Open Your Toys Cast – Episode 035 Show Notes

Introduction

1. About the podcast and site

2. About Us

3. Contact Us

   • www.OpenYourToys.com
   • Slick@openyourtoys.com and MrsMcFavorite@openyourtoys.com
   • Twitter: SlickMcFavorite and Mrs_McFavorite
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   • Voicemail: 720.235.TOYS (8697)

4. What are we drinking?

Toy News

1. Convention News:

   • Star Wars Celebration 5 : Collecting panels , costome pageants , more guests .
   • TFCC Botcon 2010 : New video, Iacon up and both are "almost sold out", Rapido robot mode
   • Canadian Joe Con Exclusives

2. First looks at Keldor (video ), She-Ra (video ), Marzo (video )

3. MOTU to be honored by Toy Fare Hall of Fame

4. Toy Fair McQaurrie Boba Fett to be mass released?

5. Qui-Gon and Eopie shipping again (or not? ) Customer Relations: 1.800.327.8264

6. New Yakface.com Rumor Lists

7. WFC: WFC Cliffjumper (revealed by Hasbro, sort of) and new pics of Soundwave and Megatron

8. New ROTF Legends 4-pack

9. Fake AFA TF

10. Mystery Seacons

11. Generations Red Alert

12. New Perfect Effect figures

13. G.I. Joe Q and A highlights

    Again, we got two of three answered. I talked with Hunter PR at the con and for clarification – every site can submit 3, but may not get 3 answers back. You are guaranteed at least one answer.

    • At JoeCon we were shown a great looking Snake Eyes slated for release in 2011, shown with two heads. Will both heads be included, or will there be a variant with each? If there will be a variant, what can we expect for a ratio of each version?

      This will be a variant and the ratio details are still being finalized

    • There’s been some differing reports from JoeCon on what we can expect with the Renegades cartoon toys. Will they share the magnificent attention to detail and tons of great weapons and gear as the PoC figures so they can stand side-by-side, or will they be a stand-alone line with a more cartoon-stylized look and aimed for a lower aged fan-base?

      G.I. Joe Renegades figures will continue to have best-in-class articulation and detail. Colors and overall styling will match animation, but Renegades figures will fit in well beside classic and 25th Anniversary figures.

      Have the Wave 3 Target exclusives been completely cancelled, or is there a chance they may show up somewhere down the line? With boxed sets showing up on auction sites, it seems a waste to not have these come out when everything was set to go.

      This wave has been cancelled. (What about Canada? )

    • Will the new poc line come with figure stands and if so what style will they be, 25th anniversary, RoC, or all new?

      Pursuit of Cobra will have the 25th style stands but ALL stands will have 2 pegs each. We heard this was a big request!

    • Will the reimagined characters introduced in Rise of Cobra (an African-American Ripcord, Moroccan "Abel Shaz" Breaker and British totally-not-a-Roadblock-clone "Hershel Dalton" Heavy Duty) keep their reworked appearances? Will these new nationalities stick for future GI Joe fiction/toys or will they go back to their older portrayals?

      Over the years G.I. Joe has released many different lines. Rise of Cobra items were based on the movie and stayed true to the character traits and plot lines. The G.I. Joe Renegades line will also follow the plots and personalities created within that universe.

    • The Toys R Us exclusive Quick Kick and Spirit Iron Knife look fantastic! Will these two be the only retailer exclusives we see for the Pursuit of Cobra series?

      Thanks for the feedback – we’re big fans of these figures as well. Yes, these will be the only reatiler exclsuives for the Pursuit of Cobra series.

    • Which POC figures will feature the new wrist articulation (other than Snake-Eyes)?

      Sgt. Slaughter, Jungle-Viper, Cobra Shock Trooper, Low-Light and ShadowTracker.

14. Matty Q and A highlights

    • In June 2009 we got the ruthless leader of the Evil Horde "Hordak", where is the rest of his army? I mean when will the Horde characters come?

      More Horde figures are on there way. Ideally, we will have at least one to show off at SDCC.

    • Mr. Rant asks: Was Mattel happy enough with the sales on the Heroic Weapons Pak that we’ll be seeing an Evil Weapons Pak in the near future?

      Yes, we have a new pak planned for later in 2010. It will be called “Great Wars” much as the first pack was called “Ultimate Battleground”.

Store Report

1. Sightings

   • Twitter and Twitpic
   • Jaime:
     • Bumblebee and Soundwave for $49.99
     • MP Skywarp and TF:Animated Megs for $89.99
     • ROTF Wheelie and Sideways 2-pack
   • BAT-AT spotted down under
   • New Target DPCIs

2. In The Ads

   • Walmart Comic Packs for $8 (clearance at ours)
   • Hasbro’s Double Your Action and Free Gear Promotion

Online

1. New Items and Pre-Orders

   • Death Troopers GG mini bust
   • HTS: Generations and Power Core
   • EE: SW Vintage wave 2 and CW wave 3 , Pursuit of Cobra wave 2 , TF Legends wave 3 and Deluxe wave 3
   • BBTS: Arcee and Medic (video ),

2. Sales and Promos

   • None

What We Got

• Jaime: Yoda Desktop Protector for $29.99 and TF Complete Series for $77
• Commerative Man-at-Arms
• Toy budget?

Weekly Toy Review: Shadow Squadron ARC-170

Listener Feedback and Questions

• Sim not going to SDCC (The Art Hustle )
• Eric Perez: Comment about Summer Glau

Grab Bag

1. Thundercats:

   • Stactions
   • Cartoon
   • Figures

2. G.I. Joe:

   • Possible Hub schedule (no Renegades)

3. Transformers:

   • Transformers: Prime comic book

4. Star Wars:

   • Rise of the Rebellion Fan Web Series
   • Clone Wars S2 on DVD on 10.26.10
   • The Force: Unleashed II (MP, move)
   • adidas Originals commercial

5. MOTU:

   • She-Ra Complete Series on 9.7.10

Peace