Marvel

Web Climbing Spidey from Spider-Man 2

August 1, 2011
Web Climbing Spidey from Spider-Man 2

One of the action figure previews to generate a major buzz and lengthy blog posts all over the Internet during the recent San Diego Comic-Con was the all new Hasbro Spider-Man with sparkly metallic finishes. It will be released to coincide with the 2012 reboot of the Spider-Man movie franchise – The Amazing Spider-Man – [...]

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Chris Evans as Captain America by Hot Toys!

June 24, 2011
Captain America 12-inch Figure - Captain America: The First Avenger

Well, it looks like Hot Toys and Sideshow Collectibles have done it again folks…just when you thought their movie likenesses couldn’t get any better, they have upped the ante once more with a brand new and highly collectible Captain America 12-inch action figure specially crafted on the image of Chris Evans as he appears in [...]

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Secret Wars: Spider-Man

March 29, 2011
Secret Wars: Spider-Man

Whilst Super Powers will probably remain my first choice as winners in the great superheroes action figure stand-off during the mid 1980s, when the mighty Mattel joined forces with Marvel to produce the Secret Wars line in direct competition with the DC Comics branded Kenner Super Powers product, I have to admit that I’m growing [...]

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Secret Wars: Falcon

February 11, 2011
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Falcon

One of my favourite action figures from the vintage Mattel’s Secret Wars 4 ½ inch series featuring superheroes from the Marvel Universe is, without a doubt, the Falcon. He may not have actually featured in Marvel’s tie-in Secret Wars limited series of comics, but fans seem more than happy to overlook that detail when faced [...]

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Secret Wars: Captain America

January 31, 2011
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Captain America

2011 looks set to be another great year for superhero action movies – Thor, Green Lantern, yet more in the X-Men and Transformers sagas, and the hotly awaited Captain America: The First Avenger, starring Chris Evans (no stranger to Lycra after his turns as Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four films) will all be hitting [...]

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The Lizard: Mego and the World’s Greatest Super Heroes…and Villains!

September 19, 2010
The Lizard by Mego and the World's Greatest Super Heroes

The World’s Greatest Super Heroes was the line that made Mego’s name, kicking off with the most famous characters from DC Comics and then moving into the Marvel Universe with a plethora of new heroes appearing from 1975 onwards such as Captain America, the Hulk and Spider-Man. A line of good guys only would have [...]

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Vintage 1991 X-Men action figures by Toy Biz

November 7, 2009
Early X-Men action figures by Toy Biz

I recently picked up an old X-Men Marvel comic in a second hand store – in fact, it wasn’t just any old issue, but #1 from October 1991, when they were relaunched as simply “X-Men” (rather than “Uncanny X-Men”) with pencilling and story by the much admired comic book artist Jim Lee. This is the [...]

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