Shipping In July
February 19, 2003
McFarlane's Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines toys will be out in July, and they'll include five Terminator 3 figures plus a deluxe boxed set edition.
Series I Based on Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded
February 18, 2003
McFarlane Toys has provided a first look at its toys for the Wachowski brothers' Matrix trilogy.
Property Poised To Take Off
February 16, 2003
FUNimation, the company that brought Dragon Ball Z to the States, is planning to take another anime property on a similar path to success, with TV exposure on the Cartoon Network, DVDs, and soon toy and CCG licensees.
First Trading Card License
February 16, 2003
Decipher Inc., well known as a manufacturer of CCGs, has signed its first trading card license to create trading cards for this year's Matrix films, Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions .
Beginning in July
February 16, 2003
Sideshow Toys has announced that it has been granted the license to produce collectible busts based on the Simpsons TV series.
But Underlying Trends Positive
February 15, 2003
Hasbro reported sales of $2.8 billion for 2002 and a loss of $171 million, compared to sales of $2.9 billion and a profit of $60 million in 2002.
Zeta Gundam, s.CRY.ed, .hack//SIGN, Kikaider
February 15, 2003
Bandai America introduced toys based on four hot new anime properties at the 2003 Toy Fair in New York.
Anime Series Catching On
February 15, 2003
The creative team responsible for the Kinnikuman/Ultimate Muscle manga, Takashi Shimada and Yoshinori Nakai, are appearing at the Bandai America showroom at Toy Fair to help launch a toy line based on the anime version of Ultimate Muscle.
'They Don't Care'
February 10, 2003
Mark Amoroso of Blackthorn Game Center in Dickson, Tennessee saw our coverage of Marvel Masterworks being published by Barnes & Noble and retailer Sara Gray's comments on it, and had this to say.
Top 10 Cool Reports for December 2003
February 8, 2003
Our final 2002 Top Ten Cool survey of the sell-through of pop culture products in December serves as a fitting capstone, since the major trends that we have been noticing are evident in abundance.
