— December 31, 2005
New 6′ X-Men Figures at Toy News International has news and images of these X-Men figures. From what I can gather, this is a new line of X-Men figures from Toy Biz for 2006 and is meant to replace the X3 movie figure line.
According to this thread over at TNI, the movie production was delayed so Toy Biz decided to produce a line of figures that would combine the characters in the movie with the comic style. The line will probably continue once the movie is over and even is scheduled to contain characters that are not in the movie.
Some of the figures from the first series are simply repaints from the Marvel Legends and now defunct X-Men classics lines. So expect a lot of reuse is what I am saying. The new X-Men line is currently hitting retail shelves at Wal-Mart, I believe.
— December 28, 2005
Earlier this month I posted about the Marvel Legends series 12 build a figure missing a part. The missing part is a plastic tube that was supposed to come with the build a figure piece that was packaged with the Maestro Hulk figure. This piece was missing from every figure that Toy Biz shipped. When collectors started complaining, Toy Biz realized the mistake and advised people to contact them to receive your replacement part. Well, I got mine today! This was much faster than expected considering the time estimates given out by Toy Biz initially, which was 2 weeks to get the part in and 4 to 6 weeks to ship. My Apocalypse is finally complete.
— December 28, 2005
Amazing Spider-Man To Run In Sunday Papers on Newsarama.com reports that Marvel Comic’s original “Amazing Spider-Man” series will be distributed in Sunday papers beginning early next Fall. News America Marketing, a division of News Corporation (NYSE: NWSA), today announced an agreement with Marvel Entertainment, Inc. through which it has obtained the rights to publish collectible editions of Marvel Comic’s original “Amazing Spider-Man” series. The re-issue of the series will start with the original issue #1, first published in 1963. The Spider-Man comic book will have a circulation of 10 million across major metro markets throughout the U.S. Each original book will be split in two, published on consecutive weeks, with 46 publication dates a year. News America’s first publication of Marvel’s original “Amazing Spider-Man” will be in late summer 2006, during the height of the back-to-school time period.
Recap:
- What: collectible editions of Marvel Comic’s original “Amazing Spider-Man”
- When: late summer 2006
- Where: Sunday papers
- How: split in two, published on consecutive weeks
Time to subscribe to the Sunday edition!
— December 25, 2005
Mattel’s DC Superheroes Series 1-5 Announced over at Toy News International.
Series 1: (Batman)
Bane, Batman, Scarecrow, Killer Croc
Series 2: (Superman)
Bizarro, Supergirl, Superman, Doomsday
Series 3: (Batman)
Azrael, Battle Damaged Batman, Robin, Mr. Freeze
Series 4: (Batman)
Stealth Jump Batman, Batgirl, Two-Face, Joker
Series 5: (Superman)
Battle Damage Superman, Lex Luthor, Braniac, Superman Mother Box, Darkseid
Series 1 is reportedly hitting Wal-Mart stores across the country right now.
— December 25, 2005
Full 2006 Toybiz Product List Read at Toy News International Forums has a list of tentative Marvel releases for 2006. I believe this information is provided by retailers that are giving out Toy Biz solicitations, so this is not official Toy Biz information and is subject to change. Toy Biz typically doesn’t want retailers giving out this information but some still do anyway. Here goes. Go to the forum post for full information as I am cutting the list down some here for space reasons.
GHOST RIDER MOVIE - NEW
Ghost Rider Movie 6″ Action Figure Asst 1 BUILD A FIGURE SERIES
Chain Attack Ghost Rider - 2 pcs
Flame Blast Ghost Rider - 2 pcs
Gressel - 2 pcs
Blackheart - 2 pcs
Carter Slade “Old West Ghost Rider” - 2 pcs
Penance Stare Ghost Rider - 2 pcs
Ghost Rider Movie 6″ Action Figure Asst 2 BUILD A MOTORCYCLE SERIES
Raging Ghostrider - 2 pcs
Whip Action Ghost Rider - 2 pcs
Transforming Ghost Rider - 2 pcs
Transforming Caretaker - 2 pcs
Vengence - 2 pcs
Scarecrow - 2 pcs
Ghost Rider Movie Bike & Rider Asst 1
Ghost Rider & Flame Cycle - 3 pcs
Western Ghost Rider & Horse - 1 pc
Ghost Rider Movie Stunt Bike Asst 1
Wheelie Poppin’ Stunt Bike - 3 pcs
Lightening Speed Ghost Rider - 3 pcs
Ghost Rider Stunt Cycle
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Spider-Man Figure Asst 16
Spider-Strength Spider-Man - 3 pcs
Shark Trap Spider-Man - 1 pc
Spider Tracer Spider-Man - 4 pcs
Venom - 2 pcs
Manwolf - 2 pcs
Spider-Man Figure Asst 17
Spider Hulk Spider-Man
Spider Spinner Spider-Man
Web Splasher Spider-Man
Hydro-Man
Hob Goblin
Sandman
***Assortment may vary from carton to carton
Spider-Man Figure Asst 18
Superkick Spider-Man - 3 pcs
Light Up & Launch Spider-Man - 3 pcs
Shocker w/ Vibro-Shock Action - 2 pcs
Light Up Mad Jack w/ Glider - 2 pcs
Stealth Venom - 2 pcs
Spider-Man Figure Asst 19
Quick Change Spider-Man
Web Climbing Spider-Man
Electro
Toxin
Sneak Attack Spider-Man
Spider-Man Classic Twin Pack Asst
Spider-Man vs. Punisher - 1 pc
Spider-Man vs. Venom - 1 pc
Spider-Man vs. Doctor Octopus - 1 pc
Spider-Man Deluxe Roto Figure Asst 2
Night-Shade Spider-Man
Green Goblin
Twilight Spider-Man
Venom
***Assortment may vary from carton to carton
Spider-Man Deluxe Roto Figure Asst 3
Spider-Man (House of M) - 1 pc
Black Costume Spider-Man - 1 pc
Rhino - 1 pc
Marvel Legends
Marvel Legends w/ Comic Asst 13 - Bring On The Bad Guys Series
Pyro
Abomination
Green Goblin
Loki
Blackheart
Lady Death Strike
Unmasked Green Goblin - variant
Crown of Lies Loki - variant
Melted Face Abomination - variant
***Assortment may vary from carton to carton
Marvel Legends w/ Comic Asst 14 - Mojo Series
1st Appearance Ironman - 2 pcs
Longshot - 2 pcs
Baron Zemo - 2 pcs
Luke Cage - 2 pcs
Falcon - 2 pcs
Psylocke - 2 pcs
Classic Falcon - variant
Unmasked Baron Zemo - variant
Gold Iron Man - variant
Marvel Legends w/ Comic Asst 15 - Quinn Jet Series
Mandrin - 1 pc
Beta Ray Bill - 1 pc
Moonnight - 1 pc
Spider-Woman - 1 pc
Quicksilver - 1 pc
Thor Buster Iron Man - 1 pc
Wasp - 1 pc
Captain Marvel - 1 pc
Spider-Woman - variant
Wasp - variant
Quicksilver - variant
Captain Marvel - variant
Marvel Legends Face Off Twin Packs
Kingpin vs. Daredevil
Hulk vs. Leader
Captain America vs. Red Skull
Captain America vs. Red Skull - variant
Hulk vs. Leader - variant
Kingpin vs. Daredevil - variant
***Assortment may vary from carton to carton
Box Sets
Marvel Legends Young Avengers Gift Pack
Marvel Legends Monster Gift Pack
MARVEL LEGENDS MASTERWORKS - NEW
Marvel Legends Masterworks Asst 1 with Comic
Spider-Man - 2 pcs
Fantastic Four #1 - 2 pcs
Marvel Legends Masterworks Asst 1 with Comic
Hulk vs. Thing - 2 pcs
Galactus vs. Everybody - 2 pcs
MARVEL LEGENDS ICONS - NEW
Marvel Legends 12″ Icons Asst 1 with Poster Book Captain America - 3 pcs
Iron Man - 3 pcs
Wolverine - 3 pcs
Captain America - variant
Iron Man - variant
Wolverine - variant
Marvel Legends 12″ Icons Asst 2 with Poster Book
Spider-Man - 3 pcs
Venom - 3 pcs
Hulk - 3 pcs
Spider-Man - variant
Venom - variant
Hulk - variant
X-MEN 3 MOVIE - NEW
X-Men 3 Action Figures Asst 1
Stealth Wolverine
Ninja Strike Wolverine
Ruby Quartz Armor Cycle
Stealth Beast
Magneto
Gambit
Archangel
Storm
Stealth Beast - variant
***Assortment may vary from carton to carton
X-Men 3 Action Figures Asst 2
Air Strike Wolverine - 3 pcs
Angel - 2 pcs
Stealth Cyclops - 2 pcs
Tech Gear Beast - 2 pcs
Juggernaut - 2 pcs
Phoenix - 1 pc
X-Men 3 Action Figures Asst 3
Colossus
Nightcrawler
Iceman
Rogue
Avalanche
Sabretooth
***Assortment may vary from carton to carton
X-Men 3 - 14″ Sentinel
Fantastic Four
FANTASTIC FOUR MOVIE Fantastic Four Movie 6″ Action Figure Asst 5
Power Punch Thing
Fire Blast Human Torch
Super Stretch Mr. Fantastic
Electro-Shock Dr. Doom
***Assortment may vary from carton to carton
Fantastic Four Movie 12″ Deluxe “Best of” Roto Figure Asst
Human Torch - 1 pc
Dr. Doom - 1 pc
Thing - 1 pc
FANTASTIC FOUR CLASSIC - NEW Fantastic Four 6″ Action Figure Asst 1
Thunder Launch Thing
Human Torch
Mr. Fantastic
Transforming Super Skrull
Clear Super Skrull - variant
Fire Super Skrull - variant
***Assortment may vary from carton to carton
FANTASTIC FOUR TV - NEW
F4 TV 5″ Action Figure Asst 1
Duel Action Thing - 4 pcs
Human Torch w/ Flame on Punching Action - 3 pcs
Power Dr. Doom - 3 pcs
Shape Shifting Skrull - 1 pc
Kree Soldier - 1 pc
F4 TV 5″ Action Figure Asst 2
Mr. Fantastic
Human Torch
Hulk
Doom Bot 1
Invisible Woman
Mole Man
F4 TV 12″ Deluxe Action Figure Asst 1
Thing - 1 pc
Human Torch - 2 pcs
— December 22, 2005
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/ghostrider/
The new Ghost Rider web site is up and it freakin’ rocks. A 10-second flash clip shows Nicolas Cage and his CGI alter ego, with Cage’s voiceover. The film was recently pushed back to Feb. 16, 2007. This is the second time Marvel has released a film directed by Mark Steven Johnson on Valentine’s Day weekend. The first film was Darevevil.
