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Nope, YOUR container is here, dear 1/6 collectors! With a not so nice weather this morning, we finally were able to receive the new, huge 1/6 seafreight shipment from Asia. We will now unpack all the boxes for you, check the quantities, inspect all the horses and other picky items and then mark all available novelties on our website during the next days.

Try to check in our NEW IN STOCK list a couple of times these days to be able to keep all the rushes in our 1/6 SUPER SECTION on your radar 😉.

From next week we will of course parallel start with sending out all pre-orders. As always, thanks guys, for your patience and support!

Did you also wake up tonight because of the roaring trailer thunder? Awesome what Paramount, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm smashed out in the last couple of hours!

Autobots and Decepticons kicked off with the first clip on »Transformers: Rise of the Beasts«. No doubt that we can expect a fireworks full of special effects as usual. The CGI in the trailer looks very animated as we think. But meeting Optimus again will just be fun.

Marvel immediately caught up, actually with the first trailer on »Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3« - and even with another clip on »Ant-Man 3«, a Special Look for Brazil Comic Con.

The highlight though came from Lucasfilm - the preview on which we've all been excited for so much: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny! Indy is back - and the first impression is fantastic! Turn up the volume real loud so the iconic theme sound can crawl under your skin. We are really looking forward to the movie year 2023!

 

If your favorite Christmas movie is »Die Hard«, we have just the right tip for going to the movies during the Advent season. Because today »Violent Night« starts with an incomparable David Harbor (Stranger Things) as bad ass, sledgehammer wielding Santa Claus.

When a group of mercenaries is attacking a wealthy family's estate, Santa must step in to save the day (and Christmas). The producers of »Nobody« and »Bullet Train" bring us plenty of over-the-top action, humor and the Christmas message wrapped up in Harbour's awesome one-liners.

The trailer really gets us excited about the film, and an IMDb rating of 8.0 and a critics' score of 83% on Rotten Tomatoes mean that we're going to have a lot of fun at the cinema. On that note, Ho Ho Ho.

https://youtu.be/a53e4HHnx_s

 

There are collectibles which make it clear from the first sight: THIS will be a highlight! Exactly that's what happened in April 2021 when TWEETERHEAD announced the wonderful Teela Maquette as second character (after Hordak) within their »Masters of the Universe Legends« statues line.

One and a half years later, this fantastic conversion of the Heroic Warrior Goddess finally made its long journey from Eternia to the S.P.A.C.E Headquarters. We - and surely also many of you MOTU fans - have been expecting Teela with highest anticipation. She absolutely deserves to be our product of the month December 2022!

TWEETERHEAD again did a terrific job - we clearly have to underline this. And we are very excited who will be the next addition to this line after Mer-Man, Trap Jaw and Skeletor. For the moment, this is still a well protected secret of Castle Grayskull ...

25 times ABGESPACED - a little anniversary! Of course we threw a bunch of efforts in the ring to be able to present you a full load of highlights of collectibles: the Van Helsing Premium Format Figure by Sideshow and the Banana Joe Statue by Infinite in our FIRST LOOK, the 1:1 replica of Galadriel's Phial as product of the month, the wonderful Teela Maquette (in both variants) as centerpiece in our studio and - by the Power of Grayskull - the prototype of the 1/10 He-Man Art Scale Statue by Studios!

Oh yeah, let's not forget our steady guest Patrick aka wonderbunk! He supported Sven perfectly on this long ride through the show - it was really a big fun and we hope y'all like it! Tune it 😜:
https://youtu.be/ICdbrAiS3YE

Aren't these great times for fantasy series fans? There is hardly a streaming service that doesn't have something about fantasy in its program and takes us to magical medieval worlds - whether Amazon Prime Video with »The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power«, or HBOmax (WOW/Sky) with »House of the Dragon« or NETFLIX with »The Witcher«. The only thing missing is the right series for Disney+.

Was missing - becuuse today is the launch of »Willow«! The series brings us a reunion with Warwick Davis, who returns in the series format to his role as the wizard Willow Ufgood some 30 years after the events of the 1988 Willow film. In a nostalgic mood, we are looking forward to seeing the big little man again. Do you feel the same?

Last weekend, after the forced break caused by Covid, the Tokyo Comic Con took place with an audience for the first time - nothing extraordinary as far as our scouts could see. The usual mixture of international star guests, panels, exhibitions, dealers, artist alley and in the manga motherland, of course, lots and lots of cosplay for anime and manga heroes.

Regarding collectibles, we missed most of the usual suspects, except for the gigantic stand of PRIME 1 STUDIO. You can find a number of booth tours on You Tube. It's really impressive to see all of that in one place. But PRIME 1 already announced that in the first part of their »Next Level Showcase X« a couple of days ago.

By the way, if you haven't seen the fireworks of high-end collectibles premieres, you can either watch the almost 3 hours on the Prime 1 YouTube channel or sit back, relax, put on Pizzicato Five and wait for our new ABGESPACED episode. Because we also discussed the highlights from the first of three showcase sections. You will drool, because there were absolute delicacies again.

