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Q: What’s Better Than Storing Your Action Figures in Big Plastic Tubs? v2

A: Actually having space to display them! :)

A few months ago I wrote about having to dismantle my “toy room” because we had decided to put in new carpet, and then about getting to put together a new and improved display. This past weekend, I put the finishing touches on some upgrades.

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Marvel Select Iron Man and War Machine Packaged Pics

I saw the Marvel Select Iron Man 2 figures in person at Toy Fair and they’re awesome.  They’re probably a little too big for a Marvel Legends collection, but will fit in great with your 7-inch movie figures, if you have any of those.  The pictures also show War Machine as a Borders exclusive – not sure if that’s really the case.

The Iron Man you’ve been waiting for…

Marvel Select Iron Man and War Machine!

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Iron Man even comes in two armor variations!

The Mark 6 and the Mark 4!

Look for the Mark 4 as an exclusive from Borders!

via Art Asylum Blog » The Iron Man you’ve been waiting for…

Toy Fair 2010 – Diamond Select Toys Marvel Update

We met with Chris Myers of Diamond Select Toys yesterday and got a rundown on the upcoming toy lines, both licensed and original.  We’ll focus here on their Marvel properties.

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Diamond Select Toys continues to develop Marvel toys across its Marvel Select 7-inch scaled line and Marvel Minimates 2-inch mini-figure line (which it calls the world’s most popular block toy action figure), and they’re adding a new scale for Marvel this summer.  Let’s take a look!

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Marvel Select Spider-Man Packaged Pics

Even after reading the description I had a hard time discerning that the base for the upcoming Spider-Man figure is a smashed car.  Seems a little uninspired after seeing the Danger Room base for Cyclops.

Marvel Select Spider-Man swings your way

Here it is in all it’s final production in package glory, Marvel Select Spider-Man! This figure features a highly detailed sculpt by the one and only Digger. It also features a crazy smashed compact car base. Look for it in comic stores near you soon!

via Art Asylum Blog » Marvel Select Spider-Man swings your way.

Marvel Select Cyclops with Danger Room Base Press Pics

I hope that the Danger Room base that is coming with the Marvel Select Cyclops (and the follow-on bases that Diamond Select Toys keeps teasing) proves out the concept that connecting bases would be a great pack-in for an action figure line.  Just don’t call it Build-A-Diorama.

Marvel Select Cyclops Update!

By now you should have seen the upcoming Marvel Select Cyclops figure and his amazing Danger Room base, but as always this Marvel Select release has more than meets the eye!  While the traditional Silver Age Cyclops will be the most readily available version (the recently released Silver Age Marvel Girl is glad to hear that!) – there will also be an alternate X-Factor Cyclops included in each case (that makes 4 Silver Age Cyclops and 2 X-Factor Cyclops).

The only way to get your grubby little X-paws on the variant Cyclops is to purchase a full case through Previews though, so make sure your retailer of choice knows that they need to add this figure to their order form.

via Art Asylum Blog » Marvel Select Cyclops Update!

Art Asylum and Diamond Select Toys Shipping Update 1/10

Marvel Select Best of Assortment #4: Dr. Doom, Black Cat, and Thanos

Art Asylum / Diamond Select Toys has updated their list of upcoming shipping dates. The Marvel Select Cyclops shows up in June, so May does not have a Marvel Select figure.  And those of you curious about what happened to the Marvel Select Best of Assortment – it got pushed back to January 20.

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Marvel Select War Machine WIP Pics

Art Asylum has posted some in progress pics of the Marvel Select War Machine from the Iron Man 2 movie.  They snuck in a pic of the War Machine Minimate too. :D

I think the Don Cheadle likeness is spot on, and the armor looks great.  I may have to pick this and Iron Man up – they’re due out March 3.

Marvel Select Iron Man 2 War Machine Figure In progress shots for your enjoyment

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via Art Asylum Blog » War Machine!.

Marvel Select Cyclops Base Prototype Pic

Usually, when someone engages in gratuitous self-promotion, like describing their own custom action figure as “AWESOME L@@K” in their eBay auction title, I take it with a big grain of salt.  But this prototype picture of the base that will come with the Marvel Select Cyclops really is cool.  I had nitpicks about how Cyclops looks, but the idea of interlocking bases that make up a Danger Room is pretty damn compelling – and I don’t even collect the regular-sized Marvel Select figures.

OK, now THIS is COOL

One of the more appealing features of the Marvel Select line has been the elaborate bases that come with the figures. Lately I’ve had to scale back on that due to the extra details (and in some cases, raw size) of some figures, and it has broken my heart (or whatever I have that passes for a heart). Well, now we have come back to where we began. In the true spirit of the line, I present to you the Danger Room base that will come with Cyclops. This thing looks awesome. And, if you look at the sides of the walls and floor you will see that there are grooves just in case we want to do more X-Men (cough, Colossus, cough) with other Danger Room sections. HUGE props to Bill Mancuso for this one. I said I wanted a Danger Room base (actually, I had a different plan originally, but we won’t talk about that – ever) and he took the concept and ran with it. Now all I want to do is focus on building the complete Danger Room (but y’all will have to wait because I can’t do all X-Men all the time). Enjoy…

via Art Asylum Blog » OK, now THIS is COOL.

Marvel Select Deadpool Painted Prototype Pic

As a Marvel Legends collector, I’m one of the people who wish that DST would stick to larger figures in Marvel Select who would complement my collection.  But I do recognize that Marvel Select collectors need love too – and I like this Deadpool more now that I’ve seen it with paint.  Ball-jointed hips and double-knees help too, and I wonder if those are elbros (ball-jointed elbows a la Hasbro) too.

Deadpool gets a new coat – of paint

Marvel Select Deadpool - painted prototype

Marvel Select Deadpool - painted prototype

Yeah, it’s getting late and the jokes are getting cornier – what can I say? To make up for it, I’ll let you see the approved paint deco for the Marvel Select Deadpool figure. I don’t have any pictures handy for the weapons or the unmasked head, but take my word for it when I say they complete the figure perfectly.

via Art Asylum Blog » Deadpool gets a new coat – of paint.

Art Asylum Announces Marvel Select Deadpool

I suppose I’m not surprised that Marvel Select is coming out with a Deadpool figure.  After all, Deadpool is starting to enter Wolverine territory, with three monthly comics, guest appearances all over the Marvel Comics universe, and his own movie in development with Ryan Reynolds reprising his role from X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

I’ll have to do some more image searching but the figure looks very heavily influenced by Rob Liefeld’s early Deadpool art, especially the design of the mask and torso, but the wrist and ankle bands don’t coincide with Deadpool’s first appearance.  I am also curious as far as timing, since Hasbro has Deadpool slated for an appearance in a Fall 2010 Marvel Legends 2-pack.

Presenting….Deadpool

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Sorry kids, nothing clever to say to introduce this guy (I’ll save the witty remarks for the paint stage). Here is the newest in the Marvel Select line – Deadpool. He’ll be coming with a ton of accessories (weapons, lots of weapons) and be on the lookout for a chase variant unmasked version (which I have but I’m not showing ‘cuz I’m mean like that).

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