{"id":21873,"date":"2016-02-17T05:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T10:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=21873"},"modified":"2016-02-18T16:10:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T21:10:00","slug":"atfc-16-day-3-mattelmega-bloks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2016\/02\/atfc-16-day-3-mattelmega-bloks\/","title":{"rendered":"ATFC '16 - Day 3: Mattel\/Mega Bloks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tf16_mat3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"395\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->You've probably heard that Barbie is getting a bunch of new sizes and skintones:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tf16_mat1.jpg\" title=\"Barbie\" width=\"450\" height=\"255\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>But did you know the DC Superhero Girls are becoming both dolls and action figures?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tf16_mat2.jpg\" title=\"Superhero Girls\" width=\"450\" height=\"215\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Mattel's also making 5\" Minecraft toys, with various play features (exploding Creeper, removable armor, shearable sheep, etc):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tf16_mat4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tf16_mat4-300x164.jpg\" title=\"Minecraft\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mattel is also the parent company of Mega Bloks, who's making toys based on Destiny:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tf16_mega2.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"295\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>And also buildable blocky characters called Kubros:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tf16_mega1.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"415\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Plus, lots of TMNT sets, based on the new cartoon, on the old cartoon, on the movie, and more:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tf16_mega3.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"335\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tf16_mega4.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"335\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tf16_mega5.jpg\" width=\"465\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tf16_mega6.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tf16_mega7.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"435\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"The best of Barbie posters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/the-best-of-barbie-posters\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The best of Barbie posters<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Teenage Mutant Ninja Deadpool\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/11\/teenage-mutant-ninja-deadpool\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Teenage Mutant Ninja Deadpool<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"DC Direct Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2019\/11\/teenage-mutant-gotham-turtles\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">DC Direct Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"I think that's a different \"April O'Neil\"...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/04\/i-think-thats-a-different-april-oneil\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">I think that's a different \"April O'Neil\"...<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Flippin' Through Previews - August '09\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/flippin-through-previews-august-09\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flippin' Through Previews - August '09<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;Imaginext Blind Bagged Figures Series 9 The MotU\/TMNT crossover that never was Soon Forget: TMNT Jagwar Stop it, you're scaring me, Ken! Get ready to watch the Toy Wars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,174],"tags":[136,253,28,340],"class_list":["post-21873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mattel","category-toy-fair","tag-barbie","tag-imaginext","tag-tmnt","tag-toy-fair-2016"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21886,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21873\/revisions\/21886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}