NBA Hoop Bricks | C3 Toys & OYO Sports

11.12.2018 – Basketball has been a prominent sport in the Philippines despite most Filipinos lack the height to make up that requirement. It’s not a seasonal sport like Baseball or Footy, but that’s what you see in the streets every day. Filipinos enjoy playing and watching the game more popular than boxing, billiards or even soccer. There has been merchandise based on this sport from team uniforms to novelty items like collectible minifigures tie-up to the NBA as the premier basketball league in the world.

LEGO® Ninjago Movie | Gong & Rock Guitar

03.26.2018 – The LEGO® Ninjago Movie, based on the theme originally introduced to the brand in 2011 has come a long way. The theme has established itself with an animated series now with the movie from last years its still continues to be produced with new sets for 2018. LEGO® produced a minifigure series based from the characters in the films. It’s slowly being sold out in some markets. There are great ones and then there is also the underrated minifigs that are left on the shelf like Gong with Rock Guitar!

C3 NBA Series 2 | Anthony Davis

12.01.2016 – The NBA (National Basketball Association) season is heading for the holiday month. It’s chugging along with great games and match ups if you’re into basketball certainly the merchandise that came with it is also a great treat. With all that for those into construction toys and buildable figures you’ll probably have collected the ones that stood out. C3 Construction is one of Bridge Direct’s interesting lines that ties up with professional wrestling and now the NBA.

KRE-O ® Dungeons & Dragons: Vansi!

11.20.2015 – Dungeons & Dragons originally a role playing game a table top activity that expanded into a multimedia franchise with comic books, movies, and animation related to it. Not to mention the collectible merchandise that kept the brand growing. This was a surprising part for KRE-O to produce a theme based from D&D, and it made it to the Philippines unlike G.I. Joe that was never seen in toy shelves. If you’re into medieval times this might be the theme for you that even featured a female Orc!

KRE-O ® Star Trek Series 2: Gul Dukat!

11.12.2015 – The last wave for KRE-O’s Star Trek blind-bagged assortment features popular characters from the television series and not based on the JJ Abrams' films. This second wave also includes underrated secondary characters too. For those not familiar with the television series from the late 1980s beginning with The Next Generation spawned three more spin offs and filled with interesting characters and one of them is from Deep Space Nine’s Gul Dukat!

KRE-O ® TF AoE Series 1: Skrapnel!

11.03.2015 – The fifth wave of the blind-bagged Kreon Micro-Changers could probably the second to the last run for KRE-O with most of the characters are either created only for this line in a live action movie theme. There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to characters created for this wave that doesn’t have any support of fiction. But probably it might have a tie-up with a pre-existing character like this Insecticon known as Skrapnel!

KRE-O ® Star Trek Series 2: Mugato!

10.15.2015 – Star Trek is a big universe that the television series from The Next Generation to Enterprise lasted eighteen years. Not including the classic Original Series that started it all, which lasted three seasons and becoming a cult phenomenon. The Original Series itself has bigger stories and memorable characters that even though it was cancelled it still syndicated that built that foundation for the newer series. As mentioned there are characters and one of them is the hairy Mugato!

KRE-O ® G.I. Joe Series 3: Atomic Man!

10.02.2015 – G.I. Joe as a brand is celebrating fifty years since its first ‘action figure’ was introduced in 1965. For the following years it has evolved which mirrors what is actually happening in its succeeding era. You’ve got military-related themes in the 1960s and in the early 1970s and then there was the Adventure Team in the mid-1970s, which tackle the environment at times, became weird and KRE-O has them too.

KRE-O ® G.I. Joe Series 2: Ripper!

09.25.2015 – When you talk about the Dreadnocks the first thing that comes up in your mind is a band of misfits led by Zartan, a master in disguise. Zartan can change his skin color when exposed to sunlight, but never was about band of misfits. The toys of course have all the Dreadnok members, but in KRE-O only a handful was produced and one of them is popular due to his whiny voice. He’s name is Ripper a Dreadnok who has specialty in ripping out on everything metal and more about him…

Mega Bloks Minions: Bob with Tim!

09.21.2015 – The Minions are a fund bunch of little men serving under Gru, but that all changed during the course of the “Despicable ME” animated films. A third one is in the works though after the hit spinoff. The popularity of these yellow banana-crazed dudes has produced Happy Meal toys, action figures, and Mega Bloks minifigs, which are rarely available packed in sets. The blind bags series however has been unavailable in the Philippines…

KRE-O ® G.I. Joe Series 5: Lifeline!

