NECA - a toy company that specializes in collectibles and movie figures - is working on a new line of old-school, comic-accurate, superarticulated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! We children of the 80s have been watching the development of this line with particular interest and the recent painted prototype of Leonardo that NECA has released has all us TMNT fanboys in an uproar! Click the thumb to see this masterpiece in a larger size. And don’t worry, I’ll certainly be posting more news on this line as it becomes available!
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MarvelousNews.com has posted their next exclusive podcast by the heads of Hasbro’s Marvel design team. This time around we find out some info about the rumored/leaked Hulk-centric series of Marvel Legends, whether the Iron-Man movie toys will be five or six inch scale, and what the heck happened to Astonishing X-Men Beast. Check it all out in the podcast.
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Hasbro recently released an eye-catching promotional image of an upcoming figure from their Marvel Legends line. The figure is Spiral, and she’s worthy of her own press release for a variety of reasons. Chief among these reasons - she has six arms and she’s a bit of a D-list character. This seems to be Hasbro’s way of trying to impart to the collector community that they are, indeed, trying to give us what we want. The figure itself is looking pretty good - not great - but good. She still suffers from Hasbro’s weird swivel-style knee joints and is painfully lacking bicep swivels in her (many) arms. But, we’ve come to understand that Hasbro is never going to hit the mark with articulation like ToyBiz/Marvel Toys did. What’s positive about these images is that the sculpt seems pretty detailed and it proves that Hasbro is willing to ‘think outside the box’, so to speak, with releasing some of Marvel Comics’ lesser known and less conventional looking characters. (Let’s just hope they’re not making her a BAF and each of those arms will be packaged separately… sigh…) Presumably, Spiral will be showing up in the fifth series of Marvel Legends. Let’s hope the actual release looks nearly as good as this promo image.
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We’ve whipped up something special for the upcoming holiday season - a nice Marvel Legends style Squirrel Girl custom! If you’re not familiar with SG and her cohorts in the Great Lakes Avengers (X-men/Champions/Initiative) then you’re missing out on Marvel comics most entertaining superhero team. No, seriously. This figure was actually created as an entry for The Comic Crypt’s super-awesome custom contest. Head over to that site to find out more about the contest and see other entires. As for Squirrel Girl, expand the post to see more pics and get more info. (more…)
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Man… Hasbro is not messin’ around with the 25th Anniversary GI Joe line. Torpedo? Rock & Roll? Armored Cobra Commander?! Oh yes! They recently released promo shots of the next set of Joes and Cobras to get done up in the 25th Anni superarticulated style, and those three fan favorites are the lucky winners! Check out ToyNewsI to see the pics.
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Ever wonder who this enigmatic character is who answers all of our questions regarding Mattel’s upcoming DC Universe lines every few weeks on various interwebz toy news sites? Well, thanks to the good people of The Fwoosh, we now have all those answers. Check out their interview with the ‘Toy Guru’ to find out all about Mattel’s Senior Brand Manager and see how he got the job that we all dream of!
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We’re kicking off a new section here at Superarticulated - Featured Customs. Basically, customizing action figures is the next logical extension of the hobby for hardcore collectors, and we’re going to endeavor to showcase the best work done by practitioners of this dark artform. Our first entry is a custom Marvel Legends style Blizzard figure - patterned after the classic C-list Iron-Man villain of Marvel comics fame (infamy?). Expand the post to see more pics of this top-notch one-of-a-kind figure (if I do say so myself). (more…)
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It’s that time again - Mattel is back to answer fans’ and collectors’ questions regarding the upcoming DC Comics lines of action figures. This time around the Mattel Toy Guru breaks down what DC characters are considered “A” list, or anchor figures for a series. They also detail Mattel’s plan for branded retail aisle space next year. Check out the Q&A’s at Kastor’s Korner and The Fwoosh to stay up to speed on all the awesomeness that will be the DCUC line in ‘08!
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NECA - a toy company that specializes in collectibles and movie figures - is working on a new line of old-school, comic-accurate, superarticulated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! We children of the 80s have been watching the development of this line with particular interest and the recent painted prototype of Leonardo that NECA has released has all us TMNT fanboys in an uproar! Click the thumb to see this masterpiece in a larger size. And don’t worry, I’ll certainly be posting more news on this line as it becomes available!
