June 5, 2025

Jada Toys are planning some Street Fighter figures for SDCC 2025 Source link

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As the BEYBLADE X phenomenon continues to build with World Championship tournaments happening around the world, ADK Emotions NY Inc. and T-Licensing Inc. announced today that fans aged 13 years and older will have the opportunity to qualify for the BEYBLADE X World Championship finals during a special tournament for badge-holders at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. The epic tournament, sponsored by Target, will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center at Booth E-25, on July 5, 2025 starting at 10AM PST. Registration will begin at 9AM PST where the first 128 participants to arrive will be able to compete.  Participants are strongly encouraged to bring three of their own Hasbro BEYBLADE X Tops to use throughout the tournament, and a limited selection of Hasbro Tops will be available to borrow on-site. The final eight participants will be battling with three different Tops in Hasbro’s BEYBLADE X Xtreme Battle Set Beystadium.   During the electrifying tournament, Bey-fans will battle other Bladers using tops from Hasbro’s toy line for a chance to be named the National Champion, thus earning a coveted spot in the World Championship competition that is taking place at Tokyo Tower on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, and Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. Any fan who qualifies for the final tournament will receive a fully paid trip to Tokyo to compete.   “We’re excited to take the BEYBLADE X World Championship to one of the biggest anime and pop culture events in the U.S. this summer,” said a representative from ADK Emotions NY. “With Target’s support, this tournament will unite Bey-fans in an epic atmosphere surrounded by some of BEYBLADE’s biggest fans.”  To train for the tournament, fans can find Hasbro’s latest BEYBLADE X tops, such as the Beyblade X Cobalt Dragoon 2-60C Launcher Set and the Beyblade X Soar Phoenix 9-60GF Deluxe String Launcher Set, as well as the new Clash and Carry Stadium, at Target stores now.  Looking beyond the thrilling World Championship later this year, BEYBLADE looks forward to continued celebration of its passionate community and innovative experiences designed to bring fans together across all generations in 2026 and beyond. Expressing the brand’s forward momentum, a representative from ADK Emotions NY Inc. shares, “As we look to the future, we are excited about opportunities to expand Beyblade’s reach and welcome even more Bladers into the fold.”  To stay informed around the World Championship and future BEYBLADE X updates, fans can go to Beyblade.com/worldchampionship2025 for details on additional tournaments taking place in France, Germany, UK, and more. Fans can also stay in the loop on all news around BEYBLADE X by following @officialbeyblade on Instagram, @beyblade_official on TikTok, @x_beyblade on X, and on BEYBLADE Official YouTube Channels here.  Source link

Seismic Toys in collaboration with Gums Productions, has announced a brand new partnership with the legendary Tezuka Productions to produce officially licensed Astro Boy figurines, available for pre-order right now. The figures mix Tezuka’s iconic Astro Boy with halloween-themed monsters for a unique blend of sci-fi, horror, and cuteness. “Astro Boy is such an important piece of Japanese pop culture,” explains Seismic CCO Alex Rushdy. “We’ve built something totally unprecedented, mixing famous western monsters like werewolves and vampires with the classic Japanese brand. It’s really exciting for us as fans of classic horror and Astro Boy since we were kids. It’s also exciting for us to offer a blind box product at a lower price point than our usual figures.” There are 6 figures in the line, with Astro Boy dressed as Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, a Werewolf, a Swamp Monster, and a Mummy, as well as Uran dressed as the “Sister of Frankenstein.” Additionally, rare “glow in the dark” chase variants are available with a 1/72 chance of finding one. Each figure stands approximately 5 inches tall.  The figures themselves were designed and sculpted by Seismic’s longtime collaborator Michael Lambert and promo art illustrated by the incredibly talented Linzb0t.  Astro Boy Trick or Treat ships this fall with pre-sale now available for an MSP of $19.99 per figure. Orders can be placed directly through Seismic Toys (https://www.seismictoys.com/), as well as some of your favorite toy & collectible stores. Wholesale inquiries can be made through our wholesale distributor, Disburst. (http://disburst.com/) starting June 9th. Since his first appearance in the “Captain Atom” series in “Shonen” in 1951, Atom, the 100,000-hp jet-propelled robot boy, has boasted overwhelming popularity in magazines, on television and on the big screen as the star of the major series “Astro Boy”. His character could even be said to be synonymous with Osamu Tezuka. Source link