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Super Hero Squad Captain America Raid on Enemy Headquarters Pictures

And now for a gallery of some great upcoming Captain America merchandise shown at Toy Fair 2011, including the obvious (like a shield prop) but more importantly, the Super Hero Squad set Raid on Enemy Headquarters, featuring Captain America, his motorcycle, and a Hydra Soldier!
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New Thor and Iron Man Super Hero Squad Figures for Pre-Order

The three latest Super Hero Squad three packs are hitting stores in some areas (hence the scalper’s ransom on eBay, including one with a buy it now price of almost $90 for the three sets… triple the MSRP!) but if you don’t want to hunt, and don’t mind waiting two weeks, Hasbro Toy Shop has the figures up for sale.  First off, thanks to thecollector22 for the tip-off.

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Iron Man War Mechs is here, featuring:

Iron Man: High-tech armored super genius!

Marvel’s War Machine: Ultra-powerful walking weapon!

Detroit Steel: Rogue weapon of mass destruction!

Unleash a battle of “super” proportions! This three-pack of chunky super-powered dynamos come in battle-ready poses, just waiting for you to put them in action. Pit the evil powers of your Detroit Steel figure against the courage of your heroic Iron Man and Marvel’s War Machine figures. Set up the fight and help the good guys “save the world”!

Three-pack includes Iron Man, Marvel’s War Machine and Detroit Steel figures.

Then there’s Thor The Mighty Avenger’s Asgardian Smash set with the following:

Thor: Hammer-throwing thunder god! Hulk: Ultra-strong villain smasher! Marvel’s Warrior Odin: Mighty king of Asgard! Unleash a battle of “super” proportions! This three-pack of chunky super-powered dynamos come in battle-ready poses, just waiting for you to put them in action. Pit the courage of your Thor, Hulk and Marvel’s Warrior Odin figures against any evil forces that come their way. Set up the fight and help the good guys “save the world”! Three-pack includes Thor, Hulk and Marvel’s Warrior Odin figures. Ages 3 and up.

Thor also gets a set called The Battle for Asgard’s Vault here:

Thor: Mightiest warrior in the Nine Realms!

Loki: Evil god of trickery!

Marvel’s Destroyer: Indestructible fire-fueled armor!

Unleash a battle of “super” proportions! This three-pack of chunky super-powered dynamos come in battle-ready poses, just waiting for you to put them in action. Pit the evil powers of your Loki and Marvel’s Destroyer figures against the courage of your heroic Thor figure. Set up the fight and help the hero “save the world”!

Three-pack includes Thor, Loki and Marvel’s Destroyer figures.

Ages 3 and up.

And if 3.75 inch figures are more your thing, you can buy the single Iron Man Armored Avenger figures here, including (for now at least) the new drone and an army of Iron Man repaints.  Want the 3.75 inch Thor figures?  Then prepare to buy a case, which will get you 3 each of the three Thor figures, Odin and Loki.  That’s only 11 figures you say, and not the full 12 they say are in a case?  Very perceptive, but you’ll have to take that up with Hasbro… we’re only sharing their information. Edit: Or rely on someone like pj4life who’ll actually read the description and see that the 12th figure is the Frost Giant! D’oh.

Super Hero Squad Wave 21, 22 and 23

Thanks to the upcoming pre-orders, there’s a slew of questions developing, so sit tight as we try to explain the mysteries of the upcoming Super Hero Squad Wave 21, 22 and 23 figures.

First, according to the picture in Previews and the big Bad Toy Store pre-order Super Hero Squad Wave 21 featured

• Iron Man & Tiger Shark
• Hercules & Thor
• Black Costume Spider-Man & the Green Goblin
• Spider-Man & Spider-Woman
• Iron Man & Red Hulk

Now, Entertainment Earth has a pre-order for Wave 21, but their pre-order lists Wave 20 and some previous re-releases causing some confusion.

Super Hero Squad Wave 22 feature

• Wolverine & Polaris
• War Machine & “Iron Man” or “Iron Patriot”
• Spider-Man & Thor

Why Iron Man and Iron Patriot?  Because once again, Entertainment Earth and Big Bad Toy Store have different listings.  Because Entertainment Earth has Iron Man listed, but Iron Patriot shown, it’s possible that the figure will be listed as “Iron Man” even if we all know who’s under the armor, but we’ll have to wait to see the packaged figures.

That leaves Super Hero Squad Wave 23 with just the Dark Surfer and Captain America set, and Think reminds us of the SDCC photo featuring the pairing.

Still missing from SDCC 2011 are Red She-Hulk, HERBIE, Doombot, and the various repaints such as Invisible Woman.  Not to mention the army of figures from years past that have gone missing (Hepzibah, Warpath, Gargoyle, Nighthawk, and Kraven).

Confused yet?  Good because Toy Fair revelations are in less than two weeks!

Marvel Universe, Thor, Super Hero Squad Round-Up

First up, Bionic Commando is continuing his whirlwind tour poll of the best Super Hero Squad figures so go add your vote for Captain America, Mystique, Deadpool or Annihilus.

Brian comes in with a list of potential upcoming Thor action figures that’s in the Walmart systems.  Hopefully we’ll find out more information soon, but in the meantime, the list inclues:

• Sif
• Volstagg
• “Fandra” (?)
• “Hoga” (?)
• Thor-Lord Of Asgard
• All King Odin
• Destroyer
• “King Laufe” (?)
• King Loki
• “INV FROST GIA”
• shield smash Odin

All quotes and question marks are not mine.

WeaponEversor and Brian were simul-posting that the newest wave of Marvel Universe action figures and comic packs are up for pre-order.  Wave 13 includes:

• Cable
  
• First Appearance Wolverine
  
• Apocalypse
  
• Cyclops
  
• Gladiator

While the comic packs include Wolverine & Silver Samurai, and Deadpool & Taskmaster.
Also up for pre-order?  Captain America Wave 2 featuring:

• Bucky Captain America
• Captain Britain
• Captain America Final Mission
• US Agent
• Crossbones
• and two slots for “TBD”

TBD’s my favorite character!

Super Hero Squad Maisto Vehicles

JesseVader (of the awesome Star Wars Galactic Heroes news site) found a new line of Super Hero Squad die-cast cars by Maisto!  The cardback shows 8 cars, each designed after a prominent Marvel character and featuring quirky design elements like shield-tires on Captain America, hood-mounted claws for Wolverine, and Thor’s helmet wings.

The cardback shows that the line is off to a good start with the following cars:

• Cap America
• Wolverine
• Silver Surfer
• Doctor Doom
• Iron Man
• Spiderman
• Hulk
• Hawkeye

Best Super Hero Squad Figures Poll, Round 5

Bionic Commando’s up to Wave 5 of his poll of the Best Super Hero Squad figures of all time, so head on over to the board to cast your vote for the flocked Beast, Stryfe, Ms. Marvel, or Bucky as Captain America!

DC Universe Action League Custom Apache Chief

Bigredmachine17 has posted an awesome DC Universe Action League custom of Apache Chief, made from a WWE Rumblers Triple H!  He’s also got some Super Hero Squad customs of everyone from the Age of Apocalypse styled Sunfire, Spot, Hydroman, Omega Red, Chemistro, Madame Masque, the Guardsman, Baron Zemo, the Constrictor, Awesome Android and Egghead.  So head on over to the message board to check them out, and if you’re a member, be sure to leave him some good karma!