— April 28, 2006
Marvel Legends 13 Has Landed! over at action-figure.com reports that Marvel Legends 13 has started showing up. Right now, it is only showing up in Canada. People in the US getting them are getting them from Canadian distributors. This is the all villian wave with Onslaught as the build a figure.
— April 26, 2006
X-MEN: THE LAST STAND the official movie site is now live. The movie opens on May 26th, which is just about a week away.
— April 22, 2006
Here is the final update for the Marvel Legends Wal-Mart exclusive wave. They are officially out now! A friend of mine found them today at a Wal-Mart in Knoxville, Tennessee. They were also found in Oak Ridge, TN yesterday. The official word is that they wouldn’t be out until May. I heard specifically the first or second week. My guess they will be out in full everywhere by then.
Also showing up at the same time as the Wal-Mart exclusive wave, are the Marvel Legends Face Off 2 packs and the new boxsets. My friend found those at Wal-Mart with the exclusives. I’m not sure if these are exclusives or not, although we were told that these wouldn’t be showing up until August. One important piece of information is the variants of the 2 packs are evenly distributed in the cases. This means that you should find as many variants in the cases as regular versions.
— April 18, 2006
Here is the link for the official Spider-Man 3 movie web site. It is basically just a teaser site right now since there is nothing there. But bookmark it now because there is sure to be more soon!
— April 17, 2006
Superhero Times has updated their Wal-Mart Marvel Legends page with this piece of information from Toy Biz.
I wanted to clarify an oversight on the press release that was sent last week. Please note that you must collect 10 figures to build Giant Man (one of these figures is a variant). The variants in this assortment will not be as hard to come by as other Marvel Legends assortments.
— April 10, 2006
All the major toy news outlets are reporting that Wal-Mart and Toy Biz have officially announced the Marvel Legends Wal-Mart exclusive wave today. The bad news is that according to the reports, these won’t hit stores until May.
I have talked to someone who works in the toy department at my local Wal-Mart, and he had not seen or heard anything about these yet, as of this morning. So, I guess earlier reports have been proven to be rumors. If these are in the back room of some stores, they could be released early though, as some employees ignore street dates.
— April 9, 2006
At the Fwooshnet Forums, someone posted that a Wal-Mart employee told him that there are pallets of Marvel Legends in the stock room of their store. This pallet has a release date of 4-16-06. This is supposedly cases of the Marvel Legends Wal-Mart exclusive wave. The person who posted this lives in Chicago. You can view the thread here.
Another reader over at the TNI Forums posted that he called his local Wal-Mart about this, and the person he talked to said that some stores have recieved them and others have not. This guy reportedly said they should be out by months end. This reader lives in New York. You can view the thread here.
This sounds pretty credible to me. This means that they could be out as early as next weekend. One thing to note is that April 16th is a Sunday. Your local Wal-Mart may or may not be open on Easter Sunday.
— April 9, 2006
The new series of Spider-man action figures are showing up at Wal-Marts all over the country. They hit the local stores here this weekend. This series includes Hobgoblin (brand new sculpt), Spider Hulk, Hydro man and Sandman. From the reports that I have seen, Hydro man and Sandman are not showing up in the same cases at the same time. I have not seen any pictures of Sandman, so I am not sure if it is a repaint or a new sculpt.
Also, the new Sentinel, which is part of the X-Men line, is out at Toys R Us. This is a repaint or reissue of a toy that was released in a previous X-Men line years ago.
Also, I have learned of an update for the Marvel Legends Wal-Mart exclusive wave. Stay tuned!
— April 9, 2006
Mattel DC News from Boy Wonder is a forum post over at Action Figure Insider featuring a newsletter from the DC Product Manager at Mattel. The newsletter discusses products coming out this year as well as their plans for 2007. Here are some of the main points.
It looks like they are copying the Marvel Legends series step by step, with dioramas, build a figures and variants. This could be good, or it could be bad.
The production problems they are having could hurt them. I think there is a big collector interest in the DC Superheroes line which could die down if Mattel fails to deliver. They really dropped the ball in the past with the Batman comic line and Masters of the Universe, so all we can do is wait and see.
— April 7, 2006
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MEGA-SALE! DC Direct 6.5" Lot of Miscellaneous Figures | 10 | $11.49 | 3h 51m 52s |
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Did Halder WWII German Boots for 12" figures 1/6 Scale | 3 | $11.01 | 6h 41m 27s |
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