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Val’s Toy Chest- Gift Guide Part 2- Star Wars
As we get closer to the end of 2017, one of the most anticipated films of the year will be hitting theaters this weekend. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is about to come out and […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- 2017 Gift Guide Part 1- Marvel!
December snuck up on us pretty quickly this year it seems, so this week, I will be presenting the first part of my holiday gift guide. The focus this week will be on Marvel toys […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- A Flurry of Funko, plus Lynda Carter!
I haven’t had a chance to even look at the boxes yet, but I know we got a major shipment of Funko product in this week. As to what is contained within? I know we […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- Doomsday Comes for DC Icons
Doomsday will be coming courtesy of DC Comics in a couple of ways this week. First off will be the release of Doomsday Clock, which will incorporate the Watchmen into DC continuity. The second is […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- Justice League!
After years of planning and several false starts, DC’s Justice League film finally reaches theatres this Friday. Of course as with any blockbuster superhero film, there are the merchandise tie-ins. We have the Mattel figures, […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- Bandai Marvel/DC Figures/New POP
Bandai and Tamashii Nations have been creating great figures of Western properties like DC and Marvel for the past few years now with their SH FiguArts brand, this time around, there are two new pieces […]
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Val’s Toy Chest Extra- Who’s Who in the DC Universe- White Canary
Hey guys- feeling under the weather this week, so here’s a brand new White Canary Who’s Who entry for the figure which arrives this week! Words by: Valentine Chhann Layout and design: Justin Bacolo Based […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- Marvel Throwback/New Hot Toys
1990- I was 11 years old and had already become an avid toy collector. One of the figure series that debuted that year was Toy Biz’s Marvel Super Heroes line. I was already familiar with […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- DC Drops Some Bombshells
DC Comics has been releasing their Bombshells line of statues for the past few years which has spawned all kinds of merchandise, from POP vinyls to wallets, pins, belts and even socks! Collecting the Bombshells […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- NYCC 2017 Wrap-Up/More Hot Toys
Hey guys- I spent part of my weekend at New York Comic-Con (NYCC) and had a great time- there was even a smattering of toy news that came from the con too. Hasbro’s newest reveals […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- The Horror! The Horror!
It’s the first week of October and we all know what that means- Halloween and horror merchandise! There are quite a few items that we have in stock that should make your Halloween season quite […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- New NECA, Restocked DC and More!
One of the most anticipated sequels of the year is now a brand new toy line from NECA- Blade Runner 2049! If you ever wanted a mini Ryan Gosling or a NECA Harrison Ford, this […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- Heroes and Villains Year 2
Over the weekend I attended my second Heroes and Villains Convention which mainly features guests from the CW DC TV series, though they also include Gotham and Agents of SHIELD castmembers with the occasional DC […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- Back in Stock and New DC
DC toy fans have a few things to look out for this time around as we have gotten a restock on certain figures along with the debut of four new figures in the DC Icons […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- New Aliens and Rogues Gallery Set
The past few weeks have been pretty insane here at the Planet with plenty of new product hitting the shelves. We recently received some brand new NECA items including the 12th series of their long-running […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- Force Friday Returns
Star Wars is back with a brand new film due to hit by year’s end. To celebrate, Forbidden Planet will be having a sale this Friday to coincide with this year’s Force Friday event. All […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- Hot Toys-a-palooza- plus Thor!
After months and months of anticipation and in one case, over a year- Hot Toys has a bunch of cool new figures scheduled to drop within the next few weeks, with these toys most likely […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- Figure Connections
Lady Deadpool, Arsenal, Doctor Strange, Batman- what do these characters have in common this week? New action figures! And in the case of Batman, a new Batman: Black and White statue is also coming out. […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- The Toxic Avenger Is Here
As I mentioned in last week’s installment, we have the Lloyd Kaufman and Troma action figure signing coming up this Thursday night 8/10/17 starting at 6PM. Director Brandon Bassham will be joining him. For the […]
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Val’s Toy Chest- SDCC Pt 2/Spider Man Comes Home
December will see the release of a brand new chapter of the Star Wars saga- The Last Jedi! Hasbro has some new 6″ Black Series stuff in the pipeline which they’ve showed off at SDCC. […]