Marvel Infinite Series Wave 3 Figures Announced & Case Ratios!

Posted on by April 30, 2014
Marvel Infinite Series 3 Ares Figure Hasbro 2014

Even though many collectors have yet to see a single Marvel Infinite Series 1 figure on shelves (not one of my local stores have even stocked them yet), but Hasbro is going full steam ahead with the Marvel Universe 2014 successor line of figures! Hasbro gave us a glimpse at Marvel Infinite Series 3 figures at the 2014 Toy Fair in February, but today Hasbro allowed pre-orders for Marvel Infinite Series Wave 3 to open, revealing fantastic case ratios and some unreleased figures we thought might be lost forever…

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Bowen Designs Classic Beast Statue Up for Order! LE 75!

Posted on by April 15, 2014
Bowen Designs Classic Beast Statue Red and Blue Costume

Despite the fact that no new contract has been signed yet with Marvel, Bowen Designs had a highly unexpected ace left up their sleeve: one more Marvel Phase V state that previously had not been solicited! We didn’t know it was coming for certain at all, but tonight the Rocky’s Vault Exclusive Bowen Designs Classic Beast Statue was put up for order… with an insanely low edition size of just 75 pieces produced! If you blinked, you missed one of the shortest-run Bowen sculptures ever!

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Hasbro Amazing Spider-Man 2 Electro 4″ Figure Review & Photos

Posted on by April 14, 2014
Amazing Spider-Man 2 Spider Strike Super Charged Electro 4" Figure

If you’re like me and try to collect at least one of every Marvel movie character in the Hasbro Marvel Universe 4″ figure scale, Hasbro has made deciding which Amazing Spider-Man 2 Electro figure to buy very, very simple: they only made one. Amidst a sea of wacky, crazy Spider-Man variations (Web Wing Spider-Man?!), there’s the Hasbro Amazing Spider-Man 2 Power Charged Electro figure. If you want every movie character released, you’ll need this 4″ Electro figure. But once you have him, well… you might wish you didn’t…

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Funko Agent Coulson POP Vinyls Figure Review & Photos

Posted on by April 14, 2014
Funko Agent Coulson POP! Vinyl Figure Review

The vastly under-appreciated Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD is my favorite non-animated TV series in many years, and I am absolutely starved for merch for the show. Despite tying in with the latest Marvel movies and having a high-profile primetime television spot, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. toys are non-existent. So when the Funko Agent Coulson POP Vinyls figure went up for order on Entertainment Earth, I instantly knew he would be mine. Now that the Agents of SHIELD Agent Coulson Funko POP! Vinyl has arrived, I’m both overjoyed and a little disappointed…

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Kotobukiya Thor ArtFX+ Statue Photos & Order Info

Posted on by April 15, 2014
Marvel Kotobukiya ArtFX+ Thor Avengers Statue Close-Up

I’d honestly had my doubts about the Kotobukiya Marvel NOW! Avengers ArtFX+ statues line, but whatever skepticism I had was washed away by the highly-impressive Kotobukiya Hulk ArtFX+ statue that I reviewed earlier this week.

I’m on a veritable high at the moment when it comes to these Kotobukiya Avengers statues, and that’s why this was the perfect time for Kotobukiya to debut the official photos of the fifth statue in the series: the Kotobukiya Thor ArtFX+ statue is now up for pre-order!

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Marvel Select Unmasked Captain America Revealed & Photos

Posted on by April 11, 2014
Winter Soldier Marvel Select Captain America Unmasked Figure

It’s becoming a bit of a tradition for the Disney Store and Marvel Store to share all of the “easy” Marvel Select repaint exclusives from Diamond Select Toys. From Marvel Select Unmasked Spider-Man to War Machine repainted into Marvel Select Iron Patriot, Disney Store and MarvelStore.com has become the de facto home for minor Marvel Select exclusives. And we can add one more character to the list, as today DST officially announced the Marvel Select Unmasked Captain America figure from “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”!

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Avengers Kotobukiya Hulk ArtFX+ Statue Review & Photos

Posted on by April 9, 2014
Hulk Kotobukiya ArtFX+ Statue 2014 Avengers

After salivating over the Kotobukiya Marvel NOW! Avengers ArtFX+ statues since last summer, the first (and biggest!) character of the series is now shipping to stores: the 1/10 Avengers Kotobukiya Hulk ArtFX+ Statue!

Non-coincidentally, it’s time for my inaugural Kotobukiya review, focusing on the aforementioned Hulk statue. The Kotobukiya Avengers Hulk statue is now in-stock and available for order–but is it worth your sixty bucks?

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SH Figuarts Iron Man Mark 42 Figure Revealed by Bandai!

