This week, we have a trio of Marvel Legends big guys from hobbies_n_stuff.
Marvel Legends Wendigo – this Hulk and Wolverine nemesis is long overdue in Marvel legends – ends Sep 29, 2013 18:38:54 PDT
In AFP’s Border Patrol, we scour active eBay auctions for customized action figures that you won’t want to let slip by!
Customizers, don’t forget to check out the submission guidelines for CustomCon 36.
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Our good friend Richard, aka ActionFiguresRule, from the MATRIX Photo Booth and AFR Studio pinged me to see if we’d done anything with the Marvel Select Wolverine from Diamond Select Toys. Not yet, I told him, because I haven’t yet picked him up. He said he’d send me a couple of pics – and before I knew it, I had almost 20 sitting in my email. And he says there’s more to come…
The more I see of the figure, the more I’m convinced it’s the best value from DST’s Marvel Select line yet. The figure has got a great sculpt from Gentle Giant, with probably the best likeness for Hugh Jackman outside Hot Toys. It’s got a ton of articulation. I’ve heard from DST before that they are limited by their license as to how many points of articulation that they can add. I suspect that modern joints that provide multiple axes of movement, like an ab crunch / swivel, must still count as one. On top of that, there’s 3 pairs of hands, 3 heads, and a katana. Looks like I have another purchase to make.
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As usual, Diamond Select Toys is right on the heels of the major Marvel Comics events with its Marvel Minimates line. The Age of Ultron Minimates, with Ultron, Nick Fury, Iron Man, and Angela, will hit specialty retailers early next year. Toys R Us will also get an exclusive 2-pack of Wolverine and an Ultron drone around the same time.
I am still working through Age of Ultron, so I haven’t encountered Angela yet. Is this the same Angela we saw in Spawn?
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While we’re on the subject of designer urban vinyl toys, here’s an update on the Marvel Mini Labbits from artist Frank Kozik that are being produced by Kidrobot. They are being released on September 12th, and will feature an assortment of ten characters in blind boxed packaging, for $9.99 each. I don’t know if Kozik is a big Marvel fan, but his picks for characters are unique enough (read: not just the top 10 Marvel characters) to make me think he is. In addition to miniaturizing Venom and Wolverine, Kozik has included the Red Skull, Loki, Ghost Rider, Doctor Octopus, Doctor Doom, the Punisher, Deadpool, and Galactus in this assortment. Gotta love the villains and anti-heroes!
In addition Kozik will be touring the Kidrobot stores to promote the Kidrobot / Marvel collaboration. If you can’t make it to one of their retail locations, you can still get the Marvel Mini Labbits at Kidrobot – at least after September 12th.
[Photo credit for the Previews image: SpankyStokes.com]
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You may remember a few years back, when Hasbro introduced its Marvel Mighty Muggs – this was their attempt to capture some of the high margin designer vinyl market with lower cost licensed figures. The line met with marginal success – Muggs still exist but have gone from Mighty to Mini to Micro.
Marvel is now trying it from another angle – with licensed designer vinyl figures from popular artists. These Venom and Wolverine figures are from graphic artist Frank Kozik – mashups with his Smorkin Labbit – a cartoon character that has been immortalized in a line of vinyl figures. The Marvel Labbit versions of Venom and Wolverine are available at kidrobot, alongside Marvel Munnys of the most popular Marvel characters.
If the $49.99 price tag puts you off these 7-inch Labbits, word is there will be a smaller, blind-boxed line coming soon for $9.99 each. We’ll let you know when we know more.