TNI has promo pics up from the second series of figures from Mezco’s movie line for Hellboy II: The Golden Army. We’ll be getting a coatless Hellboy, a wounded Hellboy, Princess Nuala, the legless Goblin guy, and the freaky looking Angel of Death. These figs all look pretty great, but I have reservations about the articulation. Fewer statues, more superposeable figs, Mezco! Also, sadly, these aren’t due out until November, which is too long of a wait if you ask me. Anyways, check the pics here.

I think I’m the only resident BSG nut up in the house, so this post will probably fall on deaf ears. But my booty of “must haves” from this year’s SDCC has just increased. (I mean, I’m already in it for a DCUC Lobo and that Marvel Legends Savage Land box set…). DST is offering up at their booth at the con an exclusive “bloody” version of the Cylon Centurion from their Battlestar Galactica line. If there’s anything cooler than a Centurion, it’s a Centurion caked with the blood of colonial resistance fighters! w00t!

If you’re jonesing for some of these uber-excellent Four Horsemen FANTastic Exclusive Seventh Kingdom Anitherian Nine figs (what a mouthful…) then your time is nigh! The 4H stated today that they will be putting up the latest exclusive - the pink elephant “Chalice of Guudenuph” (I love that name. “Hey man, how about a pink one? Will that work? Sounds good enough to me! Done!”) - for sale at their online store this coming Tuesday night at 12:00am ET. They’ll also be putting up a few Ramathorr’s and a limited number of full sets of the nine for sale, so stay up late on Tuesday and be sure to get your order in!

So, now that we’re in the era of making every action figure as poseable as possible, we’re seeing a lot of interesting properties pop up with superarticulated figures - like the recent TMNT and BSG and Ninja Gaiden figs and what-not. And now NECA has busted out with a super-poseable Alien figure that stands 9″ tall and boasts 20 points of articulation! I’m pretty darn impressed with this thing. NECA is fast becoming one of my new favorite toy companies! See more pics at NECA’s site.

NY Comic Con kicks off today, and the Four Horsemen (aka - superheroic action figure design celebrities) have issued a little advanced press release to get us all excited for their showing at the con. They have good news for those us who are still waiting on the FANtastic Exclusive 2 “Anitherian Nine” figures - they’re almost here! And the 4H will be unveiling the first figure from their latest fan-choice “Gothitropolis” series. And, since the 4H are the guys who make all our awesome DCUC and TMNT figs, I’m sure they’ll have lots of other cool stuff to show too (including some rumors surrounding new Master of the Universe merchandise… Hmmmmm…)

For those of you who aren’t terribly familiar with the 4H or their “Fantastic Exclusives”, expand the post for my summary. (more…)