Action figure reviews, quick pics, Wayback Wednesdays, and shots of our collections
I have come to dread the months that Sandman doesn’t pick up the Masters of the Universe Classics figure(s), because it comes to me take the pictures for AFP. And honestly, with MatthewK producing awesome shots each month, including yet another new custom diorama for Chief Carnivus, I’m at quite a loss for what to do that he hasn’t covered. But I’ll give it a shot.
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Brace yourselves, AFP readers! Today we’ll take a look at Hasbro’s 19-inch Marvel Universe Masterworks Galactus! Before last year’s announcement of this large-sized figure, the chances of getting large figures like these seemed slim. Toybiz created some of the tallest Build-a-Figures like the Sentinel (16 inches tall) and Apocalypse (15 inches). When Hasbro took over, they veered towards smaller BAFs like the Blob and Ronan. They did do a Fin Fang Foom (about 15 inches), spread over two Hulk-themed waves, but since then have stopped doing Marvel BAFs. They also released the Wal-Mart exclusive Marvel Universe Gigantic Battles, which included some large figures like Giant Man and the Skrull Giant, each packaged with a smaller Marvel Universe figure, the giants were around 12 inches tall, still considerably shorter than the Sentinel and Apocalypse.
It seems the Gigantic Battles were a testing ground to see if there’s interest in large figures, as we now have this 19-inch Galactus arriving at Toys R Us shelves – and available online too! Forgive my excitement – as much as I love the older Toybiz Marvel Legends BAF Galactus (he was the first of his kind) and have fond memories of assembling him, I am happy to see Hasbro make a larger, more imposing Galactus!
Ok, that’s enough gushing, onto the review!
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The Flash is the latest DC Universe Classics All Star figure to get a Toys R Us Exclusive makeover and he’s hitting TRUs now!
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To continue with some Marvel Universe Wave 9 goodness, here’s some Quick Pics of Iron Patriot! I managed to pick up both versions of him, unmasked and masked. Obviously, this is a repaint of the previously released Extremis Iron Man figure. I loved the Extremis figure so I couldn’t pass up picking up Norman in his own version of the armor. Plus, he was the main villain during Dark Reign so he’s an important character for me. I’ve put up pics of the unmasked, Osborn mixed in with his masked Iron Patriot armor. On to the pics!
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Yet another Wal-Mart exclusive 6-inch Iron Man figure – however this one has a little extra surprise…
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