Posts Tagged ‘Not Dead Yet’
SDCC Exclusive Avengers Mini-Muggs
While we’re still wondering about the future of Super Hero Squad, which was recently announced to be going “retailer exclusive”, a recurring theme pops up: “Isn’t that what they said about the Mighty Muggs?”
As if in some glimmer of hope, this year Hasbro will have an SDCC exclusive Mini-Muggs set featuring Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hulk and Giant Man, as shown over at Topless Robot (and as pointed out by RRNN).
Still, keep in mind that they’re mini-muggs, and while they’ll happily go with your Star Wars Mini-Muggs from Halloween, they’re going to make the rest of your Muggs like like they OD’d on Pym Particles.
Hot Discussions: Is the Super Hero Squad Line Dead?
Every so often a really hot topic comes up on the message board and we’re going to take a minute to highlight some of the better ones when they come up. This week, Teacher of Madness brought up a doozy: Has the Super Hero Squad toy line been sacrificed for wider marketing? Good points have been brought up on all aspects: the SDCC exclusive being targeted at fans of the shows, whether or not we’re currently in a slow-down, the importance of movie sublines, unreleased figures… lots of great points. Head over to the message board to join in the discussion!
Marvel Minimates Wave 25 and 26
Many months ago, in a post now relegated to the infinite abyss of the archives, I posted a link to an article counting the ways in which Marvel Minimates were likely dead. Similar theories pop up all the time, as fans of both Super Hero Squad figures and Marvel Legends figures know. Anyway, Marvelousnews.com has this news about Marvel Minimates series 25 and 26 figures. Figures are:
New Captain America & Red Skull, Red Hulk & Ska’ar, AIM Soldier & Classic Iron Man with a limited variant Bolt-Face Iron Man
and
Wolverine & Deadpool, Gambit & Psylocke, Skrull & Sabretooth plus the limited First Appearance Sabretooth variant!
Which are some great selections! Unless I’m wrong, this is a first appearance for Gambit, Psylocke, Deadpool, Red Skull, Skaar, Rulk, the AIM Soldier and the Bucky/Winter Soldier version of Captain America. Now if only the Super Hero Squad figures could get Havok, Polaris, Nova, Firestar and Silver Sable!
