Well, NYCC hasn’t even come and gone yet, but we’re already gearing up the anticipation for the next big toy show. This year the Wizard World Convention takes over Philadelphia, and the change of scenery is bringing with it some pretty exciting new stuff. The con is from May 30th to June 1st and will feature the first ever ToyFare “Hall of Fame” awards. Basically, they’re gonna take some time to thank the guys behind the toys that we love so much. Among the honorees will be NECA’s Randy Falk and the Four Horsemen themselves! With how much NECA and the 4H have been doing lately to “advance” the action figure industry, I find it really fitting that these guys get some extra recognition for what they do! Expect plenty of coverage of WW Philly and rambling nonsensical gushing from me come June 1st. And expand the post to see the full press release from Wizard. (more…)

At last year’s SDCC there was this one lone He-Man figure on display in the Mattel booth. It sported DCUC-style superarticulation and was clearly a Four-Horsemen sculpt (like the old ill-fated 2001/2002 MOTU line). Fanboys kinda flipped out, then Mattel explained that it was just a prototype based off the old line and that they had no plans for a new MOTU line. Weird. Then why show it? Why add hyper-poseable articulation? The questions abound.

Well, now Mattel has tossed this oh-so-juicy nugget at us: at NYCC in April, they’ll be holding a special screening/panel celebrating the release of the 2002 MOTU animated series on DVD. At this screening, Mattel will also be revealing “brand new MOTU toy news!” Wowzers?! Well, maybe. Everything is speculation at this point. It could just be something lame like a two inch tall Battlecat that gets packed with the DVD or something. But, I prefer to hope that it’s that He-Man pictured above, and that he’s just the first of many superposeable 4H MOTU figs to be coming from Mattel in the near future! (a kid can dream, right?). Check out TNI for better pics of that He-Man prototype.