Tag Archives: X-Men

Bowen Designs Spiral Statue Revealed & Images!

Posted on by March 31, 2014
Spiral Bowen Designs Statue Revealed 2014 Jason Smith

Just because Bowen Designs hasn’t put a single new statue up for order in 2014 (and may never put another new Marvel statue up for order period if a new licensing contract isn’t signed) doesn’t mean that the sneak peeks of what could be have to cease! Today, Randy Bowen gave sculptor Jason Smith permission to share photos of another spec piece the release of which is contingent upon a new Marvel contract being signed–and it’s a good one! Coming from Bowen Designs in 2014 (maybe)–the Bowen Spiral Statue!

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X-Men Marvel Legends Phoenix Five Cyclops Figure For Sale!

Posted on by March 27, 2014
Phoenix Five Cyclops Marvel Legends Prototype Figure

Hasbro has really dropped the ball over the past few years as far as getting Marvel Legends variant figures that they’ve shown off publicly into stores. While there’s still hope for some of these figures (like Bulldozer and Classic Hawkeye) to make it to retail, some of them are lost to us forever. One such figure is the Marvel Legends Phoenix Five Cyclops figure. But although Hasbro has confirmed they’ll never mass-produce this action figure, you still have a chance to own one, as a Wolverine Legends Phoenix Five Cyclops figure prototype has now surfaced for auction this week!

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X-Men #12 Review & Spoilers (Marvel Comic Book – 2014)

Posted on by October 12, 2017
X-Men #12 Cover March 2014 Issue Brian Wood

When Brian Wood’s all-female X-Men comic book series launched last year, I was quick to applaud the book as being fresh, fun and on it’s way to being the best X-Men title published by Marvel Comics. To my disappointment, things quickly went astray and a once-promising comic book fizzled into mediocrity. X-Men #12 continues the downward spiral and is unfortunately the worst issue of the series to date…

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Marvel Select Zombie Magneto Figure Announced & Photo!

Posted on by March 19, 2014
Marvel Select Zombie Magneto Figure Marvel Zombies

Marvel movie figures have been hogging the Marvel Select spotlight for the past few months, but this summer Diamond Select Toys has an all-new comic book-based Marvel Select action figure coming our way. This isn’t going to be for everyone (and certainly not for the squeamish, non-horror fans like me), but if you’re into the macabre, the Marvel Select Zombie Magneto figure from the Marvel Zombies comics that is now up for order may be right up your alley!

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Bowen Designs X-Force Psylocke Statue Released & Photos!

Posted on by March 18, 2014
Bowen Psylocke X-Force Statue LE 400 Statue 2014

The countdown is on, as there are now only two Bowen Designs Marvel statues left to be released until when and if Bowen signs a new licensing contract with Disney/Marvel! The third-last Bowen full-size statue was just released last week, and it’s perhaps the final X-Force statue that will be released by Bowen Designs. Digitally sculpted by Jason Smith, the Bowen X-Force Psylocke statue is now in-stock and available for order–and with an edition size of 400, this one is selling out quickly!

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LEGO Marvel X-Men vs The Sentinel 76022 Photos – Toy Fair 2014

Posted on by February 16, 2014
LEGO 76022 X-Men vs The Sentinel Box and Storm Minifigure Toy Fair 2014

The existence of the LEGO Marvel 2014 set featuring a LEGO Sentinel, Blackbird jet, and minifigures of Storm, Wolverine, Cyclops and Magneto is one of LEGO’s worst-kept secrets. Images of prototypes of the set have been circulating for months on various sites (including here), so it was a veritable certainty that the set would be shown at the New York Toy Fair 2014 this weekend. It was. The LEGO X-Men vs. The Sentinel 76022 set is coming in summer 2014!

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Bowen Astonishing X-Men Wolverine Statue Released!

Posted on by February 6, 2014
Bowen Designs Astonishing Wolverine Statue with Gambit Statue X-Men

With no Bowen Designs contract extension with Marvel confirmed, Spring and Summer 2014 (and perhaps even beyond that) are going to be a drought for Bowen Marvel statue collectors the likes of which haven’t been seen in years. But before that, we still have a couple months to bask in the glory of the deluge of the final Marvel Bowen statues solicited in 2013. And the latest statue to arrive is the modern incarnation of one of Marvel’s top-tier characters–the Bowen Designs Astonishing Wolverine statue!

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Toys R Us Raises Marvel Legends All-New X-Men Price… to $140?!