09.04.2015 – Kre-O’s G.I. Joe line may not have any new sets, but most of the micro figures continue to make its way to US retail and as convention exclusives. Currently the blind bags are a hot commodity in the community due to its limited release. The latest series so far is Wave 5 which features another 12 characters from the “A Real American Hero” line and a member from the classic 1970s Adventure Team. For now here’s a closer look at G.I. Joe Team’s resident field medic – Lifeline!

KRE-O ® TF AoE Series 1: Nightbeat!

09.01.2015 - Kre-O’s Micro Changers have entered its last waves which is under the “Transformers: Age of Extinction” banner though not entirely tied-up with the said film. But it shows how the series has evolved from just a micro figure with Kreons. The second to the last wave represented as Series 1 under the ‘Age of Extinction’ line with random characters from obscure to the familiar ones you’ve seen in action figure. But there are old characters too like this Headmaster named Nightbeat!

KRE-O ® G.I. Joe Series 2: Tunnel Rat!

11.01.2014 – G.I. Joe is an Elite Team and each soldier is unique with their designated expertise. You won’t see any cannon fodder unlike in the ranks of the Cobra Legion that some might appear redundant in appearance. But with G.I. Joe each character would probably your favorite hero. There’s no other Joe that’s not unique and when you talk about a special character few comes to mind unless you haven’t seen the G.I. Joe Movie in 1986 that featured Tunnel Rat!

KRE-O ® G.I. Joe Series 2: Land Adventurer!

10.16.2014 – G.I. Joe has been Hasbro’s property since first introduced in 1964 with 12 inch figures represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces. But by the 1970s it features a different kind of military unit with the Adventure Team. This line of action figures introduced the features such as "Kung-Fu Grip", "Life-Like Hair" and "Eagle Eyes". But when Hasbro & OxFord Toys team-up to bring this team in block form for their KRE-O G.I. Joe line they produced them as a rare special.

KRE-O ® G.I. Joe Series 3: Torch!

10.01.2014 – When you talk about Kre-O and the G.I. Joe brand the line will have “good versus evil” concept. Of course you’ve known a lot of Joes out there but what about the hierarchy of the Cobra legion? Cobra is a large terrorist organization and it has its own sub group that sometimes mistaken to be anti-heroes when they are actually not. The Dreadnoks is that sub group of punks, thieves, and psychos led by Zartan and one of his lackeys is Torch!

KRE-O ® G.I. Joe Series 3: Lady Jaye!

09.23.2014 – Kre-O continues to expand the brand with established properties under Hasbro other licensed rights from movies, videogames, and television series. Currently they have TransFormers, Dungeons & Dragons, Star Trek, and G.I. Joe. The most popular interest for the Kre-O brand is the blind bags, which has been consistent with G.I. Joe. The third wave only included one female character in Lady Jaye based on her classic action figure!

KRE-O ® G.I. Joe Series 3: Low-Light!

09.06.2014 – If you grew up having the vintage G.I. Joe figures back in the day you’ll probably familiar with a few interesting characters that were introduced in the later part of the series. Recently Hasbro’s Kre-O G.I. Joe blind micro figure blind bags pay tribute to the nostalgia of “A Real American Heroes.” One of them is Low-Light, which was part of the Wave 3 characters based from the vintage night spotter released in 1986…

Closer Look: The LEGO® Movie's Benny!

04.04.2014 – The LEGO® Movie has some interesting characters and among the quirky ones they became memorable for their role in the hit animated film. You have Emmet, Wyldstyle, or even Batman leading the cast but none of them is crazy as Benny. The spaceman from 1980s has positioned to be a favorite reviving interest in LEGO®. For his entire obsession in building a spaceship he sure is taking his addiction to the next level in the building sets.

The LEGO® Movie: Wiley Fusebot

03.16.2014 – The LEGO® Movie had several major and minor characters popping in and out of the film that it’s challenging to keep up on who’s who. When LEGO® introduced the next wave of Collectible Minifigure Series most of the characters in the line up are a complete unknown. Now that the film is already grossing billions and a sequel has been announced that it’s currently being written.

The LEGO® Movie: The Radio DJ Robot!

02.08.2014 – The LEGO® Movie has taken over the cinemas this weekend as for those based in the US they get something special. It’s not because they where a day behind other countries who started showing the films it’s just that they have exclusives. There were two exclusives that were released in US theaters unavailable to some regions...