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Let’s Take a Look at Two New Funko Infinity War Pops

Funko and Marvel go together like peanut butter and chocolate, and their waves of Infinity War Pops were some of the most popular of the year. They snuck in two more quick releases before the year’s end, and we are going to take a look today at the Thor Vs Thanos Movie Moment Pop, and their Hot Topic exclusive Infinity Gauntlet.

First, the Movie Moment. This is the coolest Thor Funko has ever done, let’s get that out of the way first. The lightning effects raising him up off the ground, the suit he has on, the flowing cape. It all adds up to the best Thor ever. Thanos is cool too, with Thor’s axe sticking out of his chest. The only thing that could make it better would be if his hand was raised into a snapping pose. The best part of this one? These are not bobbleheads! So refreshing to have Marvel Funko that are not bobbling all over the place, sometimes that ruins the way these will display. This one is a complete home run.

Also released exclusively at Hot Topic, the Funko Infinity Gauntlet is a bit of a mixed bag. It actually looks better with the dome it comes in taken off. If the dome was glass, that would be different. They couldn’t do that and that is completely understandable. The Gauntlet itself is pretty cool. They did a great job recreating the one from Infinity War, and hey- the stones are in the right places so that’s half the battle. I saw so many Gauntlets this year that screwed that up, it was crazy. This collectible just seems odd, just floating on the base and such. It is kinda boring. They did a good job on it, but it is not as fun as a Pop itself I guess.

Marvel Funko completists will of course need both of these, but if I was spending the money, I would say grab the Movie Moment before the Gauntlet. Is displays better and features two great sculpts. You can order each of these here and here.

 

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Jeremy Konrad

The Daily LITG, 29th December 2018 – Bros Before Heroes

Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here.

Five most-read stories yesterday:

1. Donny Cates Comes Out Against Comicsgate Over Venom Argument
2. BC Toy Spotting: New Years Spotting! Marvel Legends, LEGO, Funko, and More!
3. Did Bryan Hill Just Announce His Retirement from Comics?
4. Learn Why You Shouldn’t Gossip Around Superboy in Next Week’s Young Justice Outsiders Prequel Comic
5. Did Your Comic Store Sell Heroes In Crisis #4, Action #1006, Champions #1, Detective #995, Infinity Wars: Infinity Early?

Happening today:

• Comic and Toy Show, Farmington, Detroit, Michigan
• Wayne NJ Comic Book Expo, 10AM–4PM, North Pompton Plains, New Jersey
• Charity Locals at Waterford Comics, Ireland
• Winter Comiket, Tokyo Big Sight, Japan

And a happy birthday to:

1. Comic book artist of Winnebago Graveyard and Hit Girl, Alison Sampson
2. Co-owner at Apotheosis Comics & Lounge, Martin Casas
3. Publisher of Breakdown Press, Tom Oldham and buyer at Gosh Comics, London.
4. Comic book artist on Transformers, MASK, Freakshow and Spider-Man, Joe Suitor.
5. Artist on The Winter Soldier, The Shield, Swamp Thing and Spider-Man, Marco Rudy.

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Rich Johnston

BC Toy Spotting: New Years Spotting! Marvel Legends, LEGO, Funko, and More!

Welcome to the latest edition of BC Toy Spotting! We are in and out of stores pretty much every day, and we figure (ha!) why not show all of our fellow collectors what we are coming across on pegs and shelves. As collectors, we know that staying on top of what is in stores can be almost a full time job, so we are here to help you with your toy hunts and outings. This week we found new Marvel Legends, tons of new LEGO and Funko, more mystery boxes, and more! Let’s take a look.

This week Gamestops reloaded their shelves with tons of new product. They finally got in the McFarlane Toys Fortnite Raptor figure, and a four pack from Jazz Wares featuring four new player skins, including the Cuddle Team Leader. They also have a Stranger Things Mystery Box full of exclusive items, including a comic, socks, a figure ,and more. New Funko includes Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Mystery Minis, The Jeffersons, new Dragon Ball, and Baby from Dirty Dancing was restocked. Finally, the Beast Kingdom X-Force Deadpool figure is also restocked this week, after selling out very fast.

Over at Hot Topic, they got in their exclusive flocked Kurama Funko Pop from Naruto, and in a surprise they had a case of the new series of Masters of the Universe Loyal Subjects figures. These were in the new window box package, although some have a paper over the window that way you cannot tell if you have a rare figure or not. Look for a review of some of these later this week.

For all of you S.H. Figuarts collectors, all kinds of new figures are coming out at Barnes and Noble. This week I found the Infinity War Black Panther figure, and for Power Rangers fans the new Green Ranger figure as well.

Two more Funko products made their debut in my area this week at Walmart. The Star Wars Pop Pez Greedo is now out, along with a Blu-ray gift set for the new Predator film packaged with an exclusive green translucent Fugative Predator Pocket Pop Keychain.

Marvel Legends collectors: the new Black Panther wave is now hitting stores. this is the build a figure M’Baku wave, and it will be hitting hard over the next month or so. Start checking your stores. The new Spider-Man wave with the BAF of Kingpin is also popping up in some areas, just not in mine yet.

Finally, new LEGO is showing up in droves at Walmart right now. They got in full shippers of new LEGO Movie 2 and Overwatch sets for you to snatch up. As with most areas, the LEGO aisles are pretty bare right after Christmas, so over the next couple weeks there will be tons of new product there. This is my favorite time of year for LEGO collecting.

What are YOU finding in stores right now? Let us know in the comments, or on Twitter using the #BC_ToySpotting

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Jeremy Konrad

BBTS Sponsor News: Aquaman, Transformers, Star Wars, Kotobukiya, Dragon Ball, One:12, King Kong & More!

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Daniel Pickett