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I’m home.

Well, I'm finally home. From Sunday till just a little while ago, I was in the city for the annual International Toy Fair, where companies from all around the world debut their upcoming playthings for the press and the buyers to see. There was a lot of really, really great stuff. I got to catch up on some other things right now, but check out the first small bit on coverage on UGO here. The best is definitely yet to come, as we had a team there to shoot videos of all the new toys. Wait till you see the Transformers crap. Oh, my new favorite company in the world is NECA -- check out my feature on 'em here. I'll be back in a bit...

Posted by Matt on 02/18/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 40 comments

I was looking at the other articles on the site and no one seemed to have any passion. Yours is the only one more than a paragraph long. Go You!

Chestnuts roasted by mindsuckr @ 02/18/2004 7:05 PM

I want the humming and dancing Gizmo! I got a plush santa-suit wearing Gizmo for Christmas, but a humming AND dancing one?! That is spectacular!

I have to say, this site makes me feel better about still liking toys. I’m glad I’m not the only one who still enjoys going to toy stores and what not. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Andrea @ 02/18/2004 8:25 PM

i cant wait for those family guy toys

Chestnuts roasted by ChaosTheory @ 02/18/2004 10:01 PM

Nothing against UGO, but if you want coverage of all things Toy Fair right now instead of spaced out throughout the rest of February, I’d check http://www.411mania.com/figures/indextopic.php?figurecode=85
and http://www.afigures.com/g/?mode=album&album=2004_Toy_Fair&dispsize=640&start=0 for galleries of virtually all the madness.

If you want to see a cute, kid-friendly versions of top Spiderman villains, see the Spiderman & Friends gallery in the Toybiz folder. I swear, that’s the most adorable Dr Octopus I’ve ever seen.

Anyhow, congrats to Matt for actually going to Toy Fair. I’d be there if I could, dudes.

Chestnuts roasted by Deathfrogurt @ 02/18/2004 10:11 PM

Once again, my sweet dreams of Air Supply action figures have been crushed. Chances are I will never see a plastic Graham and Russel.

Chestnuts roasted by Bruce @ 02/18/2004 10:13 PM

I saw a contest on TV to win a $2000 shopping spree at Toys R Us and got really excited, but then I found it was only for people ages 8 to 14. How tragic.

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 02/19/2004 2:40 AM

Oh good God, I want those Cenobites. I’m not a big fan of the Hellraiser movies other than these creatures of hell. And the Cenobite that no one remembers, he was in the second Hellraiser. I think he was a doctor who was into mutilating all his patients. Something like that. I always enjoyed the ‘chattering’ Cenobite… freaky shit.

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 02/19/2004 9:26 AM

My favorite Cenobite was the guy that shot CDs out of his head.

Chestnuts roasted by Stilewalker @ 02/19/2004 10:15 AM

You’re right, Stilewalker. I think the ‘multimedia’ Cenobite was the one that made the first big impression on me and really made me take notice of the Hellraiser series. This is, of course, with the exception of Pinhead.

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 02/19/2004 11:04 AM

And is that an Ash Williams bobblehead I see? You’re right, Matt. This figures rawk. I woulda totally lost my sh*t at this stand.

Speaking of Ash, otherwise known as Bruce Campbell, did anyone see Bruce’s latest one, Bubba Hotep? It was in and out of the theaters in like a week, I swear. But I guess that’s what happens when you decide prior to its release that your movie is going to be a cult classic.

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 02/19/2004 11:10 AM

I’m currently working on an Ash costume for Halloween next year. I’ve got just about everything, but it is hard to find a decent toy sawed off shotgun. Making the Chainsaw hand is not too tough, though.
How was Bubba Hotep?

Chestnuts roasted by Stilewalker @ 02/19/2004 11:30 AM

I want the HellRaiser puzzle box.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 02/19/2004 11:34 AM

I want to be Sailor Mars for Halloween, but I need a good costume, not a crappy one, so we’ll see what happens. And I’m not sure if wearing a skirt that short is a good idea while drinking heavily…

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 02/19/2004 12:57 PM

Stilewalker – I unfortunately did not get a chance to catch Bubba Hotep when it came out. I guess I’ll have to wait a couple of months and rent it, or buy it, at a specialty video shop. And no surprise you can’t find a toy shotgun anywhere. For some reason, figures of authority don’t dig on accurate reproductions of boomsticks.

Kingklash – If you want a puzzlebox, there is a link in cenobite.com to some stores that sell it… I haven’t really perused the gallery, so I can’t tell you what’s there. If nothing else, they’re pretty cool to look at.

Gabby – You may be onto something there with mixing Sailor Mars with alkyhol! ;)

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 02/19/2004 1:18 PM

Sailor Coors!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 02/19/2004 2:27 PM

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