Happy Cyber Monday, folks! You still have the chance to grab some awesome deals in our BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR 😜💰!

All offers from our CyberSpaceWeekend will end tomorrow morning - so you better hurry 🏃💨:
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☀️ Howdy, on this wonderful BLACK FRIDAY, dear deal hunters!

Since 0:01 a.m. the superduperbuzz is going on in our shop, because right on the spot we launched the 🎆 discount rockets 🎆 for our CyberSpaceWeekend 2022!

Over 800 items have been added for you to our BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR - now it is your turn:
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To get in the mood for the holidays we recommend all MARVEL fans this very special treat: the Holiday Special with the Guardians of the Galaxy, this time with the legendary Kevin Bacon as Christmas gift for Star-Lord.
https://youtu.be/OYhFFQl4fLs

Because the perfect present is a galaxy away ;). Streaming starts tomorrow - of course on Disney+!

If you have no idea how you want to spend this evening, we have three recommendations for you. You have the joy of choice - cinema or sofa, film or series.

»Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery« is hitting cinemas today. The sequel to the box office success of Rian Johnson's »Knives Out« promises again amusing guesswork with Daniel Craig as master detective Benoit Blanc and a large squad of stars. Watching movies on the big screen is always a special treat. But if you're not a cinema visitor and have a little patience - the film will also be available on Netflix from December 23rd.

All Star Wars fans among you certainly have a date with »Andor« on Disney+. The exciting, very down-to-earth series celebrates the finale of the first season today. If you haven't watched it yet, this is our ultimate binging tip for the coming weekend.

Another well-regarded series starts today (logically on a Wednesday) on Netflix. We are of course talking about the Tim Burton series »Wednesday« with Jenna Ortega in the title role. We really liked the trailers and are accordingly curious.

The two Italian manufacturers Infinite Statue and Kaustic Plastik share a love for cinema and especially for the great film classics. The result of their fourth collaboration in the 1/6 figure series is very impressive: with their first Dracula figure, they set a worthy monument to Bela Lugosi. The 1931 Dracula film was Universal Studios' first horror talkie and marked the start of the first great horror wave.

Our vampire friend and film history expert Mick took a close look at the figure and, as expected, is very astonished about the iconic bloodsucker. So he wrote a detailed review to Bela Lugosi in the Action Figure District.

By the way: we remain loyal to Count Dracula, as we will soon be dedicating a detailed S.P.A.C.E Special to the films and collectibles. The release is planned before Christmas.

You can find the amazing 1/6 Dracula figures by KP in our shop via this link. We bid you welcome!

After 11 seasons, 12 years and 177 episodes, »The Walking Dead« has come to an end. We can only agree with the wish »Rest in Peace«, the title of the final episode.

The series made TV history in more ways than one. When the first episodes flickered across screens in 2010, we were in the era of weekly broadcast television. Every new episode was a small event back then and was discussed extensively in podcasts. We were also in The Walking Dead fever and tried not to miss a single episode. The series also raised the gore score quite a bit. It hadn't been seen on TV before and zombies had suddenly become mainstream.

The series was also a real booster looking at the collectibles scene. So Threezero brought a big 1:6 line which didn't really get off the ground at the beginning, but then gave us a whole range of exciting figures. TWD also ended the beauty sleep of the former action-figure top dog McFarlane Toys. While the company was still in danger of slipping into  the "undead" statue at the time, the license to the Walking Dead came at just the right moment and revitalized the toy company, which subsequently delighted many of us with action-figures and statues in different formats and new concepts such as the building sets. There were busts and statues from Gentle Giant, a whole army of Funko Pops, and also replicas like Michonne's katana or Lucille, Negan's infamous baseball bat.

But no hype lasts forever, and like other series before it, The Walking Dead eventually wore out. A changing TV landscape, in which streaming services largely replaced analogue television for many viewers, and an unprecedented range of exciting new series made it increasingly difficult for the Walking Dead. In addition, some script decisions did not find the undivided love of the fans. Our interest also crumbled visibly, to be honest.

Rick Grimes and Michonne also reported back for the finale. In 2023, they will get the joint spin-off series »The Walking Dead: Rick & Michonne«. Whether the world needs another Walking Dead series is certainly debatable. But why not - die-hard fans will be delighted. Everyone else says REST IN PEACE.

When looking at the cinema-menu today, we discovered a fine recommendation called THE MENU - the new movie with Anya Taylor-Joy in the leading role!

In THE MENU, a young couple is traveling to a lonely island to visit an exclusive restaurant and have dinner there. Going along with the noble dish, a couple of bitter surprises are served by the chef (played by Ralph Fiennes) though ...

If you do currently have cravings for exciting thrillers (spiced up with a note of horror and humor) then you surely make the right choice here. As a little appetizer up front we can get you the trailer:
https://youtu.be/C_uTkUGcHv4

Enjoy your meal!

... actually two brand-new, incredibly stunning collectibles of one of the absolute cult musicians on our pre-order section: KURT COBAIN!

