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Toy Talk Stampede 12/6/10

I’m just rounding up various topics of interest into a massive pot of post.

First: Do you see the similarities between Avengers Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Bruce Timm’s finest?  How bought Teen Titans 2… I mean, Young Justice (after all, all of the fun Titans aren’t in this show).  Join the discussion of Young Justice here.

Second: We’ve been discussing the upcoming, impending, and all highly theoretical Super Hero Squad Captain America presence.   With his moving coming up, the figures are a guarantee, but who will we get?  Toxin points us to an unusual prototype Super Hero Squad Captain America, and continues to feed discussion of who would we might see released in conjunction with the Captain America movie.  Toon’s got some pictures of the whole assortment of Captains so far, but you’ll probably need to sign up to see them.

Wrapping things up for today, Think takes us through some great ideas for modifying the recently released Galactic Heroes Senate Commando figure

Galactic Heroes AT-ST No Longer Kohl’s Bound?

Wondering why your Kohl’s still hasn’t stocked a pile on the floor of the Galactic Heroes AT-ST in time for Christmas, while eBay.uk seems to be a source? Jessevader08, he of all things Galactic Heroes, teamed up with the mighty Toon and apparently the AT-ST may (as in might, possibly, could be) an Argos exclusive in the UK, and the US distribution deal may have fallen through. Think brings an always welcome note of caution though. Hopefully official news will be forthcoming!

And while we’re on the subject, the results of his Galactic Heroes Vehicle Wishlist poll have been announced so go check them out!

Galactic Heroes Vehicles Wishlist

Jessevader’s got a Galactic Heroes Vehicle Wishlist thread going on over at his site, Playing With My Galactic Heroes so head on over there and voice what vehicles you still want Hasbro to make!

Toys R Us’s Buy 2, Get 1 Free Sale

If you’ve been in Toys R Us lately, you might have noticed the sale on Super Hero Squad and Star Wars Galactic Heroes sets (buy 2 get one free), but Think noticed something fishy: online, many Galactic Heroes sets are not included in the sale. Instead, they qualify for “free shipping”. The kicker? These “free shipping” sets include many of the new sets, like the Mandalorian set, and the latest Darth Maul. If you’re interested in getting one of these sets, feel free to contact Toys R Us’s customer service number at 1-800-869-7787 and give them a piece of your mind!

Galactic Heroes News!

Firefly has some great Galactic Heroes news coming out of Star Wars Celebration V including news of Galactic Heroes 2010 Wave 3, coming out with Luke and Darth Vader, Training Clone and Sgt. Bric (from the upcoming third season of Clone Wars), and the Senate Commando and Aqua Droid, and then news about the upcoming Star Wars AT-ST Kohl’s exclusive. Head over to the message board to thank him for this discovery!

Marvel Universe Wave 10 and Super Hero Squad Wave 19 Pictures

We’ve updated the gallery with the latest Hasbro press pictures! Lots of good stuff is shown, including Marvel Universe Wave 10 featuring Yellowjacket, Thanos, Constrictor, Dark Hawkeye and Iron Man 2020, and Super Hero Squad Wave 19 featuring Thanos/Captain Marvel, Falcon/Hulk and Doctor Strange/Iron Man. We also set up a gallery for the Transformers pictures and Star Wars pictures (including shots of the newest Galactic Heroes like Cad Bane, the new Count Dooku, and the Mandalorians) for anyone interested in exploring other realms of toydom

Galactic Heroes 2010 Wave 1 Available!

JesseVader posted about the first 2010 wave of Galactic Heroes have started hitting the US.  As a reminder, this is the Cad Bane wave:

• 1x Republic Commandos Two-Pack
• 1x Clone Trooper & Padme
• 1x Cad Bane & Aurra Sing
• 1x Anakin Skywalker & Ahsoka Tano
• 1x Episode II Clone Trooper & Super Battle Droid

Head over to the message board to discuss!