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Today we are opening door no. 9 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 9th door is: a T-Rex D-Stage mini-diorama from »Jurassic World« by Beast Kingdom

The winner is: Simon

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The Tokyo Comic Con took place last weekend. The large Hot Toys booth was particularly notable. The market leader showed a large line-up of their themes and also used the event to introduce two brand new figures that made their 1:6 debut here: Mr. Knight from the series »Moon Knight«, played by Oscar Isaac; and Rain Carradine from »Alien: Romulus«, played by Cailee Spaeny. We like both of them a lot!

But Hot Toys also had a whole legion of 1:6 collectibles on exhibition. »Deadpool & Wolverine« got its own display case with the recently announced X-23 figure as the first release of the four Resistance characters. A total of eight Spider-Men populated the »Spider-Man« display case, including the Peter Parker "Anti-Venom Suit" from the »Marvel's Spider-Man 2« video game that was announced last week. Various Marvel heroes, including the new Captain America Stealth S.T.R.I.K.E. Suit 2.0, were on display in two other Marvel cases.

A total of four showcases were filled with »Star Wars« figures, and two display cases featured the heroes from DC Comics.

The long-running »Terminator« line also got its own section. Alongside the 2.0 versions of the T-800 and T-1000 from »Terminator 2: Judgment Day« ,there were also various older figures from the franchise on display. We want to see this as a subtle hint from the manufacturer that other figures will also be getting their Version 2.0 re-issue. We would be very happy to see a state-of-the-art Sarah Connor with movable eyes.

Another exhibition area was dedicated to »Alien« and »Predator«. There was fresh blood in the Alien franchise this year with »Alien: Romulus« and with the Scorched Xenomorph and the newly introduced Rain Carradine, Hot Toys is ready to give us more figures from the Alien films. The »Alien: Earth« series is also coming in 2025. We think it is more than likely that we will get something from Hot Toys for that too. As with »Terminator«, we would also be happy to see a 2.0 re-release of some classic figures, especially Ellen Ripley, of course.

At the beginning of December, Hot Toys announced that it had acquired a license for the Netflix series »Squid Game«. The first products in the form of some Cosbabies were on display in Tokyo. Of course, we hope that the manufacturer will also add some figures in 1:6 scale. We are excited to see what's coming! The new license is a step in the right direction. We think it's time for Hot Toys to expand its license spectrum beyond its comfort zone. We can think of a whole bunch of other films and series for which we would like to have Hot Toys figures.

With this YouTube video from Kaiju Daddy you can pay a virtual visit to the Hot Toys booth at Tokyo Comic Con:
https://youtu.be/zUDP04PxhuI

And you can find our Hot Toys line-up here:
https://www.space-figuren.de/Hot-Toys:.:8.html

From today on, you have the opportunity to play as one of the world's most famous adventurers and unravel ancient mysteries. »Indiana Jones and the Great Circle« was published by Bethesda Softworks (»Fallout«, »The Elder Scroll«, »Wolfenstein«) for the Xbox Series and Windows. The release for PlayStation 5 is announced for 2025. In first-person, you step into the role of the brave American archaeologist Indiana Jones and have to overcome numerous obstacles for a groundbreaking cause.

»Indiana Jones and the Great Circle« takes place between the films »Raiders of the Lost Ark« from 1981 and »Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade« from 1989. Indy wants to discover the mystery of the Great Circle. But the Nazis get in his way. You can either ambush them or fight them in direct combat. Of course Indy's whip can't be missing, which you can use in a variety of ways throughout the adventure. In addition to companions such as journalist Gina Lombardi and Marcus Brody, who's already known from the films, you also meet the manipulative Emmerich Voss, who potrays the nasty villain. The developing studio MachineGames has set the game in an adventurous atmosphere and also proved graphically that video game adaptations do indeed have their right to exist. Here's the trailer:
https://youtu.be/0e17p2IVDUU

If you're feeling at home in the Indiana Jones franchise, you should check out our online shop. The manufacturer Iron Studios, for example, has designed some dynamic statues of your favorite archaeologist:
https://www.space-figuren.de/Movies/Indiana-Jones:::4681_4972.html?language=en

Today we are opening door no. 8 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 8th door is: a Terence Hill as Trinity 1/12 PVC statue by Infinite

The winner is: Jörg

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Today we are opening door no. 7 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 7th door is: a SuperGeek coupon worth 30 € and an Alien Queen Micro Epic figure by Weta Workshop

The winner is: Elisabeth

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Today we are opening door no. 6 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 6th door is: the 1/10 Neytiri Art Scale Statue from »Avatar: The Way of Water« by Iron Studios

The winner is: Tanja

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As film freaks, we always find it exciting when cinema makes itself the subject of discussion. Especially when the focus is on the filming, as in François Truffaut's »Day for Night« or in »Living in Oblivion« by Tom DiCillo. Shooting a film is pure madness, a permanent state of emergency. What does it look like for a big franchise film? The HBO series »The Franchise« tells this story.

