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Toy Fair 2011 – Hasbro Marvel Report – Marvel Legends and Marvel Universe

Hasbro held its collector event for the online media outlets – how we qualify for this I’ll never know, but I won’t fight it. It’s a great event that covers all the Hasbro collector-oriented lines, including Star Wars, GI Joes, and Transformers. But my first love is the comic book properties, so I’ll be sharing the pictures and recaps of the Marvel lines first.

First off, let’s start with Marvel Legends. I was a little surprised that they decided to show some items – at least in the slide show. None of what we were shown was available in the showroom, and that’s not surprising since this is 2012 product. And unlike last year, no pictures or video was allowed during the presentation. But, across the board, I can say what was in the slide show looked good.

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Toy Fair 2011 – Win a Mattel Toy Fair Collector Pack from Wired.com

Heads up, Mattel fans – Wired.com is giving away a Collector Pack from Matty that includes the 2 new DC Universe Classics vs. Masters of the Universe Classics 2-packs, MOTUC Panthor, MOTUC Battle Cat, and more! It’s easy to enter – all it takes is a comment on this Toy Fair Giveaway article from Wired.com about the contest.

Good luck, and stay tuned for more Toy Fair coverage for the next few days!

Win Battling Aquaman, Mer-Man Action Figures

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To mark the occasion, Mattel is giving away one New York Toy Fair Matty Collector Pack, retail valued at $210. In addition to the Aquaman-versus-Mer-Man combo, pictured above, the prize assortment includes a 12-inch Superman figure, the Joker, a 6-inch Ghostbusters Peter Venkman courtroom figure, Panthor, Battle Cat and Hawkman-versus-Stratos.

via Win Battling Aquaman, Mer-Man Action Figures | Underwire | Wired.com.

Toy Fair 2011 – Gothitropolis Dark and Light Talisman Scarabus Exclusive Packaged Pics

Since it’s an industry show, Toy Fair typically isn’t a time that you’d normally be picking up new action figures for your collection – it’s the time you’ll be seeing and hearing about the toys that you will be picking up later in the year.

But at Toypocalypse, the Four Horsemen have made available 100 sets of an exclusive Dark and Light variant set of their upcoming Gothitropolis Scarabus figure. They’re available for $50 each (so, $100 for a set of the black and white figures), and come in resealable packaging. I didn’t get the chance to find out what will be different about the 100 sets that will be available through storehorsemen.com after the show, but one thing that got my attention on the sets from the show are the black and white scarabs on the front of the package.

I haven’t been able to bring myself to open them yet. I mean – right now they’re so pristine! I’ll need some convincing… Leave a comment below.

Toy Fair 2011 – Four Horsemen’s Toypocalypse

What an awesome way to start off Toy Fair – with Toypocalypse, an art show held at Toy Tokyo, featuring 10 years of action figure goodness from the Four Horsemen. The show opened tonight and will run through next Thursday, but I felt compelled to go tonight, before the craziness of Toy Fair began.

The show space was packed full of 4H fans – but the really overwhelming part was just seeing all the toys that the 4H have had a big hand in getting to our shelves. One section of the show space was dedicated to a “making of” section for the next figure that will be gracing our shelves – the Fantastic Exclusive Gothitropolis Scarabus.

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Masters of the Universe Classics Club Eternia Subscribers – Powers of Grayskull Sticker

Don’t blame Digital River – by “vendor,” Mattel means the factory that was responsible for manufacturing and packaging the Preternia Disguise He-Man, not the oft-maligned company responsible for taking and fulfilling orders on the MattyCollector.com site.

I actually would prefer if they not obscure the view of the figure with these stickers, so this is win-win for me.

IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR CLUB ETERNIA SUBSCRIBERS

When you get your February Club Eternia shipment, be sure to look inside for a “The Powers of Grayskull” sticker! It was intended to be on the package for Preternia Disguise He-Man, but due to a vendor error the sticker was left off.

To ensure the figure is complete, we’re sending a sticker you can apply yourself. It will be shipped loose along with all of the February Club Eternia items (Preternia Disguise He-Man, Bow, Shadow Beast, and the Etheria Map) so don’t forget to look for it inside the box!

-Matty