[Peter]

Kicked off by listener feedback, it's time for movie toy talk! From Iron Man to A-Team, G.I.Joe to Star Wars. Also, some discussion on toy offerings in the current Previews. (1:02:58)

Listen to the show:
http://www.comicgeekspeak.com/episodes.php?podcast=WOT

[brianch1]

There's a new World of Toys up. Check it out here.

[Shane Kelly]

There's a new World of Toys up. Check it out here.

When you listen to the ep we talk about tons of movie toys and I know I forgot one, which I just saw at TRU this morning...Jurassic Park. A new TRU exclusive line... what is with that???

[The Scream Man]

Im curious about those A-Team toys. Maybe get the main 4 and the Van if nothing else.

i think the big reason most movie lines fail is they seem half assed. Star Trek is a great example; most of the small stuff was terrible, and thus a lot of folk didn't buy it. But the movie was HUGELY successful. A lot of the "Enterprise" toys sold, coz the ship was well done and a good toy. But the figures; nope.
The flipside are the ones like you mentioned Shane; Avatar, Star Wars, Cars etc.

Great Ep guys!

[SilentlyLurking]

I know what you mean about the spoilers in the toys. I remember picking up the Jengo Fett figure from Attack of the Clones before I saw the movie and being hacked off when I opened it and his head fell off.

[bigraj]

Kids like dinos?

Another good ep, fellas. I'm starting to see The Last Airbender figures in TRU. Not very impressive. I don't buy toys in that small of a scale, but they look very fragile. The stuff from Toy Story 3 looks nice, and I'll probably be picking up a few for my niece and nephew.

[Shane Kelly]

Another good solid ep, enjoyed it a lot.

Thanks very much, I really like using Previews as a reason to do a show at least once a month. Then adding some kind of other topic to it as a main discussion point.

[deadpool]

SilentlyLurking, on 15 June 2010 - 07:17 AM, said:

I know what you mean about the spoilers in the toys. I remember picking up the Jengo Fett figure from Attack of the Clones before I saw the movie and being hacked off when<span style='color:#000000;background:#000000'> I opened it and his head fell off.</span>

I went to the australian premire of Attack of the clones, in the gift bad had action figures, you could tell who got the ones that spoilt the film

[deadpool]

The Scream Man, on 14 June 2010 - 10:51 PM, said:

Im curious about those A-Team toys. Maybe get the main 4 and the Van if nothing else.

i think the big reason most movie lines fail is they seem half assed. Star Trek is a great example; most of the small stuff was terrible, and thus a lot of folk didn't buy it. But the movie was HUGELY successful. A lot of the "Enterprise" toys sold, coz the ship was well done and a good toy. But the figures; nope.
The flipside are the ones like you mentioned Shane; Avatar, Star Wars, Cars etc.

Great Ep guys!

I was wrapped to find we got the A-team toys in Australia, (wasn't sure if we'd get Jazwares product) and while i agree with shane on the larger figures (by the by they are articulated but barely) the little ones i don't think are any worse then say a star wars at that scale.

know i'll give Jazeware some leway as a newer company, giving the same accessories with pretty much every figure apart from Hannibal who gets his own gun. but the articulation is good and i actually really like the plastic they used, weird cross between had and soft.

i also think is is genius they made a scale perfect with gijoe, i'm a big joe collector and these A-team toys fit in perfect

while not a home run, i do think its a good start for Jazewares, there are some paint problems so don't buy in a rush go through the rack and get the good ones, "Face" is the worse but after alot of digging i actually found a really nice looking one.

[livedog]

Any one who was/is waiting for a sale to get the A-Team stuff should check Target. I picked up the van for $12.48 yesterday and I've read reports today that they are down to $6.24 in some areas!