Gladiator Hulk is unquestionably in the upper echelon of best Marvel Legends Build-A-Figures that Hasbro has ever done from a marketing perspective. As the highly hyped co-star of Thor Ragnarok, basically every MCU movie figure collector set their eyes on owning a Gladiator Hulk BAF from the film. But not every fan could or wanted to buy a whole $120 6-figure set for the armor-clad Jade Giant, and those collectors were left out in the cold—until now. With a new extra head and a few updated paints, the individually sold Amazon Exclusive Marvel Legends Gladiator Hulk is now up for pre-order!
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Hasbro has hit us with a plethora of big surprises lately with their MCU movie-inspired Marvel Legends Infinity Saga series of 6” figures, but none of the ones they’ve unveiled to date have been as literally big as today’s! Thor Ragnarok fans take notice—an all-new 13” Marvel Legends Surtur figure is now up for pre-order! He’s about double the size and double the cost of a normal Marvel Legends action figure: do you need one?
Continue Reading →Of the things I never thought I’d be saying in my life, “the Comic Con at Home EXCLUSIVE Hot Toys Stan Lee Intergalactic Barber sixth scale figure is now up for order!” is definitely on the list. But hey–this has been an unexpected year as a whole, and now here we are! Last year’s Guardians of the Galaxy Spacesuit Stan Lee Hot Toys figure was a mega-hit that sold like wildfire, so it stands to reason we’d see Hot Toys cash in on Stan in convention season once more! Is the Hot Toys Thor Ragnarok Stan Lee figure worth snagging for your collection?
Continue Reading →When Hasbro announced a singular Retro Marvel Legends Vintage Hulk figure as a San Diego Comic Con 2019 exclusive last week, pretty much every long-time Marvel Legends collector predicted we’d be seeing another offering before too long. And sure enough, we get to start off this week’s Marvel toy news with a second item for next month’s major event: the SDCC 2019 Exclusive Marvel Legends Collector & Grandmaster 6” figure two-pack has now been revealed!
Continue Reading →It’s not just a good week to be a Hulk collector—it’s a great week to be a Hulk Collector! Not only did we get the announcements of a Hasbro SDCC Exclusive and a US release for the Bandai SH Figuarts movie figure, but Diamond Select Toys is getting in on the love for the Jade Giant as well! Whether you’re an action figure or bust collector, DST has you covered with their newly-orderable Marvel Select Endgame Hulk (with Nano-Gauntlet!) and 1:2 Scale Ragnarok Bust!
Continue Reading →I’m finishing up my coverage of New York Toy Fair 2019 this week, and I’ve saved the best for last from Hasbro: the “80 Years of Marvel” Legends series! Composed of 17 total figures, I’ll split my previews between the comic and movie figures and focus first on the 10 Marvel Legends 80th Anniversary movie Figures—including Peggy Carter, Korg, Grandmaster, Iron Spider with Mecha-Legs and more!
Continue Reading →Just when you think Funko has done everything they can possibly do with POP Vinyls, they go and break the mold with something totally unexpected. And last winter, they did just that by announcing a match made in heaven: the marriage of super-deformed POP Vinyls heads and… Pez dispensers?! That’s right–believe it or not, as revealed this summer, Funko POP Pez Marvel Wave 1 is coming our way: POP Pez Stan Lee, Yondu and Gladiator Hulk are now up for order!
Continue Reading →SDCC 2018 is less than a month away, and while many of the major Marvel exclusives for the show are being officially announced a bit later than we’ve become accustomed to, at long last they’re finally rolling out. And this year, I believe The King of Exclusives is setting their own new personal best with a record ten Marvel exclusives, including POPs of MCU Iron Man Mark I, Classic Ant-Man, Kraglin (!!) and… Taika Waititi?!?
Continue Reading →When Hot Toys first debuted their prototype of the Thor Ragnarok Hot Toys Loki sixth scale figure at San Diego Comic Con 2017, collectors weren’t exactly delighted to see Loki in the unfamiliar Sakaar blue costume. But fear not, Hot Toys fanatics—Hot Toys has heard the masses and made some changes! Eight months after first being shown, the Hot Toys Thor Ragnarok Loki sixth scale figure is now up for order—and he’s dressed in iconic green with horned helmet!
Continue Reading →Earlier today I posted my thoughts on the comic book-based Marvel ONE:12 Collective figures revealed at the New York Toy Fair 2018, but those weren’t the only presents Mezco brought Marvel fans at Toy Fair! Along with an old friend from last Toy Fair who never made it out (Netflix Daredevil), Mezco also brought along new live-action figures of Netflix Punisher, Vigilante Daredevil, and Hela from Thor: Ragnarok!
Continue Reading →Sometimes we have to wait the better part of a year for movie-based Marvel Select figures to arrive (they’re almost always worth the wait), but the latest release arrived like relative lightning—less than three months after the movie he stars in! The enormously anticipated (and also just plain enormous) Marvel Select Thor Ragnarok Gladiator Hulk figure is now shipping—can he take the crown from the Marvel Legends version as the best Ragnarok Hulk out there now?
Continue Reading →New York Toy Fair 2018 is a scant three weeks away, but before they get to New York City, many toy manufacturers are unveiling new goods at the 2018 London Toy Fair this week! Chief among the most notable presentations in London was Funko, who unveiled a ton of new figures, including several surprise Marvel figures: the Funko Gwenom POP Vinyl and Hela/Valkyrie Rock Candy figures are now up for order!
Continue Reading →The October 2017 Marvel Collector Corps Thor Ragnarok Box was easily the most controversial MCC Box Funko has shipped to date, so there was definitely a lot of pressure on this month’s box to be a runaway hit. I’m happy to say that Funko came out swinging with the Marvel Collector Corps Hulk Box, which is clearly a terrific value and an excellent box all-around. Read on for my full review, spoilers and unboxing photos…
Continue Reading →For a long time now, the God of Thunder has had to stand idly by while his Avengers comrades like Captain America, Iron Man, and Spider-Man get all of the love in Good Smile Company Nendoroid super-deformed form. But no longer! The last member of the Avengers’ “Big 3” is finally getting his own day in the sun, in his gladiator armor from his latest movie: the Nendoroid Thor Ragnarok Gladiator Thor figure is now up for order! And oh yeah, there’s a Q-Fig too…
Continue Reading →After two and a half weeks in theaters, the Thor Ragnarok movie has bright in around 250 million dollars domestically and is an unarguable success. Meanwhile, just about every company from Hasbro to Bandai Tamashii to Gentle Giant to DST has put their Gladiator Hulk offerings up for order. Every company except perhaps the most-anticipated of all. But no longer—the Mezco ONE:12 Collective Gladiator Hulk figure is now up for order!
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