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Post by batfan93 on May 14, 2008 14:37:52 GMT -5
I've already posted a topic about this.
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Post by Eric on May 14, 2008 17:15:35 GMT -5
More Merchandise:
Walked into work this morning and we had received 2 Reeses shippers. I took the one header and bought one each of the candies. We also received in the Golden Grahams with the disk launchers. I bought another box of Cheerios as well and got the Joker figurine.
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Post by PJ on May 14, 2008 18:27:43 GMT -5
Thanks to LOG member BruceWest I now have a Movie Masters Variant Bruce Wayne.    I gave him a Batman Begins Batarang and the cowl from the Ninja Bruce Wayne figure. |
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Post by trashsmasher on May 14, 2008 20:43:15 GMT -5
Stickers found at Walmart. They glow in the dark.  |
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Post by bmiami on May 14, 2008 21:55:34 GMT -5
Picked up an extra 6" MM Joker at Walmart in Miami -- I'd really like to trade for a 6" Unmasked Bats if anybody's got an extra!
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Post by batfan93 on May 15, 2008 12:16:04 GMT -5
My cousin lives in the US and she came for a visit in Bulgaria for a few months. I'll probably be seeing her this weekend! I hope she brought some TDK stuff!
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Post by trashsmasher on May 15, 2008 19:27:11 GMT -5
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Post by batfan93 on May 16, 2008 10:57:18 GMT -5
Thanks!
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Post by trashsmasher on May 16, 2008 14:48:02 GMT -5
no sweat
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Post by batprofessor on May 19, 2008 23:28:15 GMT -5
A HORROR STORY BEFORE BEDTIME:
If you look back through this thread, I'm the schmuck who paid $105.00 for a Bruce to Batman 12" on ebay. Well, he arrived today, and while the shipping box was in fine shape, the figure's packaging was wrecked. Clearly a prime example of "bait and switch." After spending the entire day with back and forth emails (including sending photos,) the seller was still calling me a liar, but in diplomatic ways. Now I'm debating whether to contact PayPal to resolve this or just slam the clueless, obstinate wench with the most venomous feedback I can muster. Or maybe both. My wife and I are both collectors (Batman and Barbie,) and we've encountered a lot of flaky and shaky nonsense on ebay of late. Anybody else seen a similar shift?
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Post by Earl Cooper on May 20, 2008 4:38:24 GMT -5
C&P'ed from another LoG thread... Hot Toys are giving Takara a run for the money in the "Best-1/6-scale-movie-Batman" department. Batman in his Begins Suit (but all-new re-sculpt from the previous BB Hot Toys 1/6 scale Begins Batman WITH swappable Christian Bale likeness Bruce Wayne Head. -and- Amazingly detailed Heath Ledger Joker with movie accurate clothing patterns and designs, plus more accessories than you can shake a stick at. Both are up for pre-order from BBTS for $174.99 each (+shipping) www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=1569&company=148Several more (and higher quality images available from the Hot Toys website. Batman- www.hottoys.com.hk/product.php?cat=66&pid=369The Joker - www.hottoys.com.hk/product.php?cat=66&pid=370I wasn't really impressed with the Bale likeness in the photos, but then again, I wasn't impressed with the Mattel 6" (and 2-up) Movie Masters Unmasked Batman Bale likeness until I saw the figure in person. I hope I'll be pleasantly surprised with the likeness when this baby is released. |
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Post by PJ on May 20, 2008 14:12:10 GMT -5
At Wal-Mart I picked up a new Staff Strike Batman with gray hilights that didn't have 2 right feet and the Dark Knight Cheerieos with the "Batman Chop" figure.  |
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Post by trashsmasher on May 21, 2008 18:23:10 GMT -5
The mini Batman chop guy is goofy. Looks like it belongs in Japan.  My opinion of course. Batprofessor........sorry to hear about your misfortune. |
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Post by batprofessor on May 26, 2008 12:28:35 GMT -5
It only took 7 boxes of Cherrios to get all four figures. I guess my breakfast is taken care of for a couple of months! At least its better than my cereal experience of 1992. It took 13 boxes to get the 3 lenticular bookmarks for Batman Returns.
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Post by Eric on May 27, 2008 8:44:05 GMT -5
There has been a steady influx of the toys at both TRUs and WM for the last couple of weeks, but sadly no MM's. The grocery store I work at has been getting the cereal boxes in one by one along with the candy. I havent picked anything new up aside from the 12" MM's. Ive been working on something else thats been taking my money.  Im sure over the next couple weeks we'll start seeing more and more merchandise pop up.
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Post by batfan93 on May 27, 2008 10:55:40 GMT -5
Damn! No TDK stuff around here yet! I was saving money for TDK merch, but for the last 2 weeks I spent more than 2 months' savings for Indiana Jones stuff...
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Post by batprofessor on May 28, 2008 22:52:34 GMT -5
Target FINALLY got around to putting DK product out, and they had some stuff I hadn't seen before. Picked up a Batmobile scaled for the 4" figs for $9.99. They apparently are going to be stocking 2-packs of Batman/Joker in the 4" size for $6.99, as well as some other 2-packs at $11.99. I'm guessing Bat/Joker 5" there too.
