Toy Fair 2011 – Hasbro Marvel Report – Avengers Assemble!

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Earlier this evening, I covered the Marvel Universe / Legends portion of Hasbro’s Marvel presentation from their collectors event today. But with two potential blockbuster movies coming this summer, Hasbro has a lot to offer with their Thor and Captain America product lines. This year is all about laying the Avengers foundation – because 2012 will see a the movie franchises coming together in the Avengers movie – and that will unite Thor and Cap with Iron Man and Hulk. I’d be lying if that doesn’t fill my inner Marvel fan boy with glee – and not a small amount of trepidation that it gets screwed up. But hey – even if the movies don’t pan out, at least we’ll have some awesome toys!

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

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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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Watch Marvel Super Heroes: What The–?! Ep. 17

Who are you rooting for this Sunday?

Watch Marvel Super Heroes: What The–?! Ep. 17

When Avengers clash over the big game, can commercials save the day?

It’s a joyous day for the Avengers, as they gather to celebrate the Heroic Age by watching the big game. But will an old rivalry between Captain America and Iron Man ruin everything?

In the latest episode of Marvel Super Heroes: What The–?!, its up to Spider-Man to keep the peace using the greatest weapon at his disposal: hilarious TV commercials! You too can thrill to these classic ads re-imagined in the What The–?! style and featuring the likes of M.O.D.O.K., Thor, Toad, Xorn, and of course Deadpool! But will it be enough to get Cap and Shellhead back on the same page? Spidey sure hopes so, because he cant take another Civil War!

via Watch Marvel Super Heroes: What The–?! Ep. 17 | Movie & TV News | News | Marvel.com.

Hot Toys Iron Man 2 Mark V Press Pics

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Hot Toys showed off the Mark V armor from Iron Man 2 at their 10th anniversary expo in Tokyo last week, and they’ve released their official press pics. Lots of accessories, including some battle-damaged pieces, but th want to see what the briefcase can do. 🙂

You can check out more in our Iron Man 2 Mark V gallery.

Hot Toys – MMS145 – Iron Man 2: 1/6th scale Mark V Limited Edition Collectible Figurine

Hot Toys is proud to present the 1/6th scale Mark V Limited Edition Collectible Figurine from the Iron Man 2 movie. The movie-accurate Mark V collectible is highly detailed, highlighting the light-up function, detailed armor, additional battle damaged parts, suitcase and light-up figure stand.

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The 1/6th scale Mark V Limited Edition Collectible Figurine specially features:

  • Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness as Mark V in the movie Iron Man 2
  • Approximately 30 cm tall
  • Over 36 points of articulations
  • LED-lighted eyes and Micro ARC reactor on chest (white light, battery operated)
  • LED-lighted left and right arms (white light, battery operated)
  • One (1) additional interchangeable battle damaged left arm
  • One (1) additional interchangeable battle damaged chest armor
  • Six (6) pieces of interchangeable palms including:
    • One (1) pair of palms with movable fingers, improved articulations and light-up repulsors (white light, battery operated)
    • One (1) pair of fists
    • One (1) piece of battle damaged left open palm
    • One (1) piece of battle damaged left relaxed palm
  • Metallic red and silvery-grey colored painting on armor

Accessories:

  • One (1) suitcase
  • One (1) figure stand with Mark V nameplate and the movie logo
  • One (1) additional square-shaped figure stand with LED light-up function (white light, battery operated)

**Prototype shown, final product may be slightly different

**Battery included for collectible figure, button cells (a total of 12 pieces) are required

**Battery not included for figure stand, 3A batteries (3 pieces) are required

Release date: Q2-3, 2011

© 2010 MVLFFLLC. TM & © 2011 Marvel.

© 2011 Hot Toys Limited. All Rights Reserved.

via Hot Toys MMS 145 – Iron Man 2 – Mark V 1/6 limited edition collectible specs + pics – Sideshow Freaks.

Happy New Year! AFP’s Best of 2010

As we kick off the new year, I asked the guys to make their picks for for best [insert anything toy-related] for 2010. I wasn’t sure, since we just picked our “most thankful for” figures a few weeks ago at Thanksgiving, if we’d have much to add. Turns out there was plenty that impressed us above and beyond our Thanksgiving picks.

I’ll get us started.

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Ron’s pick – Hasbro Iron Man 2 – Iron Monger

I don’t want to get typecast, because I picked the Marvel Legends Iron Man as one of Fwoosh’s Best of 2009. But this year, I think that the Iron Man 2 line from Hasbro, in particular the Comic series, went a long way in winning over fans who were missing their 6-inch Legends to the 4-inch scale.

The line has some really great sculpts, decent enough paint apps, and some fantastic articulation at that size. And, of course, it brought us this awesome Iron Monger – the huge, classic, comic-based blue version that I never thought we’d get, since the movie-based Iron Monger lined shelves for a while.

There were lots of Hasbro Iron Man news and reviews this year, but one of my favorite posts was highlighting this custom Iron Man armory by Thor-El.

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