HASCON 2017 Exclusives!!

MUReview and our litlbuddies at litlgeeks are heading to HASCON 2017! (the first of it’s name…sorry, watched Game of Thrones last night).  What better way to celebrate, then to talk about the awesome exclusives that will be available to HASCON attendees! 

MARVEL LEGENDS SERIES 6-INCH UNCANNY X-FORCE DEADPOOL Figure 

(Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $19.99/Available at HASCon)

Join the infamous Merc with a Mouth on his next katana-wielding mission with this comic-inspired DEADPOOL Figure from the MARVEL LEGENDS SERIES! Showcasing his alternate UNCANNY X-FORCE outfit and outfitted with iconic accessories including two katana swords, a rocket launcher, three blasters, taco and alternate head, this collector grade DEADPOOL figure also features premium articulation and deco. MARVEL LEGENDS SERIES 6-INCH UNCANNY X-FORCE DEADPOOL Figure will be for sale during HasCon 2017. Following the convention, a limited number will be available on HasbroToyShop.com.

 

 

STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES 6-INCH CLONE CAPTAIN REX Figure 

(Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $24.99/Available at HASCON)

Pledge loyalty to the Republic and head into battle with the revered 6-inch CLONE CAPTAIN REX Figure from the STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES line! Featuring customized armor decos with distinctive blue markings inspired by the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series, this collector grade figure includes 28 points of articulation, four blasters, premium packaging, and a removable helmet revealing this fan-favorite character’s incredibly sculpted face. Rescues, droid attacks, and the most exciting missions from a galaxy far, far, away are brought to life with this authentic figure. STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES 6-INCH CLONE CAPTAIN REX Figure will be for sale during HASCON 2017. Following the convention, a limited number will be available on HasbroToyShop.com.

 

TRANSFORMERS OPTIMUS PRIME CONVERTING POWER BANK 

(Ages 14 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $49.99/Available at HASCON)

Fate rarely calls upon us at the time of our choosing. When it does, the Hasbro TRANSFORMERS OPTIMUS PRIME CONVERTING POWER BANK figure will help you be ready and powered up with the spark of a Prime! This special edition power bank converts between robot and charger modes in 16 steps and comes with a blue-Energon LED Light-up sword accessory, mobile phone stand and a Micro USB/USB charging cable. Compatible with most devices the TRANSFORMERS OPTIMUS PRIME CONVERTING POWER BANK figure supports 6500mAh of battery power so you can roll out without worry.

 

TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS TITANS RETURN ARCEE SPECIAL EDITION SET 

(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $24.99/Available at HASCON)

The Hasbro TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS TITANS RETURN ARCEE SET lets you harness the power of not 1 Titan Master, but 2! Featuring a G1-inspired Titans Return Deluxe Class Arcee figure with Titan Master and a special edition Titan Master Ultra Magnus figure with die-cast parts. The set also includes 2 blaster accessories, 2 collector cards and special edition TRANSFORMERS packaging and custom art for the ultimate play-at-home experience. The Titan Master figures become the head of Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader Class Titans Return figures (each sold separately). 

HASCON Exclusive Products Include:

  • MY LITTLE PONY BOX ($19.99 USD)
  • TRANSFORMERS Optimus Prime Converting Power Bank ($49.99 USD)
  • Dungeons & Dragons My Little Pony Dice Tin ($20.00 USD)

Multi-Convention Exclusive Products Available at HASCON Include:

  • Marvel Legends Series 6-Inch UNCANNY X-Force Deadpool Figure ($19.99 USD)
  • The 2017 MAGIC: The Gathering HASCON Collection ($29.99 USD):

HASCON guests will also have the opportunity to purchase a new early release TRANSFORMERS Generations Titans Return Arcee Special Edition Set and Star Wars: The Black Series 6-Inch Clone Captain REX Figure, which will be available for purchase for the first time at HASCON before landing at other major retailers

Marvel Legends Doctor Strange and Astral Doctor Strange 2-Pack

Marvel Legends Doctor Strange and Astral Doctor Strange 2-Pack

Star-Lord & Yondu | Dr. Strange & Dr. Strange | Spider-Man & Vulture

Marvel Legends Doctor Strange and Astral Doctor Strange 2-Pack

In the grand scheme of things, why would you ever want one Doctor Strange when you can have two?  I’d suggest two would always be better.  So, why wouldn’t Hasbro offer a 2-pack featuring two Doctor Strange figures?  One Movie Regular, and One Astral.  It just makes sense, to me at least.  On store shelves now, you can find this awesome 2-pack, I like it.  Let me tell you why.  

Doctor Strange | Astral Doctor Strange The Rest | Availability Family Photos

Doctor Strange

The Good

  • The face looks great, the sculpt is exceptionally well done in this scale.  You definitely see a little bit of Benedict here.
  • The sculpting and detail on the Doctor’s shirt, buckles and pants is beautiful and well executed.  Highly detailed and all textured.
  • Coloring is movie perfect, highly accurate.  
  • Cape, like it’s 6 inch cousin is very well detailed, sculpted lines and all.  It flows very nicely for a static piece of plastic.  
  • Painted on eye of Agamotto looks great.  I’ve reviewed a lot of Doctor Strange figures, and I’m very good at spelling Agamotto now.

