I am really impressed with the Mickey Rourke likeness on the Hot Toys MMS Whiplash from Iron Man 2. The squint, the expression, and the texture of his skin look dead-on to me.
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Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics and DC Comic-Con Exclusives – What You May Have Missed
Update: Toy Guru has posted details on Mattel’s Facebook page. His comments are quoted below.
I was lucky enough to be able to watch Mattel’s reveals for their San Diego Comic-Con exclusives on yesterday’s Attack of the Show, but it all went by so quickly. So I took a few screen caps to make sure I didn’t miss anything. Probably still did, so let me know of any glaring omissions.
Starro DC 75th pack
Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics and DC Comic-Con Exclusives Announced on Attack of the Show
On Attack of the Show today, Blair Butler visited Mattel’s Toy Guru, aka Scott Neitlich, to get the skinny on Mattel’s San Diego Comic-Con exclusives. Without further ado, here’s what was revealed:
- Masters of the Universe Classics Skeletor and Mo-Larr from the Robot Chicken sketch – we saw this set at Mattel’s collector event at Toy Fair. Skeletor is missing a tooth, like he is at the end of the sketch.
- Masters of the Universe Classics Orko – comes with a Prince Adam “accessory.” Adam, a fully-articulated figure, was positioned in the package sideways below Orko, obscured partially by standard packaging. When you dip Orko in hot water, he turns transparent and “disappears.” When you dip his spellbook in hot water, the SDCC logo appears. I imagine the SDCC logo is exclusive to the version that will be sold at SDCC, but I’m not sure if Orko’s disappearing act is also exclusive to the show version.
- DC Universe Classics Plastic Man – he’ll come with attachments, with the suitcase as the SDCC exclusive piece. His head and arms plug into the suitcase.
- DC Infinite Heroes Starro and Justice League 5-Pack. This will be a bendable Starro that looks like it could be 12-inches tall, and comes with the original Justice League in what looked to be Infinite Heroes scale – Green Lantern, Flash, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman. In addition, there’s mini-Starros that look to fit on the faces of both the DCIH pack-ins and DC Universe Classics figures.
Stay tuned for another AOTS segment on the 15th!
Is Marvelman a Hasbro Marvel Universe Exclusive for San Diego Comic-Con?
ToyOtter at ActionFigureInsider pointed out this article at Bleeding Cool – claiming a Marvelman exclusive from Hasbro for San Diego Comic-Con. It’s got the ring of truth to it, but I’ll look for confirmation. Last year, Hasbro produced multiple Marvel Universe exclusives for SDCC, so I don’t think Marvelman is precluded by the Ages of Thunder Thor and Ultimate Captain America that they announced at Toy Fair.
Hasbro To Debut Marvelman Figure At San Diego
Last year, Joe Quesada announced that Marvel had bought the rights to the Marvelman character from Mick Anglo. Last month we discovered Marvel were publishing a number of classic Marvelman strips from the fifties and sixties. And now it seems Hasbro are getting in on the act with a Marvelman toy. And making it a San Diego 2010 Exclusive.
Negotiations over the rights to the Alan Moore/Garry Leach/Alan Davis/Chuck Austen/Rick Vietch/Jon Totleben/Neil Gaiman/Mark Buckingham run on the book from the nineteen eighties have still not been fully nailed down, so the odds are that the character will be based on the original Mick Anglo designs rather than the Garry Leach look.
And odds are it should look a little better than the Todd McFarlane versions….
via Hasbro To Debut Marvelman Figure At San Diego Bleeding Cool Comic Book News and Rumors.
NECA Nightmare on Elm Street Freddy Krueger Press Pics
Wow, the original Nightmare on Elm Street movie came out 26 years ago? I don’t know what Robert Englund was known for before that, but he was forever Freddy Krueger afterwards – six movies and a TV series as the character will do that.
Jackie Earle Haley was awesome as Rorschach, but the trailers for this movie are a little distracting with his Rorschach voice coming out of Freddy Krueger.
Freddy’s Back
NECA reveals action figures from the new A Nightmare on Elm Street!
Twenty-six years after the original A Nightmare on Elm Street kept a whole generation awake at night, the franchise that gave us one of horror’s most memorable baddies, Freddy Krueger, is getting a reboot courtesy of director Samuel Bayer and New Line Cinema. Taking on the iconic Freddy role is actor Jackie Earle Haley, perhaps best known as Rorschach from The Watchmen. To honor the release of the film and the rebirth of this cultural icon, NECA is proud to unveil our brand new A Nightmare on Elm Street figures!
Where else to start but with Freddy himself? Our run of figures features two different versions of the Freddy Kruger character: One before he is burned and one after. Pre-fire Fred Krueger comes with an interchangeable right hand, and razor-glove Freddy comes with that famous weapon and two interchangeable heads. Each figure stands 6 3/4″ tall and is fully poseable.
A Nightmare on Elm Street figures are in stores now and also featured on our Amazon storefront
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