I admit at first I only picked these up for the sweet Ares build-a-figure. But now that I have them, I am really impressed with this wave. Hasbro has really stepped up the quality since they took over the Marvel Legends line. Maybe that was the reason for the long delay.

Obviously the build-a-figure is Ares. There are 8 figures in this wave which means 8 pieces. Yes, Hasbro is really milking it these days. One of the figures comes with Ares head and another comes with his helmet and weapons. It is nice that they kept the price down to about $10 a figure on this wave though and have not continued the price increase trend.

There is only one variant this time also, the Human Torch. The variant Torch is a darker color red with white lines across his body. I prefered the regular version and did not pick up the variant. Anyway, here is the Wal-Mart exclusive Marvel Legends Ares wave photo guide.

Discuss the Ares wave at our Marvel Legends Community.

Heroes Reborn Iron Man

Guardian

Vision

Crossbones

Human Torch

Scarlet Spider

Ultimate War Machine

Kang

Ares

Why am I doing this? While I love blogging about toys and comics, there are a ton of news sites about toys and comics already out there. With this new site, I want to build a community around comics and toys. Now, you can have a network of toy blogs, photos, comments, etc.

If you are interested in this, please head over to herohunthq.com and sign up. You can check out my profile here, http://herohunthq.com/herohunt/.

Something I have always wanted is a community participation site for fans of toys and comics. I’m not generally a fan of forums, although I have participated in several over the years. So I wanted something different that I don’t believe exists yet. I am going to attempt to bring that to you, soon, here on this site.

So get ready for a major relaunch of HeroHunt.com over the next few days. Don’t worry though, this blog will still exist. In fact, it will probably be moving back to http://www.herohunt.com/news/ where it was previously for a long time.

Stay tuned.

DC Univserse Classics is the super-articulated line of 6″ collectible DC action figures from Mattel you may have heard of. I have a few of them, and I have to say they are really great toys and probably the closest thing we will get to Marvel Legends versions of DC characters.

Here is a list of upcoming waves, including 2, 3, 4, 5 and a wave of 2 packs. Wave 2 is out now, but they are really scarce in my area since almost no stores are stocking them. Still I have heard of the showing up in several places.

Each wave comes with a build-a-figure or “Collect-To-Connect” figure as Mattel seems to be calling it. Wave 4 is actually a Wal-Mart exclusive wave, and the 2 packs are exclusive to Toys R Us.

Wave 2 - DC Universe Classics

Superman (in both his red and blue ‘energy’ outfits)
Aquaman
The Black Manta
Harley Quinn
Firestorm

Collect all five to complete the build-a-figure Gorilla Grodd.

Wave 3 - DC Universe Classics

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
Sinestro
Nightwing
Robin (Tim Drake)
Deathstroke the Terminator

Collect all five to complete the build-a-figure Solomon Grundy.

Wave 4 - DC Universe Classics

Included in this wave are the following:

Wonder Woman

Artemis (Wonder Woman Variant)

Captain Atom

Captain Atom (Gold Wildstorm Variant)

Ares

Cyborg

Batman Beyond

Each figure in this wave comes with a “Collect-To-Connect” piece to make a Despero figure.

Wave 5 - DC Universe Classics

Included in this wave are the following:

The Atom

Black Lighting

Eradicator

The Riddler

Amazo

Metallo

Each figure in this wave comes with a “Collect-To-Connect” piece to make a Metallo figure. This wave will be offered exclusively at Wal-Mart stores and will not have any variants included in the wave.

DC Universe Classic 2-packs

Available exclusively at Toys R’ Us stores.

Orion (with Helmet off) and Lightray

Azrael and Barbara Gordon Batgirl

But no it wasn’t a fair fight. ‘Iron Man’ has years of history as one of the Marvel Universe’s greatest heroes. ‘Speed Racer’ was doomed from the start. Although it had potential, the goofy trailers apparently turned kids away, not to mention the adults, who might have taken their kids to see it.

‘Iron Man,’ in effect, drank ‘Speed Racer’s’ milkshake. The real test for ‘Iron Man’ is coming though. How will ‘Iron Man’ stack up against the real competition which is coming this month, with ‘Prince Caspian’ and ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?’ It’s possible that if ‘Iron Man’ doesn’t outperform it’s competition in the next 2 weekends, it could at least do some serious damage. So in the end, Tony Stark might end up drinking everyone’s milkshakes this summer.

“I drink it up!”

