Hot Toys' Rocky Balboa, Italian Stallion is due to hit in two  weeks.  Based on the famous boxer as he appeared in the movie "Rocky III", each set features Hot Toys' fully articulated 12-inch muscular style body (with an uncanny resemblance to Sylvester Stallone) outfitted in yellow shorts, socks, and robe, with championship belt, boxing shoes and gloves added for further realism. This would be a great addition to your 12" Rocky or Sylvester Stalling figure collection.

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Hot Toy's second release under their Icon M line, Marlon Brando, is slated to arrive in the next couple of weeks.  Brando was an Academy Award-winning American actor whose body of work spanned over half a century. Early in his career, he was best known for his roles in the 1950's films A Streetcar Named Desire and The Wild One. In the Wild One (of which this Hot Toys figure is based on) Brando portrayed biker gang leader Johnny Strabler, a juvenile delinquent, who dressed in a leather jacket and rode a 1950 Triumph Thunderbird 6T motorcycle. Hot Toys' rendition of the famous actor comes clad in leather-like black jacket, T-shirt, jeans and boots.

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Soldier Story's CIA SAD Night Ops comes out this week.  SAD is short for Special Activities Division, which is special division within the CIA that is responsible for covert paramilitary operations.  In the case with this figure, his mission takes place "after hours", thus all the cool night ops gear.  The figure is dressed from head to toe in all black clothing and gear and even wears a balaclava with a white skull face for intimidation purposes (this mask actually exists in real life - I checked).  The set is further enhanced with an all black Eagle CIRAS style body armor and a Blackhawk CQC style drop down pistol holster (complete with silenced pistol. 

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Soldier Story's Chinese People's Volunteer Army is also scheduled to arrive this week.  The figure is based on the Chinese army deployed  during the Korean War. Although most soldiers were previously members of the People's Liberation Army, the PVA was separately constituted in order to prevent an official war with the U.S. Soldier Story's rendition is a pretty well spot on recreation of what a Chinese soldier would have looked like during the 1950's, from the padded parka and pants, to the Ppsh-41 sub-machine gun with banana clip.  Hopefully, they will also release a Korean War US Army or US Marine figure to compliment this set.

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ZC Girl's Kelly, Cyber Killer will be here by week's end.  Still dunno how she got such a title - nothing really futuristic about her - other than the rifle case worth of "goodies" she has. Set includes red rooted hair female figure with new "EVE" body, white blouse that ties up in the front, black leather shorts, black leather leggings/boots, black leather gauntlets, and black leather hat. Is armed with double pistol shoulder holster with pistols, belt with shotgun shells and sheath with knife in the back, armband with shotgun shells, leg sheath with knife, and shotgun. All the weapons can be carried in the plastic rifle case with foam on the interior. 

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In celebration of 7 years of business, Toy Soldier is releasing this summer a 1970's era USMC Force Recon Rifleman/Navy Corpsman Figure set.  I've always liked the fact that Toy Soldier gives you more gear than you need for one figure. In this case, you can deck your figure to either be a USMC Rifleman or a US Navy Corpsman.  You just have to add a few more pieces and you have a complete uniform (and gear) setup for two figures.  Expect these to pop up in the next couple of days, but don't wait too long.  Pre-sales have been strong for this set, so he won't be here for long.

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Hot Toys' new USAF Airman Security set should be arriving next week.  As some of you already know, the US military have been making the transition from the standard woodland and desert camouflage patterns to the more modernized digital camouflage patterns (USMC with MARPAT and US Army with ACU). Well the Air Force is next in line with the debut of their ABU (Airman Battle Uniform), which is a blending of the Tiger Stripe Pattern and the Army's ACU pattern.  Anyhoo, Hot Toys outfitted this set with this new pattern uniform and it looks pretty cool.  Tons of other goodies come with this set as well (check the website for details). 

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We received some good news and bad news from Amok Time Toys about their Classic Battlestar Galactica figure sets.  The good news is that they have all new pictures out on their Cylon Centurion and Cylon Commander - you can see their weapons and backsides more clearly now.  The bad news is that the Cylon's release date has been pushed back to September 2008.  This, in turn, will have a ripple effect with the other figures' release dates (Tigh, Apollo, Athena, Lucifer, Cain), pushing them as far back as January 2009.  We'll keep you all posted.

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