Posted on by January 22, 2014
All-New X-Men Marvel Legends Set Price Increase

I woke up this morning and immediately got bombarded with messages from people griping about Toys R Us raising the price of their exclusive Marvel Legends All-New X-Men set. I went to the website and saw that, sure enough, Toys R Us has raised the price on the set to $139.99. Then I rolled my eyes and laughed. But not a good kind of laugh…

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Marvel Legends All-New X-Men Figures Box Set Exclusive Announced

Posted on by January 16, 2014
Marvel Legends 2014 Original X-Men Box Set Announced

Earlier this month we saw leaked photos of an unconfirmed Marvel Legends All-New X-Men set turn up on the internet. At the time, it was speculated that those figures would be the SDCC 2014 Marvel Legends exclusive set. Turns out that rumor was half-right: the All-New X-Men Marvel Legends set is an exclusive, but not to San Diego Comic-Con 2014! Coming 2/1/2014 to Toys R Us Stores: the Marvel Legends All-New X-Men figures box set!

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Marvel Legends 2014 SDCC 2014 Exclusives Original X-Men Revealed?!

Posted on by January 4, 2014
Marvel Legends 2014 Original X-Men SDCC 2014 Exclusives Set

In what has to be one of the most bizarrely early possible reveals in ages, a leaked image has started making the rounds online of what some believe to be the Hasbro Marvel Legends 2014 SDCC exclusive set. Yes, that San Diego Comic Con 2014–the one that’s more than six months out from now. It seems way too early for a reveal of this nature, but here’s our first look at the alleged SDCC 2014 Marvel Legends Original X-Men boxset! Whether it’s legit or not remains to be seem…

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Kotobukiya Juggernaut Statue Photos & Pre-Order Info!

Posted on by January 11, 2014
Marvel Kotobukiya Juggernaut Fine Arts Statue August 2014 Release

While it’s pretty clear that the Kotobukiya Marvel Fine Arts Statues line is nowhere near the most popular or prolific line of Marvel high-end collectibles, the few products that Kotobukiya releases in this lineup each year are often gems. So while Hot Toys gets all the hype and fanfare for their new Starboost Iron Man 1/6 figure they’ve just put up for pre-order, Kotobukiua has a pretty big just-solicited item of its own to promote: the monstrously massive Kotobukiya Juggernaut Fine Arts Statue is now available for order!

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Marvel Legends Running Change Figure Variants Still Not Scheduled

Posted on by November 6, 2013
Marvel Legends Blade the Vampire Hunter Variant Running Change Figure Packaged

Yesterday we got the unfortunate news that the last two Marvel Universe Team Pack three-packs were officially cancelled by Hasbro. Not to pile on all the bad news at once, I decided to hold off for a day before spreading a bit more gloom. Remember all those Marvel Legends running changes we’ve been waiting for (some of which for over a year), like the Marvel Legends Dani Moonstar and Red Deadpool variants?

Well, apparently, Hasbro still hasn’t found any way of releasing those figures…

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Hasbro Confirms Marvel Universe 3-Packs Cancellation

Posted on by November 5, 2013
Marvel Universe Valkyrie Figure Hasbro 2013 Cancelled

Fans have been wondering about the fates of the final two Hasbro Marvel Universe Team Packs three-packs for most of 2013, and now the axe has officially fallen.

Though the news is pretty much what was expected, it’s still disappointing to hear confirmation that the Marvel Universe Astonishing X-Men and Asgardian three-packs are cancelled.

At least, in their current form they are…

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Marvel Universe Aurora Review & Photos (Alpha Flight Variant)

Posted on by November 4, 2013
Marvel Universe Aurora Variant Alpha Flight Figure

And so we come to the final female figure to ever be released in the Hasbro 4″ Marvel Universe line (in its current form). For their feminine grand finale, Hasbro has chosen to go with not one of the many women of the Avengers or even a well-known X-Woman. Nope, they’ve gone the obscure route with another member to add to the Marvel Universe Alpha Flight–Aurora! Alas, though I was pretty enamored with the Black Knight figure I reviewed over the weekend, my Marvel Universe Aurora review is going to be a little less positive…

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X-Men Battle of the Atom #2 Review & Spoilers

Posted on by November 1, 2013
X-Men Battle of the Atom #2 Review

As a self-proclaimed X-Men fanboy, I buy every X-Men family book that comes out each month that doesn’t have “Wolverine” in the title (and one that does). So I was excited for this year’s big summer crossover (especially since I buy all the books it takes place in anyway). But, well, the X-Men: Battle of the Atom event has had high points and lows, and the event finale is unfortunately the lowest of them all. Beware, this X-Men Battle of the Atom #2 review will be rife with spoilers–but maybe after you read it, you won’t want to bother reading the book anyway…

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