Longtime Toyark readers may remember a semi-regular column I used to post called Off The Shelf. What exactly is Off The Shelf? This was where I’d gather up random toy, geeky and pop culture news, cool items for sale, photos, and more that we normally don’t cover. In those articles you’d find stuff such as cool shirts, awesome nerdy cakes, cosplay, fun videos, trailers, some statues, toys and a whole lot more. After a hiatus of over four years, I’m bringing it back for another go in 2018! Expect to see more of the same, as well as many great new additions, such as cool fan photos.
Let’s kick this off right with the first Off The Shelf update since 2013! Here are some of the goodies I’ve gathered from around the web. This includes a cool statue from Iron Studios, the newest Black Panther trailer, some fun new shirts, a 1/6 scale figure that’s for adults only, a heavy metal band who has a fun tribute the the Strongest Man in the Universe, news on the US debut of the animated Godzilla movie and much more.
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Iron Studios is releasing an awesome Dark Knight Returns Statue featuring Batman and Robin!
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Over at TFW2005, a new Movie Masterpiece Ironhide Figure has been revealed!
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How well did the Back to the Future series age their stars? Comicare compiled this infographic for fans of the series.
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For our Power Rangers fans, TokuNation reveals that the new Legacy MMPR Zords have started to pop up at Target stores.
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Check out this awesome NES R.O.B. inspired hockey jersey by Geeky Jerseys!
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If you like retro style bendy figures, you’ll want to snap up this Star Trek bendable figure set by NJ Croce Co.
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Our sister site Hisstank has an update on the Marauder Task Force Contract Ops.
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Want to share your love of classic games with a youngster or just love plushies? Entertainment Earth is taking pre-orders for an adorable Mega Man Plushie.
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Star Trek: Discovery returned this week and fans will want to see this new Discovery Phaser Prop Replica from Anovos.
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This new Queen of the Vampires 1/6 Scale figure is definitely not for kids! Pre-order via BBTS.
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“Let’s Go Slaughter He-Man” from Finnish monster metal band Lordi!
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Over on LEGO Ideas, there is a fantastic proposal for a set based on The Flintstones!
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Here’s our first look at Braniac-5 from the Supergirl TV Series.
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This is an absolutely stellar Deadpool cake from Nerdache Cakes.
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Is that special someone in your life a huge Star Wars fans? Why not surprise them with this Star Wars Plush Bouquet for Valentine’s Day?
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Check out this awesome pics from Instagram user Terry_Prayoga!
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Everyone likes a good mashup tee right? This Black Panther and Lion King tee is a pretty good one!
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Did you know that frequent NECA artist Jason Edmiston sells his original box art drawings and paintings? For those on a more fixed income, he also offers more affordable prints of his work. Here’s one of my favorites.
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Hot Toys shared lots of fan photos of the newly released Spider-Man Homemade Suit figure and some of them are quite spectacular!
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Godzilla: Monster Planet officially hits Netflix on January 17th! Check out the new trailer released by Netflix.
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Movie industry icons Mark Hamill and Ron Perlman join Machinima’s Transformers: Power of the Primes animated series.
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That’s it for today. Thanks for reading. Check back soon for another edition of Toyark’s Off the Shelf!
Toyark's Off The Shelf Returns - Godzilla, DC, Transformers, Black Panther, NES Hockey Jersey and More
Reviving a long forgotten feature I used to run. Random, hopefully enjoyable, nerd stuff.
Yay, I loved these things. Like a top of the hour run down for nerd news.
good (random) stuff...
that Brainiac tho'....owch!!
that Brainiac tho'....owch!!
Anybody know what scale that Ranger is?
ohh wow, i like this random stuff Joe. i realy like that he-man rock song. and that statue of batman is awesome and i dont even collect statues. im a sucker for city landscapes. awesome news about hamill joining the tranformers series. and that Godzilla anime looks good, im watching that for sure
that Brainiac tho'....owch!!
Thanks everyone who checked this out. Hope you enjoyed it. Quick question. How often would you want to see this type of content? Semi-daily, a handful of times a times a week, once a week?
I think since it is somewhat of a round up weekly would be great, but I visit the site daily and wouldn't be opposed to looking into these as often as you would like to post them.
I think that toy collecting bleeds into many other things and this post is a great example.
Looking forward to more of these regardless of frequency.
I think that toy collecting bleeds into many other things and this post is a great example.
Looking forward to more of these regardless of frequency.
seems like a great avenue for things not exactly toys, but still cool enough to showcase and discuss. injecting to new blood into the site as it were.
Yeah, an end of the week wrap up would be cool.
Has it been four years since the last Off the Shelf?!
What have I been doing with my life... time sure does fly.
I guess to answer your question, is how much content do you want in each and how much additional work does it put on your plate?
Once a week is fine, maybe once a fortnight if it's a hassle.
Has it been four years since the last Off the Shelf?!
What have I been doing with my life... time sure does fly.
I guess to answer your question, is how much content do you want in each and how much additional work does it put on your plate?
Once a week is fine, maybe once a fortnight if it's a hassle.
Thanks, Joe! I assume that this is the sort of thing that you do when you have something that you feel like posting AND time to do it: a nice, if infrequent surprise, kinda like getting money in the mail (but different).
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