Marvel Legends 2013 Series 3 (Wave 6) Revealed at SDCC!

Posted on by July 19, 2013
Marvel Legends Jubilee Build-A-Figure from SDCC 2013

Although San Diego Comic Con 2013 Preview Night won’t begin for a few hours yet, news is already starting to emerge from the convention halls! If you’re like me, you were probably expecting that Hasbro would hang onto the secret of their next series of Marvel Legends until their panel later in the show, but nope! Front and center, on display behind glass for Preview Night of SDCC 2013, it’s this fall’s upcoming 2013 Marvel Legends Series 3 (Wave 6) series, featuring Agent Venom, Jubilee and more!

UPDATE: Jubilee has now been confirmed as the Build-A-Figure of Marvel Legends Wave 6!

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Hot Toys Heartbreaker Iron Man Figure Revealed & Up for Order!

Posted on by July 17, 2013
Close-Up of Heartbreaker Iron Man 3 Hot Toys Sixth Scale Figure

Considering that Hot Toys had held out this long, you would think–you would just think–that they would want to wait just a few more hours to do a grandiose reveal of their upcoming Iron Man 3 Hot Toys Heartbreaker Iron Man Diecast Movie Masterpiece Series figure at San Diego Comic Con 2013 Preview Night. But if you thought that (like me), you thought wrong! Overnight Hot Toys posted the glamor shots of their diecast Iron Man Heartbreaker Mark 37 armor MMS, and the beauty is now up for order on Sideshow Collectibles for just $250!

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Avengers Hot Toys Chitauri Footsoldier Figure Painted at 2013 SDCC!

Posted on by July 16, 2013
Hot Toys Avengers Chitauri Footsoldier Teaser Photo SDCC 2013

Hot Toys is preparing to lay siege to collectors’ future dollars when they unveil a multitude of new Movie Masterpiece Series sixth scale figures this week at San Diego Comic Con 2013 including Heartbreaker Iron Man, Gemini Iron Man, The Lone Ranger, Tonto and more. But that’s not all–they’ll also be showing off a now fully-painted final prototype figure to add to one of the most successful Hot Toys lines ever–it’s the long-awaited Avengers Hot Toys Chitauri Footsoldier figure! And could the Chitauri be joined by a Hot Toys gamma-powered alter-ego figure as well this week…?

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SDCC 2013 Marvel Exclusive Spider-Ham Bust Announced!

Posted on by July 16, 2013
SDCC 2013 Spider-Ham Mini Bust Gentle Giant LTD Exclusives

Just when you thought there couldn’t be more Marvel SDCC 2013 Exclusives, an unexpected (and I do mean unexpected) straggler has swung into the fray! Coming to San Diego Comic Con 2013 this week as a surprise last-minute Marvel Exclusive, it’s the high-end Gentle Giant Ltd. Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham Mini Bust!

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Marvel Universe 2013 Wave 23 Revealed w/ Photos & Case Ratios!

Posted on by July 15, 2013
Marvel Universe 2013 Wave 3 Cloak & Dagger Abomination Baron Zemo

Though I’m still hot on the trail of the freshly released Hasbro Marvel Universe Wave 22 set with Mysterio and Rhino, Hasbro has now let out the details regarding the next set after that! It’s filled with fan-favorite secondary characters like Cloak & Dagger, Baron Zemo and the Abomination–and it’s scheduled for release in just one month! Coming in August 2013, it’s Marvel Universe Wave 23!

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Hot Toys Iron Man Heartbreaker Armor Revealed at SDCC 2013!

Posted on by July 17, 2013
Hot Toys Iron Man Heartbreaker Armor SDCC 2013 Photo Teaster

Hot Toys was cruising along at breakneck speed with announcements about the Iron Man 3 Hot Toys figures line–right up until the movie came out two months ago. Ever since, things have been eerily quiet in Iron Man 3 world (at least as far as Hot Toys is concerned). But fear not–the silence is at it’s end! Hot Toys has revealed a teaser photo for an Iron Man 3 Movie Masterpiece Series figure to debut at San Diego Comic-Con 2013 this week: it’s the Hot Toys Iron Man Heartbreaker Armor Mark 17 sixth scale figure!

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2013 SDCC Exclusive Funko Metallic Red Hulk POP Vinyl Revealed!

Posted on by July 14, 2013
Marvel 2013 SDCC Exclusives Funko Metallic Red Hulk POP Vinyl Figure

I might have an obsession. See, once Marvel officially announced the SDCC 2013 Exclusive Funko Metallic Red Hulk POP! Vinyl figure, I became pretty fixated and seeing what they’d do to the most huggable of the Hulks. But the image Disney/Marvel sent out with the press release was just a photo of the plain Red Hulk. Thus, for the last week-plus I have been a man on a mission, with my quest being to find photographic evident of the actual Metallic Red Hulk SDCC Exclusive figure. And finally, today, my investigation turned up the first photo of the elusive POP! Vinyl Metallic Red Hulk!

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Marvel 2013 Hallmark Ornaments Released! Spider-Man & Iron Patriot!