Assistant director Daniel Kumar (Himesh Patel) is on edge. On day 35 of shooting »Tecto: Eye of the Storm«, they are already 12 days behind in their shooting schedule. He constantly has to mediate between the eccentric European auteur Eric Bouchard (Daniel Brühl), the studio and the main actors, who hate each other. Then they find out that in the franchise's predecessor, which is being produced at the same time, central characters of the story are killed. And damn it, the story is supposed to become more feminist - but don't alienate the hardcore fans ...

The series by Oscar winner and Bond director Sam Mendes (»1917«, »Skyfall«), Emmy winner Jon Brown (»Succession«) and Armando Ianucci (»Veep«) is released today on Sky and is also available on demand.

Today we are opening door no. 5 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 5th door is: a Minion-Bundle, consisting of 2 D-Stage mini-dioramas by Beast Kingdom

The winner is: Robert

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We love the cinema of the 80s! It feels like no other decade has produced so many films with a cult status: »Raiders of the Lost Ark«, »Ghostbusters«, »Terminator«, »Blade Runner«, »Back to the Future«, »Die Hard«, »Star Wars« and many, many others. Heroes like Han Solo, Peter Venkman, Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, Indiana Jones, John McClane and Marty McFly almost feel like they're old friends - just like Axel Foley, the cop from Detroit, who we are celebrating today, because ...

40 years ago today, »Beverly Hills Cop« hit US cinemas. The story is quite simple. After his old friend Mickey is murdered, Detroit police officer Axel Foley travels to Beverly Hills to track down the murderer. He quickly finds the culprit in businessman and cocaine smuggler Victor Maitland, whom he tries to convict. With his unconventional methods, Axel initially rubs the local police authorities the wrong way, causing chaos in Beverly Hills and entertaining the audience.

Originally, »Beverly Hills Cop« was supposed to be a very different film. Sylvester Stallone was initially considered for the lead role. He wanted a lot more action than the script called for. However, that would have blown the film's budget and Stallone dropped out of the project and made »Cobra« instead. The up-and-coming »Saturday Night Live« star Eddie Murphy got the role of Axel Foley. The script was revised and tailored to Murphy. After »48 Hrs.« and »Trading Places«, »Beverly Hills Cop« marked Murphy's final breakthrough.

Axel Foley was our buddy. You just had to love him, a laid-back guy in a T-shirt, jeans and sneakers who we could identify with. He was no superhero, no muscleman, but instead cheeky, wonderfully disrespectful, bold and clever, basically a charming loudmouth who could talk his way out of any tricky situation.

Murphy's talent for improvisation came into full play here and met the ideal co-stars. The Beverly Hills police officers assigned to him, Det. Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and Sgt. Taggart (John Ashton), are reminiscent of Laurel and Hardy in their best moments. Ronny Cox plays the initially annoyed superior Lt. Bogomil. It's just great to see how the relationship between Axel and his colleagues develops, how they eventually become friends and triumph over the criminals.

The opponents are also perfectly cast with Steven Berkoff as Victor Maitland and his henchman Zack (played by Jonathan Banks, who'll be known to most people as Mike Ehrmantraut from »Breaking Bad«).

Even after 40 years, the film is still a lot of fun and is an example of the great cinema of that time. The film's music plays a big part in this. The »Axel F« title theme by German composer and music producer Harold Faltermeyer is catchy and became an influential synth pop hit of the 1980s. Faltermeyer was even awarded a Grammy for the soundtrack!

»Beverly Hills Cop« got three sequels, »Beverly Hills Cop II« (1987), »Beverly Hills Cop III« (1994) and in 2024, to mark its 40th anniversary, the late sequel »Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F« was released on Netflix. A surprisingly good sequel, we think, with a nice reunion of Axel with Rosewood and Taggart. Alongside Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold and John Ashton, Bronson Pinchot is also back as Serge. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Det. Bobby Abbott and Taylour Paige as Foley's daughter Jane Saunders fit in very well and Kevin Bacon plays a convincing antagonist as the corrupt Captain Cade Grant.

You can find the first three films on Paramount+, although they really shouldn't be missing from any DVD or Blu-ray collection. You can stream part 4 on Netflix. What's definitely missing, though, are some »Beverly Hills Cop« collectibles. A well made 1/6 scale actionfigure in jeans, sneakers and the iconic Detroit Lions jacket would be awesome, wouldn't it?!

