If you think you have an idea for the next Superman, you’ll need a way to work out the character’s appearance – that’s where this Create Your Own Superhero Kit comes in.
The kit, which is currently available for pre-order and slated for release in August, offers 3 articulated 4″ tall base bodies, 5 heads with different mask and hair configurations, 2 pairs of spare hands, 2 capes, 2 brushes, 6 plastic jars of paint and 1 decal sheet contained within a window-box package with a silver age comic book design.
The only questions are whether you’ll be able to craft the face in your likeness or conjure up a character more creative than The Flaming C.
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Hot Toys is continuing their plan to produce new action figures for the full Avengers team by releasing photos of their upcoming 1/6 scale Captain America figure, which will compliment their previously announced Hawkeye and Nick Fury offerings. The super-detailed figure is based on the likeness of actor Chris Evans, but differs from their First Avenger version by offering a new sculpture, costume and accessories.
A price hasn’t been released yet, but the figure is expected to sell in the $170-$190 range. Check out some additional images after the break.
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Etsy seller Brenttic has a fantastic zombie Captain America figure (reminiscent of the Marvel Zombies series by Robert Kirkman) up for sale right now that he skillfully customized from a 1/6th scale Marvel Icons Figure using painted resin.
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Max Factory’s figma line is synonymous with excellence—as we recently demonstrated with the release of this brilliant new Samus figure. As you can see from the image above, they are hard at work developing a lInk figure from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword—and it’s looking incredible so far. We can’t wait to see the final product.
Thanks Wilmersama!
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Samus Aran of Metroid is a tough-as-nails bounty hunter, and like most females in video games, she also happens to be smoking hot. You can pre-order not one, but two stunning sculpts of her. There’s a figma that displays her Varia suit, and the second figure shows off Aran’s Zero suit. Both will be released in June.
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Toy company Inicons is gearing up to cash in on Steve Jobs legacy by offering a 12″ action figure of the Apple CEO, complete with the obligatory black turtle neck, circular rimless glasses and blue jeans. The intricately detailed figure also includes a pair of black socks, a chair, a backdrop that says “One More Thing” and two apples — one with a bite.
Steve Jobs action figures have appeared before, but Apple’s legal team made quick work of them – we expect that will also be the case with this example.
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Doctors find the darnedest things in x-rays. They find so many weird objects that a few MDs recently released a book on the topic: Stuck Up: 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn’t Be. One of the many examples in the book that will make you cringe is a Buzz Lightyear action figure that was stuffed up to infinity and beyond. Let’s hope the other toys weren’t sent in on a rescue mission. And no, I don’t want to know how it was extracted.
(via TMZ)
Once again, Hot Toys has come through with an amazing figure sculpt. Their latest is a 1/6th scale Noland figure from the film Predators.
Hit the jump for an image gallery and a full list of features.
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If you’re around Illinois or surfing on eBay, keep an eye out for a sudden flood of Superman items. Mike Meyer, a 48-year old mentally disabled man from Illinois, recently had over 1,800 Superman comics and Superman memorabilia stolen from his house (worth about $4,000-$5,000). He’s been collecting since 1974 and, for the most part, didn’t tell strangers about his treasured collection.
However, he did share its existence with a co-worker he met while working at a Hardee’s in the early 90s. Meyer recently ran into that co-worker, a guy named Gary, and ended up giving him a tour of the collection after he all but demanded to see “his most precious comics”. Gary came back the next night with his girlfriend to watch Superman movies. While the movies were playing, Gary disappeared “for a while.” Two days later, Meyer’s noticed the theft.
All Meyer knows is that “Gary has dark hair, a goatee, is about 35 and drives a silver or gray car.” Not much to go on, but hopefully, someone out there can help him recover his collection.
(St. Louis Post Dispatch via Boing Boing)
