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By Ron, on February 23rd, 2010 Remember that 6-inch Iron Man 2 figure with RDJ’s head sculpt? It wasn’t on display in the Hasbro showroom when the nerd herd went through for the Hasbro Collector Briefing, but we did find some pics, courtesy of Marvel’s own photo essay of the Marvel products on display at Toy Fair. We’ll stay tuned for another installment of Geek-lactus from Marvel’s Jesse Falcon.
The final stop on our tour was the Hasbro showroom, which was swamped with “Iron Man 2″ toys, games and accessories.
 
On display at Hasbro were Iron Man Mark I, Mark IV and Mark VI action figures; a life-size Mark IV armor; build-your-own-armor cards with translucent additions and Repulsor gloves; and a wearable, talking Iron Man helmet. Iron Man’s Red Vortex car won Best Toy at the British Toy Fair, and was prominently displayed and did not disappoint. Marvel’s Director of Merchandising–and one of the madmen behind “Marvel Super Heroes: What The–?!”–Jesse Falcon took us through all of the toys in the showroom, which included a walking, talking, repulsor-blasting Iron Man.
But it wasn’t all Iron Man at Hasbro! Browse through our Toy Fair 2010 image gallery to see photos of new Super Hero Squad figures, numerous Spider-Man toys and dozens of Marvel Universe 3.75″ heroes and villains!
via Check out photos and details from Marvel’s visit to Toy Fair 2010! | Marvel.com News | Marvel.com.
By Ron, on February 17th, 2010 
These are a little out of my size and price range, but if Kotobukiya ever wants to send me some of their Marvel statues, I would make it work. 
They had on display statues from their upcoming ArtFX line for Iron Man 2 and Fine Arts line for Avengers and X-Men, although the mutants were 2D renderings of planned statues
There’s more… click to continue reading Toy Fair 2010 – Kotobukiya Marvel Pics
By Ron, on February 17th, 2010 
At the Mattel Collector Preview this past weekend, PJ Lewis, Brand Manager for the WWE lines, unveiled a few more upcoming figures from the WWE Entrance Greats and WWE Legends lines, including a sneak preview of the second wave of Legends.
There’s more… click to continue reading Toy Fair 2010 – Mattel WWE More Entrance Greats and Legends Pics
By Ron, on February 16th, 2010 
While I didn’t speak to anyone at the NECA booth (everyone looked very busy), I did take some pictures of their action figures in HeroClix, Player Select video games, and movie license categories, excluding Harry Potter and Twilight. Sorry, fans of those two franchises – I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
There’s more… click to continue reading Toy Fair 2010 – NECA HeroClix, Player Select, and Movie Figures Pics
By Ron, on February 16th, 2010 Here’s a great picture of RDJ with a 6-inch Iron Man 2 figure we didn’t see when we were onsite with Hasbro. SHH has another picture with him and the Iron Man electronic helmet. Cool stuff!
Robert Downey Jr. Visits Toy Fair
Robert Downey Jr. stopped by Hasbro’s Toy Fair showroom for an Iron Man 2 preview event with Hasbro’s retail partners and here are two photos of the actor with the new helmet and Tony Stark figure.
via Robert Downey Jr. Visits Toy Fair – Superhero Hype!
By Ron, on February 16th, 2010  
I stopped by EMCE toys to take some pictures of the upcoming retro toys Bif Bang Pow! The two companies are teaming up to bring you Mego-styled figures for some of today’s hottest pop culture properties, including Cartoon Network’s Venture Bros. animated series and ABC’s hit TV show Lost.
There’s more… click to continue reading Toy Fair 2010 – Bif Bang Pow! Lost and Venture Bros. Pics
By Ron, on February 15th, 2010 Scott Neitlich, Mattel’s Associate Brand Manager for its collector-oriented lines, was kind enough to sit down with Hagop (my tag team partner from the Fwoosh) and me for a catch-up session following the Mattel Collectors Preview.
This is the second part of the interview – I wanted to title the article “Toy Guru Announces Jitsu” but then common sense prevailed. Part one of the interview is here.
H: Let’s go over what’s in store this year for Masters of the Universe.
   
TG: The line is composed of 12 monthly figures, 4 quarterly figures (although there might only be 3 this year) but ideally 4 standard 6” quarterly figures, and then 4 over-sized figures which could range from $30-$60 depending on how big they are. So Battlecat was the first, Tytus will be the second, and then Gy-Gor will be the third.
There’s more… click to continue reading Toy Fair 2010 – Interview with Mattel’s Scott Neitlich (Toy Guru), Part 2
By Ron, on February 15th, 2010 
Jim Fletcher was kind enough to give us a tour of the DC Direct showroom today. For this update, I’ll focus on the action figure products, or what I think of as Blackest Night and “everything else.” I’ll be sure to post pictures of the other products, mostly statues and busts, within the next few days.
There’s more… click to continue reading Toy Fair 2010 – DC Direct Blackest Night and other Action Figure Lines Pics
By Ron, on February 15th, 2010 
Here’s some booth pics of the Halo, Playmakers, and Prince of Persia lines from McFarlane. I didn’t speak to anyone at the booth, but it was interesting to see Todd McFarlane working the booth. He’s participated in special events at Toy Fair before, but I can’t remember him actively manning the booth and talking to buyers and media.
There’s more… click to continue reading Toy Fair 2010 – McFarlane Halo, Playmakers, and Prince of Persia Pics
By Ron, on February 15th, 2010 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.
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!
There’s more… click to continue reading Toy Fair 2010 – Diamond Select Toys Marvel Update
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