2013 Marvel Universe Team Packs on Clearance!

Posted on by July 8, 2013
2013 Marvel Universe Team Packs on Clerance at Target

2013 has been a tough year for collectors of the Hasbro Marvel Universe action figures line. Last year’s assortments with figures like Jubilee and Blastaar bled into this year and saturated stores, while some figures like 2012 Marvel Universe Nova have been near-impossible to find in stores. And all the while, the first Marvel Universe 2013 single-packed figures haven’t yet arrived. But what did arrive was the first assortment of 2013 Marvel Universe Team Packs including the Inhumans, West Coast Avengers and X-Men. And take heart if you haven’t bought them yet–they’re now on clearance!

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2013 Marvel Universe Wave 22 Released! Rhino, Elektra, Mysterio!

Posted on by July 7, 2013
2013 Marvel Universe Wave 22 Set Carded Elektra Rhino Mysterio Captain America

Rejoice, true believers! The day that Marvel Universe Collectors have long dreamed of is at hand! It’s been a very grueling wait, but the first assortment of Marvel Universe 2013 3.75″ action figures have finally arrived in the United States! Being found in stores across the country, it’s Marvel Universe Wave 22, including all-new figures of Elektra, Rhino and Mysterio! And they’ve even brought along a new Captain America and a surprise repaint of Iron Fist…

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Black Widow Exclusive Edition Premium Format Figure Up for Order!

Posted on by July 6, 2013
Black Widow Premium Format Figure Close-Up Photo

When I posted my impressions of the Sideshow Black Widow Premium Format Figure teaser photo earlier in the week, I figured that the photos were an early indication she’d be up for sale this month. But, well–I wasn’t expecting her to hit the marketplace quite so soon!

The bad news is the Premium Format Black Widow is a bit more expensive than I’d hoped. The good news is that we’re getting our second Sideshow Marvel Premium Format Figure statue up for sale this week, and this time there’s even a Sideshow Exclusive Edition!

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Iron Patriot Life-Size Bust Revealed by Sideshow Collectibles!

Posted on by July 4, 2013
Sideshow Iron Patriot Life Sized Bust Preview Photo

Earlier today on this 4th of July holiday, Hot Toys announced their 2013 Toy Fair Exclusive Captain America Star-Spangled Man Version sixth scale figure! Hot Toys isn’t the only high-end Marvel collectible manufacturer feeling patriotic, today, though! As part of their Online Comic Con 2013 celebration, Sideshow Collectibles announced their Iron Man 3 Iron Patriot Life-Size Bust today and revealed their first preview photo of the gorgeous piece!

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Hot Toys Captain America Star-Spangled Man Exclusive Announced!

Posted on by July 4, 2013
Hot Toys Captain America Star Spangled Man Toyfair Exclusive Figure Sixth Scale Movie Masterpiece

“Every bond you buy is a bullet in the barrel of your best guy’s gun!” In honor of Independence Day in the United States–the fourth of July–Hot Toys has announced their first 2013 Toy Fair Exclusive Movie Masterpiece Series figure. I’ve heard fans wishing for all kinds of things from Chitauri to Bruce Banner, but this first reveal is going to be a bit more niche. From “Captain America The First Avenger”, it’s the Hot Toys Captain America Star Spangled Man Sixth-Scale figure!

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Iron Man 3 Marvel Select War Machine 2.0 Figure Released & Photos!

Posted on by July 4, 2013
War Machine Iron Man 3 Marvel Select Figure Packaged

It’s a funny thing going to your local comic book store to take photos of an action figure that you know you’re not going to buy there, but that’s just what I did today. See, I don’t like the above-suggested retail prices at my comic shop, so I don’t typically buy figures from them. But today a figure I’ve been waiting months to see in person was finally arriving, so I had to drop by to get impressions and take some in-person photos of the Iron Man 3 Marvel Select War Machine 2.0 figure…

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Sideshow Comic Black Widow Premium Format Figure Statue Reveal!

Posted on by July 6, 2013
Sideshow Black Widow Premium Format Figure Statue Preview Photo SDCC 2013

Yesterday Sideshow Collectibles put the Premium Format Gladiator Hulk statue that we’ve known about for ages up for order, but they weren’t satisfied with just that. They also released another gift to Sideshow Marvel Premium Format Figure collectors: a sole teaser photo of a totally unexpected character.

It’s the all-new Sideshow Collectibles Black Widow Premium Format Figure–and this time, it’s the comic book version of the character!

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SDCC 2013 Funko Metallic Ghost Rider & James Rhodes Photos!

