Bowen Designs Frankenstein Statue Released & Photos! LE 300!

Posted on by March 21, 2014
Frankenstein Statue Bowen Designs 2014

And then there were two! Last week Bowen Designs began shipping out the fourth-last Bowen Designs Marvel Phase V statue, and this week they’ve followed up with the third-last. This time it’s a character that pretty much anyone in the world will recognize instantly–perhaps even more so than Spider-Man!

Making his debut for the first time ever in statue form, the Marvel Monsters Bowen Designs Frankenstein statue is now available for order… and Frankenstein is limited to just 300 pieces produced!

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KidRobot Marvel Labbit Series 2 Review: Iron Man & Spider-Man

Posted on by March 20, 2014
Spider-Man Labbit Figure Shooting Web Fluid

This was a particularly crummy week for me, rife with personal illness and a death in my family. Some people console themselves with whiskey and such under similar circumstances. I do it with blind-boxed vinyl figures. And two of the blind boxes that I picked up this week (of many) were my first two KidRobot Marvel Labbit Minis Series 2 “bloxes”. I was aiming for Carnage and Anti-Venom, but this just wasn’t my week (if any regard). I drew the two most common KidRobot Marvel Labbits Series 2 figures: Spider-Man and Iron Man. Were they worth my 20 bucks? Read on…

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Marvel Select Zombie Magneto Figure Announced & Photo!

Posted on by March 19, 2014
Marvel Select Zombie Magneto Figure Marvel Zombies

Marvel movie figures have been hogging the Marvel Select spotlight for the past few months, but this summer Diamond Select Toys has an all-new comic book-based Marvel Select action figure coming our way. This isn’t going to be for everyone (and certainly not for the squeamish, non-horror fans like me), but if you’re into the macabre, the Marvel Select Zombie Magneto figure from the Marvel Zombies comics that is now up for order may be right up your alley!

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Bowen Designs X-Force Psylocke Statue Released & Photos!

Posted on by March 18, 2014
Bowen Psylocke X-Force Statue LE 400 Statue 2014

The countdown is on, as there are now only two Bowen Designs Marvel statues left to be released until when and if Bowen signs a new licensing contract with Disney/Marvel! The third-last Bowen full-size statue was just released last week, and it’s perhaps the final X-Force statue that will be released by Bowen Designs. Digitally sculpted by Jason Smith, the Bowen X-Force Psylocke statue is now in-stock and available for order–and with an edition size of 400, this one is selling out quickly!

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Marvel Minimates Guardians of the Galaxy Revealed & Photos!

Posted on by March 19, 2014
Marvel Minimates Starlord Guardians of the Galaxy Figure

While Diamond Select Toys gave press and buyers at the 2014 New York Toy Fair the first look at this summer’s Marvel Minimates Guardians of the Galaxy figures, photography of the Guardians of the Galaxy Minimates (like most GOTG merch) was not allowed at the event. Collectors have had to be content with word-of-mouth textual descriptions of the wave–until now! Diamond Select has now pulled back the curtain, and the complete Guardians of the Galaxy Minimates series is now available for order!

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Play Imaginative War Machine Raw Edition 1/4 Figure! LE 200!

Posted on by March 18, 2014
Play Imaginative War Machine Mark II RAW Edition

Can’t get enough of that awesome War Machine Mark II armor that didn’t really appear in Iron Man 3 at all? Never get tired of pre-ordering $600+ 1/4 Iron Man figures that get delayed for over a year and may not ever actually even get released?

If you answered “yes” to both these questions, Play Imaginative has just the thing for you! The Iron Man 3 Play Imaginative 1/4 War Machine Raw Edition figure is now available for order… and it’s limited to just 200 pieces produced!

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NECA Captain America Battle Damaged 1/4 Figure Announced!

Posted on by March 18, 2014
Avengers NECA Battle Damaged Captain America Quarter Scale Figure

After the previously-released Marvel 1/4 NECA Avengers figures such as Iron Man, Captain America, a Thor: The Dark World Thor, quarter-scale figure collectors have been waiting patiently for the long-rumored Hulk figure to join his Avengers brethren. Unfortunately, it looks like those fans are going to have to wait a little more. NECA announced their next Avengers 1/4 scale figure this morning, and it’s a repaint with a new head–the NECA Captain America Battle Damaged quarter-scale figure is now up for order!

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Marvel Avengers Infinite Series 2 Figures Hi-Res Photos!

Posted on by March 17, 2014
Marvel Infinite Series Death's Head Figure Packaged

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!

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Revoltech Iron Man Mark VII Figure Reissue Announced!

