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Marvel Universe, Iron Man, Spider-Man and Super Hero Squad at NYCC 2010

Brianregan and a bunch of others kept up with all the NYCC news yesterday, and boy were there a lot! Marvelousnews has pictures (boy do they!)

Marvel Universe Apocalypse (here), Cable with Hope (here), the Sentinel (here), Archangel as Death and translucent vision (here), Bill Foster Goliath (here), Frost Giant without his helmet (here), Ultimate Alliance Galactus (here). There’s also the Giant Size X-Men box set (finally!)

More Marvel Universe news with Gladiator (here), the Jim Lee Cyclops (here)

There’s a classic Steve Rogers Captain America (not the Ultimate repaint!) with a dune buggy type vehicle (here), new Winter Soldier, WWII Captain America and the first demo of the new Captain America First Avenger line (here).

The Thor The Mighty Avenger line is also represented with Thor, Loki and Battle Hammer Thor (here), and an up-close of Odin (here).

Super Hero Squad gets a new subline as Iron Man 2 becomes Iron Man The Armored Avenger, and War Mechs is the first set to be shown featuring Iron Man, War Machine and Detroit Steel (here). Detroit Steel gets an upclose here. Thor The Mighty Avenger line brings us Odin, Hulk and Thor in Asgardian Smash (here), with an upclose of Odin and a new Thor in his modern armor here (here). Behind War Mechs, you get a glimpse at the Destroyer/Thor/Loki three pack Battle for Asgard’s Vault (here), with a gray/silver version of Destroyer here.

The mainline gets an X-Men Blackbird and a new Spider-Man vehicle (here), HERBIE, Tiger Shark, Red She-Hulk, repaints of motorcycle riding Wolverine and the Leader are amongst the figures here, the black Silver Surfer (here)

Iron Man’s 3.75 inch line gets a plethora of new armors of course (here)

Spider-Man’s 3.75 line shows us the newly articulated Venom (here)

In Handful of Heroes news… are those new colors shown here?

So now that you’ve done the link viewing, head over to the message board to discuss the Avengers Super Hero Squad figures, the Iron Man 3.75 line, and all those crazy Marvel Universe action figures.

Hasbro’s June 2010 Q&A

Well, they side-stepped our ultra-slick move to get them to reveal something new, but they gave us a little news on the Handful of Heroes line and some news that sounds pretty hopeful for the early Marvel Super Hero Squad figures:

1) Will we be seeing a Handful of Heroes Wave 3?

We are looking at continuing this item. Plans have not yet been finalized.

2) Many Super Hero Squad figures from Waves 6 and up have been re-released, sometimes with Hero Up packaging, sometimes with their original packaging and a new PN code. Are there any plans to re-release figures from Waves 1 through 5 in newer packaging?

No plans to reissue the earlier waves of 2 packs at this time as they were, but some of those old figures will be getting a second life in new packs coming out in the future.

3) Will you tell us a secret you haven’t told anyone else yet?

I still have my Marvel underoos.

So there you have it, the dastardly folks at Hasbro avoided our veritable deathtrap of a question…  just means we’ll have to try harder next time.  Head over to our board to discuss and contribute some new questions

Handful of Heroes Wave 2 Checklist

We finally got our hands on the second wave of Hasbro’s Marvel Handful of Heroes figures, so here’s the newest rundown:

Marvel Handful of Heroes Gallery Update

The second part of Marvel’s Handful of Heroes gallery is now up featuring more miniature Hasbro goodies. This gallery update is very Iron Man, Wolverine and Hulk intensive, but there’s also some shots of Ironclad, Nightcrawler, Deadpool, Nick Fury, and Green Goblin amongst others. Now we just wait until Wave 2. Head over the to the message board to discuss.

Galactic Heroes 2010 Cinema Scenes, Handful of Heroes Wave 2 and More!

First up, Big Bad Toy Store has a Galactic Heroes Cinema Scenes 2010 Wave 1 up for pre-order. And while we’re on the subject, the Galactic Heroes Checklist is now up over on the Rumor Buster wiki.

Back to the Cinema Scenes, what’s in Wave 1? 1x Y-Wing and 1x 212th Attack Battalion. Entertainment Earth has the following to say about the Y-Wing:

* It’s the bomb!
* Ship seats included figures.
* From the Star Wars saga
* Don’t flee this website without them!

And for the 212th Attack Battalion:

* Orange you glad to get these new Clones?
* Take down some clankers!
* From the Star Wars saga
* Don’t flee this website without them!

Meanwhile, Super Hero Squad Wave 17 is up for preorder at Entertainment Earth, estimated December arrival, and features:

1x Spider-Man & Venom
1x Black Spider-Man & Doc Ock
1x Daredevil & Spider-Man
1x Spider-Man & Electro
1x Hulk & Nova
3x Captain America & Motorcycle
2x Iron Man & Modok
2x Wolverine &Spiral

And Marvel Universe fans can enjoy knowing that Secret Wars Wave 3 is also scheduled for December.

1x Captain America & Klaw
1x Red & Blue Spider-Man & Thunderball
2x Reed & Ultron
2x Hawkeye & Piledriver
2x Thor & Enchantress

And Handful of Heroes Wave 2 hits in January, with no news yet on who’s in it.

As always, discuss on the board!

Handful of Heroes in the Gallery

After way too long, we’ve finally uploaded the first half of our Handful of Heroes gallery.

As always, you can join the Handful of Heroes discussion over on the board. In the meantime, enjoy a few sample shots from the gallery…

Handful of Heroes Checklist

Well, we haven’t finished going through the figures yet, but in the meantime, we’ve posted a scan of the checklist to whet your appetite for the line. We’ve started a gallery for it here and the direct link to the full sized scan is here for those interested, and of course, you can jump over to the board to discuss.