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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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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

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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.

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