Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Vader Unleashed
Vader Unleashed - Empire Strikes Back - Hasbro Target Exclusive
Arguably the most recognizable villain in movie history depicted here in one of Sci-Fi's most iconic moments.. "We can rule the galaxy as father & son [heavy breathing]"
Darth Vader Unleashed
DARTH VADER Unleashed - Return of the Jedi - Hasbro Target Exclusive
Darth Vader is a fictional character in the Star Wars saga, George Lucas' epic six-film space opera. Vader originally appeared as the Empire's villainous enforcer in the Star Wars Original Trilogy (Episodes IV, V, VI), and briefly turns up as a tragic figure near the end of Revenge of the Sith, the third and final film of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (Episodes I, II, III). Lucas, in the audio commentary for Revenge of the Sith, says that he considers both trilogies together to be The Tragedy of Darth Vader. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Lucas states he "made a series of movies about one thing: Darth Vader." Lucas reiterated this in a May 2008 interview with Total Film: "The Star Wars story is really the tragedy of Darth Vader. That is the story."
In the original Star Wars trilogy, Vader is embodied by David Prowse, though Sebastian Shaw makes a brief appearance as the unmasked Vader in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. In Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Vader is played by Hayden Christensen. In the original trilogy and Episode III, James Earl Jones provides Vader's voice when he is masked, although Jones was originally uncredited for this role.
In the original trilogy, George Lucas depicts Darth Vader as a fearsome cyborg who acts as the supreme commander of the brutal Galactic Empire. Throughout the films, Vader oppresses the galaxy and hunts down the members of the Rebel Alliance in the service of his master, Emperor Palpatine. In Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the series' final chronological installment, Vader redeems himself by killing Palpatine and saving his son Luke (Mark Hamill), sacrificing himself in the process.
In the prequel trilogy, Lucas shows Vader as his former self, Anakin Skywalker, a slave boy who eventually becomes a Jedi Knight, and later, a hero in the Clone Wars. Palpatine manipulates Anakin into betraying the Jedi, and Anakin falls to the "dark side" of the mystical Force
General Grievous - Hasbro
Unleashed General Grievous - Target Exclusive Packaging - Hasbro
General Grievous is a fictional character, part of the Star Wars canon. He is a chief antagonist in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, alongside Count Dooku, Darth Vader, and Palpatine. According to the Revenge of the Sith DVD, series creator George Lucas instructed his creative team to create an enemy that foreshadowed Anakin Skywalker's transformation into Darth Vader: the heavy breathing, the cyborg body, and his seduction into a malevolent faction.
Despite his stalking appearance, Grievous is very deadly with a lightsaber, having hunted, defeated, and kept the lightsabers of his Jedi victims as trophies. Combined with his cybernetic body, which is capable of wielding up to five lightsabers at once (counting one held in one of his feet, the other being used to maintain balance) he makes a deadly foe in close combat to all but a master Jedi
Chewbacca Unleashed - Hasbro
Chewbacca, nicknamed Chewie, is a Wookiee character in the Star Wars franchise. The character's creation as a "gentle, hairy, non-English-speaking co-pilot" was inspired by George Lucas seeing his own Alaskan Malamute dog sitting up on the passenger seat of his car. The dog, Indiana, also inspired the name of the lead character in another series of Lucas films, Indiana Jones.
Chewbacca became Han Solo's first mate and constant companion when Han, then an Imperial Captain, was ordered to kill him because Chewbacca was a slave for the Empire. Han was decommissioned from the Imperial Navy, and later became a smuggler. Since he saved his life, Chewbacca owed a life debt to Han, meaning that he would serve Han for the rest of his life. According to Entertainment Weekly he is one of the "greatest sidekicks" in film history
The 1999 novel Vector Prime by R. A. Salvatore (the first in the New Jedi Order series) marks Chewbacca's last chronological appearance in the Star Wars universe. Chewbacca sacrifices his life to save Han's son Anakin from a collision between the planet Sernpidal and one of its moons. Lumpawaroo and Lowbacca offer to assume Chewbacca's life debt to Solo
Boba Fett Unleashed
Unleashed Boba Fett - Hasbro
Fett is at Jabba's palace in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) when Solo's rescuers are captured, and he travels on Jabba's sail barge to the sarlacc pit where the prisoners are to be executed. He attempts to intervene when the prisoners mount an escape, but Solo accidentally activates Fett's rocket pack, sending the bounty hunter crashing into Jabba's ship and tumbling into the "almighty" sarlacc's mouth (depicted in this diorama)
Darkside Anakin
Unleashed Star Wars: Anakin Skywalker from Revenge of the Sith - Hasbro
Anakin Skywalker is a central character in the Star Wars saga. He is the main protagonist of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (Episode I, II, III): a tragic character, he first appears as a young boy — a slave on a remote desert world; then an adolescent — a Padawan learner of the noble Jedi Order; and finally a young adult — a heroic yet conflicted Jedi Knight. In the Star Wars Original Trilogy (Episodes IV, V, VI), Anakin Skywalker is the former identity of the evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. Prior to his fall to the dark side, Vader conceived both Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa; Luke ultimately redeems his father in Return of the Jedi, thus restoring Vader's original identity as Anakin.
