Posts with tag action figure
Posted Feb 14th 2007 9:38AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Animation, Watercooler Talk
Our buddies over
at Autoblog can hardly contain themselves over
these photos of the new Transformers action figures (they're crazy for cars, and cars that turn into robots are their ultimate dream). The newly-styled gizmos will be released this summer, in conjunction with the live-action
Transformers film which comes out on July 4th. The figures are designed based on the style of the movie, of which we've seen only a few clips.
The new Transformers look tougher than the plastic ones I remember as a kid (I had three brothers, so Barbie was out). Specifically, their faces are a little more mencing. Even
Optimus Prime has been updated with a new paint job. And check out the
Optimus Prime Arm Blaster. It would be okay for a grown woman to have a Transformer on her desk, right?
Posted Jan 16th 2007 2:19PM by Meredith O'Brien
Filed under: FOX, 24, Celebrities
Several different web sites are reporting that Kiefer Sutherland had a wild adventure with his alter ego, Jack Bauer.
A plastic, action figure version of Bauer, that is.
The story goes like this:
Sutherland reportedly took a prototype of a Jack Bauer action figure for a night out on the town. But plastic Jack didn't fare so well after 11 p.m., when Kiefer & Co. started torturing our beloved CTU agent, including setting the action figure on fire.
"We got up the next day and there was this puddle of wax," Sutherland is quoted as saying.
Continue reading Kiefer Sutherland sets Jack Bauer on fire
Posted Jan 1st 2007 3:08PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Celebrities
I could have sworn someone had already made a Steve Irwin action figure, but I guess I was wrong. A quick search on Amazon resulted in Crocodile Hunter trading cards and a Crocodile Hunter boardgame, but no figures of action. The new action figure is based on the late Steve Irwin who died last September after being stung in the heart by a stingray. The twenty-two dollar toy is decked out in Irwin's signature khaki garb and says various phrases, including "Crikey!" a phrase I still attribute more to Danger Mouse than Irwin, but what can you do? The toy will make its debut next month at the International Toy Fair in New York. Now, through the magic of imagination he'll be able to do what he could never do while alive: fight Skeletor and make out with Barbie. Or vice versa.
Posted Nov 1st 2006 9:18AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: ABC, Lost
Jorge Garcia, who plays Hurley on
Lost, will be in New York City's Times Square next Monday to celebrate the release of the
Lost action figures. The dolls are of six characters during season one of
Lost: Jack, Kate, Hurley, Locke, Charlie and Shannon.
We've shown you sneak peeks of several of the action figures
here (and there are
more pictures here). What we didn't realize is that the action figures also have voice chips that will broadcast quotes from season one episodes.
In case you're in NYC and you want to meet Hurley, you have to
get a ticket here. He'll be signing boxed sets at the Times Square Toys 'R' Us from 4p-7p on Monday, Nov. 6.
Posted Aug 23rd 2006 8:19AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Lost
IGN
has some pictures of the new
Lost figurines that will be available in September. They're made by McFarlane and feature characters in scenes from the first season. For instance,
Charlie's sitting on a log writing F-A-T-E on his fingers and
Jack appears to be stumbling out of the jungle, still in his suit. There's also a larger one with
the hatch, and 11-year old boys everywhere will be begging for a
Shannon doll for Christmas.
The dolls look pretty awesome, with a few exceptions. While the details are pretty astounding, the faces of two of the characters seem a little bit off.
Jack sort-of looks like Adam Sandler.
Kate isn't quite right, either.
Locke and
Hurley look pretty rad, though.
Unfortunately, there isn't a Sawyer doll. So Kate and Sawyer are never going to hook up!
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