, and Star Trek characters they want, but that\u2019s not the format for new toys. We don\u2019t need Lost figures that look like scary voodoo dolls and we don\u2019t need the Venture Bros. figures as less than accurate dolly versions of characters that deserve real toys. Just a big bowl of \u201cDisappointment Pasta\u201d here.<\/P><\/p>\n Oh, and I really enjoyed Toy Fair. Can\u2019t wait \u2018til next year\u2026<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Another Toy Fair has come and gone, and Noisy was nice enough to compile all those different links and bits of information into a comprehensive post. I\u2019m sure glad that\u2019s not my job. He’s given you the facts, now it’s time for the opinions. 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