The Rumor Buster

Marvel Universe News Round-up

First up, Brian’s got news of the clear Vision variant, dark red Daredevil and the Marvel Universe Warpath variant hitting eBay.  Then Brian’s up again with a review of the Marvel Universe Thor, winner of the Ragen’s Reviews Wave 2 poll.

And while it’s not actually Marvel Universe action figure news, Big Bad Toy Store does have a pre-order up for the upcoming Captain America army builder Minimates featuring “Hydra Pilot, Hydra Infantry, Hydra Flame Thrower, Hydra Soldier 2, and Red Skull Hydra Uniform”.  Minimate collectors rejoice because it looks like the movie themed army builder packs are here to stay after Iron Man 2′s drones, and Thor’s frost giants.

Marvel Universe Toys R Us 3-Packs Reviews and Poll

Although Doctor Doom won the Secret Wars (or at least the poll for the best of Hasbro’s Marvel Universe Secret Wars Comic Packs Wave 4), he still has some hot competition for the best Marvel Universe figure.  This week, Brian’s back with more competition for that title in his review of the highlights of Toys R Us’s 3-packs.  Foregoing a few of the repaints, cast your vote for your favorite figure.  Are  you fired up for Firestar?  Stuck on the SHIELD agent? In love with the Iceman? Do you (heart) the Hand?  Falling hard for Hydra?  Yelping for the yellow Daredevil?  Glad there’s only 6 in this poll so I can stop with the bad jokes?

Go and cast your votes for the best of Marvel Universe’s TRU 3-Packs

Marvel Universe Secret Wars Wave 4 Reviews

Brian’s got reviews up of Marvel Universe Secret Wars Wave 4.  Storm and Nightcrawler, Dorctor Doom and the Absorbing Man, Bulldozer and the Thing!  Go vote for your favorite figure from the final Secret Wars wave.  Sadly, no love for the Wasp, so we’ll keep our fingers crossed for the next poll!

Marvel Universe Shadowcat, Havok, Archangel and More Re-Released

Entertainment Earth has a litany of new Marvel Universe pre-orders up, all for various revisions to Wave 12 cases (the full rundown of Marvel Universe Wave 12 revision cases is here on the message board, complete with links to the individual revisions).  The good news?  Lots of hard to find characters are coming back, including Shadowcat, Bucky, Grey Hulk, Havok, Archangel, Iron Spider-Man, Vision, Jean Grey, Sunfire,Punisher, Silver Surfer, Warpath and Black Widow.   It’s not known which (if any) of the revision cases will feature the variant Vision, Warpath or Black Widow figures, but the good news is that you’re getting a second chance at many hard to find figures

Marvel Universe Secret Wars Wave 3 Reviews

Brian’s back with more Marvel universe reviews, this time covering the third wave of Marvel Universe Secret Wars comic packs!  Thor, Mister Fantastic, and Hawkeye thwart the mighty Ultron, the Enchantress and Piledriver so head on over to vote for your favorite figures.
Meanwhile, Wave 2′s winner was the stand-out Hulk.  Early distaste for the neon green color aside, it looks like he’s one of the more enjoyable figures after all.

Marvel Universe Secret Wars Reviews

Well after coming back with his electrifying… no… his stunning… wait… his shocking review of Hasbro’s Marvel Universe Wave 5 Electro figure, Brian turned his sights onto the Secret Wars and has posted reviews of Secret Wars Wave 1 Human Torch, Captain America, Klaw, Wolverine, Spider-Man and Thunderball. So head on over to vote in the poll and show some support for the figures you love!

New Marvel Universe Comic Packs, Maybe?

brianregan09 was on the ball this morning and found that a user over in the Marvelousnews Forums had posted a list of alleged upcoming Marvel Universe Comic Packs. This list, seen here, consists of (including the poster’s best guesses, which would seem to be pretty likely given the distinctiveness of the clues):

Ddpool/tskmtr = deadpool vs. taskmaster
pwrmn/irnfist = powerman vs. iron fist
spd/cptbritain = spiderman vs captain britain
wolv/slvrsam = wolverine vs. silver samurai

Now, there’s some discussion on Marvelous News about whether they’re Super Hero Squad reveals (Deadpool/Taskmaster is coming up, and Wolverine/Silver Samurai has already happened) but the original poster mentions they these names are on markdown from $12.88 to $9… a fair bit higher than Super Hero Squad figure go for.

So head over to the message board thread to discuss these potential reveals. Do you think the list is legit or no? Inevitable or interesting? Weigh in on the costume and figure possibilities too.