Last week, a number of Transformers fan sites got a goodie box from the folks at Hasbro and Hunter PR. This box contained four toys from the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction line. These toys included Deluxe Autobot Drift, Deluxe Dinobot Slug, Voyager Grimlock, and Leader Optimus Prime. Today, ASM and other sites are putting up reviews and thoughts of these toys as well as some other news. To read our reviews, click the names of the toys above. Get more news after the jump.
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Funko’s May the 4th Be With You Contest — Still Going On!
If you got caught up too much in Star Wars Day celebrations — or you hate “May the Fourth” so much you turned off your phone and computer for 24 hours — and missed Funko’s “May the 4” Contest, don’t worry — you still have time to enter! Funko is giving away four prototypes from their Pop!: Star Wars line. One winner will receive prototypes of The Emperor, Biker Scout, Bossk, and Luke Skywalker Hoth. These are the prototypes made to test out the characters and features, and are limited to five prototypes. That’s it. Five. In the entire world (or
Continue readingHasbro Reveals 6″ The Black Series Yoda and SDCC Jabba the Hutt
As part of yesterday’s “Star Wars Day” celebration, Hasbro revealed two new figures in their popular 6″ The Black Series line. First off, as announced by voice actor Tom Kane on the Star Wars Instagram channel, we will be getting a figure of Yoda: And for San Diego Comic Con 2014, we will get a 6″ scale Jabba the Hutt with Salacious Crumb!
Continue readingFree Comic Book Day Returns Tomorrow – May 3rd
Yes, it’s time once again for the annual Free Comic Book Day event happening at a Local Comic Book Store near you! If you don’t know where one is, here’s a handy Comic Book Store Locator. They may have special events going on – check out How to Love Comics’ Directory of FCBD Events and see if your local store is doing something cool. Is it difficult to participate? Heck, no! You go to your comic store. You get at least one free comic from a special selection of free comics. You leave happy. See, there’s even a video explaining how easy
Continue readingDark Horse Digital Announces “May the 4th Be With You” Sale
Free starter bundles for new readers, plus a galaxy of Star Wars comics for $30 or $100: reader’s choice! MAY 2, MILWAUKIE, OR—Hot on the heels of its most successful anniversary sale to date, Dark Horse Digital announces a very special limited offer for Star Wars Day! Starting today, get blasted into a galaxy far, far away with two amazing May the 4th MegaBundles! One MegaBundle is for devout comics readers, and the other is for the younger Star Wars fan in your life! The Star Wars May the 4th MegaBundle places over 3,700 pages of Star Wars comics goodness
Continue readingFunko Announces Hikari and Weekly Hikary Friday Contests for Exclusive Figures
Funko Introduces HIKARI & HIKARI FRIDAYS! What is Hikari? Hikari, meaning ‘light’, is a highly collectible line of clear Sofubi Vinyl Figures. These will be ultra-limited and piece runs will range from 500pcs-5000pcs depending on the treatment. Each Hikari piece will include a hand numbered card to prove authenticity and rarity. What are Hikari Fridays? Each Friday Funko will be announcing a new Hikari Japanese Vinyl Figure! To start off Hikari Fridays, Funko is announcing the first Hikari figure — the Metal Mix Leonardo Hikari Vinyl Figure. It’s limited to 500 Pieces Worldwide and will be available for purchase in June.
Continue readingFunko Reveals Series 6 of Star Wars Pop!
In honor of “Star Wars Day”, Funko has sent over pictures of Series 6 of their “Star Wars” Pop! Line! Featuring a huge (relatively speaking) Wampa pop vinyl figure that stands at 6″ tall , this line will also bring you bobble heads of Luke Skywalker in Hoth Gear, Bossk, Emperor Palpatine, Hammerhead, and a Biker Scout. Yes, that Wampa is as awesome as you think it is. You have to wait until June to get these, though.
Continue readingFunko Proves There’s Always a Sharknado in the Banana Stand
Funko sent over some new images of upcoming pop vinyl figures in there Pop! Television line. First off, in honor of the upcoming soon-to-be-a-classic Sharknado 2: The Second One, Funko is giving us a Sharnkado Pop!. The best thing? It’s probably a better actor than Tara Reid *rimshot*. Sharknado will be available in June. Next, the Bluths are back as the cast of “Arrested Development” makes its way into vinyl format. Featuring eight regular releases and a chase figure, you can recreate your favorite AD scenes and then cruelly cancel the show because you don’t promote it properly and run it
Continue readingThe IDW “Transformers: Dawn of the Autobots” Live Panel Is Online
Did you miss this afternoon’s “Transformers: Dawn of the Autobots” Google+ hangout? Fear not, IDW has made it available for viewing. Check it out below or go directly to the video. [youtube id=”qPQ_4P-Uuxs” align=”center”] Of course, only after the panel was did I think of a good question to ask….
Continue readingIDW Previews – April 23, 2014 – Transformers: RiD, 24 and Full Solicits
It’s kind of like last week — out of all the comics IDW is slated to release tomorrow, two caught my eye, and once again it’s 24 and Transformers. You can see previews below and the full solicitations on page 2. First, The Transformers: Robots in Disguise begins “Season 2” with issue #28. Written by John Barber with art by Andrew Griffith, this issue finds the Autobots returning to Earth six months after the events of “Dark Cybertron”. The problem is that they weren’t exactly given a tearful goodbye when they left last time…. This preview happens to feature one of the best damn intros
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