wrestling roundup One of the hottest booths all weekend belonged to Jazwares. Since their acquisition of Wicked Cool Toys and the announcement of AEW figures, the wrestling toy collecting community has been abuzz. Their reveals did not disappoint. First looks at Jericho, Omega, Cody and the Bucks blew anything that Mattel revealed out of the water. The return of the Legends line, the blind box Beast Mode did not create the impact Jazwares did. Of course this all coud have changed had Mattel had a real version of The Fiend. Alas, they did not, they had the same cutout shown during San Diego Comic Con... this time colored. Let’s not forget to mention the AEW line is helmed by wrestling figure legend Jeremy Padawer. In this battle between AEW and WWE, this was a knockout win for AEW. Shaquille O’Neal and toy photographer Mitchel Wu cut the ribbon to open the 117th Toy Fair New York. They were joined on stage by (left-to-right) Basic Fun! CEO Jay Foreman; Skip Kodak, executive vicepresident of the Americas at LEGO Systems; Bob Wann, chief playmonster at PlayMonster; and The Toy Association’s president & CEO Steve Pasierb and Marian Bossard, executive vice president of global market events. (David J. Crewe/Toy Fair)
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Art Department Weekly • March 10, 2020
