Disney/Pixar has released 6 new character profiles for their upcoming Toy Story 3 movie coming to theaters June 18, 2010. The new characters introduced here are Trixie, Twitch, Stretch, Sparks, Mr. Pricklepants, and Dolly. Click on the images for a higher resolution.

Trixie is a perfect playmate for prehistoric playtime! Visit the era when dinosaurs ruled the Earth! Made of rigid, durable plastic and in friendly shades of blue and purple, Trixie features an expressive mouth and movable legs. This gentle Triceratops will feed any child’s imagination. Also available: Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stegosaurus and Velociraptor.

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Here comes Iron-man’s next nemesis, in 1/6th scale!

From Hot Toys:

“Holding sophisticated metal-like whips, wearing burnt and torn jumpsuit, carrying real-like electricity generator on his back, he is fiercely heading to battle against the armored superhero Iron Man!

Coming with full gear of highly detailed weapons and accessories, this collectible figurine shall be amazing enough to enter your collection, not to mention the newly developed head sculpt with realized likeness of the leading actor, Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Mickey Rourke! Another highlight of the collectible is the forceful muscular upper body which is widely covered in patterned …

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Do you want a mini-Predator on your shelf to impress the ladies? OK, maybe not the ladies, but your fellow nerds? Then keep an eye out for the next line of Predators that will be released by Hot Toys! No official pictures yet, except for the teaser above. But, we can all expect a great quality product from Hot Toys based on their previous releases.

Here’s a short Behind-the-scenes look at Predators

These are Hot Toys’ previous releases.

Behind-the-scenes stills.

Oleg Taktarov, a former UFC fighter. He fought when it had less regulations, when it was considered almost a skillful street …

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With more exclusives than anyone else, Toys R Us has once again added to the fun of collecting by offering up one of the coolest figures to hit the market this year.

“Doc” comes to us courtesy of the “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” toy line.

Priced at $7.00, “Doc” comes with everything but the kitchen sink! Complete with a “Rescue” backpack with fully detailed multi-tool, avalanche bomb, water can, and flashlight. This backpack is an accessory that comes with a Firefly figure for more destructive purposes.
“Doc” also comes with a shoulder bag which is difficult to put on, …

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Getting an ipod touch was probably the best gift I’ve ever gotten in my life. It’s advertised as a touch screen Mp3 player but it does so much more. If you have a wireless router (you can get a good linksys router for 50 bucks or so), you can get online with it and use the touch anywhere in your house. A lot of places also have free, unlocked wifi connections for you to go to surf the web as well. Everywhere from your local library, to Mcdonalds, to that hipster coffee bar downtown has free wifi these days. If you …

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From the original Batman: The Animated Series we have 2 versions of Poison Ivy. The original U.S. version and the Italian packaging. With the U.S. version being dated at 1993 and the Italian version dated at 1994, both packages have seen better days. However, they aren’t all that bad considering they are 17 and 16 years old.

The accessories are the same with very little paint variation. The packages are different by the U.S. version having a “box” bubble and the Italian having a formed bubble directly on the card without an internal rack or tray holding the figure and accessories. …

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From the short-lived “The Batman” animated show, these are some hard figures to come by. Probably 1 in every 10 cases–it’s best to grab them when you see them due to the fact that they fetch big money in the secondary market.

First is the standard Batgirl figure that is detailed from the cartoon. Dated 2005, she is one of the most difficult figures to find in the series (I didn’t get screwed on the cost though–well, not too much!) She comes with a figure stand and an odd weapon which opens with the “Power Key” that she comes with. The …

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Howdy space rangers! Disney/Pixar has released these new character images for the upcoming Toy Story 3 flick. Meet Ken, Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear, Buttercup and Peas-in-a-Pod, as they welcome Woody, Buzz and the gang into a new world away from Andy.

Move over Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, here comes the original teen heartthrob, Ken. Nothing says hotness like a scarf with an opened-up shirt and cuffed-up shorts.

Hmm, reminds me a lot of Stinky Pete, except he has a cane. Let’s see if he’ll turn out to be a pooper in the end.

Looks like Bullseye, Woody’s trusted …

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Here’s the latest Toy Story 3 trailer showing off Ken (Michael Keaton), Totoro and a purple teddy bear. Pixar has a great track record and I’m excited for this one.

The story: The toys have been accidentally donated to a child’s care center, but later on, Woody finds out that Andy still wants him back, so they go on a wild adventure to return home.

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In this final part of collections we’ll talk about the negative aspects such as selling, loss and not being able to stop.

There are some great photos of collections and some information for you.

Selling: Why would someone sell something that they spent so much money and time on? There are a few reasons why.

1. They NEED money, and a good amount of it NOW. We either get so wrapped up in spending the money to collect things that we don’t realize the bills need to be paid too–it happens… Or emergencies where money is needed and this is the …

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