Toy Robot Video
Arrow Video is a favorite home video distributor of mine after reviewing some of their 4K releases, which include Mortal Kombat, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy and Jackie Chan’s Breakout Hits. The label works with studios to release some of the big-name films of the past, but Arrow now sets its sights on more niche titles as they announce their subsidiary, called Toy Robot Video.
According to the press release:
The new label – a subsidiary of Arrow Video – aims to recreate the wondrous experience of browsing titles at the local video store, with fabulous new cover artwork, film masters transferred from the best elements available, colorfully-branded OBI-Strips, slip cards, art cards, and extras – and at allowance-friendly prices, so you’ll have bucks left over for snacks!
Toy Robot Video’s Mike Hewitt commented, “We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new home entertainment video label across the US, Canada and the UK. With a resurgent interest in Physical Media, especially amongst younger film fans, Toy Robot Video is intended to be a fun and inclusive label, designed to complement our core Arrow Video brand, spreading the joy of physical media ownership outside of the boundaries of cult fans and cineastes.”
He continues, “Toy Robot Video will deliver an expansive variety of content, incorporating a range of mainstream titles and genres – with even more comedy and even animation. We couldn’t be more pleased with our launch titles, including a 2-disc 4K UHD release of 1987’s Masters of the Universe in the US and Canada, and we are incredibly excited about our forthcoming slate for the remainder of 2026 and beyond.”
Cult Classic slate
Toy Robot Video has announced their upcoming slate of September releases:
Guyver: Dark Hero
- Released on 2-disc Blu-ray September 8
- Sci-Fi’s Most Powerful Alien-Human Hybrid Returns!
- He’s back and ready to take on an ancient evil from destroying the world.
- The world’s most powerful superhero battles to change his destiny and save the planet in this superb sequel to The Guyver, as Sean Barker returns to settle some unfinished business with the evil human mutants, the Zoanoids. Making its US Blu-ray debut with a new master, this set contains two versions of the film – the Original 1994 version and an Enhanced version, with added special effects.
- Toy Robot says: “There’s only one thing better than a Guyver disc – and that’s two Guyver discs!”
Roaring Fire
- Released on Blu-ray September 8
- The grace of Bruce Lee. The speed of Sonny Chiba. The force of Chuck Norris. He’s total destruction.
- Hiroyuki Sanada (Shogun) and Sonny Chiba (Shogun’s Samurai) star in this wild Eighties martial arts action comedy, about a Texas-raised rancher settling the score after his brother’s death, available for the very first time in the US and Canada on Blu-ray.
- Toy Robot says: “Proper old school chop socky, this film’s got the lot, including a fighting monkey.”
Masters of the Universe
- Released on 2-Disc Blu-ray and 2-Disc 4k UHD on September 15
- The Original Live-Action Motion Picture.
- Planet Eternia and the castle of Grayskull are under threat from the evil Skeletor (Frank Langella) seeking a mysterious Cosmic Key to turn him all-powerful. Led by the heroic
- He-Man (Dolph Lundgren), a small group of freedom fighters join forces with two teenagers on Earth to fight back.
- Toy Robot says: “Featuring a newly unearthed, extended Preview Cut of the film for the very first time!”
Marshmallow
- Released on Blu-ray on September 15
- Question everything.
- At a secluded summer camp, a shy and introverted 12-year-old boy is thrust into a living nightmare when a campfire tale about a psychotic doctor becomes real, in this smart and stylish slasher treat featuring Corbin Bernsen (The Dentist) that debuted to acclaim at 2025’s Panic Fest in Kansas City.
- Toy Robot says: “A brand new slasher with an 80s vibe! Are robots allowed at summer camp?”
Ninja Wars
- Released on Blu-ray on September 29
- Sorcery and violence in a stunning battle for power supreme…
- Sanada and Chiba again in a dark action film set in feudal Japan, blending ninja lore with horror and fantasy elements, about a wandering ninja who becomes entangled in a deadly conflict between rival clans after a brutal massacre wipes out his comrades. A standout entry in early 1980s Japanese genre cinema.
- Toy Robot says: “Stylized violence, eerie atmosphere, and supernatural elements…what’s not to love?”
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