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Marvel Universe Wave 6 – Warpath, Jean Grey, Sunfire, and Vision

Marvel Universe Wave 6 - Vision, Warpath, Jean Grey, and Sunfire

Marvel Universe Wave 6 is officially the first wave for 2010, but with sell-through on the Marvel Universe line strong, it’s been showing up at bricks and mortar retailers for several weeks now. If this wave, I only picked up four of the six figures, passing on the House of M Spider-Man and the training uniform Wolverine.

Although I think the body they used for Spider-Man, originally from the black costumed Spidey, is superior to the one that’s been reused several times already for all the other Spideys, I just don’t need this variant. And for Wolvie, I’ll wait for the running change on the head sculpt that should be a lot better than the initial head.

Here’s the packaging, featuring the new HAMMER and Norman Osborne themed artwork by Mike Deodato.

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The Twelve Days of a DC and Marvel X-mas

Brent (aka MiAmego on the Fwoosh) put together these pictorial versions of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” using action figures from a bunch of DC and Marvel licenses. It’s pretty amazing just how many figures he fit into these shots.

Check out more of Brent’s pictures at Toon A Net – some top notch photography there.

Merry X-mas to all!

Marvel

Mattel Avatar 3.75-Inch Line

James Cameron’s Avatar is opening today, and JonWesley has shared some great pics of his 3.75-inch Avatar collection from Mattel. I’m not collecting these, but think they’re a pretty good effort from Mattel, particularly in the vehicle department.

Let me know how you like the movie!

For many more pictures, please visit the James Cameron’s Avatar Merchandise, Promotion & Toys group pool.

These and other Avatar collectibles can be purchased at MattyCollector.com and shop.mattel.com.

Bandai SH Figuarts Piccolo

Action figure collecting can be a slippery slope. I’m already down the path of collecting premium format 1/6 figures, but if I weren’t, this figure of Dragonball Z’s Piccolo from Bandai’s Figuarts line would be a gateway drug. At just under 6 inches, it’s in my collection’s sweet spot, and the articulation is amazingly functional. The downside – this figure is not being distributed in the United States, so if you want to add this to your collection, you’ll be paying import prices.

I haven’t taken the plunge yet, but luckily my friend Blue Devil from north of the border has, and has shared these pictures with us. First, he’s sent pics of the package and contents.

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Hot Toys Holiday Gift 2009

When Hot Toys announced their Iron Man Tony Stark Mech Test figure about a week and a half ago, they also announced a contest on their Facebook page – all you had to do was enter your top 3 Hot Toys products for a chance to win. I was lucky enough to be one of the names drawn at random, and this morning I received a package from Hong Kong.

I was pretty psyched – the box was about 14 inches long, and I didn’t think it was possible that there could be one of their premium figures inside, but was hoping just the same. And – a preview of 2010? Pretty interesting.

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