Mcfarlane Puts a Lid on it and Rocks Some Guitars!

Mcfarlane Toys seems to be taking an interesting approach to the selection of action figures (or parts of action figures) that they will be releasing early in 2009. In addition to their typical action figure releases, Mcfarlane seems to be leveraging their manufacturing to create more product releases with less. Here's what I mean. In my previous blog post, I told you about the new series of Halo 3 action figures. That's nothing new. The Halo figures have been amazingly successful for Mcfarlane Toys. What is interesting is that Mcfarlane is also releasing a line of Halo helmets. The McFarlane Halo helmets are small helmets that are about an inch tall. They are made to fit any twelve inch Mcfarlane Halo action figure. You can check out a few of the helmets in my Mcfarlane Halo helmets photo gallery.

In addition to the Halo helmets, Mcfarlane has also just announced the upcoming release of a huge number of Guitar Hero guitars. The first season of Mcfarlane Guitar Hero action figures based on the video games are expected to start shipping from retailers at the end of the month. The Mcfarlane guitars are 4 inch action figure accessories for the Guitar Hero figures. The guitars be customized with a number of stickers that come with each guitar.

This is an interesting move for Mcfarlane, but it seems like it could be great news for action figure customizers. Being able to purchase quality action figure accessories at a fairly low price is a great benifit for collectors who enjoy making custom action figures. As far as I know, none of the other major action figure companies have released action figure accessories for individual sale. Are there others? Leave a comment to let us know.

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