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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Chuck Liddell Goes Platinum at UFC Fan Expo, Courtesy of JAKKS
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Top UFC fighters and MMA fans will get the first look at the official Ultimate Fighting Championship action figures from leading U.S. toy maker JAKKS Pacific, Inc at UFC Fan Expo for UFC 100 in Las Vegas. The first two series of the line, Wave 0 and Wave 1 include some of the best and well known UFC fighters such as heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, Chuck Liddell, middleweight champion Anderson Silva, Forrest Griffin, Rampage Jackson, and Royce Gracie. Several of the fighters will be in attendance to view their new figures before they hit retail shelves this Fall, and are expected to meet and greet with fans at the JAKKS UFC Fan Expo booth (#427).
To help celebrate UFC 100 and the first ever UFC Fan Expo, JAKKS will also have Limited Edition UFC Fan Expo Platinum Chuck Liddell figures available for purchase by fans in attendance at the JAKKS booth while supplies last. The exclusive Limited Edition Platinum figures will be sequentially numbered 1:500 and will only be available at the UFC Fan Expo. The first 250 units will go on sale at 10:00 am on Friday with the next 250 units available Saturday starting at 10:00 am as well.
Where:
JAKKS Booth #427
Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Bayside Hall B
Located at 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
Las Vegas, NevadaLabels: Action Figures, Chuck Liddell, JAKKS Pacific, UFC 100, UFC Fan Expo
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 1:16 PM
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Round 5 Reaches Walmart in Canada
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Round 5 on Wednesday announced that Walmart Canada will carry the collectibles in its stores across the country beginning this month. Walmart Canada will stock the two current Series, which are comprised of eight popular MMA figures, as well as planned future Series.
"Having our figurines available at Walmart locations will significantly boost our exposure throughout the country," said Damon Lau, Round 5 President. "Walmart Canada serves more than one million customers each day, bringing great visibility to the Round 5 brand and products."
Round 5 has announced partnerships with more than 20 mixed martial arts stars to date, with eight figurines already available: Randy Couture, Matt Hughes, Quinton ‘Rampage' Jackson and Tito Ortiz (Series 1); and Rich Franklin, Sean Sherk, Anderson Silva and Wanderlei Silva (Series 2). Series 3 figurines are scheduled to be available in May, featuring Andrei "The Pit Bull" Arlovski, "Big John" McCarthy, Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira.
Series 4, which is scheduled for release in time for UFC 100 in July, features an expanded line of six figures. Women's MMA pioneer Gina Carano, international superstar Fedor Emelianenko, and recent additions Dan Henderson, Cung Le, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Matt Serra are included in the Series.
Round 5 plans to release collectibles of two additional series of athletes later in 2009, one during each quarter. Canadian Jason MacDonald has signed to be part of one of those releases, while other athletes to be represented in those series are yet to be announced.
Existing Round 5 figurines are available at other retail outlets throughout North America and online at www.Round5MMA.com, and in the MMAWeekly.com Online Store.Labels: Action Figures, Collectibles, MMAWeekly Store, Round 5
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 1:27 PM
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