On Tuesday evening, the fine folks at Hasbro and Hunter PR were kind enough to set up Google Hangouts between the Transformers team and members of the fan sites. I will be updating ASM with info, but here are the highlights: Powermaster Prime returns and he is GLORIOUS. He is 1988 in 2015 aesthetics and engineering. A nearly fully retooled Ultra Magnus, Op has his trailer with signature blue stripe, a base mode, Autobot Apex as a head, and a wonderfully articulated combined robot. I want him. Now. A G2 Bruticus box set is coming. While he sports G1 Decepticon
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The Case for a The Black Series 6″ Mara Jade
Look, I know I don’t usually cover Star Wars figures, I know I have BotCon info to put up, and I know I am not even part of the polling process, but I need to get this out there. The only character you should vote for in the Star Wars 2015 Fans’ Choice Poll is Mara Jade. I admit that I’m biased. My wife is a huge Mara fan. But honestly, there is no better choice for the winner, simply because this is the best opportunity. I know the 6″ The Black Series line is missing a lot of iconic
Continue readingFree Comic Book Day 2015 Is Tomorrow!
This is a repost from last year, with a few minor changes, but the thoughts are still relevant. Support your local comic store! 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
Continue readingTransformers Fans, Get Ready to Celebrate MAY MAYHEM
Tomorrow is the first of May, and do you know what that means? (Besides everyone online saying “May the Fourth Be With You” in a few days.) It means we are ready to kick of MAY MAYHEM for Transformers fans! This month, you and I will be able to celebrate the ongoing Combiner Wars toyline with comics, online participation, new toys, and other fun ways. The highlight of May Mayhem is the release of two new CW toys – Quickslinger (a/k/a Slingshot) and Brake-Neck (a/k/a Wild Rider), the two toys you need to recreate your Generation 1 experience with Superion
Continue readingDark Horse Celebrates Four-Year Digital Anniversary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Dark Horse Digital reaches a new landmark when the digital store celebrates its fourth anniversary starting this Thursday. As a thank-you to fans, Dark Horse announces four special promotions! Have a free comic on Dark Horse! Beginning Thursday, April 23, Dark Horse will issue a two-dollar credit to all confirmed Dark Horse Digital newsletter subscribers with a registered Dark Horse Digital account! This credit can be used toward downloading a free digital comic or toward the purchase of any bundle or graphic novel. The very same day, Dark Horse Digital will also be offering 50 percent off all
Continue readingMezco Presents Mortal Kombat X Series 2
I know I haven’t talked much about Mortal Kombat on ASM. Truth is, I loved the original few games. Kitana and Sub-Zero? Those were my jam in the MK2 middle of a sandwich with MK1 and Ultimate MK3 as the… horrible analogy gone even more wrong. Anyway, suffice it to say, I plunked many a quarter into those games back in the day, but I didn’t keep up after I left college and didn’t have easy access to arcade games, nor a home console powerful enough to play the later versions. But when I saw these pics from Mezco, I
Continue readingFunko’s Final Star Wars Celebration Exclusives
Star Wars Celebration starts tomorrow, and we’re getting caught up on these Funko announcements. At booth 1410, you will have the opportunity to buy a lot of awesome Funko Star Wars merchandise! We already showed you some of the exclusives; here are the rest! Verdigris Greedo Hikari Premium Sofubi Figure Limited to 500 Matte Black Boba Fett Hikari Premium Sofubi Figure Limited to 1000 Icey Storm Trooper Hikari Premium Sofubi Figure Limited to 750 Star Clone Trooper Hikari Premium Sofubi Figure Limited to 1000 Funko x Super 7 Super Shogun: Shadowtrooper 24″ tall, features a left fist launcher and wheeled
Continue readingFunko Announces First Star Wars Celebration Exclusives
Funko has announced that they will be at Star Wars Celebration in just a few weeks, and if you are going, you can find them in booth 1410. And, of course, it would be a Funko convention showing without some cool exclusives! Here are the first five exclusives, and two more announcements will be made in the coming weeks.
Continue readingHasbro Bringing G1 Combiner Members Back — In Spirit If Not In Name
When Hasbro first showed the Combiner Wars Superion and Menasor, many fans lamented the loss of Slingshot and Wildrider. However, Hasbro is bringing these characters to our shores (much like Takara Tomy will do for Japan)… although trademark loss means each has a new name. So meet Brake-Neck and Gunslinger! In the upcoming weeks, we will learn which online stores will stock them in May.
Continue readingFour with Phil – Episode 8: A Life is Like a Garden
In this episode, Phil briefly eulogizes Leonard Nimoy. Rest in peace, good sir. [youtube id=”pdJ4ECURNuQ” align=”center”] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJ4ECURNuQ Download the MP3 (5 MB) pdJ4ECURNuQ
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