Posted on by April 8, 2014
Bandai S.H. Figuarts Iron Man Mark XLII 42 Figure from Iron Man 3 Movie

For the past couple weeks, I feel like all the news has been about Captain America and the Guardians of the Galaxy. Nothing wrong with that–I love Cap and Rocket Raccoon as much as the next guy (okay, I love Rocket more than most), but I also like to see some less-merchandised, obscure characters get the spotlight. This latest news isn’t regarding one of those characters. In fact, it’s a new figure of a character who’s gotten more merch in the past few years than any other. But this is a good one–it’s the Bandai S.H. Figuarts Iron Man Mark 42 (XLII) figure!

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Hot Toys Stealth Captain America & Steve Rogers Up for Order!

Posted on by April 4, 2014
Steve Rogers Hot Toys Figure MMS 243 with Damaged Captain America Shield

The past several weeks have been some of the most monetarily brutal and unrelenting that I can remember as a Marvel collector, as we’ve been absolutely bombarded with new releases from low-end companies and expensive pre-orders from high-end companies for statues and sixth scale figures. Hot Toys evidently thinks that collectors still have some dough left to squeeze out, however, as they’ve now posted the pre-order for a Captain America The Winter Soldier Hot Toys Stealth Captain America & Steve Rogers figure set!

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Hot Toys Captain America Stealth Suit Photos & Pre-Order!

Posted on by April 4, 2014
Hot Toys Captain America Stealth STRIKE Suit Figure MMS 242

If there’s one word to describe Hot Toys’ stratagem with regards to their Captain America: The Winter Soldier figures, it would be “relentless”.

After already putting three figures (for a total of $600+) up for order within a span of a week, they’re back just one week later with what’s sure to be the most iconic and desirable version of Captain America from the new movie opening today. The MMS 242 Hot Toys Captain America Stealth S.T.R.I.K.E. Suit figure is now available for pre-order!

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Summer 2014 LEGO Marvel Starblaster Showdown Set Photos

Posted on by April 4, 2014
LEGO Guardians of the Galaxy Starblaster Showdown 76019 Box

Despite LEGO’s best efforts, photos leaked out from the 2014 Toy Fair International of all of the Guardians of the Galaxy LEGO Marvel Summer 2014 sets. All of the sets–save one! Perhaps it was because it was the smallest of the sets and most difficult to photograph, or perhaps because folks were less interested in it than the other sets on display. Regardless of the reason, we’ve yet to get a good look at the LEGO Guardians of the Galaxy Starblaster Showdown 76019–until now! And while the set includes just one exclusive minifigure, it’s one many fans will want to army-build…

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Sideshow Premium Format Thor Modern Statue Up for Order!

Posted on by April 3, 2014
Sideshow Thor Modern Age Premium Format Figure

With Marvel hype reaching a fervor pitch with this week’s release of the Captain America: The Winter Soldier movie in theaters, Sideshow Collectibles is aiming to capitalize from a totally different angle–that of Cap’s Avengers comrade, Thor! Not only is the very cool Thor Frog going up this week, but the Sideshow exclusive edition of their all-new Premium Format Thor Modern Age statue is now available for order! Ever wanted a statue of Thor wielding a sword…? Well, now you can have one…

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Sideshow Thor Frog of Thunder Diorama Statue Up for Order!

Posted on by April 3, 2014
Frog of Thunder Sideshow Diorama Thor Frog 2014 Statue

As tomorrow is April Fool’s Day, I figured I better get this product preview out of the way today, lest everyone believe that it’s a joke (it’s not–I hate April Fool’s Day with a fiery passion). Announced last week and now fully revealed, Sideshow Collectibles is bringing one of Walt Simonson’s greatest creations to life in diorama form!

No, it’s not a new Thor, Loki or even Beta Ray Bill–as unlikely as it may be, the Sideshow Thor Frog Diorama Statue is now available for order!

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Hot Toys Falcon & Steve Rogers Figures Revealed & Photos

Posted on by April 3, 2014
Hot Toys Falcon Sixth Scale Figure Captain America The Winter Soldier

While Americans tend to be really spoiled as far as being able to see most companies’ new reveals first at events like the NY Toy Fair and San Diego Comic Con, sometimes it pays for fans to live in Hong Kong. Such is the case this month for Hot Toys figure collectors, as the “Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Join Forces at Hysan Place, Powered by Hot Toys Exhibition” is going on overseas! Two never-before-seen figures debuted this week at the exhibition: the Hot Toys Falcon and Steve Rogers Movie Masterpiece Series figures!

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Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel Legends Case Ratios Analysis

Posted on by April 2, 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel Legends Case Ratios

Yesterday the much talked-about Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel Legends 6″ action figures went up for pre-order, and today the case assortment for the series has been revealed! To my chagrin, the Marvel Legends Guardians of the Galaxy figures case ratios are not quite what I was expecting. Though he won’t even be appearing in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, it appears that there will be plenty of Marvel Legends Iron Man figures to keep shelves warm this summer…

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