Tag: Toys

Ah Toy Fair, a riot of plastic, wood, metal, resin and MAGIC! As usual, The Beat pounded the halls of the JAvits Center and...

Everyone is teaming up for DC Super Hero Girls, the multi-company, multi-platform push for girls' versions of DC's lady characters. Target will have an exclusive line of apparel and toys; Boomerang will air a 44-minute special and the digital shorts. The line also claims some firsts: "the first-ever 6-inch action figure designed for girls; first 12-inch collection of action dolls featuring strong, athletic bodies that stand on their own in heroic poses; and first-ever action role-play toys for girls." Toys that stand on their own -- kinda a nice metaphor there.

In a massive COVER story on Time Magazine, Mattel has unveiled a bunch of new shapes and sizes for Barbie, the long reigning ectomorphic...

A site called "Sweatpants and Coffee" has just posted an anonymous insider whistleblower report on the Where's Rey? controversy that has seen the main...

https://twitter.com/HasbroNews/status/684555948959096832 The people have spoken. And Hasbro listened. Two for diversity in two days! After all the hue and cry about there not being a...

Update: I've written to Hasbro reps several times about these issues and never gotten an answer, however when Entertainment Weekly writes, they DO respond...

Contrary to what the Northeastern United States' relatively mild weather would tell you, winter is here and the holidays are swiftly blowing towards us. The many stresses of the season include college finals, the encroachment of no-longer-so-distant relatives on our homes, and the strangely loaded task of gift giving. While we at The Comics Beat cannot save your grades or your pantries, we can make it a little bit easier for you to find the perfect gift for the geek in your life. It's The Comics Beat Holiday Shopping Guide 2015!

Just in time for some holiday shopping. VIZ Media has teamed with Sony's online commerce platform Generator to launch an official NARUTO online store for the U.S. and Canada. The story will carry a comprehensive line of merchandise, including:

Saturday, I spent time on the show floor, visiting the sides (3-A, 3-D, 3-E) which aren't as crowded as the middle mega booths (which...

After that, it was down to the DC exhibition! First stop, Graphitti's booth, to check out the new special editions! Then I walked over to...

DC Super Hero Girls has a splashy display at the entrance to the exhibit hall and today's panel revealed more about the toys and...

This past spring there was a a lot of hullabaloo over the lack of Black Widow toys from the Hasbro Avengers: Age of Ultron...