Category Archives: Shocker

Indie Spotlight update

Shocker Toys posted an update about Indie Spotlight Series 2 on their Facebook page: We would like to apologize to all the fans for the long wait and delays on our end. We are working as hard as we can … Continue reading

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #29

SDCC haul? Yes please! Now, this is about a third of the non-exclusive haul. The second third will be up next week while the third... third got to stay in California in my parents' attic. And now, some more OAFEry:Collect … Continue reading

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Rustin's Spoils of the Week #26

It's Wednesday July 20th which means it is Preview Night for the 2011 San Diego International Comic Convention. No doubt you sit in unbridled anticipation, quivering with undulatory excitement, coated in a briny dew whose manifestation is your mortal flesh's … Continue reading

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ATFC - Shocker Toys at Toy Fair 2011

We've got a Toy Fair press release for you, today: Ridgewood, NJ February 5th, 2011: Shocker Toys is pleased to announce that we will be attending the International Toy Fair 2011 in New York from February 13th to the 16th … Continue reading

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The Maxx in motion

In today's review of Shocker Toys' The Maxx figure, yo talked about how MTV ran a cartoon based on that book in the '90s. Sadly, for whatever reason, MTV has decided not to release the series on DVD yet, so … Continue reading

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The problem with Shocker Toys' ShadowHawk

In today's review of the Indie Spotlight Series 1 ShadowHawk, we said that the costume design was all wrong, but that it wasn't worth making a list of all the inaccuracies. Well, apparently my time is worthless, because here's a … Continue reading

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Shocker Toys needs an editor

Toy News International has a new press release about Shocker Toys' Indie Spotlight. Now, this post isn't intended to comment on the toys themselves - after all, we have yet to see them. What we can comment on is the … Continue reading

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ToyBiz: Indie Legends are a go?

Check out this image originally posted on 2000AD Online, the official Judge Dredd site: You notice it says "from ToyBiz" under there. Looks like Shocker Toys' "Indie Spotlight" has lost another license.

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yo: Vaporware

Small company Shocker Toys has just announced a line of comic-based toys called Indie Spotlight. Now, the idea is a great one, but there are a few problems that strike me right away:

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