Lots of interesting news from Toynami. It's always fun to sit and chat with George about the goings-on in the toy industry. Toynami had a cool private showroom this year, but there was less on display than usual (at least that would interest the CDX readers).
Things of note
Futurama
Shogun Warriors Jumbo Bender
2 foot tall, vinyl, firing fist. OK so it's a little odd for the "Shogun Warriors" brand, but I'm not going to turn up my nose at a Jumbo Bender.
If things go well we may see an Anime Bender Jumbo.
Other Futurama
Robot Devil (Base not included - just used to house sample sound FX)
Gender Bender 2 pack (retailer exclusive)
SpongeBob Squarepants Hazmapo vinyls
Robotech
Robotech Officers' Battlepod is coming out. Toynami still has the license and is the only one besides whoever has the movie license (if it ever happens). When asked if they will make more, Toynami said "We need people to buy these first!"
Shogun Warriors
Toynami went through the process to try licensing the classics from Toei and Dynamic, but none wanted to have their robots appear together, or in some cases, the licensing was for only short periods of time. Toynami is now developing seven new original robot designs for the Shogun Warriors property. Story and design are started, with interest from a major comic publisher, and a major game publisher. This is going to be designed from the ground up as a brand that will span apparel and media.
No toy plans as of yet, but as we see with Bender, things may continue to be released under the Shogun Warriors brand.
Comments
9 comments postedThat anime Bender is BRILLIANT! I needed one in my house two days ago!
Is the Battle Pod 1:100 scale, or (hopefully) 1:60 scale?
Sad (but not surprising) news about Shoguns, but I hope they come up with something cool. Dave should be hired to design one!
The Glaug is 1:100 like their Regults. Hopefully they won't be on a slow boat from China.
The person who sculpted the Zentradi stuff revealed on Macrossworld that he's no longer with Toynami.
These were revealed at Macrosscon in 2010, I have the gallery up but I never wrote the review as my computer died right before the event.
http://www.collectiondx.com/gallery/v/FeatureImages/Macrossworldcon/macrossworld10/
Here is a photo of the Armored Battroid that was also prototyped:
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I'm sure Robotech.com will send an email when it's ready for release as they did with the battlepod.
Daisuke is really a top sculptor and designer I swear every toy maker should be using him for their product designs.
Leonardo
I can picture a certain clique painting that marauding Glaug and putting dragon logos all over it :3
I'll probably grab two Officer's pods for some Macrossey action, but they'll be too small to go with the large-scale Battletech stuff. I think a 1/60 Glaug would be too big for CBT, but the 1/72 might actually fit alright next to the Armorcast kits and their ilk,.
What a silly use of the Shogun Warriors license. That's just so weak. I hope they all end up buried in a landfill when no one buys them. I'm just a little bitter.
So you go ahead and make a shogun jumbo bender because you already have the license. All right. I get it. Synergy and all that.
It didn't occur to anyone to make jumbo valkyries and mecha? Those are the machinders EVERYONE wishes they made back in the day.
If Toei was being dicky, I'm sure Takara isn't being too picky with their DOUGRAM license. How about that?
I would KILL for a Valkyrie (veritech) or any DOUGRAM JUMBO.
But the robotech thing just mystifies me. Maybe Toynami's license is limited to size.... oh- wait a minute, they released 5 foot tall valkyries like seven years ago. They couldn't scale those down to 2 feet tall?
I'm just a LOT bitter.
loved the futurama series..They should make the rest of the wacky robots and monsters on the show or even the rest of the crew I would buy a 2 feet tall Fry. and the crew.....This bender is a must have..just wished he came with his own beer...Burp!! ...because he surely will be drinking all of mine ^_^