Val’s Toy Chest- POP Goes the Alien!

It’s been a fairly decent week as far as new toys go- lots of stuff has come in and there’s a couple of cool items making their way into the store on Wednesday. Let’s start with the biggest thing in designer vinyl right now with the latest in the POP collection.

Fall TV Season is nearly upon us and we have POPs based on TV shows both old and new. Fans of the CW’s DC TV Universe will be pleased to collect the first four POPs from Legends of Tomorrow. We have the Atom, Firestorm, Hawkman and the White Canary all in stock right now. There’s also a Hawkgirl listed on the back of the box but no one knows where she’ll be coming out- yet. Fans of AMC’s newest series based on the classic Vertigo comic can also find figures of Preacher on our store shelves. Thus far we have Jesse, Cassidy and Arseface. There will be a Tulip as well, but she will come thru Diamond distribution.  Older shows that we have POPs from ihclude a restock on the Green Ranger from Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers and all four of Miami’s best, Dorothy, Sophia, Rose, and Blanchethe Golden Girls!

Moving right along, some other POPs new to the store include: late singer, Amy Winehouse; the modern version of Batgirl;  the Funko Specialty Series Golden Age Batman and Twilight POPs including Bella and Edward.  New Blind Boxes from Funko include the 3rd series of the best selling Horror Mystery Minis as well as series 2 of the WWE set. 

Moving on from Funko, the latest wave of Aliens figures have arrived from NECA. Included in this brand new set are the extremely popular Vasquez figure(who inspired the creation of Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s original security officer, Natasha Yar), a concept Albino Alien and Private Frost (whose actor, Ricco Ross can be seen in Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love For You” music video- Fun Fact!) . These figures have been some of the most anticipated from NECA and Vasquez was too good to pass up- haven’t opened her yet, but she looks amazing! Still in stock from series 8 is the Ripley from Alien 3 and the Weyland-Yutani Commando.

Speaking of Sigourney Weaver films, the next wave of Ghostbusters figures will be out from Diamond Select this week. Figures in this set include the first ever Janine based on Annie Potts’ likeness, a new Ray and Slimer.

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Square Enix continues their Play Arts Kai line with the release of the brand new Wonder Woman figure based on her appearance in Batman V Superman.

Cryptozoic Entertainment, mainly known for trading cards and games are releasing new vinyl figures based on Ant Lucia’s Bombshells desgins. These are cute and figures include Wonder Woman, Catwoman, and Harley Quinn.

Speaking of DC Bombshells, the long unavailable Black Canary Bombshell is due back this week. I don’t think this one will last long, so if you want her, get her.

That’s it for me this week- catch you next time!

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