18" Pinhead
MacLeod vs. Kurgan - Neca
Donnie Darko - Neca
Iron Maiden Phantom of the Opera
Iron Maiden Phantom of the Opera - Series 2 Neca
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in East London, formed in 1975. The band is directed by founder, bassist and songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the group has released a collective total of thirty albums: fourteen studio albums, seven live albums, four EPs and four compilations.
Pioneers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, with such an original sound they achieved success during the early 1980s and after several lineup changes, went on to release a series of platinum and gold albums
As one of the most successful heavy metal bands to date, Iron Maiden has sold over 100 million records worldwide. The band won the Ivor Novello Awards for international achievement in 2002, and were also inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk in Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California during their tour in the United States in 2005. As of October 2009, the band has played just over 2000 live shows during their career, and are often cited as one of the most influential bands in rock history.
18" Kurt Cobain - Neca
18-INCH Kurt Cobain - Neca
Kurt Donald Cobain (pronounced /koʊˈbeɪn/, /kəˈbeɪn/; February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Nirvana. With the lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from Nirvana's second album Nevermind (1991), Nirvana entered into the mainstream, popularizing a subgenre of alternative rock called grunge. Other Seattle grunge bands such as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden also gained wider audiences, and as a result, alternative rock became a dominant genre on radio and music television in the United States during the early-to-middle 1990s. Nirvana was considered the "flagship band" of "Generation X", and Cobain, as its frontman, found himself anointed by the media as the generation's "spokesman." Cobain was uncomfortable with the attention and placed his focus on the band's music, believing the band's message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, challenging the band's audience with its third studio album In Utero (1993).
During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression, his fame and public image, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death have sometimes become a topic of fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, sold over twenty-five million albums in the US alone, and over fifty million worldwide.[3][4] Since his death, Cobain has been regarded by many journalists and listeners as one of the greatest musicians of his generation, his groundbreaking influence enduring to this day.
18" John Lennon - Neca
18" John Lennon - Neca
John Winston Ono Lennon, was an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, author, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. With Paul McCartney, Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century and "wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history". Billboard ranks him as the second most successful songwriter in singles chart history after McCartney.
On the night of 8 December 1980, at around 10:50 pm, Mark David Chapman shot Lennon in the back four times at the entrance of the Dakota apartment building. Earlier that evening, Lennon had autographed a copy of Double Fantasy for Chapman who had been stalking Lennon since October. Lennon was taken to the emergency room of nearby Roosevelt Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival at 11:07 pm.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The Bride - Neca
18-INCH The Bride - Neca
The film's main character, The Bride, A.K.A. Beatrix Kiddo, abandons her life as a hired assassin for the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (D.V.A.S.) upon realizing she is pregnant with Bill's child, denying him the right of fatherhood. This action provokes the attacks on her and her loved ones and its ensuing revenge, which is the entire basis of the film. The Bride shares a unique relationship with each of the D.V.A.S. members, as evidenced by the way they speak and interact with one another. Her code-name whilst working for D.V.A.S. was Black Mamba.
Bill - Neca
Bill: Kill Bill series 2 - Neca
Bill is the main antagonist of the film, though his role eventually changes to more of an antihero. He is the leader of the D.V.A.S., to which The Bride formerly belonged, and also her former sweet-heart. He and the four remaining Deadly Vipers attempt to kill her after she learns she is carrying Bill's child and leaves him without warning. Though the squad has since disbanded, he is still in touch with each of its former members. Figure comes with Hatori Hanzo sword, cane/flute, six-shooter & custom base
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