Marvelous News has posted press pics of the first wave of of Marvel Universe due in 2010. With this series, Hasbro is shifting the Marvel Universe theme from Nick Fury and SHIELD to Normal Osborne and HAMMER, following the Dark Reign story line currently underway in Marvel Comics. The numbering scheme will begin at #1 again, as this will be the “2nd edition” of Marvel Universe.
Getting a Jim Lee Jean Grey and Sunfire in Marvel Universe is sure to raise the hackles of Legends collectors who have been clamoring for those characters in 6-inches – to me, this demonstrates the commitment of the Hasbro Marvel team to make Universe the best it can be. The Logan in the X-Men training outfits was not shown in the main showcase display at San Diego Comic-Con, but we did manage to find him in the large Marvel Universe diorama. At the show, Hasbro said that the figure was just a prototype and hadn’t been slotted into a wave yet.
I’m not a big fan of Hasbro’s heavily manipulated press shots. For a better look, check out the pictures from our San Diego Comic-Con coverage.
2010 Wave 1 Marvel Universe Figure Images
Spider-Man (House of M)
Jean Grey (Jim Lee)
Logan (X-Men Training Outfit)
Sunfire
Vision
Warpath (X-Force)
We first showed you these a few weeks ago at the San Diego Comic Con, and now we bring you some new images of Hasbro’s first wave of Marvel Universe figures for 2010. Shown are the following figures:
It’s time for us to announce the winners of the Marvel Universe Covers Contest, brought to you by the Hasbro Marvel team and the guys who run ActionFigurePics.com and TheFwoosh.com. We had a very tough time picking just three winners, because all the covers entered this year were really great. So we’ll be adding three more prize winners for honorable mentions – but don’t get your hopes up guys, because your prizes will be coming from AFP’s Free Stuff stash.
Without further ado, here are your winners!
First Prize: Calbretto - Irredeemable Ant-Man #1
Calbretto blew us away with his composition of Robert Kirkman’s first issue of The Irredeemable Ant-Man. Ant-Man is known for his exaggerations, so while we can’t find 23 villains in the cover, we really enjoyed seeing so many Marvel baddies from Hasbro, Toy Biz, and Diamond Select being crushed by Calbretto’s custom Eric O’Grady Ant-Man.
Before I get started, welcome to the folks who are joining us through our DC Universe Gleek giveaway. Thank you for stopping in!
Marvel Universe Toys R Us Exclusive 3-Pack - Soldiers and Henchmen - SHIELD Agent, Hand Ninja, and Agent of Hydra
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.
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.
Marvel Universe Toys R Us Exclusive 3-Pack - Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends - Firestar, Spidey, and Iceman
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. 😉
Marvel Universe Wave 5 - Spider-Man, Guardian, Electro, Sub Mariner, and Iron Man
It feels like right before San Diego Comic-Con, I was trying to get out from behind a huge backlog of Marvel Universe. And here we are, just about a week after SDCC and it feels like I’m getting out from behind a huge backlog of Marvel Universe. In the past couple of days, I’ve posted reviews of the Secret Wars 2-packs and the exclusive Nick Fury, and now I’ve got Marvel Universe Wave 5 – Electro, Spider-Man, Guardian, Iron Man, and Prince Namor the Sub Mariner. But that’s not all – soon I hope to have pics up of the exclusive Toys R Us 3-packs – the ones I have, at least.
Before we get too far, here’s the carded images of the wave.
