Released earlier this year, the Super 7 Star Wars Stormtrooper is a must have for the avid Star Wars fanatic. Reminiscent of the Shogun Warrior toy line as it was known in the U.S. throughout the late 1970′s, the Super 7 has roller wheels, launching fists and even a super-sized blaster rifle!
The Star Wars Stormtrooper Super Shogun stands a whopping 24 inches tall, and includes all of the features that you expect from an authentic Jumbo: free rotating wheels on the bottom of his feet, and a spring-loaded Rocket Punch firing fist!
Utilizing the same techniques implemented by Japanese toy manufacturers in the 1970s, the Super Shogun is constructed from durable, blow-molded polyethylene with a painted vinyl helmet. The figure is articulated at the neck and shoulders, and includes a removable, highly-detailed BlasTech E-11 laser blaster. The blaster even features a posable stock that unfolds from below the barrel. Collectors of both Japanese and Star Wars memorabilia are sure to be impressed with the care taken to fuse the disparate concepts into a new unique entity.
Packaged in gift box illustrated with iconic graphics from both franchises, each Stormtrooper is individually serial numbered as part of this one time limited edition production run. As a special bonus, metallic foil stickers are included for you to customize the torso with the character name in English or in Japanese.
Of course if you’re going to make a retro toy, you need a retro TV ad, right?
(special thanks to John Caples for finding this ad)
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ pulp hero never looked better than in this 1/6 scale creation from TRIAD Toys. with the Pixar film still in production (more info here), there are surely more tie-ins on their way, but this product is faithful to the original material.
A massive four-armed Martian Tars Tarkus and the lovely Dejah Thoris are also available.
JOHN CARTER OF MARS 12 INCH FIGURE
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars Trilogy has been hailed as one of the most influential science fiction series of this century. Edgar Rice Burroughs started writing his Martian adventures in 1911, and even though science claims there is no life on Mars his stories remain vibrant and timeless tales, because Burroughs knew the appeal and power of the Martian myth. Writers like Ray Bradbury and scientists like Carl Sagan have acknowledged that Burroughs’ Martian tales were the wellspring from which their own careers arose.
With his opening trilogy – considered one of the landmarks of science fiction – Burroughs created a vast and sweeping epic. Captain John Carter of the Confederate Army is whisked to Mars and discovers a dying world of dry ocean beds where giant four-armed barbarians rule, of crumbling cities home to an advanced but decaying civilization, a world of strange beasts and savage combat, a world where love, honor and loyalty become the stuff of adventure. The world of Barsoom.
In eleven books, Burroughs takes the reader all around the Red Planet (and even to Jupiter), while the action and excitement never let up. With his combination of super science and swordplay, not only will Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Martian tales provide thrills a-plenty, but you’ll also discover that without Burroughs there probably never would have been modern science fiction as we know it!
John Carter of Mars 12 Inch figure features:
- New Triad Toys Evolution body with over 35 points of articulation
- Helmet
- Cape
- Hand-made leather chest harness
- Hand-made leather waist, arms, and leg harness
- Leather boots with magnets for use with Bullet Time stand
- Pistol with side holster
- Full metal sword and scabbard
- Four (4) pairs of hands
JOHN CARTER OF MARS™, PRINCESS OF MARS™ AND DEJAH THORIS™ Owned by EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, INC. And Used By Permission.
(note: all information including ad copy is from the publisher)
If you can’t make it to the shop, just click on any of the images below to be taken to an online retailer. I don’t get any referrals for these sales, I’m just doing my bit to spread the word on some neat products.
Mr Miracle By Kirby T-Shirt
Mr Miracle By Kirby T-Shirt
We celebrate Jack Kirby’s Fourth World creations on two new shirt designs this month. For the first time ever, we take great pride to be able to bring you the new Mr. Miracle and The Demon t-shirts. Both shirts feature Jack’s dynamic art screenprinted in full-color on Texas orange and maroon 100% cotton shirts respectively. Wear the imagination of Jack Kirby today.
