The Expendables Rack Up Awards

Earlier this week I received an e-mail from Lisa at IGN

To celebrate the best of the summer box office, IGN recently released its 3rd annual “Summer Movie Awards” that honors the best heroes, villains, babes, weapons, creatures and more, to have hit the big screen since May.

As you can imagine, The Expendables won some awards…

Best Ensemble Cast The Expendables

Best Explosion – Attack on the dock – The Expendables

Coolest Gunfight – Hale Caeser mows ‘em down – The Expendables

Congrats to Sly, the cast and crew of The Expendables.  To see the full list of awards and winners, you know the drill.

Expendables: Barney Ross Collectible

SZoner, Lefebvre wrote in with news that HotToys is creating a Barney Ross Expendables collectible figure.

From the HotToys website:

Barney Ross 12 inch figure Hot Toys Sylvester Stallone

Movie Masterpiece Series~

Hot Toys is proud to present the 1/6th scale Barney Ross Collectible
Figure from The Expendables movie. The movie-accurate Barney Ross
collectible is specially crafted based on the image of Sylvester
Stallone in the movie, highlighting the newly sculpted head, body
tattoo, two styles of costume, detailed accessories and weapons.

The 1/6th scale Barney Ross Collectible Figure specially features:

– Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Sylvester Stallone
as Barney Ross in the movie The Expendables
– Approximately 30 cm tall
– Muscular body with over 30 points of articulations
– Highly detailed hair sculpture and moustache
– Movie-accurate facial expressions with detailed wrinkles and skin
texture
– Body tattoos with animal patterns on chest and arms, “Expendable”
logo on back
– Seven (7) pieces of palms including:
– One (1) pair of gloved palms for shooting with gun
– One (1) gloved right palm for holding gun
– One (1) pair of gloved fists
– One (1) right palm for holding gun
– One (1) right fist
– Each piece of head sculpt is specially hand-painted

Costume:
– One (1) beret
– One (1) pair of black colored boots
– Two (2) styles of outfits include:
– Style 1:
– One (1) round-neck black-color T-shirt
– One (1) tactical vest
– One (1) pair of black military trousers
– One (1) leather-like black belt
– Style 2:
– One (1) V-neck green-color T-shirt
– One (1) pair of blue jeans
– One (1) leather-like brown belt

Weapons:
– Two (2) pistols with pouches
– One (1) revolver with pouch
– One (1) assault rifle
– Two (2) packs of magazines with pouches

Accessories:
– One (1) watch
– One (1) pair of sunglasses
– One (1) pair of goggles
– Two (2) necklaces including one (1) with cross, one (1) with
military plate and danger-shaped accessory as pendants
– Figure stand with Barney Ross nameplate and the movie log

Check out more photos here.  Thanks to Lefebvre for the link! – Craig

SZoner Attends Vegas Premiere!

SZoner, Bettie from Brazil traveled to the US for the Vegas premiere of The ExpendablesBettie was lucky enough to meet and get photos with all of the major stars of The Expendables.  She even was able to get Sly to autograph her boxing glove.  Bettie wanted to share her pictures with Stallone fans worldwide.  So here we go…

Bettie meets Sly!

Bettie proudly wears her Rocky glove!

Here she displays Sly’s autographed boxing mitt.

Bettie and Randy Couture!

Bettie and the man!

Bettie and once again with Randy Couture!

Bettie and Terry Crews!

Bettie and Steve Austin!

Bettie and Dolph Lundgren!

Bettie and Eric Roberts!

Bettie and Giselle Itie!

Thanks to Bettie for sharing and for sending along links to these two Expendables sites in Brazil#1 #2 – Craig

SZ Exclusive: Stallone Expendables Statue Coming!

SZoner, Edinho Maga who does all of the great statues for the Hollywood Collectibles Group wrote in to say that he’s working on a piece for them of Sly from The ExpendablesEdinho also sent in a couple of photos to show his progress.

I can not wait to see the Hollywood Collectibles Group’s treatment for this piece.  You just know it will be first rate and look great in your collection.  I know it will in mine.

Don’t forget that the Rocky statue and the second Rambo statue (both from Hollywood Collectibles) are still available.– Craig