Posts Tagged ‘Hero Up’
Super Hero Squad Official Photo Madness
There’s a whole slew of new official Super Hero Squad photos out there, and some are more interesting than others. For instance, Spider-Man’s Web Wheels is the newest vehicle. Then we have Wolverine/Silver Samurai in Hero Up Packaging, as well as the Vulture/Spider-Man set. Perhaps most important is the Secret Wars and Secret Invasion sets, indicating that maybe the four packs aren’t as dead as once thought. Head over to the Super Hero Squad message board to discuss
Cinema of Fear Gallery Update
Last night we added the Cinema of Fear Tiny Terrors to the gallery so you can see Freddy, Jason and Leatherface in all their tiny glory. In a related note, although they weren’t nice enough to merit gallery entry, a few days ago I snapped some quick pictures of changes in the Super Hero Squad rereleased figures. Like I said, the pictures were just quick snaps taken for the board, but they show some of the things completists need to look for when hunting these new packs, specifically Captain America’s new eyes (Red Skull’s eyes are different too, pupil circles instead of crescent moons), and the Human Torch’s new color gradient. Tombstone’s color change didn’t come out too well in the photos due to the camera’s flash, but we do have a small gallery of the packaged definitely changed Super Hero Squad rereleases. We’re hard at work with a big Marvel Universe gallery update and hope to have that up soon.
More Super Hero Squad Hero Up Package Details
Hopefully we’ll have a chance to do a full photo shoot soon, but in the meantime enjoy these quick photos of the difference between the new “Hero Up” package Spider-Man/Electro and Spider-Woman/Hulk sets and their original offerings. As you’ll see, Spider-Man has the most drastic color change, but Electro, Spider-Woman and Hulk are all given a darker paintjob than their original versions.
SHS Electro Packaging Change
In a freshly restocked Target toy aisle I came across the first Super Hero Squad set to use the Hero Up tagline: the Wave 9 Spider-Man/Electro set. A quick search of eBay shows that the Spider-Woman/Hulk and Spider-Man/Venom sets have also been re-packaged with the new tagline (and 2009 copyright language at the bottom of the cardback) but the Spiral and MODOK sets still haven’t surfaced on eBay. Still, MOC and package variant collectors should take note and start shopping. Jump over to the board to discuss.
Edit: After a quick comparison, it does indeed look like Hero Up Electro is darker than the original Wave 9 Electro. No word yet on whether the other two Hero Up re-releases have repaints or not.
