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NECA Street Fighter 4 Series 2 to Hit Stores in July

NECA’s series 2 of their Street Fighter 4 line debuted at NY Comic-Con, and will be available in July. The series continues with three big hitters – Chun-Li, Akuma, and Guile. I can’t figure out where Akuma and Guile are getting their four extra points of articulation. Anyone know?

At Wizard World Philly, Randy Falk announced we would be seeing new sets this fall featuring existing characters in alternate colors, including a set exclusive to Toys R Us. Series 1 included Ken, Ryu, and Crimson Viper.

Thighs To Die For

Chun-Li, Akuma and Guile SF4 figures ready for battle!

The new Street Fighter 4 Series 2 figures are NECA’s best yet! Series one brought you legends Ken, Ryu and Crimson Viper, and in July we debut the next wave of warriors. These 7″ figures of Akuma, Guile and a massively-thighed Chun-Li are in for the fight of their lives, and the gorgeous all new NECA sculpts put you front and center and in control!

The landmark franchise that defined a generation of gaming, Street Fighter has some of the most recognizable characters in the world. Whether you’re fighting with Chun-Li’s lightning kick or Guile’s famed Sonic Boom, these combos and this international league of warriors has proven to be a cross-cultural success like none other. Street Fighter 4 is the latest and greatest installment yet, and NECA is proud to be behind it with these awesome looking figures.

Chun-Li has 31 points of articulation and five interchangeable hands, while Akuma and Guile both have a whopping 35 points of articulation and two interchangeable hands. The full assortment will be available next month, and watch out for more Street Fighter news coming soon.

via www.necaonline.com || National Entertainment Collectibles Association, Inc..

Pics of Marvel Universe Gigantic Battles Wave 1 – CoolToyReview.com

Cool Toy Review just published a great interview with Scott George, Dave Vonner, and Josh Lamb, members of the Hasbro Marvel team, talking about their 3 3/4-inch offerings, Marvel Universe, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Secret Wars.

Lots of interesting tidbits. Among them:

They are considering rebooting the numbering of the line, like how comics have different volumes and restart at issue #1. This hasn’t been decided.
We may see new artists doing packaging art. Frank Cho has done about 35 drawings (should take us through the end of this year), Joe Quesada did the Comic-Con exclusives, and Bob Layton did the Secret Wars Comic 2-packs.
Nick Fury (the exclusive currently offered with a subscription to a Marvel Digital Comics subscription) will no longer be #025 in the Marvel Universe line. Electro will be swapped in, so that MOC collectors can have consistent packaging.
Secret Wars will be out in four waves with three 2-packs each. They’ll go through spring 2010.

Finally, they put up some pictures of the first wave of Marvel Universe Gigantic Battles (Captain America / Skrull Giant Man, Iron Man / Goliath), due out this fall. There will be a blue and red variant Goliath. Click through to the interview for the full-sized pics.

If you’ve been following our teaser reports over the past few days, then you might have been able to fit the pieces of the puzzle together and figure out exactly which character we’re announcing for the first time right here on Cool Toy Review.

Check out the packaging photos of the upcoming Wal-Mart exclusive Gigantic Battles sets of Captain America Vs. Skrull Giant Man and the Iron Man with Goliath, but also for the first time mentioned anywhere…it’s the red & blue costumed variation of Goliath, who will also come with the “pointy mask” Iron Man figure.

Each set will also come with a special reprint comic book, showing the inspiration for the characters in the set.

via COOL TOY REVIEW: Your Source For Action Figure Images & News Hasbro: Marvel Universe Exclusive Interview.

Teaser Pic of Hot Toys X-Men Origins: Wolverine

The guys at Collectible News (a German movie collectibles site) uncovered this teaser pic.

This was announced back in April.

He is not an animal!

He is X-men – Wolverine – In 2008 Summer, the first Sci-fi movie to hit the box office was the Iron Man, and we were more than happy to bring you the three generations of Iron Man! In 2009, who will be the first superhero to reveal on the big screen?

Here he is – the Wolverine from X-men Origins: Wolverine – a hero who never gets old or die!

In this movie, the story tells about how Logan became Wolverine and the enmity between himself and his brother – Sabretooth. Our Hot Toys team can’t wait anymore to watch this most anticipated Marvel superhero movie, because…… we are ready to bring you the Wolverine 12 inches limited edition collectibles very soon, exciting right?

Meanwhile, let’s buy your ticket online and enjoy the movie before our next announcement.

Pics of DC Universe Classics The Question and MOTU Classics Teela – kastorskorner.com

Khalil at Kastor’s Korner has posted some pics from the Four Horsemen at Wizard World Philly. The Question was a two-up (a prototype that’s sculpted at roughly 2x the size the figure will be in production). It’s a little more apparent here than in the pics of him in Toyfare magazine that the double-breasted coat is a separate piece and not part of the torso sculpt. Remind me to ask in an upcoming Ask Matty Q&A if there’s ab articulation under there.

For those of you who are Teela fans, what do you think of her badonkadonk? Personally, I’d like to see some more curves on her backside.

NEWS: WIZARD WORLD PHILLY

Kastor’s Korner was not able to attend Wizard World Philly this year, but our friend Pendragon was, and got some great pictures.

via News: Wizard World Philly – kastorskorner.com.

Hasbro Update on Marvel Legends 6-Inch “Fan’s Choice” News

Lady Bullseye and Kingpin: Daredevil #119

Yesterday we posted an update from a member of TheFwoosh.com, who attended a Marvel action figure panel with Jesse Falcon (VP of Licensing at Marvel) at Wizard World Philadelphia. The update described what representatives from Hasbro and Marvel presented about their future plans for Marvel Legends. Today, I heard from the Hasbro Marvel brand team with some more details and clarification of what’s to come. Here’s the brass tacks:

Hasbro will launch a “Fan’s Choice Pick 3” poll for Marvel Legends at San Diego Comic-Con:

They will be displaying between 16 to 18 never-produced figures at their booth in San Diego Comic-Con. These will be mostly new figures, but some fans may have seen a couple of them before.
These figures will be options for the “Fan’s Choice Pick 3” poll. The poll will kick off on the first day of Comic-Con, and the top 3 vote getters will make it into the next wave of two packs. The next wave of two packs is slotted for 2010, with the exact timing still to be determined.
The Hasbro Marvel team will choose 3 other figures from the same 16 to 18 figures on display. They will be paired up with the Fan’s Choice winners in that wave.
So, to summarize, the next wave of two packs will feature six characters – 3 chosen by fans, and 3 chosen by the Hasbro Marvel team.

One point of clarification – our report yesterday indicated that there would be no more retailer exclusive waves for Marvel Legends. This was something that struck me as odd, since big box retailers wouldn’t normally have their 2010 plans until after Fall Toy Fair in October. And, it turns out to be inaccurate:

Actually, when asked about exclusives (someone mentioned that they had a hard time finding some of them and that they would prefer that exclusives didn’t continue), Jesse underscored the fact that exclusives were an important part of the business and would certainly continue.

Expect updates as we hear more – official pics are coming soon. I am still psyched to hear Marvel Legends plans, with the line currently on hiatus.

This year’s remaining Marvel Legends two packs, featuring Nick Fury, Hand Ninja, classic Iron Man, etc., are expected to retail shelves by mid to late August via Toys R Us and Diamond Comics.