Preview: The Lion King

The Lion King

Funko are releasing a wave of Pop figures from The Lion King, in their Disney line.

 First we have Pumbaa in all his Boary goodness.

Another one for my monkey pop collection! He looks awesome. 

 Scar looks very cool.

 The star of the show, its Simba looking very cute.

Cheeky looking Timon.

Available:

August 2014

Preview: Kratos

Kratos
God of War

 God of War is a Ps3 game, or series of games that are loosely based on Greek religion and mythology.
Kratos is number 25 in the Funko vinyl Pop Games line.

Kratos looks adorable in Pop form. Now this makes me want the other representations of the Olympian Gods from the games.

Available:

Now!

ReAction News: Firefly

Firefly

Funko and Super 7 are releasing figures for the ReAction line based on the hit series Firefly.
The ReAction line creates 3 ¾” figures in a retro "Kenner" 5POA style.

Firefly is a space opra adventure series released in 2002 where the crew of the Serenity struggle to survive in the future of 2517.

 Pilot of the Serenity, Hoban has a "Hawaiian shirt" so why couldn't (The Goonies) Chunk? He also has the most amazing accessory of any action figure ever, toy dinosaurs!

Jayne is a hired gun and he comes with two of them! 

 Ships mechanic and kind of a techno mystic savant, she looks pretty cool and i adore the accessory.

 Owner of the Serenity, he has a golden gun.

Second in command of the serenity and wife of Hoban, she is not a person with whom to mess.

Opinion:

Firefly is a much loved franchise and i am sure these will do very well. With a few characters missing, and a Reaver or two, i am sure there will be a wave two.

Release:

August 2014

ReAction news: Escape from New York

Snake Plissken

Funko and Super 7 are releasing two figures for the ReAction line based on the movie Escape from New York.
The ReAction line creates 3 ¾” figures in a retro "Kenner" 5POA style.

Escape from New York is a sort of sci-fi action movie released in 1981 set in the far flung future of 1997.

This version of snake has a black singlet.

This version of snake has on a jacket. 

Opinion:

While the figures both look cool, I am not so sure i "need" to versions of the same character that are so similar.

Release:

August 2014

Preview: Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

 

So i have to admit right here, that i have never seen an episode of Breaking Bad, i saw a movie i thought was called breaking Bad about a kid that throws a huge party, but that is not this, and i cant seem to find any evidence of that movie ether, so lets just smile and move on.

Note:

Some of these figures are subject to licensing approval.

Saul Goodman of whom i know nothing about.

Walter White, it is a mystery to my why he is only wearing his tiny whities, glasses and shirt, also he has a gun.

Walter also comes dressed in a chemical suit, which reminds me that this series is about making and selling drugs to some extent. 

He has only one name, like Madonna, so he must be important.

Jesse Pinkman looks cool. 

And Jesse is in the chemical suit as well, now maybe their not just drug cooks but also work in professional cleaning or a factory.  

Should i watch the show?

He kind of reminds me of John Locke from Lost for some reason. Also i imagine him waving that gun yelling "Get off my lawn!"

Hank might be wearing a police badge around his neck.

Now the only thing i know about this character is that he is gay. I am told its not explicitly stated on the show but wouldn't that have been something, to have an openly gay African American as a regular of a tv series.

Hmmm Gus seems to be having some trouble with his face. Is he a zombie? Has he turned into a Two-Face style super villain. I um well shrugs...

Verdict:

I have been a little silly with my descriptions, having never seen the show. I mean no disrespect to the fans and i hope one day to watch this series, i have heard good things. I didn't want to look into these characters for fear of major spoilers, like whatever happened to Gus face...

Availability:

The Breaking Bad Pop! Series will be available in July at Hot Topic, Barnes & Noble, and EntertainmentEarth.com.

Preview: Transformers pop!

Transformers

Funko are making some pop transformers to go along with the incredibly horrible Transformers live action movies.
Fans of the movie aesthetic should like these offerings;

Autobot Drift, hmmmm Drift he must play a huge role in the upcoming  Age of Extinction movie. Drift was once a deception know as deadlock, he carries a cool sword that taps ito the power of the users spark energy. 
I don't know if any of that will make it into the movie though.
 

 Optimus Prime we all know him, the do good, do nothing leader of the Autobots. He looks ok, wonder if he will get a Rides Grimlock, now that would be cool.

Bumblebee i am not really sure why he is so loved by everybody, he did swear in the original movie which was kind of cool. But until hes a VW Beetle again. ill pass.

Verdct:

I cant help but wonder what the G1 Transformers would look like as Pops. Perhaps even the Beast Wars era ones, but as it stands these are an easy miss for me. I am curious how they will go as non-transforming transformers have always been a little bit odd.

Also no decepticons? That is kind of odd, not even Megatron?

Availability:  

May 2014

Robby the Robot, Forbidden Planet review

Robby the Robot

Funko have released their Robby the Robot figure. Robby first appeared in the 1956 science fiction movie Forbidden Planet. 
He went on to appear in many other movies, series and even did some commercial advertising. He is in the Robot Hall of Fame.

 A poster from the Forbidden Planet movie, from which Robby is most well known.

 Robby is number 89 in the Funko vinyl pop movies line of figures.

 

Robby has his big feet and tire like legs.

 

 Robby looks like hims self, is well painted and is quick a sturdy heavy figure.

  

He has nicely painted and accurate dials on his chest unit.

  

His head is also nicely sculpted.

 

Here he is with the Lost in space Robot, Robby also appeared in Lost in Space.

 Robby is a classic and much loved robot.

  Video Review:

                 

ReAction Ash, Alien figure

Ash

Ash is the science officer on board the Nostromo in the 1979 movie Alien. If you haven't seen that movie, go watch it now.

 This retro figure by Funko and Super 7 comes in a cool blister card.

Ash is an adult collectable not a toy! It even says so on the package.

 Ash examines his patient.

 I am too scared to see if anyone has shipped these two.

Ash points out the alien architecture of the derelict.

 Strangely the actors face is not on the packaging, there close enough so you know who it represents though.

 Who is the monster?

 Ash and Ripley reenact a scene from the movie.

 Ash comes with one accessory, the motion tracker, though i would have liked him to come with a rolled up porn magazine.

 This retro line is looking kind of incredible.

Ash and the other crew members are all  3 ¾” scale.

Video Review: