For my money, it was the Marvel announcements that had me the most excited today. My relationship with Marvel Legends is always complicated. Hasbro has me figured out – I seem to always want the BAFs more than the individual figures. This leads me to be driven nuts. Today’s announcements were no exception. Hasbro laid the smack down announcing 36 new Marvel Legends figures – a few we already know about, but a lot we didn’t. <\/p>\n
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<\/center><\/p>\nThere are so many great items, but my favorite is probably the movie figures. I don’t need ’em all, I have a great Widow, Iron Man, etc., but I am liking the new Thor & the Bruce Banner in the 4pk above. The whole pack is solid, but I’ll be buying for the Ruffalo alone! <\/p>\n
And remember what I said about BAFs? Thanos! Movie Hulkbuser! Movie Ultron! A New Rhino! I can see myself getting easily suckered into all of those. While the character selection isn’t everyone I care about, it’s still amazing! For me, Batroc & Hellcat are must-haves and build towards Thanos. War Machine 2.0 & Valkyrie build towards Hulkbuster. My long-awaited Bulldozer builds toward Ultron. The Rhino wave of Spidey is particularly interesting – a great new Ghost Rider, White Tiger, and a Misty Knight figure? You know you’re living in a toy golden age when Misty Knight gets a figure! Too awesome! <\/p>\n
Here’s the full breakdown: <\/p>\n
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- Amazon Exclusive Avengers: AoU 4-Pack:<\/strong><\/li>\n
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- Thor<\/li>\n
- Bruce Banner<\/li>\n
- Hawkeye<\/li>\n
- Black Widow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Avengers Wave 2:<\/strong><\/li>\n
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- Captain America (AoU)<\/li>\n
- Hulk (AoU)<\/li>\n
- Iron Man Mark 43 (AoU)<\/li>\n
- Batroc<\/li>\n
- Hellcat<\/li>\n
- Spider-Woman<\/li>\n
- Thanos (BAF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Avengers Wave 3:<\/strong><\/li>\n
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- Blizzard<\/li>\n
- Dr. Strange (NOW)<\/li>\n
- Iron Man (NOW)<\/li>\n
- Thundra<\/li>\n
- Valkyrie<\/li>\n
- Vision<\/li>\n
- War Machine<\/li>\n
- Hulkbuster (BAF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Ant-Man Wave:<\/strong><\/li>\n
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- Ant Man (Movie)<\/li>\n
- Bulldozer<\/li>\n
- Giant Man<\/li>\n
- Grim Reaper<\/li>\n
- Tigershark<\/li>\n
- Wasp<\/li>\n
- Ultron (AoU – BAF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Spider-Man Wave 2:<\/strong><\/li>\n
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- Ghost Rider<\/li>\n
- Kraven<\/li>\n
- Misty Knight<\/li>\n
- Scarlet Spider<\/li>\n
- Superior Venom<\/li>\n
- White Tiger<\/li>\n
- Rhino (BAF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Target Exclusive 3pk:<\/strong><\/li>\n
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- Hulk (NOW)<\/li>\n
- Ultron<\/li>\n
- Vision (White)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n
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On the 4″ scale, the announcements were much more modest. There are a few MCU-based announcements, notably an Ant-man that comes with an ant to ride, and two AoU 2-packs featuring Cap, Black Widow, Iron Man Mk XLIII, and Nick Fury in their AoU looks. On the comic front, Wave 3 was announced to include Korg, Emma Frost, Gold Ultron, Deadpool, Scarlet Spider, and Chameleon! Our 2015 Page<\/a> of the MU checklist has already been updated! Although it’s only one wave, it’s a pretty solid line-up. I particularly interested in Korg, a character from Planet Hulk – both in that he looks cool and that he might just signal that we’re finally getting a much-needed update to the Thing (At least if part reuse is still a thing…).<\/p>\nContinue to Page 2 – Transformers<\/a>!<\/h1>\n
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My Transformers coverage this year is going to be more limited than normal. If you really want to check out some in-depth Transformers goodness, always check out TFW2005! They’ve got great panel coverage<\/a> & a ton of pics of both the booth and tons of official images<\/a>. <\/p>\nIn order to pursue collecting the Masterpiece<\/a> line, I’ve tried to keep my other TF purchases to a minimum. I’ve watched Combiner Wars with that familiar collector tug – they look really good! But I’m trying to stay to the sidelines. Devastator looks particularly amazing, I could see faltering while trying to avoid that big guy! I do love Defensor though, he’s my favorite Combiner and so that is where I will dip my toe on Hasbro’s Combiner Wars offerings. The new Hot Spot looks great. And all my favorite limb-bots are back with nice looking TFs too: First Aid, Streetwise, Blades, Gr- wait, who’s this Rook guy? Defensor’s one kind of obvious drawback is that his motorcycle leg is the same size as the police car, ambulance, and helicopter. Now, scale and mass shifting and whatever, I’m good. But I can see it on this one. So enter Rook – a SWAT vehicle to make the fourth limb. The great news though: Groove isn’t out in the cold! He’s an appropriately scaled Legends Class figure that will form some handy Defensor armor! It’s not the most G1 accurate, but I think it looks great enough to buy. <\/p>\n
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Hasbro is also teasing me on three other fronts. A new Leader Class Ultra Magnus, and a Voyager Class Cyclonus (these two are always stuck together). The Cyclonus is particularly awesome because he’s a buck-mate with Silverbolt and you can barely tell. Props to the Hasbro designers for a job well done. And since he’s Silverbolt – that kinda makes me wish they’d do them some Sweep limbs. How cool a combiner would that be?!?! And finally, there’s a pretty sweet little Powerglide repaint, Viper. He’s kinda Cobra blue, isn’t he? And that’s a Cobra\/Decepticon logo on it, isn’t it? Fantastic!
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