Archive for the 'Toy Fair 2007' Category

Making The Poor Rich Smile

Monday, March 5th, 2007

In our esteemed (er, steamed) Galactic Hunter forums, there’s a comment stating that Sideshow Collectibles gave various sites free 12" figures at Toy Fair, and, naturally, encouraging us to give said figure(s) to our readers. I’m here to tell you that if Sideshow Collectibles gave anything away, I sure as heck didn’t receive it. As [...]

The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry….

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

We’ve hit the ground running in NYC en route to Hasbro’s annual Toy Fair spectacular. After an eventful couple of days, which saw your faithful blogger incapacitated with gastroenteritis, and his long-term partner in the hospital for a major heart scare (and exploratory surgery) it is all coming together.  (My deepest apologies to my sweetheart, [...]

Toy Fair 2007 — And Never More Shall Be So

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Seriously folks, if you think that the reissued stuff that we’re seeing these days is bad, look at this concept from 1999 for the ill-fated Star Wars Classic Collection. Sometimes thankfully things that are presented at Toy Fair don’t actually come to fruition. I’m sure this was just a mock-up, but imagine the horror for [...]