Hot Toys (Finally) Reveals Falcon from Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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Hot Toys took their time revealing the last of the four major characters from Captain America: The Winter Soldier. We’ve seen a couple versions of Captain America, an updated Black Widow, and the title character, the Winter Soldier. Now, weeks after the movie’s opening, we’re finally getting a look at the Falcon. Hot Toys posted a couple of Falcon teaser shots at the end of last week, but here’s the full deal.

I think they did a bang-up job with the Ultimates-inspired costume – the wings, the military garb, and the goggles all look spot-on. I’m having a tougher time matching up Anthony Mackie with the head sculpt. It does look like him from some angles, but I think there’s something off with the shape of his forehead that’s throwing it from other angles. We’ll see if Hot Toys reworks it while it goes through production, like they have with so many other figures.

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Get Your Marvel Legends Fix with Spider-Man Legends Variants

Hasbro has had some challenges getting their Marvel Legends variants from last year to retail, and this year we’re seeing limited distribution of the variants for both the Captain America and Spider-Man waves of Marvel Legends Infinite Series. But I’ve just ordered the “wave 2” variants for the Spidey line – Toxin, Spider-Girl, and Boomerang are all in stock at Amazon. Happy shopping!

May the Fourth Be With You at Sideshow Collectibles

This Sunday is May the 4th, a date fans have designated Star Wars Day – that despite being a fan myself somehow had no idea about until last year. This year, Sideshow Collectibles is back with a May the Fourth celebration that a smattering of reveals, giveaways, and a $25 coupon code. If you are a Boba Fett fan, their first reveal is a life-sized Boba Fett – more reveals follow throughout the weekend. Following the life-sized theme, their Star Wars giveaway is for the upcoming Darth Vader life-sized bust.

If you don’t have the GNP of a small country at your disposal, Sideshow is also giving away a $25 gift code – it’s eligible for a lot of products and is good for the month of May. And though not directly tied to their Star Wars Day celebration, they’ve also got giveaways in progress for their upcoming 1/6 scale R2-D2 and Daredevil Premium Format Figure. May the Fourth be with you!

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The Amazing Spider-Man: Date Night – BillsComics.com

With The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opening in a week, Bill is on top of his game with a new Spidey comic. While it’s got Electro and Rhino as two of the main villains, this one’s more of an homage to the Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz era of Amazing Spider-Man, which happens to be Bill’s favorite.

So, enjoy Date Night, and be sure to check out more of Bill’s work here on AFP and even more at Bill’s Comics.

The Amazing Spider-Man: Date Night
The Amazing Spider-Man: Date Night

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