Raving Toy Maniac

December 2013 - Team Coco has passed along a video clip of Conan's visit to the American Girl store.

Conan Visits The American Girl Store

http://teamcoco.com/node/75055

December 18, 2013 - November saw just a single visit to McDonald's, and the boy scored a blue Build-A-Bear. eBay came through with the other Angry Birds Star Wars trick-or-treat buckets, together in a single lot with a few Angry Birds plush toys which were assimilated into the Borg Collective of his plush toys.

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 Furby Boom and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys in their Happy Meals. The next promotion shown is Adventure Time and Paul Frank. Their McPlay app now has free ebooks in it as well as a game. The ebooks are also available on their web site.

December 17, 2013 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several items of interest to collectors:

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BATMAN CLASSIC 1966 RETRO 8" FIGURE SERIES 01 - SET, SINGLES
This new assortment has new head sculpts and costumes taken directly from the 1966 TV series. It includes Batman, Robin, the Riddler and the Joker, and they are priced at $26.99 each, or the Set of 4 at $104.99.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/search.aspx?search=Batman%20Classic%2...

1/6 SCALE ADVENTURE KARTEL DEAD COSMONAUT GOLOVOREZ
This 1/6 scale figure stands about 12.5" tall and has a removable outer suit and illuminated LED helmet with slide-down visor, as well as two pistols with holsters. It is listed at $154.99, $5 off the MSRP.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=THR10088&mode=re...

SCI-FI REVOLTECH #050 - THE BAT

THE 12 DAYS OF GRAYSKULL!

December 2013 - As the Castle Grayskull playsets from Mattel begin to arrive at the doorsteps of good little boys and girls all over the world (by mail of course - those things are way too big for even Santa's magical bag!!), the Four Horsemen are putting up a daily feature chronicling the creation of this massive project!

Over the next week or so, "Desk Jockey: Twelve Days of Grayskull" will follow Four Horsemen sculptor Eric Treadaway on his journey from adding that first hunk of clay all the way through the final finished behemoth of a sculpture that eventually went into production and landed at your door. You can head over to the Four Horsemen's main internet hub, Source Horsemen and check out this and all of the recent "Desk Jockey" entrees by going here: http://www.sourcehorsemen.com/?page_id=1090

-FOUR HORSEMEN-

December 13, 2013 - (Sponsor Announcement) - Online retailer BigBadToyStore.com has several items of interest to collectors:

YEAR OF THE HORSE - TRANSFORMERS SHARED EXCLUSIVES:
BBTS will carry the Year of the Horse Platinum Edition Supreme Starscream and Masterpiece Optimus Prime. These items will be in stock and available to order on February 1st, 2014 - the official on-shelf date set by Hasbro.

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TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS 2014 DELUXE SERIES 02 - CASE, SET, SINGLES
The new Deluxe Generations assortment has been okayed to go up. We have the Set of 4 (Scoop, Starscream, Skywarp, Minicon Three-Pack) listed at $53.99, with the Case of 8 (two of each figure) at $104.99. We have singles listed as well, with Scoop, Starscream and Skywarp at $15.99 each, and the Minicon Three-Pack at $11.99.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/search.aspx?search=Generations%202014...

December 2013 - DC Collectibles - DC COMICS - The NEW 52 EARTH 2 BATMAN, GREEN LANTERN, THE FLASH AND WONDER WOMAN ACTION FIGURES

Based on designs by EARTH 2 artist Nicola Scott, this is the latest action figure line from DC Collectibles, featuring four heroes who are familiar yet somehow different: Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman!

BATMAN - 6.75"
WONDER WOMAN - 6.75"
GREEN LANTERN - 6.75"
THE FLASH - 6.75"

EACH FIGURE SOLD SEPARATELY

Action Figures
$24.95 US
On Sale June 2014
Allocations May Occur

December 2013 - DC Collectibles - DC COMICS COVER GIRLS POISON IVY STATUE

DESIGNED BY STANLEY "ARTGERM" LAU
SCULPTED BY JACK MATHEWS

The line of statues designed by artist Stanley "Artgerm" Lau featuring the fantastic female heroes and villains of DC Comics continues with this breathtaking figure of Arkham Asylum inmate Poison Ivy that'll leave you itching for more.

Limited Edition of 5,200

Measures Approximately 9.7" Tall

$99.95 US
On Sale June 2014
Allocations May Occur

December 2013 - DC Collectibles - SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL SUPERMAN STATUE

DESIGNED BY ED MCGUINNESS
SCULPTED BY JAMES SHOOP

Popular artist Ed McGuinness brings his unique artistic style to DC Collectibles with this stunning statue of the Man of Steel worthy of a place in the Fortress of Solitude's trophy room.

Limited Edition of 5,200

Measures Approximately 7.5" Tall

$79.95 US
On Sale June 2014
Allocations May Occur

December 2013 - DC Collectibles - THE FLASH VS. GORILLA GRODD PATINA MINI STATUE

The Scarlet Speedster against the smartest simian in the world! The Flash takes on his archenemy Gorilla Grodd with this special resin statue.

Measures Approximately 6.75" Tall
$124.95 US
On Sale June 2014
Allocations May Occur

December 2013 - DC Collectibles - DC NATION: DEADMAN & CROW PLUSH FIGURE 2-PACK

Straight from DC Nation, it's Deadman and his faithful friend Crow! This plush pair captures the creepy fun of this new DC Nation series!

DEADMAN - 6.75"
CROW - 6.75"

$39.95 US
On Sale June 2014
Allocations May Occur