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Peanuts Charlie Brown Yellow T-Shirt
Peanuts Charlie Brown Yellow T-Shirt
Be the Charlie Brown-iest Charlie Brown you can be with this yellow t-shirt that bears the memorable zig-zag stripe seen in Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comics.
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Lees Toy Review #213 Aug 2010
Lees Toy Review #213 Aug 2010
Get ready for summer as new action figures and diecasts for summer are profiled and new products out of the San Diego Comic-Con are reviewed. Plus, market reports, toy trends, and the ‘Lee’s Guide to Collecting’ covers the G.I. Joe Action Force series.
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Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy
Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy
By: Tom Veitch, Cam Kennedy, Jim Baikie
Collecting the complete Dark Empire saga-Dark Empire, Dark Empire II, and Empire’s End — this Star Wars hardcover is a handsome must-have!Six years after the fall of the Empire in Return of the Jedi, the battle for the galaxy’s freedom rages on. The Empire has been mysteriously reborn under an unknown leader, wielding a new weapon of great power. Princess Leia and Han Solo struggle to hold together the New Republic while the galaxy’s savior, Luke Skywalker, fights an inner battle as he is drawn to the dark side, just as his father . . .
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Our Fighting Forces (One Shot)
Our Fighting Forces (One Shot)
By: B. Clay Moore, Chad Hardin, Wayne Faucher, Mark Schultz
Written by B. CLAY MOORE Art by CHAD HARDIN & WAYNE FAUCHER Cover by MARK SCHULTZ For Captain Storm, Sgt. Clay, Gunner Mackey and Johnny Cloud, a sabotage mission on a Nazi airfield is just another deadly suicide run! But what secret is Allied Command keeping from them? This is a war that men like The Losers can’t ever hope to win…
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Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
A strange signal from Earth draws the TARDIS to the island of Lanzarote, where Turlough rescues a young American girl, Peri, from drowning. Among her possessions is an artifact bearing an alien symbol – the same triangular mark that Turlough has branded into his arm. The mystery deepens when Kamelion falls under the control of a powerful mind, and the TARDIS travels to the volcanic world of Sarn. As Turlough is forced to face his past, the Doctor must stop his oldest enemy from harnessing the revitalizing powers of Numismaton gas.
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Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
On the planet Chloris, metal is scarce, and without metal for tools, it is impossible to keep the planet’s fecund jungle under control. When the TARDIS is forced to make an emergency landing on Chloris, the Doctor is captured by the power-hungry Lady Adrasta, who controls the very last metal mine on the planet, holding onto power through her Huntsmen and Wolfweeds. Romana is taken prisoner by rebel bandits, looking for some way of getting their hands on Adrasta’s wealth. If K9 had feelings, he would have much to fear. Made of metal, he is a valuable commodity indeed. As if the situation were not bad enough, something is lurking in the pit of the last mine.
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Daniel Clowes Conversations
Daniel Clowes Conversations
By: Ken Parille, Isaac Cates
Daniel Clowes emerged from the ‘alternative comics’ boom of the 1980s as one of the most significant cartoonists and most distinctive voices in the development of the graphic novel. His serialized Eightball comics helped to set the standards of sophistication and complexity for the medium.In this collection of interviews spanning two decades, the cartoonist discusses his earliest experiences reading superhero comics, his time at the Pratt Institute, his groundbreaking comics career, and his screenplays for Ghost World and Art School Confidential.
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Hellblazer #271
Hellblazer #271
By: Peter Milligan, Guiseppe Camuncoli, Stefano Landini, Simon Bisley
Typical. You ask a girl to marry you and she disappears to another planet.Still recovering from his brush with mental disintegration and his amputated thumb, John Constantine suspects that dark and powerful forces don’t want him to be happy after he proposes to Epiphany…
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DC Superhero Figure Coll Mag #63 Hawkgirl
DC Superhero Figure Coll Mag #63 Hawkgirl
The ultimate collection for comics fans, the DC Superhero Collection Figurine Magazine brings together DC Comics’ greatest heroes and villains! Official figurines of the characters, both good and evil, are cast in lead, individually hand-painted and numbered to form an authentic collector’s edition. Each comes with a 20-page magazine providing detailed history and background on the featured characters, including exclusive images and interviews. Choose this month from Adam Strange (#61), Red Arrow (#62), and Hawkgirl (#63).
