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DC Collectibles Solicitations For Items In Store March 2013
by JuliusMarx | November 12, 2012 at 11:00 pm

Here are the latest and greatest solicitations from the good people at DC Collectibles. These products will appear and be available to preorder in the next issue of Diamond’s Previews at your local comic book shop. The products announced in this solicitation will be arriving in stores March 2013 as listed below. ACTION FIGURES [...]

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Homeless Figures a Wake-up Call for Action – Pro Bono Australia
by Action Figures - Google News | November 12, 2012 at 10:16 pm

Homeless Figures a Wake-up Call for ActionPro Bono AustraliaThe Not for Profit sector has expressed alarm at the latest national homelessness figures describing them as a wake up call for urgent action. The Australian Council of Social Service has call...

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The 3D printing photo booth that turns you into an action figure – The Week Magazine
by Action Figures - Google News | November 12, 2012 at 10:06 pm

The Week MagazineThe 3D printing photo booth that turns you into an action figureThe Week MagazineThe story: The world's first 3D-printer photo booth will soon be open for business. Unlike traditional booths that spit out 4-panel strips of candid s...

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Marvel Minimates Series 50 Fan Poll Results Revealed!
by JuliusMarx | November 12, 2012 at 9:56 pm

To celebrate the upcoming 10th anniversary of their Marvel Minimates line in 2013, Diamond Select Toys recently held a four-part fan poll in partnership with Marvel.com, in which fans could vote on which characters they wanted to see in the line’s 50th consecutive assortment. The characters in each poll were based on fan wish lists, [...]

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Geek Shall Inherit Episode 047 – I Hope I Don’t Have a Skyfall!
by JuliusMarx | November 12, 2012 at 9:48 pm

Don’t you just love technology? Guess where I’m posting this episode from… give up? An airplane! I’m hurdling through the sky, but I’m still able to post a new episode of Geek Shall Inherit. But that’s also why I mention in the title that I DON’T want a Skyfall in this instance! Don’t forget we [...]

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Countdown to Castle Grayskull LAST DAY!! A Word… from Skeltor and Tri-Clops!
by JuliusMarx | November 12, 2012 at 5:59 pm

This is it – Day 0 We are in the final hours of the Castle Grayskull pre-order. The meter has been updated with the sales from the weekend and we are still not quite there. There’s no conspiracy from Mattel, no “it’s already sculpted”, no “It’s going to go through anyway” and no “I’ll bet [...]

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Japan’s Grim GDP Figures Add to Pressure for Action – Wall Street Journal
by Action Figures - Google News | November 12, 2012 at 4:12 pm

Wall Street JournalJapan's Grim GDP Figures Add to Pressure for ActionWall Street JournalTOKYO—Japan's policy makers will likely face even greater pressure to resuscitate growth after data Monday showing a sharp economic contraction in the th...

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Transformers Alternity Super GT-01 Optimus Prime and GT-02 Savior Prototype … – Tformers.com
by Action Figures - Google News | November 12, 2012 at 4:03 pm

Transformers Alternity Super GT-01 Optimus Prime and GT-02 Savior Prototype ...Tformers.comJust in thanks to Toys R Us japan we have some new images of the Transformers Alternity Super GT GT-01 Optimus Prime and the GT-02 Savior prototype action figure...

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Countdown to Castle Grayskull Day 1 – The Scott Neitlich Interview (Part 2)
by JuliusMarx | November 11, 2012 at 6:29 pm

The rest of today, and tomorrow. That’s IT! We are in the home stretch. We only have a little over 36 hours away form the close of pre-orders for Mattel’s Masters of the Universe Classics Castle Grayskull. Mattel has to hit the goal by midnight on Monday Nov. 12th in order for the set [...]

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New AvX: Avengers vs. X-Men Minimates Box Set Coming Soon to Toys “R” Us!
by JuliusMarx | November 11, 2012 at 6:23 pm

A few months ago, Diamond Select Toys asked you to vote on the next exclusive box set of Marvel Minimates for Toys “R” Us, based on the blockbuster Avengers vs. X-Men crossover event. The poll pitted three Avengers against three members of the Phoenix Five, with dominance of the box set hanging in the balance. [...]

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