While I was at a departmental store to pick up my pre-ordered Bburago Lamborghini Gallardo Polizia 1:24 scale model car over the weekend, I also made an impulse purchase of an Iron Man 2 movie toy!

 Front Mint-on-card (MOC) view.

Back MOC view.

Close up of the “Power Up Glow” feature by pressing down on the head.

I don’t have a photo of the lighted up toy because all the shots turned out bad and they can’t really show off the red color lights effect well.  You’ve got to fiddle with the toy itself to see its “Power Up Glow” in person.

This 3.75-inch fellow is still MOC.  I’ll take him out of package sometime later when I’m in the mood to do so.  Meanwhile, he looks pretty cool in package, and I can still play with his light up effects!

The range of Iron Man 2 movie toys available in Singapore so far can be found in my previous 2 blog posts:

Iron Man 2 movie toys in Singapore

More Iron Man 2 movie toys in Singapore

Happy Iron Man 2 movie toys shopping and collecting!

When you see all the 3.75-inch Iron Man 2 action figures in the departmental stores, you might be dazzled by how all the red and gold variants of Iron Man closely resemble one another. 

You might be further confused if you can’t read roman numerals, so here are some tips to help you sail through in identifying the Iron Man 2 movie 3.75-inch action figures:

How to read roman numerals -

I - 1

II - 2

III - 3

IV - 4 (a ‘I’ before V is 4)

V - 5 (remember that V is 5)

VI - 6 (a ‘I’ after V is 6 and so on)

VII - 7

VIII - 8

IX - 9 (a “I” before X is 9)

X - 10 (remember that X is 10)

XI - 11 and so on (I’ll blog about the rest of the roman numerals if Hasbro gets that far in its Iron Man 2 toyline.)

If you intend to buy just the movie poster version of the 3.75-inch Iron Man action figures, just note that a round circle on his chest refers to his Movie 1 version, while an inverted triangle on the chest means he’s from Movie 2.  You can then choose which variant you would like to buy from these 2 main distinctions.  The back of their packaging also tells you a brief summary of each armor version or “Mark”.

Do beware that there are reported cases of mislabeled Iron Man 2 movie 3.75-inch action figures.  So you still need to check every figure carefully to ensure you don’t accidentally buy duplicates or the ones which you didn’t intend to buy!

Hope the above helps you in your selection of which Iron Man 2 movie toys to buy.  Of course for the collectors who intend to buy all of them, it doesn’t matter!  Happy Iron Man 2 movie toys shopping!

Upon further observation of the Iron Man 2 movie toys that have just been released at mass retail here, I realise that there are more variety of figures than what I covered in my earlier blog post on them 2 days ago.

Iron Man 2 movie action figures - movie series wave 2 - SGD 16.90 each 

Top row (from left): Iron Man Mark II, Hypervelocity Armor Iron Man & Iron Man Mark VI (w/Power Up Glow).

Bottom row (from left): Deep Dive Armor Iron Man, Iron Man Mark IV & Iron Man Mark VI.

Note: For Iron Man Mark VI (w/Power Up Glow), the bubble packaging has an opening that allows you to press the figure’s head, and the body will light up in red color, very nice! 

Iron Man 2 Movie Armor Tech Deluxe action figures - wave 1 - price to be confirmed

Juggernaut Mission Iron Man (left) & Negative Zone Mission Iron Man (right).

Iron Man 2 Movie Mark VI 8-inch action figure - SGD 19.90 each.

Iron Man 2 movie toys buying tips coming up tomorrow!  Come back again to read them!

Following my blog post yesterday on sighting Iron Man 2 movie toys at our local departmental stores, here’s the movie trailer for your viewing, enjoy!

Iron Man 2 movie trailer - Release date on 7 May 2010.

Happy waiting for the movie to be screened in the cinemas here!

While window shopping at Orchard Road this week, I came across the Iron Man 2 movie toys in a departmental store.  There were mostly in the popular and in trend scale of 3.75-inch action figures. 

This time the retail price per figure is SGD 16.90, which is slightly cheaper than the other Hasbro action figures in the same scale.  I do hope that the retail price of subsequent Hasbro 3.75-inch action figures will at most be this price, or lower!

Iron Man 2 movie action figures - movie series wave 1

Top row (from left): Iron Man Mark I, Iron Man Mark II & Hypervelocity Armor Iron Man.

Bottom row (from left): Deep Dive Armor Iron Man, Iron Monger, Power Assault Armor Iron Man & Iron Man Mark III.

Iron Man 2 movie action figures - comics series wave 1

Top row (from left): Classic Armor Iron Man & Stealth Iron Man.

Bottom row (from left): War Machine, Original Iron Man & Crimson Dynamo.

I forgot to take a photo of the Iron Man 2 movie toys hanging on the pegs.  Perhaps if I see them again, I’ll take a photo.

Updated on 5 March 2010: Incidentally, Little Plastic Man blogged about seeing these toys as well and he took a photo of them too.  Both of us spotted them at the same departmental store, but not at the same time, LOL!

Here’s a couple of Avatar movie toys video reviews that I came across some time ago. 

