Chopper: The New Star Wars Astromech

A new astromech character and figure has been unveiled for the upcoming Star Wars Rebels animated series. Chopper. 

C1-10P is affectionately known as "Chopper" and is said to be quite lazy and cranky, yet lovable in his own grumpy way. This figure will be realeased as part of Hasbro's 3 3/4 black carded line. 

Star Wars Rebels takes place in 4BBY, between episodes III and IV. Creators have announced that there will be two primary female leads, make heroes, and a wide range of villains. There will be many new faces, as well as some familiar ones. The show will begin airing in the fall of 2014 on the Disney XD network. 

Game of Thrones Funko Mystery Minis Coming Soon!

     Funko will soon release a new set of those great little mystery minis, this time featuring Game of Thrones characters. This is said to be the first series, so we can hope to see more to come in the future. And we Game of Thrones fans know all too well that there are plenty of characters! Funko could essentially come out with a half a dozen series' and still never feature all of them! 

     The figures will be the standard 2.5", and be blind boxed. There are 15 characters to collect: Robb Stark, Jon Snow, Arya Stark, Joffery Baratheon, Daenerys Targeryen, Khal Drogo, Jamie Lannister, Tyrion Lannister, Ned Stark(yay!), Viserion, Ghost, Shaggy Dog, Drogon, Rhaegal, and a White Walker. There will also be rare glow-in-the-dark versions of certain characters. 

     The figures will retail for $6.99-$8.99 each, and will become available in Feburary. They can be pre-ordered at the HBO shop http://store.hbo.com/detail.php?p=497250 and at Entertainment Earth http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=FU3302A

Can't wait! 

Marvel and DC Heriocs Color Cheats! (?)

     I found a toy at walmart the other day, that has become my new obsession. They are Heroics made by Tree House Kids. They come in little colored balls, and are in "blind packaging", being that you don't know exactly which figure you are purchasing.  After SEVERAL L-O-N-G hours of watching youtube videos and reading random blog posts with little bits here and there, I think I have finally figured out the color codes. 

     The DC balls are a little more consistant with their color codes, and have never had one come out any different.  The DC color codes are as follows:

• Yellow- The Joker
• Red- flying Batman
• Blue- standing Batman
• Green- Green Lantern
• White- Flash, Zoom or Martian ManHunter
• Purple- flying Superman, fighting Superman, Justice Lords Superman

     The Marvel balls have been a bit more unreliable when it comes to color codes.  A few of the youtube videos I watched they had opened their balls off camera, so there is a chance that the figures were mixed up... So I didn't count those, just the ones I could actually see them open.  However, every once in a while I would see one opened that didnt follow the color code, but it seemed to be rare.  So just take heed, these MAY NOT be 100% accurate.  But none the less, these are the Marvel color codes I have observed so far:

• White- The Hulk, Red Hulk, or Captain America
• Yellow- Thor
• Blue- crouching Wolverine
• Red-  web shooting Spiderman
• Purple- clear Spiderman, Thor, or Iron Man

     Out of the two sets, the Zoom, clear Spiderman, Black Spiderman, Red Hulk, and the Justice Lords Superman are the "rare" figures.  Apparently the Black Spiderman is extremely rare, as they only made a limited number.  Out of all the videos watched and blogs read, I never got the information as to which color ball the Black Spiderman comes out of, so that one will truely be the luck of the draw.  (THAT is the only one I dont have! Arrrrgh...)