Starting today on Netflix, you can see Keira Knightley (»Pirates of the Caribbean«) and Ben Whishaw (»Perfume: The Story of a Murderer«) as a fearless team in a spy thriller. In the first season, »Black Doves« offers you six episodes full of revenge, murder, a lot of blood, gunfights and strong characters. At least that's what the trailer suggests:
https://youtu.be/1R0d2jW7a-I

Helen spies on her husband in order to pass political secrets to the organisation Black Doves. Meanwhile, she's involved in an affair. Her lover, however, knows nothing of her secret identity. Not even when he's murdered in cold blood. The London underworld is behind the assassination, and Helen immediately vows revenge. Her safety on this dangerous crusade is ensured by Sam Young, an old friend and contract killer who's not able to shake off his unfortunate past.

Back in August 2024, a few months before the show would be released, Netflix announced that there would be a second season of »Black Doves«. That means you won't have to wait long for the sequel in case the thriller series blows your socks off. Anyway, we're excited!

Today we are opening door no. 4 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 4th door is: a Landslide Druid from »Diablo IV« by McFarlane Toys

The winner is: Marcus

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Yesterday, the first two episodes of »Star Wars: Skeleton Crew« premiered on Disney+. Here's our first impression:

The series clearly targets a younger audience, but that shouldn't stop you from giving it a watch. Already, it's far more entertaining than, say, »The Acolyte«. Instead of intergalactic warfare or space-western vibes, this time we get Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-style adventures in the outer rims of the Star Wars universe, complete with an exhilarating spaceship boarding scene in the opening minutes and some very obvious homages to these beloved pirate film series.

The first episode is set, quite atypically for Star Wars, on an Earth-like planet that feels reminiscent of 1950s American suburbs. However, that doesn't detract from the experience, because the galaxy is vast - why wouldn't there be a world with familiar-looking neighborhoods? Especially since this parallel world is peppered with charming details that ground us firmly in the Star Wars universe. In this episode, we meet the four kids who will lead the adventure: Wim, the dreamer; Neel, the somewhat timid but clever one; Fern, the natural-born leader and KB, the techie sporting a Geordi-La-Forge-style visor.

By chance, they discover what at first seems to be a Jedi temple, which turns out to be a spaceship. Before they know it, they're out in space. A hyperdrive mishap flings them far from home. Accompanied on board by the damaged droid SM-33 (voiced by Nick Frost, delivering delightful pirate-style "Arrr"s, and already our favourite character in the series), they unwillingly plunge into adventure and find themselves in the Tortuga of a galaxy far, far away. Here, they encounter Jude Law's enigmatic character, Jod Na Nawood.

We thoroughly enjoyed the series' opening. The visuals are polished and we're eager to further explore this pirate-filled world. The makeup work for the different species is notably impressive, standing in stark contrast to »The Acolyte«, where it sometimes felt more like face painting for kids. We are really excited to see how »Skeleton Crew« will evolve.

Of course, this is a kids' series with children in the lead roles, so Emmy-worthy performances are unlikely. But so far, the four kids have portrayed their characters with charm and wit. Clear parallels to the kids from »Stranger Things« can be drawn, though »Skeleton Crew« doesn't quite reach the same level of artistic or emotional depth.

Today we are opening door no. 3 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 3rd door is: a Blue Icons Mini-Statue from »Jurassic World« by Iron Studios

The winner is: E. Munnink

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Today we are opening door no. 2 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 2nd door is: the Vault Dweller's Welcome Kit from »Fallout« by Doctor Collector

The winner is: Olav

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Happy Cyber ​​Monday, dear bargain hunters! We are in the final stretch of this year's CyberSpaceWeekend - that means you have the chance to get tons of special offers in our shop until midnight 🤑!

Many of you have already grabbed some deals, but the late bloomers still have a great selection of almost 900 heavily discounted collectibles 🤩 in our SALE section:
space-figuren.de/sale

And remember: with an order you automatically take part in this year's S.P.A.C.E Advent Calendar and have the chance to win juicy prizes every day until December 24th 😜!

Today we are opening door no. 1 of the S.P.A.C.E Advent calendar 🎅🎁!

Behind the 1st door is: a Chucky bundle, consisting of a Talking Good Guys Chucky from Mezco and a notebook set

The winner is: Steve

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According to the Chinese calendar, the year 2024 is under the sign of the Dragon. But maybe the Far Eastern calendar officials have to overthink that: if you measure the cultural impact that Sun Wukong had this year, then you can't really help but declare the monkey the animal of the year.

