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The Coolness of New "Heroes" Action Figures? Not So Much.

The most recent issue of Toyfare magazine came out yesterday, and it has a spread on all the new Heroes action figures that'll be out later this year. Since it's looking less and less likely that you'll be seeing new episodes anytime soon, it might be time to pick up some of these and bust out that video camera. Unfortunately, the Sylar figure does not have brain-eating action, so you might want to add your own visual effects. Maybe even ones that make these figures look a bit better because... yow.

2:00 PM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By Kevin Kelly
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tetracycloide at 02:20 PM on 01/10/08
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please tell me these come free with any happy meal
hn333 at 02:41 PM on 01/10/08
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Who buys this stuff?
Ed Grabianowski at 02:43 PM on 01/10/08
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The blurb for the Alex Ross DC figure line is kind of intriguing.
Kevin Kelly at 02:46 PM on 01/10/08
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@zeppelined: Yeah, I'm more excited about that as well. Of course, I don't need to be buying anything else. Ever. Shelfspace=null.
MilesFromNowhere at 03:55 PM on 01/10/08
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Merchandise with the ability fall as flat as the tv show has.
Seth L at 04:16 PM on 01/10/08
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@milesfromnowhere:

*Snerk*

Some plots may require hand-support.
Solidius at 04:55 PM on 01/10/08
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Five bucks says the dudes Alex Ross' line of action figures have moobs.
$Image of Evil Tortie\'s Mom$ Evil Tortie's Mom at 08:14 PM on 01/10/08
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The people on the show are pretty.

These, like the title says, not so much.
smcallah at 05:16 AM on 01/11/08
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It says in the magazine that these are just sculpts. No action figures have yet been molded or made.

They haven't even been given access to the actors to do 3D scans to make figures that look more like them, as has been done with other TV shows and movies.

I'm sure by the time these are actually ready to sell that they'll look better than these pre-production sculpts.
urban bohemian at 06:40 AM on 01/11/08
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@smcallah: Thank you for that information. I feel much better now as the sculpts seen here are not giving me much hope if a complete line were put out in this style.

That Sylar looks like an evil ape... or David Boreanz before makeup.
janine at 07:17 AM on 01/11/08
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Does anyone else think the Sylar doll looks like Lou Ferrigno?