Well, talk about the ultimate level of doing toys video reviews, such that the reviewer even dresses up to suit the theme of the toyline!  Happy viewing!

Avatar Interactive Battle Pack with 3.75-inch Jake Sully action figure review

Avatar AMP Suit toy review

You can also check out my previous blog posts on Avatar movie toys:

Avatar toys review

Avatar toys Augmented Reality demo

Avatar action figures - Pandora creatures

Avatar Interactive Battle Pack Set

What I really mean is that the Avatar movie toys have appeared at one of the major mass retail stores here in Singapore!  Previously, only certain local collectors’ toys shops were selling them since the Avatar movie was screened in the cinemas here about 3 months ago. 

The above Avatar movie toys were spotted at “the biggest toy store there is”, the one where “I don’t want to grow up”.  The outlet is in Orchard Road, inside the building that faces a pair of massive Chinese Stone Lions sitting opposite.  Its other less accessible outlet along Orchard Road doesn’t have them, as of today. 

No other departmental stores along Orchard Road, Chinatown or Bugis area have any Avatar movie toys, as of today.

The 6 inch Avatar Movie Masters action figures and the Avatar Interactive Battle Pack Set with 3.75 inch Avatar Jake Sully cost SGD 29.95 each.

The medium sized Avatar vehicles like RDA Grinder and AMP Suit (version 2) cost SGD 49.95 each. 

The large Avatar Creatures like the Leonopteryx figure and the large Scorpion Gunship vehicle toy are at SGD 59.95 each.

No other Avatar movie toys were seen there.  They must have either been sold out or they did not come yet.

Judging from the looks of the half empty shelves above, the sales of the toys look rather good.  Or perhaps only limited stocks came. 

Nonetheless, if you are keen to add these Avatar movie toys to your collections, you might want to start checking the departmental stores nearest your homes soon!  Happy Avatar toys collecting!

You can also check out my previous blog posts on Avatar movie toys:

Avatar toys review

Avatar toys Augmented Reality demo

Avatar action figures - Pandora creatures

Avatar Interactive Battle Pack Set

If you have no plans for the weekend and you’re in the mood for some impulse toy buying, you can drop by a certain departmental store that is situated very near our favourite Sunday Toy Market.  A friend spotted large numbers of this “nocturnal bird” on further clearance sale there yesterday!

G.I.Joe The Rise of Cobra (ROC) Night Raven @ SGD 20.00 each.

Nearly all the boxes there are creased or dented along certain edges.  It’s as if each of them had dropped onto the floor at least once to end up with those damaged packaging.  I hope the toys inside are all right.  No wonder they are now selling at a much lower clearance price than before (my guess only).

Update on 28 Feb 2010: There are still around 50 boxes of this ROC Night Raven toy seen at the store, as of today.  The photo above shows 1 of the 2 stacks of these toys there.  Toy sightings information is accurate as of 28 Feb 2010.  On any date after that, I cannot guarantee if they still have stocks.  You’ve got to go there and find out yourself.

Dept Store Location: O*, but only at the outlet nearest China Square Central (CSC).

Note: Please read the location description above very carefully before you head there to check it out.  Make sure you understand where’s that location I’m referring to!

This is a catalog photo showing how the jet toy looks like out of box. 

Here is the video review of the ROC Night Raven vehicle toy for your reference. 

ROTF Human Alliance (HA) Mudflap & Chromia with Agent Simmons action figures

Retail price: SGD 69.90

The above Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) toys have been spotted at some departmental stores in Orchard Road this week.  Some of the stores are currently having up to 20% discount on their ROTF toys. 

A video review of these toys can be viewed at my earlier blog post on them. 

Happy ROTF toys shopping and collecting!

The following are some of the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) toys sightings at a mega toy store in Vivo City this week:

Takara Tomy ROTF Voyager Shanghai Attack Demolisher Figure at SGD 63.90.

They also have Takara Tomy ROTF Voyager Recon Ironhide and Takara Tomy ROTF Voyager Bludgeon at SGD 63.90 each.

Takara Tomy ROTF Scout Brakedown Figures at SGD 19.90 each.

Takara Tomy ROTF Deluxe Dirge & Red Rampage Figures at SGD 38.90 each.

Hasbro Deluxe Dirge, Armorhide, Ratchet, Brawn, NEST Bumblebee, Lockdown and the rest in the same wave are also available there at SGD 27.90 each.

I also spotted the ROTF Robot Powered Machines (RPMs), both single packs and 2-packs for the first time in Singapore!  They are die cast matchbox size ROTF vehicles toys with the sculpt of their respective robot modes at the undercarriage. 

The paintwork is very shiny and they make great collectibles, provided you don’t mind that they can’t transform into robot modes at all.  Nevertheless, they are very nice looking for display.

The single packs (wave 5) seen are: Optimus Prime, Bumblebee (2010 Camaro), Ratchet, Megatron and Jetfire - SGD 6.90 each.

The 2-packs there are: Optimus Prime vs Bonecrusher, Jazz vs Brawl, NEST Stealth Bumblebee vs Recon Barricade and another pair I can’t recall  - SGD 11.90 per pack.

Happy ROTF toys collecting!