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Marvel Squinkies

Bigredmachine17 posted news about an upcoming line of Squinkies featuring Marvel super heroes!  Shown in the picture are Hulk, Nick Fury, Spider-Man, Doctor Doom, Daredevil, Thor, Iron Man, Green Goblin, Magneto, Thing, Captain America, Kingpin, Iron Man (again), Wolverine, Silver Surfer, and possibly the Invisible Woman (it’s definitely a small picture… I suppose it could be a flame-off Human Torch).

I haven’t found any word yet on when they’ll be released, or how many figures will be in the set, but if they’re like the current lines of Squinkies, they’ll come carded on sheets of 16 for about $10.

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.

Classic Marvel Figurine Collection Thing and Doctor Octopus Reviews

Juuuggs Gotcha! (words) and TheToon (pictures) have teamed up to provide reviews of Classic Marvel Figurine Collection 3 (Doctor Octopus) and Classic Marvel Figurine Collection 4 (the Thing).  Head on over to the board to read his thoughts on the Fantastic Four’s ever-loving blue-eyed Thing , and Spider-Man’s arch-enemy, Doctor Octopus, then join in with your thoughts on Doc Ock’s CMFC look, and the size of Eaglemoss’s Thing.

More Super Hero Squad Variant Covers

Last year Marvel put out a variety of variant covers for their mainstream books featuring Super Hero Squad Show recreations of classic cover moments and it looks like this year they’re doing it again with:

So while the choice of books may be… uhm… interesting (Namor versus underwater vampires? Daredevil, which is in the middle of a major crossover where he and his ninja cohorts murder, abduct and engage the dark arts in soul-bending resurrections), presumably the covers, like last years’, also double as the title cards for the Super Hero Squad Show episodes. The covers shown all seem to coincide with what we already know about the upcoming season, including Namor’s Invaders cover featuring Bucky, Torch and Toro; Iron Man’s cover with Nebula and Annihilus; Daredevil’s Daredevil-less cover where Scarlet Witch faces down Thanos; and the Avengers cover featuring Hercules.

Marvel Movieverse

Not reading the message board? Then you’re missing brianregan09′s regular rundown of the Marvel Movieverse (and beyond).   Adrian Brody as Doctor Strange or Ant-Man?  Punisher in the Marvel Movieverse?  Robert Rodriguez on Deadpool?  Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw?  Darwin in X-Men First Class, but no Mr. Sinister?  Branagh on Thor?  Riddler in the new Batman movie?  How much SHIELD is enough? These are all the things you’ve missed.  Now follow that link, get yourself caught up and join in the conversation!

Super Hero Squad Man-Thing!

Man-Thing makes his Super Hero Squad debut in October’s Super Hero Squad 10, as the Super Hero Squad dress up like Dracula, Werewolf by Night and the Living Mummy for Halloween. Here’s the full October 2010 solicitation, but I bet you were sold at Man-Thing.

SUPER HERO SQUAD #10

Written by Todd Dezago Pencils by Leonel Castellani & Marcelo Dichiara Cover by Leonel Castellani

It’s a spooky party down Memory Lane when the SQUADDIES Costume Up as the Classic Marvel Monsters; Werewolf by Night, Tomb of Dracula, The Living Mummy, and more! But their party plans go awry when a mysterious macabre menace shows up! Who could it be…? Aw, you’ll get it when I tell you the title of the story. It’s “Whomsoever Knows Fear…! (There! Ya happy?) Oh, plus, there’s a Halloween Party at the Baxter Building! C’mon…you’re all invited!

Brave and the Bold and Marvel Heroes McDonalds Toys

Back in April we came across an eBay auction for a Blue Beetle figure listed as a McDonalds prototype.

Marvel Heroes McDonalds Toys

Since then, we’ve been waiting for news on this line.   Toxin and Agent Spectre pointed us to the Brazilian Brave and the Bold toys, but now hurrijak has news that after the current Marvel Heroes line of Happy Meal toys, Brave and the Bold is up next!  Once we know who’s in the Brave and the Bold McDonalds line, we’ll come back to this, but in the meantime, hop over to the message board to join in the discussion.