Posted on by July 3, 2013
Funko SDCC Exclusives 2013 Metallic Ghost Rider POP Vinyl Marvel Figure

Earlier this week, Marvel confirmed a few more Funko 2013 San Diego Comic Con exclusives. Most we’ve known about for quite a while, but two were a big surprise: the SDCC 2013 Exclusive Marvel Funko Metallic Ghost Rider and Metallic Red Hulk POP! Vinyls. While we’re still waiting for images of Metallic Red Hulk, the first photos of Metallic Ghost Rider and James Rhodes leaked out today…

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Gladiator Hulk Premium Format Figure Up for Order!

Posted on by July 3, 2013
Sideshow Gladiator Hulk Premium Format Figure April 2014

On the second day of their month-long Online Comic-Con 2013 celebration, Sideshow Collectibles has put up for sale their first new Marvel Comics product of the event: the long-awaited Gladiator Hulk Premium Format Figure statue from the legendary “Planet Hulk” storyline!

This is one of the most monstrously huge and detailed Marvel Premium Format Figures that Sideshow Collectibles has ever produced, and it comes with an equally massive price tag as well…

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Marvel Funko Logan POP! Vinyl Factory Error — Not A Bobble Head

Posted on by July 1, 2013
Marvel Funko POP! Vinyl Logan Figure Error in Box Not a Bobble Head

When the new Marvel Funko Logan POP! Vinyl started hitting stores a few weeks ago, it quickly became apparent that Logan was a little bit different from all of his Funko Marvel POP! Vinyl brethren released the last few years.

No, the big controversy isn’t that Funko made Logan’s hair way too brown (even though they did)–it’s the fact that this Logan Funko POP! Vinyl Bobble Head isn’t a Bobble Head at all…

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Hot Toys Agent Coulson Unboxing Photos & Impressions

Posted on by June 28, 2013
Avengers Hot Toys Agent Phil Coulson Unboxing

My favorite character in The Avengers movie isn’t Captain America or Thor or Iron Man or even Loki (okay, Loki is close). No, my favorite characters in Marvel’s The Avengers film is Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. Joss Whedon can make you fanboy out over a character like nobody else, and then make you curse Whedon’s name as he ruthlessly kills that character off. Luckily, you can’t keep a good S.H.I.E.L.D. agent down, and Phil Coulson will return to screens this fall in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series. And to celebrate the occasion, the amazing Hot Toys Agent Phil Coulson Movie Masterpiece Series figure has now been released!

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Iron Man 3 Marvel Select Iron Man Mark 42 Action Figure Released!

Posted on by June 27, 2013
Marvel Select Iron Man Mark XLII Figure Packaged

I did a little bit of a double take when I saw this week’s Diamond Comics Distribution shipping list, as it confirmed that a figure that’s been delayed a handful of times was finally on its way to collectors’ hands this Wednesday. Though the Iron Man 3 movie was released in theaters close to two months ago now, the Marvel Select Iron Man 3 figures have been lagging behind a bit.

But hungry Iron Man fans don’t have to wait any longer–the Marvel Select Iron Man Mark XLII figure was finally released in stores today!

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Bowen Astonishing Wolverine & Green Goblin Statues Up for Order!

Posted on by June 27, 2013
Bowen Designs October 2013 Marvel Statues

When you collect a line as long as I’ve collected Bowen Designs Marvel sculptures, you expect to see some familiar faces redone. Such is the case with the October 2013 Bowen statues that have just gone up for order, as both statues are of characters that we’ve seen multiple times before in the Bowen Marvel Statues line. One of the characters has appeared twice before from Bowen and the other a near uncountable number of times–it’s the Bowen Designs Green Goblin Museum Statue and Astonishing X-Men Wolverine Statues!

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Avengers Hot Toys Hulk Released Overseas & Photos!

Posted on by June 26, 2013
Hulk Hot Toys Figure Hairy Chest Photo

Even after the Avenger Hot Toys Hulk figure had been available for pre-order for months, many collectors laughed and said it couldn’t be done and the figure would be cancelled. People said that the design didn’t lend itself well to the work that Hot Toys does, or that the figure was just too big to be produced, or that the project was taking too long and would be cancelled. But today, Hot Toys has definitely proven all of those people wrong. The Hot Toys Avengers Hulk figure has now been released overseas, and it is one massive beauty of a figure!

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Inverse Deadpool Funko POP! Vinyl Variant Figure Review

Posted on by June 25, 2013
Inverse Deadpool Funko POP! Vinyl Exclusive Figure

If you read my blogs regularly, you know I’m majorly obsessive compulsive–especially when it comes to toys. It’s for that reason that I don’t buy a lot of Marvel Funko POP! Vinyls, even though I love vinyl figures and the designs that Funko comes up with. The paint apps quality control on Funko POP! Vinyls can be very hit or miss, so rather than make myself nuts, I’ll often stay away from characters I can pass on. This Inverse Deadpool Exclusive, however, was not a figure I could easily skip. Does the Funko Deadpool Inverse Variant POP! vinyl pass the QC test?

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