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Geoff Johns, Jim Fletcher Talk DC Collectibles – Comic Book Resources
by Action Figures - Google News | May 10, 2012 at 5:04 pm

Geoff Johns, Jim Fletcher Talk DC CollectiblesComic Book ResourcesThe in-house collectible company kicked off in the late '90s under the DC Direct banner, making action figures based mostly on Wildstorm and Vertigo characters found in the pages of ...

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Activision Blizzard’s Warcraft War Chest – Barron’s
by Action Figures - Google News | May 10, 2012 at 4:55 pm

Attack of the FanboyActivision Blizzard's Warcraft War ChestBarron'sManagement noted that sales of Skylanders' action figures are believed to have outsold Star Wars action figures, which previously have been the top-selling line of action figur...

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ARTS IN BRIEF – TheChronicleHerald.ca
by Action Figures - Google News | May 10, 2012 at 9:02 am

ARTS IN BRIEFTheChronicleHerald.caThe gala evening of dance, prizes and a silent auction features live music by the Action Figures. Host is Jeremy Webb. A new poetry publication focusing on food and farming called Open Heart Farming will be launched at...

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ACTION ELECT April Sales Fall 99.99% (Table) : 3024 TT – Bloomberg
by Action Figures - Google News | May 10, 2012 at 8:17 am

ACTION ELECT April Sales Fall 99.99% (Table) : 3024 TTBloombergACTION ELECT said unconsolidated sales in April fell 99.99% to NT$2000 from NT$23563000, according to a statement filed to the Taiwan Stock Exchange. (Figures are in thousands of New Taiwan...

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Alex Ross to Receive the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Chicago’s Prestigious American Academy of Art
by JuliusMarx | May 10, 2012 at 6:09 am

Industry’s Leading Painted Comic Book Artist, Alex Ross, to Receive the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Chicago’s Prestigious American Academy of Art Award pays tribute to Ross’s award-winning, 20-year career creating graphic novels, cover art, movie posters, video game art and dozens of other highly recognized projects. Ross to receive major honor and address 2012 [...]

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URGENT CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT – King of the Nerds: Casting Call
by JuliusMarx | May 10, 2012 at 5:50 am

- PLEASE SHARE AND FORWARD - YOU MAY KNOW THE PERFECT PERSON! NOW CASTING: Men and Woman, 18-30 years old who are Passionate & Competitive Modern Day NERDS and GEEKS Who Want to WIN BIG on the New TBS Show ‘King of the Nerds’ From the producers of MYTHBUSTERS, SURVIVOR and AMAZING RACE comes a new competition based show [...]

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Ranking 10 WWE Superstars and Their Rumblers Action Figures – Bleacher Report
by Action Figures - Google News | May 10, 2012 at 1:32 am

Bleacher ReportRanking 10 WWE Superstars and Their Rumblers Action FiguresBleacher ReportIt has been a while since I have played with WWE action figures. Not because I am mature or too old or anything like that. I am a poor college student and the smal...

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Activision: Skylanders outsell Star Wars in action figure sales – The Verge
by Action Figures - Google News | May 9, 2012 at 9:29 pm

VentureBeatActivision: Skylanders outsell Star Wars in action figure salesThe VergeAccording to Activision execs, that dwarfs Hasbro's Star Wars action figure line. "Based on our internal estimates, we believe that [Skylanders] toys sales in t...

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Droid Factory Coming To Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios
by JuliusMarx | May 9, 2012 at 8:28 pm

If you are anything like me you are a sucker for astromechs. A few years back Hasbro realized that there are lots of people like me and started making every possible astromech that appeared in the Star Wars Universe. Now they are taking that one step farther to accelerate the decimation of my wallet and [...]

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BBTS Sponsor News: Avengers, Batman, Transformers, Mattel, Imports & More
by JuliusMarx | May 9, 2012 at 8:10 pm

Hi – Here is a quick update from http://www.bigbadtoystore.com about a ton of cool new preorders as well as more new arrivals. ————- NEW PREORDERS ————- DEFENDERWORXS TRANSFORMER ACCESSORIES DefenderWorx is licensed by Hasbro and makes all manner of accessories using Transformer branding. We have listings for three different styles of high-end sunglasses with Autobot [...]

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