Category: Collections

Before I get started, welcome to the folks who are joining us through our DC Universe Gleek giveaway.  Thank you for stopping in!

I’m breathing a sigh of relief – this is the last in a long slate of Marvel Universe reviews that I’ve been putting up since coming back from San Diego Comic-Con.  It’s not that I don’t like Marvel Universe – in fact, I’m pretty excited with what Hasbro has been able to achieve in the 3.75-inch scale – it felt like an avalanche of new MU stuff found its way into my hands, and I still have a bunch of SDCC figures to get up on the site.

But enough of my whining (tough life, right?) – let me get back to the Soldiers and Henchmen 3-pack that’s exclusive to Toys R Us.  Soldiers and Henchmen comes with a white-decoed Hand Ninja, a SHIELD agent, and an Agent of Hydra.

This is the second 3-pack I’m reviewing, with Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends being the first.  There’s a third 3-pack, which comes with a first appearance Daredevil, a stealth armor Iron Man (based on the excellent classic Iron Man from wave 3), and a Silver Surfer with a new paint deco.  Instead of picking it up, I was a good army builder and picked up a second Soldiers 3-pack.

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Before I get started, welcome to the folks who are joining us through our DC Universe Gleek giveaway.  Thank you for stopping in!

Some of you first-timers may be looking for Mattel action figures and find the site chock full of Hasbro’s Marvel Universe right now.  As you’ll come to know, I’ve got a limited amount of space for toys, so when I started on the exclusive Nick Fury earlier in the week, I’ve been working through all the Marvel Universe toys I’ve been finding since getting back from San Diego Comic-Con.   MU requires a special photo set up, so I’ve been compelled to get through the backlog so I don’t have to keep switching back and forth on equipment.

I’ve got one more Marvel Universe 3-Pack to go, and on deck are the Mattel and Four Horsemen figures from San Diego Comic-Con.

Some of the Marvel fans I know may not forgive me if I were to admit that I’ve never seen an episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.  But I’m feeling lucky so I’m coming clean.  When the show was on the air, I was strictly a Saturday morning ABC kid, watching Superfriends and learning about conjunctions with Schoolhouse Rock.  With Spidey on NBC later in the morning, I just never got to tune in.  And at the risk of further alienation, I haven’t read many comics with Firestar in it.

So why did I pick up this set?  I guess I really needed a 4th Spider-Man from this particular mold. 😉

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