Does anybody know who will be carrying the Movie Masters 2-pack? Just saw one on ebay yesterday.
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Post by Eric on May 29, 2008 14:15:32 GMT -5
You mean the boxed 2 packs with TDK Bats/ Joker and Begins Bats/ Scarecrow? Those are TRUs exclusives and wont be available until July 7th.
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Post by PJ on May 30, 2008 14:09:48 GMT -5
Today I picked up the 4" basic black tumbler ($9.99) along with the X-Pandables Joker's Lair & Bat-Bunker playsets ($14.99 each)...From the box art it looks like the 4" Joker will be a scaled down 5" Joker. Both playsets come with the same Batman as the Bruce Wayne "Sports Coupe". Tumbler -  With the 4" Bats inside -  Bat-Bunker -   Each of the 3 inner panels -  W/ Tumbler -  Joker's Lair -   Each of the inner panels -  |
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Post by trashsmasher on May 30, 2008 17:37:34 GMT -5
For those of you that don't have DK figures in your area........check out my other post:
All out......
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Post by Eric on Jun 1, 2008 19:57:50 GMT -5
afew things Ive picked up over the last week:
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Post by batfan93 on Jun 2, 2008 12:14:33 GMT -5
Anyone bought the Batmobile with Bat-Pod yet?
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Post by MuksC on Jun 2, 2008 14:15:56 GMT -5
i saw a couple on sale at my local TRU a few weeks ago, went back the other day and they were sold, and there is not a single other TDK item on the shelves, we're very far behind you guys here in the UK.
i had to go to ebay and buy Movie Masters figures from the USA. i hope TDK items start appearing soon, there were many items for Begins sold here.
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Post by batfan93 on Jun 2, 2008 14:27:55 GMT -5
UK still hasn't got much TDK? And I wonder why we don't have them around here - our stores get them from the UK
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Post by wetstereorebel on Jun 2, 2008 17:16:52 GMT -5
I managed to scoop up a 12" Bruce as Batman last week at TRU, though the box was practically destroyed. I tried to get a discount at the counter, but they said since the figure wasn't damaged they couldn't discount it. Since I was buying it to take out and display it really didn't matter, though I still think that $30 price tag is a bit steep for the figure, especially considering it didn't come with a single accessory! Would it have killed them to throw in a batarang?
Also, while perusing Target (they've only just put out any TDK stuff!), I noticed three empty pegs with this description on the tag: '4" figure two-pack', or something to that effect. The only 4" figures I've seen are the Bats and Bruce that come with the Batmobiles. They must be putting out a 4" Joker to go with the Xpandables Joker play set, but has anyone seen more figures coming out in 4" scale? Is this maybe a segue into the Infinite Heroes line?
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Post by PJ on Jun 2, 2008 17:55:05 GMT -5
So far people have only been spotting the empty pegs with the 4" 2-Pack tags. (about a week now) but nobody has actually found a 2-Pack yet. As for the 12" TRU 2-Ups I'd rather spend the $30 on them than the $20 I spent on the 14" Action Cape Batman.
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Post by batfan93 on Jun 3, 2008 0:02:18 GMT -5
There might be a 4" Joker Goon too, as far as I can judge from the playsets.
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Post by MuksC on Jun 3, 2008 15:49:32 GMT -5
what does "2-Ups" mean? i know what figures you are referring to, but is 2-Ups the name of the toy line, or the company that make them or something like that?
and you're lucky that the 12" figures are $30, for us they will no doubt be £30 (close to $60).
the basic 5" Begins figures were £7.99 (close to $14), but in the US they were a lot cheaper than that i think.
the Batmobile/Tumbler was the only TDK item i've seen so far, my local TRU has loads of Speed Racer and Indiana Jones items but no TDK things, since the Batmobile/Tumbler sold out.
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Post by batprofessor on Jun 3, 2008 16:17:24 GMT -5
"2-up" is short for "twice up," meaning something that is rendered by an artist that will ultimately be produced at 50% scale reduction. Sculptors regularly sculpt action figures at twice the produced size to maintain a high level of detail. The figures are then scanned, and the molds are made from these scan reductions. So these "2-up" figures are based on the actual sculpture (12" original for a 6" fig.) Back in the golden age of comics, artists also did their drawings at 200%, although original comic art is done at a smaller scale reduction now.
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Post by Janus on Jun 4, 2008 8:59:23 GMT -5
PUNCH PACKING THE JOKER
I stopped by my local Walmart (Greenville, SC) this morning while I was running errands. They had an endcap set with Dark Knight action figures - in blue Walmart shipper boxes, not on peg hooks. It looks like the second wave has arrived.
I bought Punch Packing Joker. He is in his purple suit with green vest just as God intended. This probably means that it will now be a whole lot easier to find Destrucro-Case - I think most people would prefer the purple suit now that they are given a choice.
The bad news is that they only had two Movie Masters Goons.
Oh, and the paint jobs on many of the Jokers was pretty bad. I went through eight Jokers before I found an okay box with a fairly okay paint application.
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My opinion of course.
Im sure over the next couple weeks we'll start seeing more and more merchandise pop up.
