Stupid Fwoosh and their stupid access to not-yet-available figures! I wasn’t jealous about their early look at the HML Fin Fang Foom series because, well, those figures are lame. But this Savage Land box set is actually pretty nice. Not perfect by any stretch, but nice. Shanna’s face sculpt is *gasp* attractive! And articulation notwithstanding, that body looks, well, pretty good. Kazar is alright. I wish that they’d worked out the fabric folds in that body before they reused it. But whatever. They’re not THAT noticeable. I guess… Zabu is hit or miss. I like that sigma 6 tiger. I’m just not sure I like it with Marvel Legends. All told, this is one Hasbro Marvel Legends offering that I’m definitely going to try to get my hands on.
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The boys over at TheFwoosh got their hands on an early box set of the Hasbro Marvel Legends Hulk Series w/ the Fin Fang Foom BAF that will be sold in a limited quantity at SDCC next month. There’s nothing different in this set than what you’ll find at retail for this series (which is already showing up at TRUs all across the country), so the pics at TheFwoosh will show you what’s coming.
I have to admit. I’m not really at all excited for any of these figs. The 14.99 price tag turned me off initially, but I still figured I’d pick up Wendigo and maybe Doc Samson and that Hulk: The End figure looked pretty neat. Now that I’m seeing good pics of the “in hand” figures, I’m thinking this wave will be an entire pass for me. Too much shiny unpainted plastic and obnoxious swivel joints going on. Just not worth the price in my opinion. But to each his own!
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I got my TheFwoosh.com exclusive Seventh Kingdom Anitherian Nine Four Horsemen red elephant the Club of Thraugnn in the mail yesterday. Pics are now abounding in the indie section.
I also picked up a trio of what may well be my favorite action figures of all time this week! They’re the first assortment of Final Fantasy VII Game Edition figures from Play Arts… and man alive am I lovin’ these toys! Click over to the indie section to my gushing, nonsensical review.
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The 2008 Joe Con is happening in Dallas this weekend, and Hisstank.com has been providing dutiful coverage of everything Hasbro has shown so far. So far, I’m really digging what Hasbro has had to show. The specs of Dusty and the Paraviper are awesome and Quick Kick looks really good too. And I’m also digging those “extreme conditions” 7-packs. Overall, the 25th Anniversary line isn’t perfect, but I do like the direction its headed in. I just hope I’ll actually be able to afford all this new stuff in the coming year…
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MarvelousNews has some new packaged pics of the upcoming Marvel Legends 2-packs from Hasbro. The first assortment will be Forge and Wolverine, Elektra and Ronin, and Ultimate Captain America and Nick Fury. While they’re not perfect, I’m liking these sets. I’m not a big fan of swappable hands and heads on action figures, but at this point I’d far prefer accessories like these to a crappy BAF part. If Hasbro were to do away with the numbered BAF series releases altogether and just put out these two packs, I think I’d be okay with that. I’d still like to see some paint detail though!
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