New G.I. Joes are finally showing up at retail, and it looks to be a big summer for Joe collectors. Wave 7 of the 25th Anniversary figures is now out in stores, as well as eBay. There are currently 3 waves of 25th Anniversary figures scheduled to be out in May and June. Here is a list of the figures in each wave along with images. Enjoy!

Wave 7 - May

Cobra H.I.S.S. Driver

Cobra Viper

Duke

Snake Eyes (Version 4)

Spirit Iron-Knife

Wild Bill

Wave 8 - May

Roadblock (Version 2)

Major Bludd

Baroness

Cobra Commander With M.A.S.S Device Crystal

Cobra Officer (Python Patrol)

Flint (Tiger Force)

Snake Eyes (Parka)

Wave 9 - June

Barbecue

Cobra B.A.T.

Sgt. Bazooka

Hawk

Snow Serpent

Storm Shadow (Black)

The Nemesis wave has been pushed back to December though and it is now a Wal-Mart exclusive. The build a figure is Nemesis, and the variants are Daredevil, Punisher and Blackbolt. Here is the list of all the figures in this wave.

• Yellow Daredevil
• Nova
• Tigra
• Punisher
• Beast
• Blackbolt

The Red Hulk wave is coming in September and will be a Target exclusive. The build a figure is the Red Hulk. Here is the list of figures in this wave.

• Spiral
• Adam Warlock
• Union Jack
• Silver Savage
• Black Spider-Man
• Wolverine Black

There will be 8 two-packs, all coming this Fall. Two have not been revealed. Most of the two packs will come with interchangeable heads and hands. Several will also have variants. Here is the list of figures in this wave. Check out my post on the Marvel Legends 2 packs for more info.

• Elektra and Ronin
• Ultimate Classic Cap and Nick Fury
• SHIELD Agent and Red Hand Ninja
• Forge and Wolverine
• Skrull and Kree Soldiers
• Mr. Fantastic and Thing

The 2 upcoming Hulk/Fing Fang Foom waves will be widely distributed. The first wave is due in August with the second wave hitting shortly after in September/October. Check out my post on Hulk Legends for more info.

• King Hulk
• Savage She-Hulk
• Son Of Hulk
• The End Hulk

• Absorbing Man
• Doc Samson
• Savage Grey Hulk
• Wendigo

There was a lot of news on Hasbro Marvel Legends coming out of the New York Comic Con. One of the featured lines for 2008 is Marvel Legends 2 packs. There will be 8 two-packs, all coming this Fall. 2 have not been revealed. Most of the two packs will come with interchangeable heads and hands. Several will also have variants.

The Marvel Legends 2-Packs includes the following figures:

Ultimates Captain America & Ultimates Nick Fury

Elektra & Ronin

Wolverine & Forge

Mr. Fantastic & the Thing

Skrull and Kree Soldiers

SHIELD Agent and Red Hand Ninja

Hulk Legends is a series of new Marvel Legends that Hasbro is debuting for 2008. There are 8 figures in all, so far, which are being split up into 2 waves of 4. Wave 1 is due out in August, and Wave 2 is due out in September.

The interesting news is that there is a build a figure which is being split up between the 2 waves. The build a figure is Fin Fang Foom which will be split up into 8 pieces. So collectors will have to wait for both waves, and buy all 8 figures to get Fin Fang Foom. Also, the suggested retail price of the Hulk Legends are $14.99 a piece. So it may be more expensive to get them all, depending on what the price is at retailers like Wal-Mart and Target. Anyway, here they are.

Wave 1 includes the following figures:

King Hulk

Savage She-Hulk

Son Of Hulk

The End Hulk

The second series is set to be released in September 2008 and will include the following figures:

Absorbing Man

Doc Samson

Savage Grey Hulk

Wendigo

Collect them all to build a 15-inch Fing-Fang-Foom figure.

On February 14th, 2008, Sideshow Collectibles announced a deal with Hasbro to produce 12″ action figures based on characters from G.I. Joe. As a fan, I am really looking forward to this line. The question is, why hasn’t Sideshow provided any more details on the subject this far along?

According to their press release, the figures are expected to release beginning in 3rd Quarter 2008. If that is still true, you would think Sideshow would have already given us details on what the characters will be and pre-orders.

Another alarming fact about this is the price. The press release mentions the pricing of these figure will start at $79.99. That would make this license Sideshow’s most expensive yet. At that price,many collectors will have to be choosy about what they buy, and even more collectors may stay away. If $79.99 is a base price, I hate to think what Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow will cost.

I am a hardcore G.I. Joe fan, but at those prices, I will probably only get one or two figures. I hope that Sideshow gives us more details soon and doesn’t make us wait until San Diego Comic Con to find out more.