Category Archives: Toy Fair

I seem to recognize your face - Sean Connery

Posted on November 1, 2020 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of pieces pointing out odd action figures of unlikely actors. People known more as character actors than action stars, and thus unlikely candidates for plastic representation. Our honoree … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: DC Direct DCeased

Posted on September 2, 2020 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is DC Direct's DCeased line. Last month we finished up looking at all the DC Comics figures Mattel left … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: DC Multiverse Clayface Build-A-Figure

Posted on August 12, 2020 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Mattel's Clayface BAF. Last month we said that Riddler was functionally the last unreleased DC figure Mattel made, … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: DC Multiverse "ToyBiz" Riddler

Posted on July 18, 2020 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Mattel's Riddler. This figure, shown off at Toy Fair 2019, is fundamentally identical to the DCUC16 Riddler, just … Continue reading →

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Soon Forget: Gen13

Posted on February 17, 2019 by OAFE

This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figures today are the other Gen13 figures that were planned to come out alongside Fairchild. In order to promote the line, … Continue reading →

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Hasbro at Toy Fair

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Sprocket

Couldn't make it to Toy Fair this year, but Hasbro was nice enough to send us official photos! Let's start with Marvel Legends and the Ant Man and Stinger 2-Pack! pic.twitter.com/Pkj8ZesUxl — OAFEnet (@OAFE) February 18, 2018

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Soon Forget: Homemade Heroes

Posted on April 24, 2016 by OAFE

In today's review of the Amazing Heroes Blank Slate figure, yo said that while other companies have made similar things in the past (a company called Spherewerx, for instance, seems to trade almost exclusively on this idea, with their "Create … Continue reading →

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ATFC '16 - Day 3: Mattel/Mega Bloks

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Sprocket

And now, some more OAFEry:Imaginext Blind Bagged Figures Series 8 Flippin' through Previews - November '15 Middle-Age Mutant Dayjob Tortoises This year's tree topper This Barbie has such sights to show you

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ATFC '16 - Day 3: Four Horsemen

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Sprocket

The Mythic Legions line is expanding, adding more mix-and-match characters: Those are the Templar Knight, the Undead Viking, the Gladiator Skeleton, the Orc Weapons Master and a troll. There's also a second troll, and the plan is for them all … Continue reading →

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ATFC '16 - Day 3: DST - Diamond Select

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Sprocket

And now, some more OAFEry:An Xmas gift for you! Lights, camera, ACTION (figures)! Flippin' through Previews - July '14 SDCC Panels 2012 - Mattel & DC Comics: A Heroic Partnership Flippin' through Previews - October '12

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