I was beginning to wonder if Hasbro was going to bother sending out high-res images of the upcoming 3.75″ Avengers Assemble Series 1 action figures, but it seems I started to doubt just a little bit too soon!
Today, Hasbro sent out press images of five of the six figures scheduled for the first series of figures based on the new Avengers Assemble cartoon: Red Skull, Captain America, Black Widow, Hulk and even The Falcon!
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Earlier this month, I posted an article about the surprise reveal of a Marvel Funko POP! Tony Stark vinyl figure being released as an exclusive at the Philippine Toy Con 2013, as well as at SDCC 2013. At that time, I speculated that Tony’s longtime comrade James Rhodes would probably be joining Tony as a San Diego Comic Con 2013 exclusive. Well, Toy Con has come and gone, and now that in-hand photos of the Marvel POP! Vinyl Tony Stark’s box exist, I can confirm that a Funko Iron Patriot Unmasked James Rhodes Vinyl will in fact be flying in for SDCC 2013 next month…
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We’ve known for months that there were going to be two limited release Marvel Select Iron Man 3 figures in addition to the Iron Man 3 Marvel Select War Machine and Iron Man Mark 42 mass release figures, and today Diamond Select Toys finally broke the news of the identities of this final duo of movie figures.
It’s not exactly a big surprise, but the pair now stand revealed as Iron Man 3 Marvel Select Iron Patriot and Battle-Damaged Iron Man Mark XLII!
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I promise that I didn’t purposely go out looking for them, but I did happen to stumble upon the Hasbro “The Wolverine” movie figures at Toys R Us this weekend. It’s pretty unusual for new Marvel action figures to be out in stores in New England before I’ve heard loads of people talking about having found and bought them online beforehand. Of course, in this case, that might be because while collectors have found the movie Wolverine figures in stores, they may not actually be buying them…
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I don’t just like Shuma Gorath. I love Shuma Gorath. No, seriously. How much do I love Shuma Gorath? I mained Shuma Gorath in every Capcom video game he’s appeared in, including Marvel vs. Capcom 3. In fact, I am wearing a Shuma Gorath T-Shirt right now, even though I had no conception whatsoever that I’d be writing about Shuma Gorath today (as the opportunity to do so has literally never come up before). Anyway, my point is that I love Shuma-Gorath, and the relevance of that fact is that I just ordered my first Shuma Gorath figure ever this afternoon–the Heroclix Shuma Gorath 2013 Convention Exclusive figure!
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After the unexpected announcement of the SDCC 2013 Thunderbolts Marvel Legends box set exclusives, I sort of doubted I’d be hearing anything else about Marvel’s Thunderbolts any time soon. Turns out I was mistaken, though, as the very next Hasbro 6″ Marvel Legends 2013 figure to be revealed appears to be another Thunderbolts figure–but from a different iteration of the Thunderbolts entirely. To the surprise of absolutely everyone, it’s… a Marvel Legends Thunderbolts Punisher Variant…?!
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Last week I discussed the upcoming Disney Vinylmation Marvel Series #1 lineup of Avengers Marvel vinyl figures–but Disney isn’t the only toy company looking to cash in on Marvel vinyls in 2013! Coming up later this summer, Kidrobot will take their own crack at Marvel designer vinyls, when they release their first wave of Kidrobot Marvel MUNNY vinyl figures in various sizes and even keychains!
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Today we inched ever so closer to knowing every single one of the Marvel San Diego Comic Con 2013 exclusives, as we finally learned the well-kept secret identity of the Gentle Giant Ltd. exclusive for the convention! I hadn’t seen anyone previously guessing or talking about him, so I guess Gentle Giant really did their job keeping their exclusive a mystery.
But wonder no more, Marvel collectors–it’s the Gentle Giant SDCC 2013 Exclusive Galactus Mini Bust!
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Kotobukiya has a real treat lined up to close out the 2013 lineup of Marvel Bishoujo statues: an all-new X-Force Psylocke Bishoujo statue! While Kotobukiya has released Psylocke before, the original Psylocke statue is 1:8 scale and out of scale with the current Bishoujo figures being released (not to mention mega-expensive). But Kotobukiya has heard the demand for a new and properly scaled Marvel Bishoujo Psylocke loud and clear–and she’s coming our way in December 2013!
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Though he’s had a very limited presence in recent years in the Marvel comics (and even less prominence in merchandise), the legendary herald of Galactus–the Silver Surfer–remains one of the more iconic and recognizable characters in Marvel history.
So it’s not exactly a shocker that for their last Marvel Select action figure of 2013, Diamond Select Toys has decided to immortalize the Silver Surfer with a 7″ Marvel Select Silver Surfer figure!
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It’s been talked-about literally since the day that Disney purchased Marvel in 2009, but I genuinely never thought it was going to happen. After years of rumors and speculation that didn’t pan out, something Disney collectors have long pined for is going to come to fruition. Coming later in 2013–the first-ever series of Marvel Vinylmation vinyl figures–the Disney Vinylmation Marvel Series #1 featuring The Avengers!
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Some startling news for Hasbro 6″ Marvel Legends collectors was discovered in the Toys section of the new July 2013 Previews Magazine (Issue 298). In what I believe is a first for Hasbro’s Marvel brand, the Wolverine Legends Marvel Legends series is apparently going to be a Previews exclusive.
That might sound scary at first. But don’t panic. That’s not necessarily a bad thing…
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Now we come to what I expect to be the final Marvel Minimates SDCC 2013 Exclusive to be announced, and it’s a big one: the Marvel Minimates Iron Man 3 Hall of Armors 10-Pack coming from retailer Action Figure Express! On paper, this sounds like it has the potential to be one of the coolest Marvel San Diego Comic-Con 2013 exclusives. In execution, well… not so much.
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Well, we might as well start calling it “San Diego Deadpool Con 2013”, because another Marvel exclusive has been announced for the show, and yes–it’s also Deadpool themed. You can always count on Diamond Select Toys to come up with at least one totally unexpected, off-the-wall Marvel Minimates SDCC exclusive set each year. And, well–I’d venture to say this is that one, this year. It’s the San Diego Comic-Con 2013 Exclusive Deadpools Assemble Minimates set!
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If you’re going to have a Marvel collection of pretty much any sort, you’re going to need a Spider-Man in that collection. That’s a fact. And so it seems very odd that among the most integral characters missing from the Gentle Giant Marvel Mini Bust line has been a Spider-Man bust in his classic red and blue costume. Luckily, Gentle Giant Ltd. is about to rectify that, as their all-new red & blue Spider-Man mini-bust has just been fully revealed and put up for order!
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