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…)

Good grief! Spawn.com just put up the full coverage of series 3 of their Halo 3 line - complete with a full listing all the different Spartan armor permutations, paint colors, and store exclusives. It’s a tad overwhelming (14 different Spartans, 11 of which are exclusives…)! The standard figures will include a new Brute “War” Chieftain, the Jackal Major, the Flood, yet another Master Chief, and the first Elite Multi-Player fig. But beyond that, we’ll see hoards of Spartans. Hoards!

There’s really no sense in me even trying to list all the different armor types and colors. You’ll just have to click the link. The bummer is that several of these are going to difficult (impossible) to get. Especially the international exclusives that won’t be available in the U.S. It’s like McFarlane is just trying to make this line frustrating for completists!

The line-up for the third series of Halo 3 figures from McFarlane Toys has been posted online for a while now, but the first teaser images have just shown up. I’m uber-excited about this line. It just seems to keep getting better! The third series will bring us yet another version of Master Chief, the “Hayabusa” armor spartan, a jackal major, a weapon class brute, a “recon” armor spartan, and a flood form. Super-neato! I hope the flood gets some artic though. In this pic he’s looking like a statue. Hmmm…

The news for smaller, independent toy lines was a mixed bag of great and not-so-great. The saddest news was the official cancellation of the Legendary Comic Book Heroes line by Marvel Toys. While losing LCBH was a pretty sad (albeit, expected) blow, there are still plenty of smaller collector-oriented companies ramping up their superarticulated offerings this year! Expand the post to find out all about it. (more…)