The Rumor Buster

Combat Heroes Update

Clanure has updated the Combat Heroes checklist with information and pictures of the new movie wave with, naturally, plenty of gallery pictures. You can, as always, talk about them over on the Combat Heroes section of the message board.

Super Hero Squad Gallery Update

We’ve got Super Hero Squad Wave 14 up in the gallery now so fans of Bishop, Iron Fist, Iron Man 2020 and Deathlok can see their latest, greatest, cutest versions. We’ve also got a few comparison shots of the Iron Fist pack Spider-Man and the Collector’s Pack 2 Spider-Man (essentially, the CP2 Spider-Man is a lighter blue).

We’ve also put up pictures of the 1985 Supergirl and OMAC for all you Infinite Heroes fans.
Head on over to the message board to discuss.

And Another 3.75 inch Colossus

Cool Toy Review has some press pictures of a single carded X-Men Origins Wolverine Colossus. There’s another movie Wolverine coming, for those that wanted their very own Wolverine-in-a-wife-beater figure.

X-Men Origins Wolverine Colossus

To help round out your sorely lacking collection of Marvel Universe sized X-Men, there’s a new Colossus figure in the deluxe X-Men Origins Wolverine 2-packs (which, so far, are out in Malaysia.) Finally, Cyclops can give Iceman, Gambit and Wolverine a break. Head over to the board if you want to discuss.

Quesada on Super Hero Squad

Comic Book Resources is the new home of Joe Quesada’s Cup O’Joe and he briefly discusses his role in the animation side of things, specifically Super Hero Squad. He sticks to the creative side of things and out of the business end of things, and apparently helps develop the “feel” of the show. Head on over to check it out, it’s a brief read.

Gigantic Battles Goliath variant

Cool Toy Review’s mystery figure is revealed as… a variant of the Gigantic Battles Goliath figure. The interview itself covers some good points (Electro will be figure 25, the Wolverine line continues, discussion of variants and running changes) but one thing that was mentioned, then totally dropped, caught our interest:

Curto:

Some of the deco changes that you’ve done have been included in the numbering. Iron Man has had two different figures that are just different colors (modern red & yellow, stealth blue). Is this something that going to continue, and why the distinction? I realize there will be several different Spider-Man figures (but please say NO to Scuba-Spidey in this line!)

George:
(laughs) I think the general rule of thumb is that numbering is different only if the product and the package have both changed. In wave 1, there are two different Iron Man figures: different numbers, different cardbacks, different artwork, different deco. But on Ronin, the deco was the only thing that changed, from charcoal grey to black. You’ll probably still see a bit of both going forward.

So while the question of Ronin wasn’t revisited, it sounds like pretty official confirmation that there’s a grey Ronin/black Ronin split. Hopefully some lucky readers can confirm this over on the board

The Wild Wacky World of Advertising

We’ve just added a new section to the gallery for some good old fashioned ads, and to introduce the section, here’s a hodgepodge of interesting ads including:

Del Monte Pudding Cup exclusive Fantastic Four trading cards

Marvel Heroes golf club covers

And Marvel Heroes bowling balls

Devil Dogs exclusive Marvel Mini-Comics

Cheez-it’s contest to be in a Spider-Man comic, or possibly score a watch

K-Mart exclusive Superman/NASCAR crossover t-shirts

Chef Boyardee X-Men canned pasta (which, from personal experience, I can promise was the worst canned pasta I’ve ever eaten)

Target exclusive POGs featuring the X-Men and X-Force (because POGs, at one time, were the rage)

And Nerds exclusive X-Men trading cards

So hopefully those ads, and the rest in the section, will trigger fits of laughter or, at the very least some fun nostalgia.