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Mezco has announced its summer exclusives, and I’m glad to see more DC Mez-Itz on their way. Headlining the announcements are a 20-inch Batman from the Dark Knight Nolan-verse and a 6-inch Wonder Woman. I will be picking WW up for sure. Rounding out the announcements are a Catwoman Mez-Itz keychain, Thundercats Mumm-Ra 2-pack, a quartet of Living Dead Dolls, and an Earthworm Jim exclusive that will be sure to please fans of the game.
Shortly after Hot Toys revealed Joker 2.0, they teased their upcoming Dark Knight Rises Batman, which I’m sure most of you figured was a forgone conclusion. Now bring on Bane!
The feedback on The Joker 2.0 that we just launched is incredible! Thanks fans for the likes!
We are not only announcing The Joker from The Dark Knight movie, but also proud to unveil our brand-new 1/6th scale Batman Collectible Figure from the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises movie which will only be presented by Hot Toys!
Batman fans, please stay tuned tight for unexpected surprise!
via Hot Toys.
Pre-orders at BigBadToyStore.com have revealed the remaining list of figures to be included in Hasbro’s (Return of) Marvel Legends wave 3. We’d previously seen USAgent, Danielle Moonstar, Blade and Punisher, and presume that X-Force Deadpool wills a re-deco of the 2-pack Deadpool figure.
From the listing, we know that Iron Man will be sporting his neo-classic armor, and Dr. Doom is, well, he’s Dr. Doom! So all that’s left to reveal is which version of Mystique we’ll be getting. I’m betting on the version shown above (panel art by Manuel Garcia), that Mike Mayhew immortalized on the covers of Mystique’s solo run. This version would allow re-use of the Black Widow body.
Oh, one more remaining item – who will be the build-a-figure for the wave? I figure we’ll find out at San Diego Comic-Con in a couple of weeks.
I am a huge fan of the original Hot Toys The Dark Knight Joker MMS DX, and they’ve just revealed the second version, which they’re calling Joker 2.0. I can’t tell if the PERS head is changed from the original, but the sequel will come with an alternate laughing head, a bunch of other accessories (including a desk with magic trick pencil – uh oh!) and upgraded cloth goods, which are described in this interview with Hot Toys costume artist Kato.
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More (Return of) Marvel Legends news from Marvel.com – they’ve got the reveal for Dani Moonstar in her New Mutants costume, due with Deadpool, Punisher, and Blade in wave 3 this September. Hasbro first teased us with Moonstar at the Hasbro Marvel panel at New York Comic Con last October.
Maybe it’s just the picture, but I had hoped for better. She looks like she’s got a little of the pinched head syndrome we saw with early figures in Hasbro’s run. Hasbro has said they’ve learned from the early figures (they highlighted the shortcomings with Emma Frost to wrap up that NYCC panel), so I hope this will be improved with the production figures.