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Mystery Society #3
Mystery Society #3
By: Steve Niles, Ashley Wood, Fiona Staples
Now a six-member team, the Mystery Society are off on several missions at once, including: retrieving Edgar Allan Poe’s stolen skull; fighting the government’s fear/smear campaign to undermine MS’s credibility; and staving off an all-out assault on their headquarters by arch nemesis, General Powell.With the help of Jules Verne, whose brain is now inside a robot, team leaders Nick Hammond and Anastasia Collins will be sure to live to see another day! We hope!
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Daredevil By Bendis & Maleev Ult Coll Book 02
Daredevil By Bendis & Maleev Ult Coll Book 02
During a character-defining run, Brian Michael Bendis crafted a pulp-fiction narrative that exploited the Man Without Fear’s rich tapestry of characters and psychodrama, and resolved them in an incredibly nuanced, modern approach. Now, this Eisner award-winning run is collected across three titanic trade paperbacks!In this volume, Matt Murdock is forced to reckon with the problems and legal ramifications that have emerged as a result of his public outing. The last thing he needs is the return of Typhoid Mary-one of his deadliest foes, a schizophrenic predator who terrorizes her targets with a seemingly inexhaustible lust for bloodshed. But even worse is her connection to Wilson Fisk, who’s back in Hell’s Kitchen-attempting to restore his fallen empire and exact revenge against those who ousted him from his once untouchable position of Kingpin of Crime.
This title collects
DAREDEVIL #41-50, 56-65
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Captain America Patriot #1 (of 4)
Captain America Patriot #1 (of 4)
By: Karl Kesel, Mitch Breitweiser
What does it take to be the living symbol of America… the Sentinel of Liberty… the Super-Soldier of World War II? What does it take to be CAPTAIN AMERICA?1941. Captain America puts on his mask and shield for the first time and instantly inspires an entire nation, including Jeff Mace, a rough-and-tumble reporter, who quickly dons his own star-spangled suit and calls himself the PATRIOT!
It’s a decision that will take him from stopping stateside saboteurs to headlining the home front heroes known as the Liberty Legion to the most unexpected offer of all…when the Sentinel of Liberty dies and Jeff Mace is asked to be the NEXT CAPTAIN AMERICA!
This is the story of a man who was a great Patriot, and his determination to be something more. His attempt to be not just a hero, but a symbol. His struggle to show he has what it takes to be CAPTAIN AMERICA!
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Amazing Spider-Man #643
Amazing Spider-Man #643
By: Mark Waid, Stan Lee, Paul Azaceta, Marcos Martin, Marko Djurdjevic
Part 2 of ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES. Plus the SPIDEY SUNDAY FEATURE continues!
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Deadpool Merc With A Mouth Head Trip HC
Deadpool Merc With A Mouth Head Trip HC
By: Victor Gischler, Bong Dazo, Rob Liefeld, Kyle Baker, Ed McGuinness
It’s the Merc with two mouths!Deadpool travels to the Savage Land to retrieve what might be the deadliest bioweapon the universe has ever seen. What is this deadly object? Well, Deadpool’s employer is being a little vague about that. Let’s just say when the secret is finally revealed, it’s enough to throw even the Merc with two Mouths for a loop…Oh hell, we can’t keep a secret, it’s the severed-but-still-hungry head of the Marvel Zombies Deadpool!
To save the universe, Deadpool must team up with himself to dodge Hydra operatives, dinosaurs, cavemen and zombie cavemen as he attempts to take his not-so-precious cargo back where it came from: the Marvel Zombies Universe.
