Marvel Digital Comics San Diego Comic-Con Offer

marvel-digital-comics-sdcc-offerIf you picked up a subscription to Marvel Digital Comics and are on your way to the San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel has posted a special offer just for you.

You can stop by Marvel’s booth for:

  • A limited edition Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth spotlight variant
  • A chance to pick up Stan Lee’s autograph

More details in the attached image.

Like many Marvel Universe fans, I signed up for a subscription just so I could pick up a Marvel Universe Nick Fury exclusive figure. I have not yet received the figure, but from pictures I’ve seen from the Far East (where the figure was released at retail), I think it’ll be a good reuse of the Daredevil / Bullseye figure that was part of Marvel Universe wave 1.

As far as Marvel Digital Comics are concerned, I like the reading experience.  In particular, the web-based reader’s Smart Panels feature is pretty good when applied properly – it zooms into the comic, panel by panel, to give you a very detailed look at a page.  This hasn’t replaced the need for me to get my weekly comic fix, though, as the library isn’t intended to deliver newly published comics.  The back issue catalog is filling out, but there have been times when I’ve wanted to read an random comic arc only to find issues missing.  I’ll let you know if I renew when the three month trial is up.

You’ll be able to get details on a subscription and the Nick Fury figure at the Marvel booth, or head to marvel.com/nickfury.

Hot Toys Secures Marvel Movie Masterpiece License

Gotta how the internet connects and informs people.  This news comes via TheFwoosh.com -> HotToysFan.com -> EddieWong.net.  And what big news it is.

Hot Toys has picked up the movie licensing for Marvel, and from the announcement it appears they’ve got movies past and present.  Want a 1/6 scale Halle Berry Storm to go with the upcoming Hot Toys X-Men Origins Wolvie?  Yeah, ok, I know she wasn’t all that great.  How about a Hannibal King from Blade 3?  Well, it’s all possible now.

Hot Toys Marvel Announcement Teaser
Hot Toys Marvel Announcement Teaser

Yes, that is right folks. Hot Toys has the license to the Marvel Universe. And the pic above is the announcement teaser from HT’s official catalog.

For those who cannot read Japanese, here’s what the page says:

Left-side: Movie Masterpiece. Starting soon.

Right-side: Blade trilogy, X-Men trilogy, Spider-Man trilogy, & more…

Yes, Movie Masterpiece. Not the comic versions. This means, for those who have longed for a good ‘movie Spidey’ 1/6th figure, you’re about to get one. And it’s the trilogy they’re doing which means you’ll not only get Spidey, but probably also the Green Goblin, Doc Ock, Venom, and Sandman to say the least!

via ITTS 2009: Hot Toys – what’s next: Marvel license.

And, you’ve got to check out the pictures Eddie has of Hot Toys stuff at the International Tokyo Toy Show.  Fantastic pics!  Here’s a very small sampling of the low res shots.

All pictures credit: EddieWong.net

Marvel Legends 2-Packs Wave 2 – packaged

Marvel Legends SHIELD Leaders 2-Pack
Marvel Legends SHIELD Leaders 2-Pack

By virtue of the Marvel Universe Covers Contest I’ve gotten my big hands on a set of the second Hasbro wave of Marvel Legends 2-Packs that have been popping up.  While I can’t open up the prize packages, I did snap a few pictures of the figures still in package.  Enjoy!

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Marvel Select Abomination Press Pic

TNI has posted a press pic of the prototype of DST’s Abomination from the Marvel Select line.  This is a welcome return for Diamond to the larger scale figures that work in both the Select and Legends scales.

I really liked the Abomination from the Onslaught wave of Marvel Legends but there is something very satisfying about the proportions, sculpt, and paint that makes this very appealing.  Of course, this won’t have nearly the amount of articulation that it’s predecessor in ML had, but I don’t think he needs it.  I hope this comes out looking this good in production.

Marvel Select Abomination
Marvel Select Abomination

Here is a look at Diamond Select Toys upcoming Marvel Select Abomination figure.

via Marvel Select Abomination Figure – Marvel – MarvelousNews.com.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Colossus Prototype

Paul Harding has posted his prototype for the upcoming Colossus single-carded figure from Hasbro’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine line. Full-size pics on Paul’s blog – definitely worth checking out for more sculpts and original artwork. Very cool!

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Colossus Prototype
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Colossus Prototype

Here’ s the latest from my contributions to the Hasbro camp. It’s a comic-inspired Colossus that stands 4 inches short. Fully articulated and ready to smash really small things.

via Paul Harding Studios: Colossus.

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