Sun Wukong, the King of the Monkeys, is the main character of the Chinese novel »The Journey to the West« and an inspiration for many Asian artists. For example, the character of the Monkey King served, among other things, as the template for the main character of »Dragon Ball«, and the developer Game Science dedicated their video game »Black Myth: Wukong« to him in 2024 (which we can definitely recommend playing 😀).

Accordingly, your S.P.A.C.E monkey gang has unanimously decided to elevate this action-figure from Four Horsemen to our 💥 Product of the Month 💥 December 2024. The Sun Wukong the Monkey King - Golden Sage version is also part of the Figura Obscura line of the Retailer Appreciation Wave 2 by the manufacturer Four Horsemen Studios.

Wukong will start the journey to the West (or to your collector's rooms) with a lot of accessories, including a total of 4 heads, in an extremely beautiful and high-quality box with a backdrop.

It's that time again - the big CyberSpaceWeekend is here! From Black Friday until Cyber ​​Monday, our shop has the hottest deals of the year 🔥. We have heavily discounted over 1,000 items - so you will find a huge amount of awesome collectibles at special prices in our sale department, from action figures to statues and busts to 1/6 scale collectibles 🤑.
space-figuren.de/sale

And for everyone who grabs a bargain in the sale, there's something cool on top! By purchasing a discounted item during CyberSpaceWeekend, you automatically take part in our S.P.A.C.E Advent Calendar 🎅. We're giving away great prizes every day from December 1st to 24th - vouchers, gaming bundles and of course collectibles 🎁. The lucky winners will be announced daily on Instagram, Facebook and in the news ticker in our shop and contacted by us.

So you can not only get awesome collectibles in the sale, but with a little luck you can also win something. So: let the bargain hunt begin 🥳!

»Moana 2« is hitting cinemas right now.

Originally planned as a series, the title heroine's next mission became another movie instead. In the sequel to »Moana« from 2016, the daughter and successor of the tribal chief of a Polynesian island once again receives a call from her ancestors. Moana must break the curse of a long-forgotten island. To do this, she gathers an unconventional crew of sailors and sets sail with them on a new adventure, on which they meet old and new opponents.

Fans of the first film can look forward to a similarly charming sequel with beautiful animation and a great soundtrack! The trailer gives you a first impression:
https://youtu.be/hDZ7y8RP5HE

We are excited to see what awaits Moana, Maui and Co. on their journey. Will you watch »Moana 2« in the cinema?

Today we want to talk about a series that is currently airing on Sky. We are talking about »The Day of the Jackal«.

The thriller series is loosely based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth. It is about a planned contract killing of Charles de Gaulle, carried out by an anonymous professional killer and the thwarting of the attack by a police officer. The first faithful film adaptation of the same name was released in 1973, directed by Fred Zinnemann (»High Noon«) with Edward Fox as the Jackal and Michael Lonsdale as his opponent, Inspector Claude Lebel. You can find the film in the WOW and Sky Go program.

Another very loose adaptation dates back to 1997 with Bruce Willis in the role of the Jackal and on the other side Richard Gere, who plays the former IRA fighter Declan Mulqueen. The plot was set in the present day in the US, and the target of the attack is the First Lady. The film received rather bad reviews and was described as shallow, unambitious and absurd.

Now you can watch the material in a series adaptation on Sky. The Jackal is played by Eddie Redmayne, who, miraculously and in contrast to the novel and the first film, has a private life with a wife who has no idea about his machinations. His opponent is the MI6 agent Bianca Pullman played by Lashana Lynch. The target of the attack is a software mogul. The first season consists of 10 episodes and a second season was recently commissioned.

The many European locations are fun, giving the cat and mouse game a lot of atmosphere and sometimes letting a touch of James Bond waft through the TV room. The series always has its best moments when it is close to Redmayne and he is focusing on his target. Unfortunately, the role of Bianca Pullman is not very sympathetic and is portrayed with a girl-boss attitude that is very common in many “modern” films today. When did authors forget how to write good female protagonists? As a result, our sympathies are more on the side of the bad guy. The series is also a bit slow at times. It would probably have done it good to shorten it to maybe 8 episodes. And some things are better left unquestioned. Like the software release that is supposed to be prevented by the attack. It is always claimed that it is aimed at the rich to make their financial transactions and machinations transparent, but the software can be used against anyone.

Despite all these weaknesses, we cannot deny that the series is certainly entertaining and that is primarily thanks to Eddie Redmayne. Here is the trailer:
https://youtu.be/qXJ2HKqFbE0

Are you watching the series? How do you like it?