Seventh Kingdom – Raavia and Shield of Draumm – RTM Exclusives

Last week I reviewed Queen Alluxandra and Isadorra, the first two exclusive figures from the Four Horsemen’s Seventh Kingdom line.  I picked those up at San Diego Comic-Con, but there’s plenty of variants that are just starting to become available from the various online media and retail outlets that the Four Horseman have been partnering with to bring you this line.  This review covers the first one of those variants that I’ve picked up, Raavia the red cat, from Raving Toy Maniac.  As a bonus, I also picked up RTM’s Fantastic Exclusive from last year, the Shield of Draumm, the hippo from Ramathorr’s council of guards.

Before I get ahead of myself, I want to point out how great it is dealing with Rob and Bobbi, the good folks that run RTM.  They put up their order page for Raavia on Monday, and by Thursday I had these figures in my hands.

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Marvel Universe 2010 Wave 1 Press Pics

Marvelous News has posted press pics of the first wave of of Marvel Universe due in 2010.  With this series, Hasbro is shifting the Marvel Universe theme from Nick Fury and SHIELD to Normal Osborne and HAMMER, following the Dark Reign story line currently underway in Marvel Comics.  The numbering scheme will begin at #1 again, as this will be the “2nd edition” of Marvel Universe.

Getting a Jim Lee Jean Grey and Sunfire in Marvel Universe is sure to raise the hackles of Legends collectors who have been clamoring for those characters in 6-inches – to me, this demonstrates the commitment of the Hasbro Marvel team to make Universe the best it can be.  The Logan in the X-Men training outfits was not shown in the main showcase display at San Diego Comic-Con, but we did manage to find him in the large Marvel Universe diorama.  At the show, Hasbro said that the figure was just a prototype and hadn’t been slotted into a wave yet.

I’m not a big fan of Hasbro’s heavily manipulated press shots.  For a better look, check out the pictures from our San Diego Comic-Con coverage.

2010 Wave 1 Marvel Universe Figure Images

We first showed you these a few weeks ago at the San Diego Comic Con, and now we bring you some new images of Hasbro’s first wave of Marvel Universe figures for 2010. Shown are the following figures:

  • House of M Spider-Man
  • Jean Grey (90’s)
  • Logan (X-Men Uniform)
  • Sunfire
  • The Vision
  • Warpath (X-Force)

via 2010 Wave 1 Marvel Universe Figure Images – Marvel – MarvelousNews.com.

Custom Con 23 – August 10 – 14

Custom Con 23 is on this week, hosted graciously by Joe Acevedo after the Fwoosh requested a switch to the winter slot.  Since we switched to three Custom Cons a year, the summer slot seems to be the lightest, but there’s still a bunch of great entries to look at.

Here’s some of my favorites so far.

DC Universe Classics Wave 10 Packaged Pics

Mattel has updated its Facebook page with packaged pics of wave 10 of DC Universe Classics, which is exclusive to Wal-Mart.  I was wondering how they were able to get Power Girl and her prodigious cleavage into the family-friendly juggernaut retailer, and I wonder if her sideways packaged stance is by Wal-Mart’s request.

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  • Beast Boy – Beast Boy with pack out animal form. Looks familiar…
  • Batman – Batman is back, all in black. Check out the all new Bat-Laptop!
  • Forager – Forager joins the New God rebellion!
  • Joker – Where does he get all those wonderful accessories?
  • Man-Bat – By popular request, Kirk in brown deco. Prob the only time we will ever re-issue a former SDCC item.
  • Power Girl – Not the final pack out. Her head will be turned a bit more forward.
  • Robotman – Cliff’s head case is removable to see his brain!

via Mattycollector.com’s Photos – DCUC Wave 9 (sic)

Club Eternia Subscriptions for Masters of the Universe Classics Close Friday at Noon EST

Two things to note here:

  • The deadline for ordering Club Eternia, the 2010 subscription plan for Masters of the Universe Classics, is at NOON EST on Friday.  So if you’ve got the tendency to sleep in on Friday mornings, it might be best to get your last minute orders in on Thursday.
  • Mattel is leaning towards the partial flocking option for Moss Man.  Huzzah!

Honestly, I’m still on the fence for the subscription.  Mattel and the Four Horsemen have such a big share of my action figure expenditures that every month I’ll be hitting up Mattycollector anyways.  So if there’s something else I’m getting besides Wun-Dar and the posters, I can’t figure it out.  I need to decide whether Wun-Dar is worth what I’ll be paying in extra shipping and handling next year for my Matty purchases not covered by the subscription.  While I like the subscription model, I would much rather have a pre-ordering option by figure.

Here’s the pics and what I wrote up during San Diego Comic-Con for Club Eternia and the Masters line: San Diego Comic-Con Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics Pics (more of them!)

Last Days to order 2010 “Club Eternia”. Ends Friday at 12:00 noon EST

He-Fans,The 2010 Club Eternia subscription ends this Friday at 12:00 noon eastern time. This is your only way to be guaranteed the Jan – Dec figure of the month plus the exclusive Club figure Wun-Dar the Savage He-Man which comes complete with removable battle armor, black Power Sword, half black Power Sword, ray gun and Eternian meal. This figure will not be sold in any other way. You must be a member to get him.

Club memebers will also get a poster sized map of Eternia. This is all new art shown postcard sized at SDCC. The poster will also feature secrets of the Power of Grayskull and the Elders printed on the reverse. These will be never before revealed secrets to help complete the storyline behind MOTU Classics for the true fans.

There may be a few other bonus items thrown in during the year for members only such as coupons and other MOTU schwag.

To become a member and sign up for a year of figures, visit my site MattyCollector.com today! Hurry, offer ends this Friday!

Matty

Wun-Dar Club figure. The post card sized map will also be sent to club members as a full sized poster with all new secrets of Grayskull printed on the reverse!
Wun-Dar Club figure. The post card sized map will also be sent to club members as a full sized poster with all new secrets of Grayskull printed on the reverse!

PS: The Jan figure will be Adora, the Feb figure will be Trap-Jaw/Kronis and the March figure will be Moss Man, most likley with partial flocking. Still working on this one…

via Facebook | Mattycollector.com: Last Days to order 2010 “Club Eternia”. Ends Friday at 12:00 noon EST.

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