With “Iron Man 3” being the media’s darling and at the forefront of everyone’s minds, the main Hasbro Marvel Legends line has really gotten a little bit ignored the past few months.
I needed a break from talking about Iron Man, though, so I figured I’d stop and give my thoughts and commentary on the figures coming up in the second Marvel Legends series of 2013: Marvel Legends Wave 5–the Build-A-Rocket Raccoon set…
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The rapid-fire onslaught of Iron Man 3 merchandise continued today, as Hot Toys dropped the curtain and revealed the Iron Man 3 Red Snapper Power Pose Series sixth-scale figure today! Along with improved articulation, Hot Toys spotlighted a new feature of the Power Pose Series with this unveiling, which is cross-compatibility with their Movie Masterpiece Series! Is this feature enough to make the Iron Man Red Snapper armor a must-buy?
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It’s a good thing no one ever gets tired of Iron Man merchandise (right?), because like most of the Marvel collectibles being revealed this month, the next Kotobukiya ArtFX statue comes straight out of the upcoming “Iron Man 3” movie! No, it’s not another Tony Stark Iron Man armor–this time, it’s Jim Rhodes in the suit! It’s the Iron Man 3 War Machine ArtFX Statue…
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To my great surprise, I’ve gotten a couple of E-Mails from people this weekend asking me if I thought that Hot Toys was going to cancel (or had already cancelled) the Avengers Hot Toys Hulk sixth-scale figure.
My answer to that question is a definitive and eyebrow-raised “absolutely not”…
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Ever since they sold out last year, the Avengers Hot Toys Hawkeye and Nick Fury sixth-scale figures have exploded in price on the aftermarket. As such, many collectors have been putting the newly-released Hot Toys Avengers figures aside temporarily while they save up and spend their money to get the earlier-released Hot Toys Nick Fury and Hawkeye. And while that stratagem would seem to make sense, collectors should be on high alert: the Avengers Hot Toys Hulk, Black Widow, and Captain America figures have now all sold out as well!
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Since the Hot Toys Battle-Damaged Iron Man Mark VII figure was announced as an Iron Man 3 Movie Promo figure a few weeks ago, fans have been anxiously refreshing their web browsers every day in hopes for snagging one of these strictly-limited figures for their collections. While the actual Hot Toys Movie Promo Battle-Damaged Iron Man Mark VII won’t be released until the third quarter of 2013, a store in Singapore has the prototype for the figure, giving us our best photos and look at the Hot Toys Iron Man Battle-Damaged Mark VII yet…
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Face facts: Getting a bazillion Hot Toys Iron Man figures from every movie he appears in is becoming as inevitable and death and taxes. And Hot Toys collectors wouldn’t have it any other way! So it would be pretty silly to say that anyone was surprised when Hot Toys announced today that they will be releasing another three Iron Man figures based on this summer’s Iron Man 3 movie: the Heartbreaker, the Mark Igor armor, and the Red Snapper armor. Now, what may actually surprise collectors is that the three Hot Toys Iron Man 3 armors are coming for three different series…
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Last week I wrote my very first Marvel Select action figure review of the Marvel Select Venom by Diamond Select Toys. I bought that classic Venom figure because I couldn’t find the figure I really wanted locally–the Marvel Select Flash Thompson Venom. Luckily, after traveling about an hour to my third-closest Disney Store, I found a Venom Flash Thompson figure to call my very own. And while I’m not convinced he’s quiet as good as DST’s classic Venom, the Marvel Select Agent Venom figure is still very, very good…
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This morning Diamond Select Toys released their new product solicitations for October 2013. Among the solicitations were a few surprises (I’m pretty sure I was born to buy that Thundercats Minimates set with Ben-Gali and Lynx-O), but also some things we were fairly sure were a lock to come out. The “Thor: The Dark World” movie figures are a mixture of both–there was little question there would be a Marvel Select Thor action figure, but I doubt anybody was expecting a Marvel Select Jane Foster figure…
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Crime lords better cower in fear, because the Sideshow Exclusive Punisher Premium Format Figure is packing a tiny knife! [/sarcasm]
After releasing the teaser photos last week, Sideshow unveiled in full and opened pre-orders for their brand-new Classic Punisher Premium Format Figure this week. But while fans had been salivating in anticipation of the full reveal, once collectors saw what they were getting with the Sideshow Exclusive version of the Punisher Premium Format Figure (and for what price), there was a definite air of disappointment and anger…
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While it doesn’t look like the figures are going to make it out before the “Iron Man 3” movie hits theaters on May 3, 2013, Diamond Select Toys finally gave us our first look at the Marvel Select Iron Man 3 figures this week! There’s four Iron Man 3 Marvel Select action figures total that will be blasting into fans’ collections this summer, and the first two are the now fully-revealed Iron Man Mark XLII and War Machine…
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Amongst the landslide of new products being released this spring for the Iron Man 3 movie, it would be pretty easy to completely lose sight of a few lines being released. One that shouldn’t be forgotten about, however, is Hasbro’s awesome line of Iron Man 3 Marvel Legends figures. Though the first half of the six-figure Hasbro set didn’t include any actual figures from the Iron Man 3 movie, the Marvel Legends Iron Man Series 2 assortment is composed of the two most recognizable armors from the film, and one of the most requested non-Iron Man robots ever for the Marvel Legends line…
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I spent my entire life hating Venom, right up until I realized I actually love Venom. See, the monstrous, slobbering tongue, anti-hero Venom from the 1990’s just didn’t do it for me (sorry). But when I read Rick Remender’s “Venom” comic book series, the character of Venom really resonated with me for the first time ever. And for some inexplicable reason, my fandom of the modern Flash Thompson Venom has colored my feelings for the Eddie Brock “classic” Venom as well. So, although I’d gone my whole life without owning a Venom toy, I couldn’t resist purchasing the Diamond Select Toys Marvel Select Venom figure…
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While Tony Stark may have billions of dollars to spend on building his fleet of forty-plus Iron Man armors in this year’s “Iron Man 3” movie, most collectors are a little (okay, a lot) more strapped for cash. Even so, Hot Toys collectors have been willing to open their wallets again and again to add to the amazing series of Hot Toys Iron Man Movie Masterpiece figures. This year Hot Toys is raising prices and upgrading the Iron Man 3 figures to feature diecast parts, and the second figure in the new Hot Toys 1/6 Scale Diecast figure line will be the main “Iron Man 3” movie armor–the Iron Man Mark XLII…
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Fans of the Sideshow Collectibles line of Marvel Comics Premium Format Figure statues have been speculating for a while about which major Marvel character would be the next to get their day in the sun from Sideshow, but today Sideshow Collectibles let the cat out of the bag: the Classic Punisher Premium Format Figure goes up for pre-order next week…
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