Hot Toys has already announced an impressive lineup of Avengers figures to accompany the movie, which recently became the third movie to top $600MM box office receipts in the United States (the other two being Titanic and Avatar) , but they keep on going. Over the past few weeks, they’ve highlighted:
Improvements to the Thor head sculpt
Pictures of the muzzle and cuffs for Loki
A new Black Widow, updated for her Avengers look
A tease of the upcoming Mark VII armor for Iron Man
Bill has shared part one of his latest comic, a modern Avengers story that’s an homage to some of the classics. You can check out more of his work at Bill’s Comics.
I’m doing a little catch-up, so apologies if this is old news – I’d been wondering what Hasbro would for follow-up to the huge Marvel Universe Galactus and Sentinel exclusives from San Diego Comic-Con the past two years. And they’ve managed to bring an even bigger item to the show – the SHIELD Heli-Carrier. It will come with two figures – Captain America and SHIELD Agent Maria Hill, and at four massive feet long it will be about a foot longer than the planned retail release – invite another buddy over and have him stick his lunch from Subway on that section where Cap is standing (that’s where you’ll find the extra foot). If you don’t have another friend (or don’t like Subway) you could also invade the Heli-Carrier with your Masters of Evil 3-Pack exclusive.
With special SDCC packaging by Joe Quesada, this will be a massive package to cart around, if you choose to pick one up at the Hasbro booth for the price of 26 Subway subs (aka $129.99). I don’t know where I’d find room for this monstrosity, and I don’t relish the idea of lugging this around the convention floor, so perhaps HasbroToyShop.com will be the better option.
We’re catching up on SDCC exclusives, and a few weeks back, NECA revealed its HeroClix exclusive – Giant-Man, with an in-scale (read: too small for you to see him and too small for them to put anything on the HeroClix base) Ant-Man.
NECA Does SDCC Pt. 1: Giant-Man HeroClix Unveiled!
We’re Con Bound!
Over the next few weeks, we’re going to be giving special sneak peaks out our 2012 convention exclusives, and we start today with the brand-spanking new 2012 Convention Exclusive Marvel HeroClix Giant-Man Super Booster! Priced at $39.99, Giant-Man also includes a proportionate Ant-Man HeroClix figure that’s invisible!
No, really, like he’s not there. Set to the scale of Giant-Man, you can’t see Henry Pym when he shrinks all the way down to Ant-Man size. Also, when Marvel HeroClix first premiered way back in 2002, a similar Ant-Man was offered at conventions that year, so this Ant-Man makes a perfect bonus piece for Pym as Giant-Man. As you can see above, there’s a base with Ant-Man on it, and you’ll just have to take our word for it that he’s there. You can’t possibly imagine how hard it was to sculpt something so small that it’s invisible to the naked eye.
Size Matters
Henry Pym AKA Giant-Man first appeared in Marvel’s Tales to Astonish #56 in 1964, having already made his debut as Ant-Man in issue #35 two years earlier. Rumors have been kicking around for a while now about a movie in the works, so we thought no better time to debut this Giant-Man Chaos War HeroClix!
Like all of the figures in the Chaos War collection, Giant-Man is gorgeously detailed and accurate to the comics. He’ll be available at San Diego Comic Con and other upcoming 2012 conventions.
For more on HeroClix, be sure to check out the Marvel Chaos War HeroClix collection, and keep it tuned to your favorite action figures wholesaler for other 2012 convention exclusives to come and all the best merchandise from your favorite games, movies, and more!
Another reveal of Hasbro’s exclusives for San Diego Comic-Con – a 3-pack Marvel Universe set featuring the Masters of Evil. If you haven’t gotten enough Avengers by the time SDCC rolls around, these three villains from arguably the greatest Avengers villain team-up could give you a fix. Dave Vonner dropped big hints at Toy Fair that the MOE would be coming our way this year, and with this set we’re getting Baron Zemo, Radioactive Man, and Tiger Shark.
We’d gotten Zemo during Toy Biz’s Legends run, but that was the elder Heinrich – this is Helmut. So all three characters get their first figures in 4-inch scale (not counting Tiger Shark in Super Hero Squad) – but hopefully Legends versions won’t be far behind.
MARVEL UNIVERSE 3.75″ MASTERS OF EVIL Special Edition 3-Pack
(Ages 4 and up; Approximate Retail Price $29.99; Available through HasbroToyShop.com, Booth #3329 at San Diego Comic-Con)
Fueled by a raging need for vengeance against Captain America, Baron Zemo hatches a masterful plan. Not foolish enough to face the Avengers alone, he strategically forms one of the most powerful groups of villains ever assembled. The Masters of Evil 3-Pack includes Baron Zemo, Radioactive Man and Tiger Shark all appearing in 3.75″ scale, and united for a singular purpose: destroying Earth’s Mightiest Heroes!
