Tag: "action figures"

Round 5 unveils series 8 of “Ultimate Collector” Action Figures

By The Fight Nerd on Nov 15, 2011 in Nerd Stuff

Round 5 President Damon Lau, announces the release of the “Ultimate Collector” Series 8 featuring updated versions of some of the UFC’s most popular fighters as well as all new characters hitting retail shelves this Christmas. The “Ultimate Collector” Series 8 is anchored by a Championship Edition Jon “Bones” Jones commemorating his historic victory over [...]

Jakks Pacific UFC Action Figures – Frankie Edgar & Wanderlei Silva review

By The Fight Nerd on Oct 21, 2011 in Product Reviews

Every nerd has an extensive action figure collection, and this Fight Nerd is no different. Fans of my site have seen photos of parts of the collection before, which includes all sorts of figures from Evil Dead, Street Fighter, Marvel Comics, Masters of the Universe, WWF, Ghostbusters, and so much more. Jakks Pacific has been [...]

Awesome Acts of Nerdom: Nogueira Bookends

By The Fight Nerd on Sep 21, 2011 in Nerd Stuff

I never knew MMA fans could be so crafty, literally! George from Vancouver made this sweet-looking pair of book-ends for his friends birthday using two different versions of Round 5 MMA’s Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira action figures. To make the base, he used the large version of the Jakks Pacific UFC Octagon playset and trimmed it [...]

Roy Nelson joins wave 8 of Round 5 “Ultimate Collector Series” figures

By The Fight Nerd on Sep 19, 2011 in Nerd Stuff, News

Over on Round 5 MMA’s Facebook page, the company has revealed details for their eighth wave of the “Ultimate Collector Series”. The figures in this line-up will be Jose Aldo, Roy Nelson (pictured above), Brock Lesnar (New Sculpt), Jon Jones Championship Edition (New Sculpt), and George St. Pierre Championship Edition with a sculpted gi. Limited [...]

Round 5 Releases New Line Of Collectible Figures – “UFC Titans”

By The Fight Nerd on Aug 23, 2011 in Nerd Stuff

Round 5 President Damon Lau announces an all-new line of collectible figures, UFC Titans, the latest brand extension of Round 5’s incredibly popular UFC license. “For the last 3 years, we have had a great time working on our Ultimate Collector Series and the complementary UFC Live and UFC Versus collections. We are incredibly excited [...]

Jakks Pacific shows off wave 9 of UFC toys

By The Fight Nerd on Aug 03, 2011 in Nerd Stuff, News

Jakks Pacific has unveiled their ninth wave of UFC Deluxe Action Figures, which include Brock Lesnar in his shorts from UFC 87, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in his shorts from UFC 97, Vitor Belfort in his shorts from UFC 103, Tito Ortiz in his shorts UFC 73, and finally Wanderlei Silva in his shorts from “Pride [...]

Round 5 unveils Bruce Lee figure based on “Enter the Dragon”

By The Fight Nerd on Jul 12, 2011 in Nerd Stuff

Round 5 MMA, maker of fine action figures (and who need to send some to me) released a sneak preview today of a prototype sculpt of Bruce Lee. Based on the opening scene of his most notable film, “Enter the Dragon”, this Bruce features the original open-thumb broken knuckle style kenpo gloves and his tights [...]

First look at Arianny Celeste action figure is “Meh”

By The Fight Nerd on Jun 23, 2011 in Nerd Stuff, News

Round 5 MMA is on a roll this week with unveiling some sneak peeks of their action figure prototypes. Yesterday we saw Urijah Faber, who looks pretty sweet. Today, we get out first look at UFC octagon girl and occasional mediocre pop-singer (and possibly plagarist) Arianny Celeste, who will be a rare chase figure in [...]

Round 5 MMA reveals Urijah Faber action figure

By The Fight Nerd on Jun 22, 2011 in News

On the official Round 5 Facebook page, the company revealed a prototype of their upcoming UFC Collector series figure of former WEC champion, Urijah Faber. Faber will be available in the fall as part of series 7 of the company’s UFC Collector series. The above version is the limited edition WEC variant paint-job, so we [...]

Round 5 unveils Bruce Lee action figure prototype

By The Fight Nerd on Jun 03, 2011 in News

Round 5 MMA showed off a new prototype yesterday of their first Bruce Lee 6″ Collectible Figure. It’s truly a day of Bruce Lee news! Fresh off the announcement of a new documentary series about the world’s greatest martial artist, we now have word that Round 5 MMA, makers of many stylized UFC action figures, [...]