It’s been a few weeks since the last H&V post, so I’ve got a little catching up to do:
Villain: Diamond Select Toys – DST has announced a new partnership with Toys R Us which means that this formerly comic store exclusive company is spitting in the faces of the stores that helped build their business. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that DST is a business and has to do what it can to survive, but as a specialty store, we’re not happy with this announcement.
Villain: Hot Toys – The Hot Toys Dark Knight Batman, Joker and Bank Robber Joker were all supposed to be available in the United States before Christmas. We learned yesterday that all three of these highly anticipated figures are being allocated to retailers, shipping approximately 25% of their orders on Christmas Eve, with the balance of retailer orders shippping 2nd quarter 2009! Now we’re hearing rumors that the allocated shipment may not show up until January 2nd. Way to turn what should have been a Merry Christmas for retailers and consumers into Bah, Humbug.
Hero: Ethan Van Sciver – The comic book artist has a new weekly column at Newsarama that has the Alter Ego Comics staff doubling over with laughter. He’s done five columns so far, and each one is laugh out loud funny.
Hero: Santa Claus and the Baby Jesus – It is Christmas, afterall.
See ya next time!
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