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News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:43 pm

A few more hot items for today that may interest your readers.

Third Party manufacturer Ming Gui has created a very cool Nightbird figure
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

Bandai has released info on the June Releases

The main list is here:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/list.aspx?list=8756

cool items include:

Megaman Zero Type 2
MonsterArts Moguera
Shin Mazinger Z - Super Robot Chogokin
One Piece
Gundam & More

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:54 pm

Is this the same Nightbird figure whose chest opens up to simulate the scene where Bombshell's upgrading/mind-warping her? None of BBTS's 3 pics show an open torso.

If not, and this is yet a FOURTH figure (Impossible Toys technically did two), then that's officially oversaturation, unless Impossible Toys decides to milk their cheap G1-accurate fig with the purple parts repainted into various TMNT colors, like in the beginning of that Wreckers story where Daniel and Wheelie die. Then we can go a' troop-buildin'!

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 2:59 pm

Bumblevivisector wrote:Is this the same Nightbird figure whose chest opens up to simulate the scene where Bombshell's upgrading/mind-warping her? None of BBTS's 3 pics show an open torso.

If not, and this is yet a FOURTH figure (Impossible Toys technically did two), then that's officially oversaturation, unless Impossible Toys decides to milk their cheap G1-accurate fig with the purple parts repainted into various TMNT colors, like in the beginning of that Wreckers story where Daniel and Wheelie die. Then we can go a' troop-buildin'!

This is the same that iGear is selling.

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:09 pm

BBTS wrote:Nightbird comes with 24k gold plated sais

Well that's, wait, what? Might help to explain the cost somewhat, not much, but somewhat.

News Credits: 2 · by **Requiem Prime** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:14 pm

Nightbird certainly looks nice, but the last nicely formed female robot I blew over $100 on at least sorta turned into a car.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:15 pm

It's a nice figure.
It just not a $100+ nice figure.

I have the first Impossible toys version, and it is crap, but it will do till something in a decent price range comes out.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:37 pm

Nightbird, obscure character with terribad third party figures.

by **JRFitzpatrick7** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:54 pm

Blurrz wrote:Nightbird, obscure character with terribad third party figures.

What do you dislike about this version of the character? i think she looks great!

by **Rated X** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:21 pm

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:
Blurrz wrote:Nightbird, obscure character with terribad third party figures.

What do you dislike about this version of the character? i think she looks great!

I dislike the price. It doesnt take rocket science to design a non-transformable figure, so the price should reflect the amount of effort that went into it's engineering. It employs articulated limbs that have been used on toys since at least the 1980's. Would you pay $119 for a brand new G.I.Joe figure ???

by **JRFitzpatrick7** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:00 pm

the evolution:

$44.99

$149.99

$99.00 (+free shipping)

by **AnnaChristine** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:59 am

Honestly, if its any bigger than say, G1 Prowl (basically GI Joe sized), its no-go for me. I'd only buy one that fitted size wise with my Diaclone-era TFs.