Do you hear that? It sounds like sleigh bells on the horizon!
It’s true, we’re just five months away from Christmas, and Jakks Pacific is celebrating Christmas in July with a pair of new collectible advent calendars that gamers and movie buffs will want to get their hands on! The Pop Insider, along with our sister publications, the Toy Insider and the Toy Book can exclusively reveal that A Christmas Story joins the licensed portfolio at Jakks with the debut of a 24-day advent calendar while Nintendo‘s Super Mario joins the holiday lineup with an advent calendar packed with exclusive new figures!
A Christmas Story Advent Calendar
The classic tale of the countdown to Christmas in Cleveland in the 1940s gets reimagined in toy form for this 24-day advent calendar. Kids can open each day to discover exclusive figurines of 9-year-old Ralphie and his family along with an angry department store Santa, an irritated elf, the neighborhood kids, and an assortment of artifacts from the film, including a Little Orphan Annie Decoder Ring, a bar of soap, and a major award that may or may not be Italian.
This set comes in a pop-up diorama that represents the famed Christmas Story House in Cleveland!
Ralphie and the gang are available for preorder at Amazon and will bring the holiday cheer to other retailers soon.
Super Mario Advent Calendar (Amazon Exclusive)
The characters from Nintendo’s Super Mario video games have entered the Warp Zone for some holiday fun. This set includes 24 popular Super Mario characters and accessories, including Ice Luigi, Princess Peach, Light Blue Yoshi, and the very first releases of a special Santa Mario, Snowman Mario, Snowman Luigi, and more. The figures are in 2.5-inch scale and compatible with many other figures and playsets from Jakks Pacific’s extensive line of Super Mario toys!
If you want this one, you better watch out for Bowser and get moving over to Amazon!
And remember, be careful, and don’t shoot your eye out, kid.
Ho! Ho! Ho!
