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ToyHypeUSA 1 Year Anniversary Contest - Show Us Your Toy Collections In A Battle Scene & Win Prizes

This week we are celebrating our 1 year Anniversary with a contest. What we are asking you, the reader, is to showcase your toy collection in an all out action figure battle. We want to see some creativity in the environment you use.

What You Need To Do:

Create your own action figure battle [...]

MOTUC Spirit Of Hordak Nearly Impossible To Get For Many In Today's Early Access May 14th Sale

 

Mattycollector has made some mistakes that cost many Club Eternia Subscribers a fair chance at getting the Masters Of The Universe Classics Spirit Of Hordak figure.

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A Florida Mother & Her Son Destroys Star Wars Figures From The Pegs At Wal-Mart – And Admits Adult Collectors’ Are The Reason

Our friends at Jeditemplearchives received a email from a reader who reported what his friend witnessed at a Wal-Mart in Florida. This story will make you frustrated and outraged on what this mother did!

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Toy Hype USA Now On Facebook

Toy Hype USA is now on Facebook. Make sure to ‘LIKE’ us to get updates from us.

Action Figure Thieves Have Officially Hit A New Low

A Star Wars collector has just hit a new low when it comes to re-packing/swapping, stealing, and returning an action figure to retail for a full refund. Thanks to our friends at Jeditemplearchives, we find out that someone returned a Star Wars The Vintage Collection Nom Anor packaging, and replaced the Nom Anor figure [...]

Message To Mattel - Please Don't Offer Low Quota Figures Using Early Access Again (Such As Strobo)

By now, most of our readers know that the Masters Of The Universe Classics Traveling Convention Exclusive Strobo sold out in Early Access in 1 minute. We are asking Mattel not to offer these low quota figures especially if there isn’t enough to support most of the 2013 Club Eternia Subscribers. We understand that [...]

MOTUC Castle Grayskull Jaw Bridge Height Concerns By Fans

Fans have expressed concern over the Jaw Bridge height for Castle Grayskull after Mattel posted the measurements (click the thumbnail above for a larger look – image taken by us at NYTF.):

Castle Grayskull update… straight from the Four Horsemen, here are the measurements of the latest sculpt. These were done quick n’ dirty [...]

Action Figure Theft At Retail Gears Its Ugly Head With Two New Store Reports

This morning, we sent Paul at Jeditemplearchives a question about a Emperor Palpatine Target exclusive two-pack we found. Turns out it was a repacked and stolen action figure. Read the story and another one below.

These days, you must always remember to be mindful of what you are buying at retail. If you’re not, [...]

Our Story With Digital River When We Re-Instated Our Mattycollector January Subscriptions

Recently, we had told readers that our January subscriptions of Netossa and Saint Walker were going to be late because Digital River attempted to charge the wrong credit card twice. The first two times we called, two operators took the new information and told us we were set. The third time we had called, [...]

Target Announces New Year-Round Price Match Of Online Retailers

Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) today announced plans to price match top online retailers year-round, including Amazon.com, Walmart.com, BestBuy.com and Toysrus.com (including Babiesrus.com). Target stores will also price match items found on Target.com.

The new policy, which takes effect immediately, will combine Target’s previous price adjustment and competitor ad match policies into one simple, easy-to-use Price [...]

Happy New Year 2013 From Toy Hype USA

The staff of Toy Hype USA would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year 2013!

Mattel And Hasbro Said To Be ‘Terrified’ As More Kids Seek High-Tech Christmas Gifts

 

Brg.com is reporting that Hasbro and Mattel are uncertain about their futures because of the current generation of children are leaning more towards technology, rather than plastic toys.

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Happy Holidays From Toy Hype USA

 

The staff of Toy Hype USA wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season!

Buyer Beware - Returned Broken Young Justice 6 Inch Robin Figure

Buyer beware! For years now, a handful of dishonest collector’s have been repacking action figures and returning them to the store purchased for a full refund. Some may be an older action figure than what was previously in the box, missing or broken parts, and even in some cases nothing in the box at [...]

Our Picks For Top Action Figures & Collectibles For This Holiday Season 2012

The staff of Toy Hype USA has each hand picked what we believe will be on most collector’s want list for the holidays. Some of these gift ideas can also be used for children. We would suggest clicking around each of our sponsors for the best price and availability of each of the items [...]

Mattel's Ghostbusters Classics Line - What They Should Do For 2014 & Beyond

Mattel launched their Ghostbusters 6″ Classics line-up in 2009 based on the Ghostbusters live-action movie franchise from the 1980′s. Both Ghostbusters I and II had figures made in this line inspired by scenes in the movies. Just like Masters Of The Universe Classics and other Mattycollector lines, this line needs subscription purchases to continue. [...]

Happy Thanksgiving From Toy Hype USA

On behalf of the staff of Toy Hype USA, we wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Hurricane Sandy - Updates To Website May Be Delayed Due To Power Outages

Due to Hurricane Sandy, we might not be able to report the most current news and keep the website updated as frequently as we’d like this week. But don’t worry. We will get back to business as usual as soon as possible. In the mean time, there will be new posts posted in our [...]

Toy Hype USA Store Sale - At Least 10% Off Most Items

We are offering at least 10% off almost every item listed in our store. Click here to see what we’re offering. Some items are under MSRP. Click here.

Note – There may be a delayed shipment due to the hurricane. We will ship it out asap.

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Submit Your Questions For 'Ask Matty' In November By October 30th

Toy Hype USA will be submitting questions on behalf of fans and collectors to Scott Neitlich, Marketing Manager at Mattel for next months ‘Ask Matty.’

All submissions must be in by 11:59 pm EST October 30th.

Please be very clear in what you’re asking. Thank you for all the submissions and keep them coming!

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New Sponsor Announcement – Nerd Rage Toys

What a week we’re having. First we joined ‘Ask Matty,’ then we announced that Gentle Giant Studios was added to our sponsor list,  and now Nerd Rage Toys. Things are looking up for ToyHypeUSA.

Nerd Rage Toys is a nice on-line toy store with very reasonable prices. They carry a wide selection of old and [...]

Stolen Toys - The Avengers Wal-Mart Exclusive Movie Hulk Gets Repacked & Returned With Young Avengers Hulkling

We will be starting to cover repacked and returned action figures at retail to help educate people on what to look for in an effort to put an end to this. For too long, a majority of collectors have been purchasing, replacing the new figure with an older figure, and then returning it for [...]

ToyHypeUSA Honors The 9-11 Victims

ToyHypeUSA wants to take a moment and remember the lives lost on September 11th, 2001. Our deepest sympathies go out to the victims, their families and friends. Will never forget their sacrifices.

Thundercats Deluxe 4 Inch Series 2 Panthro Review & Bandai Cancels The Line

Before I start the review, let me start off by saying that Bandai has indeed cancelled the Thundercats toy line. Although no official statement have been made by Bandai to the press, their actions at New York Toyfair 2012 with dodging all questions about it, and the fact that Amazon.com listed products [...]

A Special Message From Digital River - Email Sent To All Customers

Digital River who handles all orders and customer service issues (through Mattycollector) for Mattel sent out this email to all customers. Never before has Digital River sent out an email like this or addressed the entire customer base in such a way in the past. This is a very important email that should be read [...]

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