Archive for the ‘Marvel’ Category

• Vote for next Marvel Universe Exclusive Figure

  Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

  Last year, as an incentive for signing up for Marvel Digital comics they offered an exclusive Nick Fury Marvel Universe figure.  It looks like the promotion will be returning, and you have the opportunity to vote on which character you want!  This years choices are Archangel (in X-Force uniform), Norman Osborn in his H.A.M.M.E.R. uniform [...]

• Iron Man 2 – $5 off $20 Coupon

  Monday, March 8th, 2010

  In addition to the $5 off Star Wars coupon (see below), Hasbro has also posted a $5 off $20 coupon for the  purchase of Iron Man 2 toys.  You can grab this coupon for printing (twice usually) over here.  Toys R Us often accepts coupons, so this is a great chance to grab 4 figures [...]

• Iron Man 2 Figures @ Toys R Us – 2 / $10.99 this week

  Sunday, March 7th, 2010

  This week at Toys R Us, go on an Iron Man overload!  All Iron Man 2 3 3/4″ figures are 2 for $10.99.  This is a great opportunity to add some new armors to your collection.

• Iron Man 2 Toys Officially Out at Retail

  Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

  As we step into a new month (hello March), let’s also welcome the offical arrival of Marvel’s Iron Man 2 figures.  With the street date of March 1st behind us, you can find Iron Men and War Machines out the wazoo.  So far I’m really impressed with the figures I’ve picked up.  This is a [...]

• Toy Fair 2010 – Marvel Select Figures

  Thursday, February 18th, 2010

  Well the New York toy fair has come and gone…and I’m almost done writing up posts with the news.  One of the last things I wanted to look at was Diamond’s Marvel Select offerings for the year.  Check out actionfigurepics.com for a gallery of the showroom.  Of note:

  Abomination is big and nicely detailed
  Deadpool includes an [...]

• Figure Spotlight 90 – Original Iron Man

  Monday, February 15th, 2010

  Original Iron Man

  Series: Iron Man 2, Marvel Universe
  Release Date: 2/2010
  In support of the upcoming Iron Man 2 movie, HASBRO is releasing a full toy line in the 3 3/4″ scale.  While the product has a street date of March 1st some product is trickling out and will be widely available in 2 weeks.
  The toys [...]

• Hasbro 2010 Toy Fair – More Marvel Universe details

  Sunday, February 14th, 2010

  As I posted yesterday, HASBRO had their main toy fair presentation outlining some of the big products for 2o10 (see that report here)More details of the 2010 Marvel Universe line have been shared from HASBRO’s showroom.

  2010 Wave 2 will be hitting retailers soon (parts of the wave are on Hasbrotoyshop)
  2010 Wave 3 Line-up announced: Archangel, [...]

• Figure Spotlight 89 – Iron Man Mighty Mugg

  Sunday, February 14th, 2010

  Iron Man mark VI

  Series: Iron Man 2, Mighty Muggs
  Release Date: 2/2010
  In support of the upcoming Iron Man 2 movie, Toys R Us has 2 exclusive Mighty Muggs.  One of Iron Man (mark VI) and one of War Machine. These are priced at $11.99 each.
  I can’t really go too far with my impressions on this [...]

• Hasbro 2010 Toy Fair Presentation

  Saturday, February 13th, 2010

  Today was the kick-off to the New York Fair and Hasbro held a fan-centric event. I wasn’t there, but you can find the full presentation (via yakface.com) for Marvel, GI Joe and Transformers here and Star Wars here.  There’s tons of news in the presentation so I suggest you give it a read.  Some [...]

• Toy Fair 2010 – Hasbro Press Releases

  Friday, February 12th, 2010

  With Toy Fair 2010 starting this weekend, Hasbro has released press releases for its core brands. Each release details some product highlights (AT-ATs! Power Core Combiners!) and shows some very small thumbnail photos.  Below are links to several of those releases:

  Star Wars
  Transformers
  GI Joe
  Marvel Universe