{"id":3975,"date":"2009-08-01T14:22:50","date_gmt":"2009-08-01T18:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2011-06-29T19:33:49","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T23:33:49","slug":"flippin-through-previews-august-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/flippin-through-previews-august-09\/","title":{"rendered":"Flippin' Through Previews - August '09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It's time once again to thumb through the toy section of this month's Previews, and see what goodies we can uncover. Scheduled to start shipping in October.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->DC Direct's <b>Blackest Night Series 3<\/b> is listed on page 130. It's got Aquaman, Star Sapphire, the Orange Lantern and the first-ever Arisia, which means Hal Jordan will finally get to experience physical release.<\/p>\n<p>There are three new <b>World of Warcraft<\/b> toys on page 133: a goblin, the dwarf king, and whatever a Forsaken queen is.<\/p>\n<p>Two neat <b>Halo<\/b> listings this month. First is the Mongoose box set, which will include one ATV and one Spartan. Then we've got Halo Series 6, with four monsters, an ODST figure and a white Recon Spartan. Page 168.<\/p>\n<p>Ray Park is going to be writing a comic for IDW. See page 273 for al the info on <b>GI Joe Movie: Snake-Eyes #1<\/b>. No word on how many issues the story will be, but it is just a miniseries.<\/p>\n<p>Sad that the Amazon.com-exclusive set of <b>Ghostbusters Minimates<\/b> meant to tie in with the videogame got cancelled? Sad you didn't know they'd be available at SDCC in time to ask someone to get you a set? Well, they're here to be ordered on page 352.<\/p>\n<p>Good news for <b>Minimates<\/b> fans! Series 31 and 32 are listed on page 354, and page 355 has a Laboratory Playset with two exclusive mystery Minimates! No word on what the playset is made of, but for $30, it had better be something sturdy.<\/p>\n<p>Old-school Star Trek fans will want to see page 356, which offers a <b>Kirk vs. Gorn two-pack<\/b>. Heck, buy it for fans of Mythbusters, too, and play along when they show that episode.<\/p>\n<p>There's a new <b>Marvel Select Abomination<\/b>, done in the same giant size as their previous Hulk figure. Yeah, THAT big. Page 358.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how you think the <b>GI Joe movie<\/b> will be, there's no denying the toys are good. Get a glimpse at what's upcoming on page 362.<\/p>\n<p>Page 364 has a listing for <b>Avatar<\/b> toys. That's James Cameron's \"crazy space alien\" Avatar, not the real Avatar.<\/p>\n<p>Also on 364, you can order NECA's <b>TMNT April O'Neil<\/b> figure in either green or yellow.<\/p>\n<p>On page 366, there's a new <b>Conan<\/b> figure, and a <b>Halloween 2<\/b> Michael Myers.<\/p>\n<p>Mezco has turned their old <b>Mez-Itz<\/b> into 6\" desiger toys, and page 368 offers Freddy and Jason.<\/p>\n<p>There are more <b>Marvel Universe Secret Wars Comic Packs <\/b>on the way: Hulk\/Cyclops, Spidey\/Magneto and Iron Man\/Spider-Woman.<\/p>\n<p>The Jim Lee Jean Grey is FINALLY getting a toy - even if it's just part of <b>Superhero Squad<\/b>, that's still good news.<\/p>\n<p>NECA has a second <b>Beetlejuice<\/b> figure on page page 369, this one in his red tuxedo. There are also <b>Twilight New Moon<\/b> figures, and for some reason, <b>Boondock Saints<\/b>. Boondock Saints? Really? How the heck did that happen?<\/p>\n<p>Miss any of the <b>McQuarrie Concept<\/b> toys? They're all available in two box sets, listed on page 372. Hasbro found a way to rerelease old exclusives? Unthinkable!<\/p>\n<p>Know what's really exciting? NECA's <b>Bioshock<\/b> figures, on page 376. Big Daddy! Horrifying!<\/p>\n<p>Got $40 to spare? Then you can get one of the imported <b>Resident Evil 5<\/b> figures. Lots of articulation and great sculpts. Page 404. There are also <b>Where The Wild Things Are<\/b> vinyl toys, but they look worse than McFarlane's old ones.<\/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=\"I seem to recognize your face - Robert Picardo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/i-seem-to-recognize-your-face-robert-picardo\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">I seem to recognize your face - Robert Picardo<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Flippin' through Previews - November '14\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/flippin-through-previews-november-14\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flippin' through Previews - November '14<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"TMNT Archie Leatherhead addendum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2026\/10\/tmnt-archie-leatherhead-addendum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">TMNT Archie Leatherhead addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"The Weather Dominator was an inside job\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2020\/03\/the-weather-dominator-was-an-inside-job\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Weather Dominator was an inside job<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"T.M.N.T. 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Scheduled to start shipping in October. &lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;TMNT Pizzaface addendum Rustin's Spoils of the Week #169 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/flippin-through-previews-august-09\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[54,22,90,58,67,142,62,53,60,77,26,145,28,57],"class_list":["post-3975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews","tag-ghostbusters","tag-gi-joe","tag-green-lantern","tag-halo","tag-marvel-select","tag-marvel-universe","tag-mez-itz","tag-minimates","tag-player-select","tag-star-trek","tag-star-wars","tag-superhero-squad","tag-tmnt","tag-wow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3975","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3975"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3977,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3975\/revisions\/3977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}