Today the Uncle brings us pictures of the amazing new Legacy Collection Millennium Falcon from Hasbro - this has been the buzz of the toy industry for months and it is finally here! With a whopping pricetag, but features to match, it is perhaps the greatest vehicle or playset to have ever been widely released. It was even, as we previously reported, sculpted by the original designer of the Falcon toy in the late 70s; all these years later and he finally got to include the sort of amazing features that the technology and market of the time would not support! Check out the page for this amazing toy by clicking the image, and look forward to even more coverage in weeks to come!



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Today we have managed, at long last, to finish up cataloging the second wave of GI Joe Modern Era figures with Hawk, the General of the team! He's a soldier's General, always on the battlefield and never sending a troop into a situation he wouldn't go into himself. Click on the image for his full bio, and some more great shots of the excellent figure!


And with that, we've finally caught up and have both wave 1 and wave 2 of the Modern Era basic figures posted for everyone's reference and enjoyment! Interestingly, a combination of the higher price point and perhaps a much delayed increase in production on the part of Hasbro has resulted in most stores finally having items from this line in stock, in contrast to the past history of this relaunch of GI Joe. With the exception of the vehicle packs, which are still quite elusive, you can find the dvd packs, the 3 3/4" and 12" figures, and even the comic packs, in fair abundance. If you want anything from the current release of this line, get to it!

Collector Note: Target is doing their reset tomorrow, the 7th of September according to official sources. Hopefully this should result in the Rattler and Conquest exclusive vehicles being available in stores that haven't put them out early. Good luck!
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While it is certainly no exaggeration to say that we have thousands of awesome pictures that want for posting, hopefully to the delight and edification of our many dedicated readers, the update for today was set in stone when I picked up my mail yesterday. Like clockwork, it being only several days into the month of September, the brand new Lego Brickmaster set, #20005 featuring a Bionicle figure, has arrived with much fanfare!


As always, the plan will be to open up this set, build it, and get additional pictures to you eventually, but for now at least it is cataloged which seems to be something sorely lacking for the Brickmaster sets on this the old internets!

I am a strong champion of how awesome the Brickmaster club is, and how it's probably the best value for your collecting dollar, especially in terms of periodic excitement and surprises that you get throughout the year! Hopefully when the Preserve has a full set of a year's worth of member-only sets, Lego will see a still increasing interest in this great program of theirs!
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Press Release - Mezco helps us continue our impromptu Halloween-in-September with news that their highly sought after Living Dead Dolls line has officially released the Series 16 variants that we saw at SDCC. Click through for a group shot of the ghastly figures, and for a link to their site with more individual shots, and ordering info!  Read More
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Press Release - It's never too early to start getting in the mood for Halloween, and it's amazing how soon it will actually be upon us! For anyone who wants to make a killer costume this year, you had better get those wheels a' turning or you'll be cutting some holes in your least favorite sheet set...though I guess Rob Zombie made that a little creepy again recently. Well, here comes Mezco with a great offer on two of their best figures, being the Freddy and Leatherface from their Cinema of Fear line. Two figures for one low price, get to it! Click the link for more info.  Read More
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Press Release - NECA brings us the first official images of their brand new God of War II: Magic of the Gods series! Click through to see a few larger images, and for a link to their full release.  Read More
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Our resolve in the face of the awesome Transformers Animated figures has only been marginally as strong as we had hoped, and the deluxe figures continue to charm their way into the Preserve. Cartoon accurate designs for both vehicle and robot mode and the reuse of classic names which always wins me over has left little doubt that at least the early figures needed to be in the collection, while hopefully we can pass on the certain ton of repaints that Hasbro has in the works. Today, let's take a look at Jazz, certainly one of the fan favorites from years gone by.


He is now a ninja and part of the Elite Guard on Cybertron but he'll always be the 'hip' character voiced by Scatman Crothers to me.
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I recently discovered an intriguing patent application, titled Composite toy vehicle assembly. It sounded boring enough, but when I opened it up in the fantastic Google Patents application, what to my wondering eyes should appear but what seems to be the state-side patent for the 1985 Panosh Place Lion Voltron!


In fact, it appears to go further than just the Lion Voltron and try to patent the 'gestalt' combiner figure in general! I'm no patent expert, of course, we'll have to call on a friend of the Preserve who worked in the actual Patent Office for that one. Spurred by this discovery, I proceeded to hammer on Google Patents a little more for any Transformers, Hasbro or related patents, and came up largely empty handed. More research is required, but I wonder if companies have begun to restrict their patents from showing up (though I thought they were public domain). Perhaps I am searching incorrectly, but it certainly seems that at least a few products that we all love around here should turn up in their legal 2D forms. The search continues!
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We have been distracted, and with good reason, by our waaay ongoing San Diego Comic Con coverage, with still a few awesome pictures left to share with all of the Preserve readers out there. This has come, however, at the price of falling behind with all of the other awesome new figures to hit the shelves in the last month or so! Today we want to at least catch up a little, and feature the Cobra Polar Assault specialist, the Snow Serpent!


This is yet another spectacular figure from this very strong wave 2 in the new Modern Era line of figures. Click the image above for a closer look at the sort of troop "...who would parachute onto an ice floe in sub-zero temperatures and then be prepared to march 50 miles with full field pack, assault rifle and anti-tank weapons."
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Press Release - Mezco shows off their new line of The Spirit figures to accompany the new movie slated for release in December 2008. Click through to see a larger picture of all five of the figures and to read the full release!  Read More
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