Posted on by March 14, 2014
Sci-Fi Revoltech #42 Iron Man Mark VII Box Packaged

In the aftermath of Figma officially opening orders for their exquisite (albeit excessively expensive) Avengers Figma Iron Man Mark VII figure, Kaiyodo has decided to cash in on all of the interest in the Mark VII Iron Man as well! Though it was first released in early 2013 to mixed reviews and took quite a while to sell through, the Avengers Revoltech Iron Man Mark VII figure will be reissued and flying back to stores in summer 2014! But should you buy one? Maybe, maybe not…

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Hot Toys Bruce Banner & Hulk Set Released 6 Months Early!

Posted on by March 13, 2014
Hot Toys Hulk Banner MMS Figure Set Box

I do my best to plan my collecting budget for the year around the estimated release dates that Hot Toys gives us for their various Marvel 1/6 figures, as those tend to be the most expensive figures I buy each year. But, well–sometimes you need to be flexible, and this is apparently going to be one of those times! Even though the Avengers Hot Toys Bruce Banner and Hulk set pre-order still estimates the set shipping in September 2014, prepare your wallets for a smashing–the Hot Toys Hulk and Bruce Banner figures set has now been released overseas!

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Figma Iron Man Mark VII Figure Photos & Order Info!

Posted on by March 13, 2014
Figma Avengers Iron Man Mark VII Figure on Stand

Considering the Iron Man Mark VII armor is featured in the most popular and top-grossing superhero movie of all-time (The Avengers), you’d think our shelves would be overflowing with a ton of great scaled 6″ Marvel Legends Iron Man Mark VII figures. Instead, we have zero. For whatever reason, Hasbro has never prioritized making a Mark VII Iron Man Marvel Legends-scaled figure, leaving a gaping hole in many collectors’ lineups. But it’s Japan to the rescue! Coming in August 2014, the amazing (and amazingly expensive) Avengers Figma Iron Man Mark VII figure is now up for order!

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Winter Soldier Hot Toys Black Widow Figure Photos & Pre-Order!

Posted on by March 11, 2014
Captain America The Winter Soldier Hot Toys Black Widow Scarlett Johansson Head Close-Up

I start to get a little antsy if there’s not a new Hot Toys Marvel Movie Masterpiece Series 1/6 figure for me to preemptively drop a couple hundred dollars on every month. It’s been just over a month since the awesome Whiplash Mark II went up for sale, and I haven’t been entirely sure what was next–but now we know! The Captain America: The Winter Soldier Hot Toys Black Widow 1/6 figure is now available for order! They say the third time is the charm, and perhaps that’s the case with this new Black Widow…

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Bowen Designs Wonder Man Statue Revealed & Photo

Posted on by March 10, 2014
Bowen Wonder Man Statue by Jason Smith 2014

Bowen Designs Marvel statue collectors are sort of going through a dark time right now. Almost every item that has been solicited has shipped now, and Bowen Designs has not yet announced a new contract being signed with Marvel to produce Marvel Bowen statues in 2014 and beyond. So, yeah–things are not exactly looking up at this moment.

But occasionally we still get a sneak peek at what could be, should a new contract be signed. Such is the case with this concept Bowen Wonder Man statue that was revealed over the weekend…

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Funko Marvel Mystery Minis Series 1 Exclusive Variants Released!

Posted on by March 9, 2014
X-Force Deadpool Marvel Mystery Minis Variant Hot Topic Exclusive

The Marvel Mystery Minis Series 1 figures and packaging looked complete and ready to go at the 2014 Toy Fair last month, and now the Marvel Mystery Minis are upon us!

And surprise–there’s not one, not two, not three, but four Hot Topic exclusive Marvel Mystery Minis vinyl figures! And if you’re a completist, be afraid: one of them is one per 144 blind boxes…

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Hot Toys Rose Hill Tony Stark Released & Crazy Sale Prices!

Posted on by March 7, 2014
Rose Hill Tony Stark Hot Toys Iron Man 3 Figure

Confession time: As ardent of a supporter of Iron Man 3 and the Hot Toys Iron Man 3 line as I am, there’s one figure that I passed on attempting to pre-order and have no intention of ever picking up. That figure is the Hot Toys Rose Hill Tony Stark figure (which some people affectionately refer to as “Cowboy Tony”). Yes, there’s actually a figure of Tony Stark from the seconds where he walked into a TV van donning a cowboy hat. That’s one surprise–but the real surprise is that this particular just-released Hot Toys Tony Stark Rose Hill figure is selling for $400+ online already!

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