Avi's Picks For Toy Fair 2008 (Part 1)

Cloverfield
For the the gallery from Figures.com click HERE

This prototype looks significantly better than the photos on HasbroToyShop.com and that has me worried. If the final product doesn't look at least as good as we see in that gallery at Figures.com then what's the point? For $100 we want some bang for our buck.

The thing looks massive, and the diorama scene, that I'm sure we're not getting, which he's posed on makes him look mighty impressive. The press photos didn't really scream that he'll be bigger than most Build a Figures.

I was disappointed so far with the parasites. We're getting 10 of them and to be honest, I'm dying to see better shot. Those were some very creepy, awesome little buggers. Given the scale of this figure I think that the parasites will be too small to really be all that cool. I'm on the fence, but I'm very interested to see what Hasbro can do with this.



Venom ArtFX Statue from Spiderman 3
For the gallery, check out Action-Figure.com's coverage HERE.

The movie irritated me to no end, but I've had a soft spot in my heart for the Venom design anyway. That's not entirely true. The Sideshow take on the design was possibly one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time. It was like the perfect mix of comic and movie designs and had a more realistically proportioned, menacing look that's been missing from Venom for a long time.

While Koto's statue isn't the most original, it's solid looking. Diamond Select tried to go for a very similar look and it's my humble opinion that this blows thier try out of the water. It's almost like it's another version of the Sideshow piece and that's a good thing. The way the symbiote's tendrils are crawling up the arm is fantastic and I think it's going to be very difficult for me to avoid picking this up. Way to go Koto!