At last month’s New York Toy Fair 2014, Hasbro made a ton of upcoming products official that many collectors already knew to be in the pipeline from leaked retailer lists, including the Marvel Infinite Series 2 lineup of action figures! While we already knew they were coming before the 2014 Toy Fair, we got to see them for the first time last month. And now Hasbro has sent out hi-res images of the series, giving our best look yet at Marvel Avengers Infinite Series Wave 2 Death’s Head, Whirlwind, Red She-Hulk and more!
The sheer size of the “Marvel’s Death’s Head” figure looks great, as does the sculpting, paint deco and variety of accessories. For hardcore Marvel fans (and Transformers fans), the Marvel Infinite Series Death’s Head figure is easily the most exciting figure released thus far in the Marvel Universe 2014 scale.
I’m not sure why Hasbro feels that the Marvel Universe Beta Ray Bill figure needs to be reissued as part of Marvel infinite Series 2, to be honest. Aftermarket prices for the MU Beta Ray Bill are still pretty cheap, and the character doesn’t have any real relevancy to anything go on right now in the Marvel Universe comics or movies.
Just as we saw at the 2014 Toy Fair International, the new Avengers Infinite Series 2 Beta Ray Bill action figure looks unchanged from its original release. Nice if you missed this figure, but really nothing to get excited about.
The Marvel Infinite Series Red She-Hulk, however, I am extremely excited about. I thought that the Red She-Hulk comic book was underrated, and I actually like the look of this 4″ Red She-Hulk figure a lot more than I did her Marvel Legends Red She-Hulk counterpart.
Unfortunately, I expect this Avengers Infinite Series Red She-Hulk to be another one-per-case figure, but I doubt she’ll be the total pain to find at retail as the Wasp figure will be.
The Marvel Universe Yellowjacket figure makes its return as part of Avengers Infinite Series Wave 2 as well. Though the original MU Yellowjacket action figure hasn’t been setting the world ablaze with its desirability, this edition is actually a repaint that looks vastly better than the gold Yellowjacket figure we got in the Marvel Universe line.
I don’t even like the Hank Pym Yellowjacket identity, but the yellow paint on this figure looks so much better than the awful gold used on the original figure that I’ll be upgrading to the Marvel Infinite Series Yellowjacket. Good call, Hasbro.
Somebody at Hasbro finally had the epiphany that Hasbro could sell collectors who already have a ton of Thor action figures another one just by sculpting a new head, and thus the Marvel Infinite Series Wave 2 Thor figure was born.
We rarely get merch of the masked/Kevin Masterson Thor–even Bowen Designs hasn’t done a Kevin Masterson Thor statue–so I’m pretty stoked about this figure, even if it is basically just an old Marvel Universe Thor figure with a new head.
Steve Rogers is a pretty boring reissue to be sure, as he seems to be identical to the Marvel Universe Steve Rogers Super-Soldier release. But wait–! This time, his pistol is silver! The MU Steve Rogers action figure came with a black pistol, so this is like an all-new figure… from a certain point of view.
The Marvel Infinite Series Steve Rogers should sell well in stores due to all of the hype from the Captain America The Winter Soldier movie. No complaints from me about the reissue.
Finally, we’ve got one of the 4″ Marvel Universe 2014 scaled figures I’m most excited about this year: Whirlwind! I was shocked to learn that some people think that Whirlwind has a goofy-looking costume and character design, but thanks to his reputation as a long-time Avengers villain (and first-time Hasbro release in toy form!), I think Whirlwind will do just fine at retail.
I like the shiny silver and green paint that Hasbro used for Whirlwind, and now that Hasbro has sculpted that buzz-saw blade arms, I wonder if we might see the Daredevil Gladiator villain appear in the Marvel Infinite Series in the next year or so as well?
Now that you’ve seen the final packaged photos of all seven action figures that make up the Avengers Marvel Infinite Series 2 lineup, what do you think, Marvel collectors? Will you be picked up any (or all!) of Marvel Infinite Series Wave 2 when it hits stores later this spring?
Has anyone seen Wave 1 in stores anywhere?
amazon has hulk, reaper and hyperion in stock for $10.99 each
If you saw that price on Hulk and Reaper, it was fleeting. Shows ~$16.50 now. Hyperion still at $10.99, though.
And now Hyperion is at $16.50, too.
Can somebody please tell me what the deal is with hasbro not releasing product for pre order??? I mean dang, the new star wars black series has yet to make even a peep as well as these new avengers infinite.
Disappointing that the YJ figure doesn’t include a mini (shrunk) version of himself this time around, like the Wasp.
It looks like the horns on Beta Ray’s helmet have been scaled up a notch from the MU version but I could be wrong. Deaths Head and Whirlwind should be obvious pick ups for most collectors other than that the only thing else I see worth getting hear is that shiny silver pistol!
Looks like Wave 2 will be pretty well diversified http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS23670&mode=retail
Everyone gets another chance at Wasp. Looks like BBTS had some for per-order and they immediately sold out.
I have way too much hope this line will include more second and third rate characters… Whoever at Hasbro that makes these decisions needs a pay raise and a company G6.
I like Marvel headliners, dont get me wrong. its just i like the villians and obscure even more!
I think the only thing I’m not liking is Hasbro releasing repaints as if they’re brand new and not putting out the new figures like Emma Frost or Executioner.
Here’s a thought: Why not have repaints of some of the harder-to-find figures such as
Black Panther and the Vision? Plus, I wouldn’t mind seeing the Jim Valentino Guardians of
the Galaxy as well as the War of Kings GoG.
Mark, my only reply to your post is: Hell Yeah!!
I’ll be grabbing up everything other than rereleases.