Parental Advisory
This title collects
DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH #1-13
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Incredible Hulks Enigma Force #1 (of 3)
Incredible Hulks Enigma Force #1 (of 3)
By: Scott Reed, Miguel Munera, Carlo Pagulayan
Commander Rann and his ENIGMA FORCE face their first mission as the protectors of the new MICROVERSE… But it might be over before it begins when they are forced to rely on the help of a horrifying enemy! But to stop HIRO-KALA, the sinister SON OF HULK, and the rampaging, world-shattering plans he has for Jarella’s World, the Foce will go to any length!With old friends, Marionette, and Bug alongside some new faces, this Enigma is a force to be reckoned with!
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Incredible Hulks #613
Incredible Hulks #613
By: Greg Pak, Scott Reed, Tom Raney, Brian Chin, Carlo Pagulayan
DARK SON Part 2SO MANY HULKS, ONE BOOK A MONTH WASN’T ENOUGH TO HOLD THEM!
Bruce Banner is the Hulk once again, and far from being left alone, he’s got a whole family of gamma-charged allies at his side. Son Skaar, daughter Lyra, cousin She-Hulk, friends A-Bomb and Korg, and wife Red She-Hulk-or is that EX-wife? Meanwhile, a universe away, Hiro-Kala, the mysterious DARK SON of Hulk, rises to power on the planer K’ai. He has a plan for his long lost family members, and it involves a bigger smash than his father has ever made.
The Incredible Greg Pak (PLANET HULK) kicks off the DARK SON story as INCREDIBLE HULKS begins a new TWICE MONTHLY schedule!
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New Mutants #17
New Mutants #17
By: Zeb Wells, Leonard Kirk, Dave Wilkins‘FALL OF THE NEW MUTANTS’ Part 3 (of 5)
Project Purgatory has captured [CENSORED] and the New Mutants are on their way to get it back. If only the New Mutants knew that Project Purgatory has a 10 mutant kill-team waiting for them. Who is this kill team and where did they come from? The answer will take you all the way back to a classic X-Men crossover! The New Mutants will never be the same, thanks to Zeb Wells (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and Leonard Kirk (DARK X-MEN, CAPTAIN BRITAIN & MI 13)!
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Share | Shadowland Ghost Rider
Shadowland Ghost Rider
By: Rob Williams, Clayton Crain
When the Spirit Of Vengeance is summoned to the front lines of the battle for the soul of New York, Ghost Rider finds himself a pawn in a larger game.If he wants his freedom back he’s going have to head for Japan and take on the might of The Hand where its power is strongest – in its home base.
But in the far east, he’ll find everyone’s afraid of something…even the Ghost Rider.
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Thunderbolts #148
Thunderbolts #148
By: Jeff Parker, Kev Walker, Marko Djurdjevic
The Thunderbolts crossover with Shadowland begins here! Luke Cage heads into Hell’s Kitchen to pull his old friend back from the brink of madness. And if swarming ninjas aren’t enough, he’s become aware of other forces that will make his task even harder.Going against the Warden and the government itself, Cage sends the T-Bolts in to level the playing field. But without his direct guidance, will this squad of killers and criminals make the situation even worse?
Find out in the book IGN.com calls ‘Impressive…not to be missed.’
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Phantom Double Shot #6 (of 6) KGB Noir
Phantom Double Shot #6 (of 6) KGB Noir
By: Mike Bullock, Joe Gentile, Fernando Peniche, Dennis Calero
The Phantom hits the nail on the head with the Hammer to conclude this gritty story with a bang! And then, The Spider is out for revenge as an innocent woman and child is killed and NKVD agents are roaming the streets looking to take down one of their own!
Released earlier this year, the Super 7 Star Wars Stormtrooper is a must have for the avid Star Wars fanatic. Reminiscent of the Shogun Warrior toy line as it was known in the U.S. throughout the late 1970′s, the Super 7 has roller wheels, launching fists and even a super-sized blaster rifle!
