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Many reveals at first full day at SDCC 2014

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July 25, 2014

Whether or not major genre properties are hosting panels or booths at Comic-Con 2014, studios released some great images on Wednesday preview night and the first full day of the show yesterday. The biggest is probably the above photo of Ben Affleck as Batman from the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, not coming to theaters until 2016. The image was nicely timed to the DC Comics celebration week for the 75th anniversary of Batman’s first appearance.

Warner Bros. also released the first poster for the latest movie in the Mad Max series, to star Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. It’s called Max Max: Fury Road, and won’t hit theaters until next year, but that didn’t stop releasing some advance images from the film, including this image of Theron:

and this image of some post-apocalyptic recycling of cars:

The Amblin Entertainment/Legendary Pictures/Universal sequel to Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park trilogy, Jurassic World, netted us a teaser poster for the June 2015 release:

Jurassic World will star Chris Pratt, star of Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy, which also had a new poster reveal for its IMAX 3D version:

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Toy Fair action figure preview–New Firefly, Buffy, Back to the Future and more revealed

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February 15, 2014

Funko’s classic Kenner style 3 and 3/4-inch ReAction series of action figures are sure to be a big focus at Sunday’s annual Toy Fair in New York, and we have a first look at the sculpts and packaging courtesy of Entertainment Earth. We revealed the new Predator, Terminator, Escape from New York, Rocketeer, and The Nightmare Before Christmas figures here at borg.com last week, and we couldn’t be more excited about the rest of the line of 1980s style action figures.

The rest of the figures include Back to the Future, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Pulp Fiction, the Universal Monsters, Horror Classics, Goonies, and The Crow.

Some highlights can be found in the Firefly line. Zoe’s sculpt looks particularly well done, Wash comes with his toy dinosaurs, and Jayne comes with his favorite weapon: Vera. Oz from Buffy the Vampire Slayer comes with his guitar. Hellraiser’s Pinhead comes with a tiny puzzle cube. And Bruce Willis finally gets an action figure–his Pulp Fiction character is wearing his dad’s watch from the film. Several characters are represented in the Pulp Fiction line, but no Christopher Walken, yet. There’s no Xander from Buffy, either, or Josh Brolin’s character from Goonies, or a River or Simon for the Firefly line.

Each of these can be pre-ordered from Entertainment Earth at the early bird prices by clicking on the images below. We’re betting this first line will be a big success and that Funko will move on to expand these lines and add more licensed properties in the future. Check out these great series:

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First look at new ReAction retro action figure sci-fi line is here

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February 8, 2014

Funko toys figured out the secret to the collectible action figure, and their new line of licensed action figures that launched last month with the Alien line is beginning to take shape. Entertainment Earth has just released photos of the action figure sculpts and cards for several of their new series: Escape from New York, Predator, Terminator, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and The Rocketeer. The action figures begin shipping in April, and you can pre-order them now. Keep checking back here at borg.com as we reveal the new sculpts and cards for other series in the line, including Back to the Future, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Universal Studios Classic Monsters, Firefly, Goonies, Pulp Fiction, Scream, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Hellraiser, Halloween, and The Crow. It’s the biggest ever mass release of multiple franchise action figures. And all of the first line of figures are available for pre-order now.

The new retro ReAction figures from Funko are stylized as 3 3/4-inch figures from the “golden age” of action figures, with approximately five points of articulation, accessories, and period-authentic blister card packaging. These intentionally are not photo-real images like you might find in modern action figure lines.

Funko figured out that classic packaging and nostalgia are what many fans are after, not a picture-perfect sculpt. Compare the original 1970s Star Wars action figure line–the clear inspiration for the new ReAction line–to the 1980s updated Star Wars line or even the current Star Wars Black Series line that has been updated yet again. If you still prefer the 1970s figures to today’s series, then the new ReAction line is for you. Here is an early look at a few of the figures:

We first mentioned the ReAction line here at borg.com back in November with news of the Alien release. Since then they released the full Alien series and they look great, including these:

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