Archive for the ‘Marvel Handful of Heroes’ Category:
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.
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
While we’re still waiting for our case to show up, it looks like some comic book stores have managed to get figures in. Over at Littlerubberguys.com one fan (Misterdroid) even posted a brief review and checklist. Of note, there’s quite the Hulk rogues gallery, including Ironclad, X-Ray and Armageddon (the Leader, one of the foremost Hulk villains, is noticeably absent) which seems to suggest that the planning and production of this line goes back to when Marvel thought the Hulk movie was going to be great and would launch the Hulk Gamma Corps cartoon. Also, Thing is the only member of the Fantastic Four, and of the 40 different sculpts, not a single female made the cut. No Storm, Ms. Marvel, or even a She-Hulk (surprising since the first wave is so Hulk-friendly.)
Case Revision and Pre-Order Information
Shoppers rejoice! First, Super Hero Squad Wave 14 now has it’s first revision case.
1x Spider-Man & Venom
1x Hulk & Spiderwoman
1x Captain America & Red Skull
1x Spider-Man & Electro
1x Thorbuster Iron Man & Thor
1x Human Torch & Silver Surfer
1x Wolverine & Bishop
1x Deathlok & Iron Man 2020
3x Spider-Man & Green Goblin
1x Black Spider-Man & Iron Fist
Apparently Hasbro thinks that a pack of repaints will be the big seller, and that the Hulk/Spider-Woman 2-pack and Spider-Man/Electro 2-pack need to be out. Again. With Spider-Woman already getting another figure in Wave 15. And with Rogue/Gambit and any number of other pre-packaging change two-packs still fetching pretty prices. Well… it’s an interesting move.
In other news, Handful of heroes figures are finally up for pre-order! $84.99 for a case, shipping in July, there are apparently going to be over 40 different figures in Wave 1. Still no word yet as to whether that’s 40 different figures total, or whether each figure comes in different colors like classic MUSCLE figures.
every package includes 8 miniature-sized Marvel super-heroes, a play mat, and a super secret hidden figure. With over 40 different Marvel figures to collect in wave 1, you can amass whole armies of all your favorite heroes and villains including Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, and Dr. Doom.
And Big Bad Toy Store is also putting up pre-orders for Galactic Heroes 2009 Wave 3, Revision 1 (or Star Wars Clone Wars Galactic Heroes Figures Wave 7 if you’re an Entertainment Earth follower) coming in June (with Entertainmentearth.com giving them a July date) and featuring:
1x Han Solo & Logray
1x Lando & Luke
1x Blockade Rebel Trooper & Stormtrooper
1x Death Star Droid, Mouse Droid & Chewbacca
1x 2 Jawas & R2-D2
1x Admiral Ackbar & Nein Nunb
1x Saesee Tiin & Agen Kolar (not currently pictured)
1x Commander Gree & Tarfull (not currently pictured)
1x Kit Fisto & General Grievous (not currently pictured)
1x Lt. Thire & IG88 Assassin Droid (not currently pictured)
1x Ahsoka & Goldie (not currently pictured)
1x Clone ARF Trooper & Yoda (not currently pictured)
Handful of Heroes, Marvel Heroes, and Super Hero Squad Super Battle Game
Cool Toy Review has photos of Toyfair up, and tons of new things are displayed. First, better shots of Bishop, Iron Man 2020 and other Super Hero Squad figures. Second, our first look at the Super Hero Squad Super Battle game, featuring Sabretooth and Wolverine figures in a 3d battle arena.
Next is the Marvel Heroes figures, two-packs of heroes like Punisher and Daredevil, Cyclops and Beast, and Spider-Man and Green Goblin (two varieties of the packs: Team Up for pairings, and Face Off for battles). Although we haven’t seen the exact proportions, they look to be a little smaller (given perspective and all that) than the Marvel Universe figures.
The animated Iron Man Armored Adventures 3 3/4 inch figures were also shown, featuring Iron Man, and apparently the redesigned Mandarin, along with Sabretooth and Blob 3 3/4 figures.
And the Handful of Heroes are revealed! M.U.S.C.L.E. styled (small figures, each having one color, secret figures not visible from the packaging) depictions of various Marvel characters. Hopefully over the week, we’ll get more information, such as
(1) does 120 figures mean 120 different figures, 120 different figures, if you count certain figures getting multiple colors or 120 figures, but 30 of those are Spider-Man poses?
(2) are all the figures having equal distribution, or are there certain figures that will be more rare tahn others
(3) are the packs going to be individually numbered like Ultimate M.U.S.C.L.E. was, so you know getting packs 1 through X means a full set or is it a true random lot and you simply have to buy, buy and buy to get all the figures?
I’m sure we can come up with additional questions, but lets hope more information comes before we have to ask those questions!
