The Rumor Buster

Super Hero Squad Iron Man 2, Wave 2

Whiplash, apparently the movie version at least, finally makes himself known in this pre-order at Big Bad Toy Store for Wave 2 of the Iron Man 2 Super Hero Squad figures, the sets consisting of:

1x Iron Man Movie 01 (Mark V, Whiplash, Drone)

1x Iron Man Movie 02 (Mark VI, War Machine, Drone)

These are scheduled for March on BBTS, just like Wave 1. Head over to the message board to discuss!

Iron Man 2 Super Hero Squad Revealed

Floridaboy68 managed to score the motherlode: Iron Man 2 Wave 1 at a Toys R Us! Armor Wars Part 1 features Iron Man, War Machine and a comic-styled Iron Monger, Armor Wars Part 2 features a new version of Crimson Dynamo (featuring the more classic shoulder gear style), horned-helmet Iron Man and a Titanium Man repaint, while Armor Evolutions features a collection of movie styled armors, specifically Iron Man Mark I, Mark II and Mark III. Head over to the Rumor Buster message board to discuss!

Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and the Red Skull in upcoming Super Hero Squad Show Episodes!

Marvel Animation Age has some great news about the upcoming Super Hero Squad Show episodes! In short, look for guest appearances by Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Magneto, the Red Skull and even a return appearance by Iceman!

Saturday, January 9th, 2010 at 7:30pm (ET)

The Super Hero Squad Show “Hexed, Vexed and Perplexed!”
A new villain is in town – Magneto! And he has tricked his own kids into a sinister plot to steal the Vault’s fractals for Dr. Doom. But will the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver do dad’s bidding or help Falcon save the day?

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 at 7:30pm (ET)
The Super Hero Squad Show “The Ice Melt Cometh!”
Doom sends out his “Team Toxic” to melt the polar icecaps. While Flatman and Reptil are lecturing on the dangers of global warming, the icecap melts and begins to flood the whole world! The earth’s only hope is a cranky Iceman… if Iron Man can convince him, that is.

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 7:30pm (ET)
The Super Hero Squad Show “Wrath of the Red Skull!”
To show his minions what real villainy looks like, Doom thaws out the infamous WWII menace, the Red Skull. But Captain America isn’t thrilled to find his old nemesis is up to his old tricks — and Dr. Doom isn’t thrilled with the Skull’s enormous ego.

Super Hero Squad Wave 18

Cool Toy Review has pictures up of Super Hero Squad Wave 18! Head over there to finally see Scarlet Witch, the Abomination, the new Doctor Doom Sculpt (not the Doom’s Castle one!), the new Thor and Spider-Man (with a webshield!)

New Super Hero Squad and Spider-Man Video Games?

We’re still looking into this, but Mark Hoffmeier, writer of several episodes for the Super Hero Squad Show, lists two interesting bits on his LinkedIn page (three bits if you include the fact that he’s writing episodes for the previously mentioned Super Hero Squad second season):

WRITER, Activision’s SPIDER-MAN: Chronicles game for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii.

WRITER, THQ – Marvel’s Super Hero Squad Game and SHS #2 Game for the Wii and DS.

So this is the first we’ve heard of Spider-Man: Chronicles, and a second Super Hero Squad game, but we’re definitely excited. Hopefully Spider-Man: Chronicles can build on some pretty solid past Spider-Man games, while the Super Hero Squad franchise has room to grow as shown by the 50% to 60% aggregate ratings (depending on the platform). Head on over to the message board to join the discussion!

Super Hero Squad Kraven in 2010

ActionFigs.com has finally cracked the nut that is Hasbro and convinced them to reveal that Kraven is on the Super Hero Squad slate for Fall 2010. Additionally, they had some good news about the unreleased four packs, or at least the figures in those packs:

ActionFigs: Any updates on the Super Hero Squad 4-Packs that weren’t released in the United States? Winter Soldier Saga, Spider-Man Saves The Day, The New Fantastic Four, The Defenders, Secret Invasion Begins, and Secret Wars. There’s a lot of figures in those boxed sets that we’ve been wanting for a long time to fill out teams.

Hasbro: Look for these figures in our 2010 2-pack lineup…

Beast mentioned this over on the board, so head on over there to discuss this great news.

The Battle for Doom’s Castle up for pre-order

Entertainmentearth is listing the newest Super Hero Squad playset, the Battle for Doom’s Castle as a January pre-order. Eagle-eyed fans will remember that this is the set with the newest Doctor Doom sculpt, making it the first playset to give us more than just a repaint. While this is a trend fans of the playsets may enjoy, others may be put off at the thought of paying $20 for the first Doctor Doom released since Super Hero Squad Wave 3

Super Hero Squad Show Toys at Burger King

The next big Burger King promotion is… Super Hero Squad Show toys! Four Super Hero Squad Show related Burger King kids meal toys are out there, consisting of Shield Flying Captain America, Gamma Glow Hulk, Real Scene Silver Surfer, Iron Man’s Light-Up Unibeam. They’re not “real” figures, and the Unibeam doesn’t actually have any figure at all, but for collectors of all the wild Super Hero Squad miscellaneous merchandise (and of course, both kids and collectors alike) it might be a great addition.

Top 50 Super Hero Squad Multipack Poll

Continuing our ongoing series of polls, the Top 50 Super Hero Squad Multipack Poll is now live. It’s a modified version of previous polls, allowing you to vote for any combination of multi-pack, so long as it’s already been used. Basically, combinations of 4, 5, 5 with a mega-sized figure and 8 figures are posted, and you get to show your support for the combinations you would most like to see. These polls are intended as an ongoing gauge of what figures, variants and sets are currently topping your most-wanted lists.

If you haven’t already voted in the Top 100 Most Wanted Super Hero Squad Figures, or the Top 75 Most Wanted Alternate Versions, then head over and vote on those while you’re at it.

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.