The Asian manufacturer BLITZWAY is well known for exciting licenses apart from the mainstream - both on the 1/6 figure section and the extravagant high-end statues quarter scale. Names like Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn or also Bruce Lee make the hearts of many collectors glow since years. It's not only the characters themselves that BLITZWAY is bringing to life, but especially also the extraordinary level of quality that is reached most of the times.

Our of nowhere - or shall we say "out of the nirvana" - even two announcements came in for one of the most famous musicians of our time: Kurt Cobain, front man of the cult band »Nirvana«, will be produced by BLITZWAY as a 1/6 Scale Ultimate Masterpiece Figure and as 1/4 Superb Scale Statue. The first images of both collectibles make a fantastic impression - and we really appreciate the fact that collectors can choose and decide right away which scale or which version is the better fit to their collection. It is of course out of the question that die-hard fans have to order both 🤘.

Let's see if BLITZWAY will deliver the Kurt Cobain collectibles in a heart-shaped box in the end 💝... That would for sure be a blast 😉.

For the past two weeks, the annual kitbashing competition has been held in the Action Figure District. The award ceremony took place on Sunday.

The competition is divided into the sections Pflicht (obligation) and Kür (freestyle). In the obligation, the figures of the participants are presented, photographed in front of a neutral, single-colored background, so that all entries can compete under similar conditions. Voting can then take place for a week.

In addition to this election, the election for the “Oscars” will also take place. Similar to the famous film award, the District Oscars are about certain aspects of the characters, such as "best costume" or "best self-made prop", etc. There were 18 entries in the compulsory:
http://forum.action-figure-district.de/viewforum.php?f=65

The freestyle Kür took place in the second week. Here the figures should be put in the best light, regardless of whether you photograph your figures outdoors, work with a backdrop or a diorama. You can access your own pool, integrate supporting actors, tell stories and also technically lend a hand in Photoshop or use effect apps. In a nutshell: everything is allowed in this part. The only requirement for this part is prior participation in the compulsory program. There were 12 entries in the freestyle this year.
http://forum.action-figure-district.de/viewforum.php?f=66

The winner in duty was LURTZ. The character from »The Lord of the Rings« was interpreted by Maik and finished with a big lead.

In the freestyle, Dunedin, alias Mick, won the race. He was able to score with his interpretation of the pirate LA BUSE and a ship diorama specially built for the contribution.

We say: congratulations to the winners!

The award ceremony with all Oscars and the elections in both disciplines can be found here:
http://forum.action-figure-district.de/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=3646

Take a look and let yourself be inspired. Perhaps you will also participate next year with your ideas ...

 

It's official: the prequel series THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN finally has an exaxt NETFLIX launch date! From December 25 we can all gather for stories out of the Witcher universe.

The start date was published together with a very moody teaser - and this really kicks ass! We are especially excited to see the great Michelle Yeoh as one of the leading actresses.
https://youtu.be/ry6HYg3AsHA

BLOOD ORIIGN tells us the story about the early Conjunction of the Spheres and the so involved evolution of the first witchers. Are you as excited as we are on the 4-episode series event for Christmas?

Yesterday evening, LIONSGATE dropped the official trailer on the 4th chapter of John Wick:
https://youtu.be/qEVUtrk8_B4

As we already could figure out from the first teaser, there will be a lot of rumble and roll going on also in part 4. Besides Keanu Reeves we get to see guys like Laurence Fishburn, Lance Reddick, Ian McShane, Bill Skarsgård, Donnie Yen and Scott Adkins. Totally clear that this will get furious 😆.

We are absolutely excited for the action fireworks which will be lighted end of March 2023. Are you on fire aswell?

Starting today, all MARVEL fans can make their journey back to Wakanda and dive into the world of Black Panther again...

Let's be honest - the movie didn't have an easy road because the sad story around the original Black Panther, the actor Chadwick Boseman, brought a huge tragedy not only in real life, but also within the MCU. The first screenplay had to be re-scripted and both the death of the main actor aswell as the introduction of the new Black Panther needed to find its place in the new script. Of course we also get to see the new antagonist Namor in the sequel (who was eagerly awaited by fans). And to make sure that the Disney+ series promo won't come to a pause, the appearance of the next character - Ironheart - may also not be missed out.

This alone are many puzzle pieces that might make the movie appear a bit torn apart. But this should not hold us back from buying a ticket. The lack of new blockbusters at cinemas during summer was too big, wasn't it?! So take some time over the weekend and treat yourself with popcorn and coke - and almost three hours of »Black Panther: Wakanda Forever«!

Today is a great day for all gamers: GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK is finally released! So Fimbulwinter has begun and we fight as Kratos our way through the mythical world of gods once again - the second time in the Nordic hemisphere.

As far as the first reviews or reviews say, the devolopers from SANTA MONICA STUDIO really delivered. It should definitely be a candidate for the Game of the Year Award - despite the very strong competition this year. But of course we want to get an idea of it for ourselves and our Tobi aka Krobi could hardly wait for the end of the day to install the game and start slaughtering 😁.

Are you also looking forward to the new adventure of Kratos and Atreus? All super-die-hard Kratos fans should check out our DEALS OF THE WEEK where we included two stunning bargains by PRIME 1 this time 🧐...