Herobuilders is offering an action figure of Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, the Iraqi Information Minister.

The high tech tops known as Beyblades have reached another milestone here in the U.S., where over five million of the battling spinners have been sold since the toy was introduced in late 2001.

Burger King has announced that a Justice League promotion will start at its restaurants next Monday, April 21. Eight action toys featuring the characters from the Cartoon Network's Justice League animated series will be given away in Kids Meals, as well as individual 12-page mini-comics.

Bandai Entertainment has announced a July 1 street date for the Regular and Limited Editions of s-CRY-ed Vol. 1, a new Platinum Edition release.

Visual effects creator and toymaker Stan Winston has licensed Apocalypse for movies and toys.

In one of the more interesting collaborations between a collector-oriented toy company and a comic book publisher, Palisades Marketing and Top Cow Productions have joined forces to create a line of Witchblade Animated Toys as well as a Witchblade Animated comic book. The only thing that takes this story out of the ordinary is the fact that, at least for right now, there is no Witchblade Animated cartoon series.

Now that the smoke has cleared from the bankruptcy of Japanese toy distributor Reds, it appears that it will not delay any releases of Kaiyodo toys and figures here in the U.S...

Marvel has announced that its licensing for Ang Lee's Hulk , which will be released this summer, is even larger than its licensing for Spider-man last year, making it the largest ever for a Marvel movie.

George and Peter Irwin's I-Toys, Inc. has purchased the name Irwin Toy and several of the company's brand names from the bankrupt Irwin Toy Ltd..

The Japanese company Reds, which designed, imported, distributed and manufactured toys has apparently gone out of business -- a bankruptcy that has potential ramifications for the U.S. market.