It’s a few weeks later than we expected them, but Hasbro has released the results of the 2010 Marvel Legends Fan’s Choice poll they kicked off at San Diego Comic-Con. Your picks? Deadpool, Valkyrie, and Black Widow.
At the show, I talked with Scott George of the Hasbro Marvel team – we differed on how we thought the poll might turn out. He thought that the vote would swing in favor of the more eclectic choices. I counted on the mass market kicking in and thought it would go the way of the more popular characters. With Deadpool coming in at #1, I’m guessing it went more my way than his. Scott, you owe me a Coke!
Now the arduous task is ahead of us – waiting for Hasbro to release their accompanying three picks!
FAN’S CHOICE MARVEL LEGENDS – THE RESULTS ARE IN!
Because you demanded it! You debated the choices, you cast your votes and now it’s time to reveal the winners – the top 3 fan favorites as decided by you! So, without further delay, the winners of the 2010 Marvel Legends Fan’s Choice Poll are:
1st Place – Deadpool
2nd Place – Valkyrie
3rd Place – Black Widow
As we’re sure you already know, these three winners have now made it into the next wave of Marvel Legends 2 packs along with three figures (our picks) to be announced later. Three new two packs in the wave, 6 total figures, you pick three and we pick three – nice!
We want to thank all of the Marvel Fans and collectors who logged on and cast their votes – the response was tremendous! It was great talking with you in San Diego… and we hope your choices made the cut. Keep your eyes open for an announcement on the Hasbro picks for this wave, coming soon!
Here’s the pics I took of the winners at SDCC. For the writeup and pics of all the Fan’s Choice selections, see my San Diego Comic-Con Hasbro Marvel Pics.
Every time I get a new Masters of the Universe Classics figure, I contemplate whether I should even do a review. VeeBee at the Fwoosh did an awesome First Look when he got Tri-Klops about a month ago. And it’s always the case that by the time I receive my figure purchase from Mattycollector.com that said figure is sold out.
But hey, this is Tri-Klops we’re talking about! He was one of my favorite figures in the 200x relaunch of Masters, so I feel compelled.
VeeBee at the Fwoosh completed his First Look at DC Universe Classics wave 10, exclusive to Wal-Mart. Mattel has said that Wal-Mart significantly increased their order size, so I am hopeful that wave 10 will be much easier to find than wave 5, which included Amazo, Atom, Black Lightning, Eradicator, Riddler, and Metallo (C&C).
Wave 10, with Batman, Beast Boy, Forager, Joker, Man-Bat, Power Girl, Robotman, and Imperiex (C&C), looks to be packed solid with winners. Except maybe for Imperiex, the Collect and Connect figure. Not that he’s not imposing and a nice looking figure, but I don’t know anything about him, but don’t feel bad because many of my colleagues with deep comic knowledge were also stumped.
Power Girl really looks like she’s turned out quite nicely. Might be the best paint apps translation from prototype to production.
DC Universe Classics Wave 10 - Batman, Robotman, Beast Boy, Power Girl, Imperiex (C&C), Joker, and Man-Bat
Ding! Ding! Ding! Round two coming ‘atcha! Yesterday we brought you a First Look at the upcoming DCUC 10 Batman, Joker, Man-Bat and Beast Boy; today we have your sneak peek at the rest of the wave (well most of it anyway) as we now have pictures of Power Girl, Robotman and the Collect and Connect figure, the imposing Imperiex.
I had no idea that JAKKS Pacific even had a UFC Facebook page until folks at Critical Mess started talking about it. JAKKS is definitely making the most of social marketing, announcing the second wave of their UFC line exclusively on Facebook.
I’m not a UFC fan, but I am glad to see JAKKS move into super-articulated territory on their deluxe figures. I hope Mattel takes note and goes super-articulated on WWE.
Exclusive info! Click below to find out the line-up for WAVE 2 of JAKKS’ UFC Action Figure line, coming Spring 2010. Which figure do you think will sell the most? Which fighter would YOU like to see in upcoming Waves?
UFC Wave 2 - Rampage Jackson, GSP, Minotauro Nogueira, Lyoto Machida, Bas Rutten, Thiago Alves, Nate Marquardt, and Mike Thomas Brown
A cryptic status update on the Hot Toys Facebook page has many speculating that they’ve got the license for Movie Masterpiece figures from Inglourious Basterds, the Quentin Tarantino World War 2 film starring Brad Pitt. Inglourious Basterds opens August 21st.
