{"id":9700,"date":"2012-08-05T00:39:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T04:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=9700"},"modified":"2012-08-09T01:24:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-09T05:24:01","slug":"flippin-through-previews-august-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/08\/flippin-through-previews-august-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Flippin' through Previews - August '12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/previews_aug2012.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"255\" class=\"alignright\">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-->The <b>Ame-Comi<\/b> toys are being turned into a real comic, and the first issue is on page 123.<\/p>\n<p>MotU fans will be interested in page 136, with <b>The Origin of Skeletor<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>DC Direct is still working its way through the <b>Justice League<\/b> - this time it's Cyborg and Wonder Woman, due November 28. There's also a $90 <b>Darkseid<\/b>, proving that DCD doesn't understand the market. Go to page 145 to see it for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>So, for only $10 more than the giant Darkseid, you can get a <b>Justice League 7-pack<\/b>, with 10% of the cost going to charity. That's on page 146.<\/p>\n<p>The original <b>Ame-Comi Catwoman<\/b> is being repainted again - this time in Christmas colors. See what they're like on page 149.<\/p>\n<p>And page 150 has more <b>Just-Us League of Stupid Heroes<\/b> offerings: Batman, Robin and the Joker.<\/p>\n<p>Page 160-163 are where you'll find <b>IDW<\/b>'s GI Joe and Transformers comics, and page 168 sees the final issue of Battle Beasts.<\/p>\n<p>All McFarlane's toys are on page 224. <b>Walking Dead<\/b>, <b>Halo<\/b>, and a special <b>Hines Ward<\/b> in <i>Dark Knight Rises<\/i> uniform.<\/p>\n<p><b>Marvel Select<\/b> is offering the best Venom toy ever on page 411: it's got interchangeable heads and hands so you can create four different versions of the evil Spider-Man!<\/p>\n<p>Here's an oddity on page 426: the <b>Create Your Own Superhero Action Figure Kit<\/b>. It includes three 4\" blanks, with lots of different pieces to help you with your customizing.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese show <b>Transformers Victory<\/b> is coming to dvd, and you can order it on page 476.<\/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=\"Hasbro's SDCC exclusives revealed (finally)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/07\/hasbros-sdcc-exclusives-revealed-finally\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Hasbro's SDCC exclusives revealed (finally)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Geeks for Tots: Win Stuff and Help Kids!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/geeks-for-tots-win-stuff-and-help-kids\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Geeks for Tots: Win Stuff and Help Kids!<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Lego Batman Minifigures: Orca review\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/04\/lego-batman-minifigures-orca-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Lego Batman Minifigures: Orca review<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Transformers Tuesday: Chevrolet Swerve addendum\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/08\/transformers-tuesday-chevrolet-swerve-addendum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Transformers Tuesday: Chevrolet Swerve addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Transformers: Squawkbox addendum\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/transformers-squawkbox-addendum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Transformers: Squawkbox addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"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. &lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;Talk like a Batman Day Lego Batman Minifigures: Zodiac &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/08\/flippin-through-previews-august-12\/\">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":[151,52,58,176,67,15,59,14,152,153],"class_list":["post-9700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews","tag-ame-comi","tag-batman","tag-halo","tag-justice-league","tag-marvel-select","tag-motu","tag-spider-man","tag-transformers","tag-wonder-woman","tag-zombies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9703,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9700\/revisions\/9703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}