Raving Toy Maniac

Living Dead Dolls Prepare To Set World Record

February 2014 - New York - The Living Dead Dolls, a proprietary brand of Mezco Toyz, is approaching a milestone that makes other toy lines green with envy; The Living Dead Dolls are set to become the world's Longest Continually Produced Series Of Collectible Horror Themed Dolls.

First introduced in 1998, the Living Dead Dolls have seen countless other toy lines come and go. Of all the new toy lines introduced by various companies in 1998 only two others continue to be produced: a talking truck and a talking dinosaur.

The Living Dead Dolls are the creations of three men: Ed Long, Damien Glonek, and "Mez" Markowitz.

February 2014 - DC Collectibles has a nice batch of new products planned for display at the 2014 Toy Fair, and they've revealed the entire batch over on MTV!

So head over there to read a short summary of the new pieces, flip through a slideshow of 31 pictures, and watch a short video featuring some of the new items.

Five words for why you need to go look: wood Superman and Batman figures.

February 12, 2014 - Right now, the premiums in the McDonald's Happy Meals are cups from The LEGO Movie. As you can almost see in these pictures, the cups are lenticular. They are also fairly sturdy, so it might be worth getting a full set via eBay. Speaking of eBay, the boy did talk me into a set of last month's Adventure Time toys and a set of the Build-A-Bear toys from December.

Let's see what's out there in restaurants this month! (More after the jump)

A quick check of the web sites for the more popular fast food restaurants reveals the following:

- McDonald's has lenticular cups from The LEGO Movie in their Happy Meals. The next promotion shown is toys from Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Their McPlay app now has free ebooks in it as well as a game. The ebooks are also available on their web site.

FUNKO TO LAUNCH GAME OF THRONES LEGACY COLLECTION

New line of articulated action figures available now exclusively at Barnes & Noble stores nationwide

LYNNWOOD, WA – February 11, 2014 – Funko is excited to announce a new line of highly articulated action figures celebrating some of pop culture's biggest franchises. The hit HBO® series Game of Thrones® will be the first license released in the Legacy Collection, which is currently available exclusively in Barnes & Noble stores nationwide in time for the Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season DVD release on February 18. It will follow at additional retail partners on March 4.

The first wave of the Game of Thrones Legacy Collection introduces some of the series' most popular characters. Each action figure will feature 20+ points of articulation and its own removable accessories.

Game of Thrones Legacy Collection

Jon Snow - The Jon Snow Legacy Action Figure is a 6" tall highly articulated action figure. The figure features Jon Snow's sword, Longclaw, as an accessory. Ages 17+.

MEGA Brands Announces Expansion of Nickelodeon Licensed Partnership with MEGA BLOKS SpongeBob SquarePants for Fall 2014

MONTREAL and NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2014 - Gearing up for an exciting New York Toy Fair, MEGA Brands Inc. announces an expansion of their Mega Bloks kids' construction toys portfolio for 2014 with Nickelodeon's hit animated series, SpongeBob SquarePants. Toy insiders will get a preview of the new MEGA BLOKS construction line hitting stores this fall at the American International Toy Fair in New York City (Booth #751).

Mega Brands' licensed partnership with Nickelodeon is expanding to offer an exciting range of SpongeBob SquarePants construction toys for fans to build their favorite characters and their very own under-the-sea universe. Starting Fall 2014, kids can find Mega Bloks SpongeBob SquarePants in the construction toy aisle.

DARK HORSE ANNOUNCES THE NEXT WAVE OF GAME OF THRONES® FIGURES, TO RELEASE IN JULY!

MILWAUKIE, OR, JANUARY 10, 2014 - The epic HBO® series Game of Thrones has won worldwide success and a legion of fans. This audience is clamoring for unique collectibles and merchandise, and Dark Horse has been working with HBO Global Licensing to provide just that. A core item in the Game of Thrones program is the ongoing series of high-quality, affordable, molded-plastic figures of the most in-demand characters.

Building on the success of the previously announced lineup, five new figures will debut to the trade in February at the International Toy Fair, held at Jacob Javits Center in New York.

February 2014 - The Toy Pizza series on YouTube has a new episode up!

Click here to check it out! This episode covers Robocop toys, a LootCrate, and toys from The Reward.

February 6th 2014: Continuing our range of unique licensed DOOM® plushes, today we're happy to launch our second installment – the ORIGINAL Space Marine. Adorably stylised and armed with his reliable Plasma Gun, he'll fit in perfectly amongst the DOOM Demon plushes we released last year.

Just like our Pain Elemental and Cacodemon plushes, the Space Marine is made from high-quality cloth materials, blending the perfect mix of cool and cute that DOOM fans will love. He's made to stand just under a foot tall at 11".

The DOOM Space Marine is in stock right now and available to purchase direct from our website here.

For more information about Gaming Heads or to order any of our products, please visit http://www.gamingheads.com.

Outsmart Originals Moves... Win an Original JPK Prototype!!!

February 2014 - Check it out, we've moved! That's right, now your source for awesome designer toy artist t-shirts has it's own .COM address and we're now open for business. Check out the new and improved outsmartoriginals.com as we venture into 2014 with a new store and new items.

As part of our move, we've marked loads of hot tees down to record low prices - as low as $5.00 - just to say thanks for the continued support and to entice you to visit the new store.

EXCLUSIVE POWER LORDS FIGURE FOR SALE AT TOYPOCALYPSE 4: FANEXTASY!

February 2014 - The Four Horsemen's 4th annual gallery show, Toypocalypse 4: FanEXtasy, begins this Saturday and there will be a VERY limited number of the new "Barlowe Concept Color Ggripptogg" figure. This figure represents the original color concept art that Power Lords creator and world renowned creature designer for major motion pictures, Wayne Barlowe created early in the unusual action figure line's inception in the 80's.