Posted on by July 13, 2013
2013 Hallmark Ornaments Released Spider-Man & Iron Patriot

Hallmark Ornament Premiere comes but twice a year (no, seriously, they have two), and this year’s event brought with it the release of two brand new 2013 Marvel Hallmark Ornaments! For fans of the Marvel movies, it’s an Iron Patriot ornament in honor of this year’s “Iron Man 3” movie! And for comic book and cartoon fans, there’s a classic Spider-Man ornament that plays a familiar jingle. I stopped by my local Hallmark to check out both!

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SDCC 2013 Exclusive LEGO Minifigures: Spider-Man & Spider-Woman!

Posted on by July 12, 2013
2013 SDCC Exclusive LEGO Spider-Woman Minifigure

Just when I thought we had seen every single one of the 2013 Marvel SDCC Exclusives, a few more sure-to-be-coveted figures have made themselves known! I also run a LEGO and Mega Bloks blog, so I always have my ear to the ground, listening for LEGO news and rumors. And today I heard a pretty loud rumble regarding two brand-new, previously unannounced LEGO Marvel SDCC Exclusive minifigures: a LEGO Spider-Woman Minifigure and a LEGO Spider-Man Minifigure (in movie costume!)

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Marvel Zombies Minimates Villains Box Set Revealed Unexpectedly!

Posted on by July 12, 2013
Marvel Zombies Minimates Villains Figures Galactus Magneto Red Skull Green Goblin

They said it couldn’t be done. And by “they” I mean “Diamond Select Toys”, and by “it” I mean more Marvel Zombies Minimates. Weeks ago in their latest Q&A Diamond reaffirmed they were no longer allowed to make Marvel Zombies figures. Either they lied or (more likely) something changed, as today an all-new and totally-unexpected item went up for pre-order: the Minimates Marvel Zombies Villains Box Set!

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Marvel Universe Nova Action Figure Review Wave 21

Posted on by July 11, 2013
Nova Marvel Universe Figure Review Hasbro

When Marvel relaunched the cosmic side of their universe with “Annihilation”, the only book that could be considered a hit was “Nova”. And when I say “Nova” was a “hit”, I mean it took three years for it to be cancelled–these days that’s practically an eternity for a secondary character like Nova to have a solo series! So Richard Rider Nova was killed off. But with the “Guardians of the Galaxy” movie coming next year, Hasbro is excited about Marvel cosmic once again. Thus the icon of that wing of Marvel has arrived in figure form: it’s the Wave 21 Marvel Universe Nova action figure!

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Sideshow Exclusive White Storm Premium Format Figure Up for Order!

Posted on by July 11, 2013
White Storm Sideshow Exclusive Premium Format Statue

In an Online Comic Con already full of surprises, Sideshow Collectibles has managed to surprise me again with this newly-announced White Storm Premium Format Figure statue. This is a repaint of a prior statue, but it’s kind of big deal because: A) It’s in-stock now and ready to ship!; and B) It’s a limited edition of just 150, making is among the most limited Premium Format Figures ever released by Sideshow!

UPDATE: You can get on the Wait List for the Sideshow Exclusive White Storm Premium Format Figure from the Sideshow website right now, as the figure was marked as “sold out” within an hour of going up for sale!

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Bowen Beast & Modular Iron Man Statues Shipping This Month!

Posted on by July 10, 2013
Bowen Iron Man Modular Armor Statue

One thing that I absolutely love about Bowen Designs as opposed to a lot of other companies that make high-end Marvel products is that Bowen’s estimated release dates tend to be fairly accurate, and items usually go up for order within about six months (sometimes less) of a product’s release. Unfortunately, delays do happen, and some statues slip through the cracks. But though they’re running about half a year behind, the Bowen Designs Modular Iron Man and Beast statues are finally shipping out this month!

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Bowen Spider-Man Shocker Statue Concept Sketch!

Posted on by July 10, 2013
Bowen Designs Shocker Statue Concept Sketch Photo

Bowen Designs has been making Marvel statues longer than any other company, and the result is that they’re now able to dive in and produce legions of secondary and even tertiary Marvel Comics characters to complete teams, rogues galleries and more. One of the most impressive roll-calls in the Bowen Marvel Statues line is the huge assortment of Spider-Man villains immortalized as statues. And Randy Bowen has recently shared a concept sketch of a proposed upcoming piece of a Marvel villain who’s never been done in this form before: it’s the Bowen Shocker Statue!

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Sideshow Teases New Red Skull Premium Format Figure!

Posted on by July 9, 2013
Sideshow Red Skull Premium Format Figure Teaser Photo 2013

We’re not even 1/3 of the way through July, but Sideshow is going all-out for their Online Comic Con 2013. We’ve had a ton of new pre-orders go up for sale, including the massive Planet Hulk Gladiator Hulk Premium Format Figure, as well as the second Premium Format Black Widow. So to complete the Hat Trick, Sideshow is teasing us today with another Marvel statue (and it’s even wearing a hat): the upcoming Red Skull Premium Format Figure statue!

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