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Join John and Jay with special guest Kyle from Super7 as they break down as many of the 2023 SDCC exclusives available at this years San Diego Comic Con! From Mattel, Hasbro, NECA, Mondo and Super7 there are so many exclusives to talk about and hunt!
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Join John and Jay as they break down the latest in Toy News. Bryan Flynn recently confirmed in an interview that the ultimates scale Cat’s Lair will sell for $650 plus a flat rate of $100 for shipping. Coming in MUCH lower than we both expected. Mondo teased their upcoming SDCC exclusive MOTU figure, a laughing Prince Adam. Super7 has started to drop all of their SDCC exclusives, and Mattel is bringing back their 12 days of fandom as they gear up to reveal their con exclusives. McFarlane brought another Batmobile set with an 89 style Keaton bats, but it sold out super fast. We’ll talk about all of that and more tonight on Toy Geeks!
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Another update to the Funko/Mondo drama. Mondo released a statement this afternoon pushing back on last week’s news that parent company Funko had laid off a lot of its staff and ended the poster and records divisions. The statement, seen below via Tweet, is from Funko CEO Brian Mariotti and claims that its trying to […]
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Update: Amid all of the drama on Friday, Gizmodo reporter Germain Lussier, who was working on his story about the layoffs, Tweeted that he had heard from his sources that Funko had not officially ended the Mondo poster line. Meanwhile, a rep for Mondo told Collider that although layoffs did take place, “the poster business will […]
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Join John and Jay as they break down the latest in toy news like Funko slashed Mondo’s staff including their beloved poster department. Is this the end of Mondo? Powercon 2023 exclusives went up for sale, we’ll break down our favorites. Roy Juarez shared packaging for the deluxe Dragon Blaster Skeletor and Snake Face, whose card back art may have given some clues for future releases. They’ll cover all of this and more tonight on Toy Geeks!
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Join John and Jay as they discuss the latest in toy news! Funko decided it was easier to throw away 30 millions dollars worth of Funko Pops, then pay to store them. Is this beginning of the end for Funko? McFarlane Toys has Batman fans excited over the first images of his 89 bats offering(s). People are trying to bring back Toy Biz decades after it last graced toy shelves. Target Haulathan began with the usual frustrations. We’re going to try and stump john, we do all of that and more tonight on Toy Geeks!
Article about Funko dumping Pops:
https://geekdadlife.com/2023/03/funko-to-eliminate-more-than-30-million-pop-figures/
Article about Mcfarlane Batmobile:
https://geekdadlife.com/2023/03/mcfarlane-winter-showcase-dc-multiverse-the-flash-movie-batmobile/
Article about Toy Biz returning:
https://geekdadlife.com/2023/03/is-toy-biz-coming-back/
Article about Target Haulathon:
https://geekdadlife.com/2023/03/neca-and-target-2023-haulathon-week-1/
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There’s trouble in Funkoland. Funko revealed during a recent earnings call that it has more product in storage than it can afford to keep, and therefore, plans to send between $30-$36 million dollars with of POP! Vinyl figures to the landfill. The company also announced it would be laying off 10% of its workforce. Despite […]
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Join John and Jay as they talk about ALL of the reveals that a ton of toy companies like Mattel, Hasbro, NECA, Super7 and more have dropped over the past week in leu of revealing them at San Diego Comic-Con.
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