The Bad

  • I’d love it if Hasbro shrunk down the magic effects from the 6 inch line and included it here.

Astral Doctor Strange

The Good

  • The astral plane visage of the good doctor is well captured here in plastic.
  • Sculpt detail is the same as the standard Strange from head sculpt to toes and he looks great because of it.  
  • I’m a fan of translucent figures, they just look so freaking cool, this one is even a little sparkly.  

The Bad

  • Photographing translucent figures is really freakin’ hard.

The Rest

The second in our series of movie packs from 2017, the Doctor Strange pack does the film character and actor justice twice over.  This should make for good diorama / action scenes for Doc Strange fans the world over.   Apart from the no magic effect accessories, the biggest downer about this pack is mainly the other fantastic characters in the movie that aren’t available as 3017 3.75 inch figures.  The same can be said of the Guardians and Spider-Man pack as well.  Look at me…wishing for more movie figures?  Not something I thought I’d ever do, but these are fantastic figures and they should have more friends.

Availability

Available now wherever you hunt toys, but the easy grab is for under $20 at Amazon, and you can click here to grab it.

Family Photos!

 

Marvel Legends Star-Lord and Yondu 2-Pack

Marvel Legends Star-Lord and Yondu 2-Pack

Star-Lord & Yondu | Dr. Strange & Dr. Strange | Spider-Man & Vulture

Marvel Legends Star-Lord and Yondu 2-Pack

Hasbro first announced their 3.75″ roster of 2-packs at the 2017 New York Toy Fair.  We had a look at comic Shocker and Spidey earlier in the year.  Now, thanks to the magic of movies, we are going to dive into 3 more 2-packs, starting here with Star-Lord and Yondu.  The 2-pack features the characters in their Guardians of the Galaxy 2 decos.  If you haven’t seen the movie yet…be warned there are spoilers below and in the images.  

Star-Lord | Yondu The Rest | Availability Family Photos

Star-Lord

The Good

  • Star-Lord is well captured in his waist coat with mask, solid design and movie accurate.
  • Detail on his mask is very good, sculpt shows an exceptional amount of detail and paint is spot on.
  • Star-Lord comes with his blasters, and it is beyond words that I appreciate he has “holsters” for them in the form of hanging pegs on his legs, they stay on there very well.
  • Good leg and arm articulation for Star-Lord, ankle rockers, ball and socket hips. 
  • He looks movie “dashing” in figure form. Well done!
  • Jacket is packed with sculpting detail, amazing tiny lines everywhere.

The Bad

  • Jacket makes him look a little top heavy / bulkier than I’d like.
  • No unmasked head included.

Yondu

The Good

  • That grin!  Yondu’s smile is perfectly captured.  The folks at Hasbro have taken Michael Rooker and made him 4 inches tall.  Perfect face sculpt here.PERFECT!
  • The blue skin is the exact right color.  
  • Yondu is designed in such a way that his iconic coat pull back pose is easy to achieve, it’s almost the default pose give or take an arm shift.
  • Yondu features his larger sized “enhanced” fin, it is well sculpted and detailed, tons of visible tiny lines.
  • Like Star-Lord, Yondu has an incredibly detailed and textured jacket / outfit.

The Bad

  • Yondu has a holster for his arrow, but doesn’t have his arrow. 

 

The Rest

Hasbro is heavily supporting Marvel movies in 2017, Guardians 2, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, DEADPOOL (Rainbow Deadpool 5 pack), Thor Ragnarok (Enchantress, Executioner, Thor, Hulk).  Folks are pretty vocal about limited offerings in the 3.75″ scale in 2017, but when you look at that roster, adding in the Spider-Man Amazon box set, Wave 1 of 3.75 with Moon Knight, the coming wave 2 featuring Age of Apocalypse Magneto, we are up over 30 3.75″ scale figures.  I don’t have more than 10 fingers, so counting above that is pretty hard for me, but I think including comic and movie line figures last year, as well as the SDCC exclusive last year, we aren’t that far off in 2017 than 2016, a handful less maybe.  I’m hoping the above fuzzy math helps some folks back away from the ledge.  3.75 is still getting a solid amount of attention, I think we are gonna be ok.  What was I talking about? Yondu and Star-Lord!  Right, great two-pack, pick it up!  Last warning before spoilers in photos.

Availability

Yondu and Star-Lord are available now from Amazon for less than $20.  Go grab em!

 

Family Photos!

 

Marvel Legends 12-Inch Group Shots

Marvel Legends 12-Inch Group Shots

Captain America | Spider-ManIron Man | Deadpool | Group Shots

If you’ve read the reviews leading up to this post (linked above), you’ll note my revelations regarding Hasbro’s Marvel Legend 12-inch figures.  I’ll sum them up for you here.

I stayed away from Marvel Legends 12-inch to this point for really just one reason, space.  I am still having a hard time finding the right home for them, but I do have some ideas.  These are very large figures, and while that is part of what makes them astonishing and beautiful, it is also a challenge for apartment dwellers and small home owners.  If it’s the only line you collect, you should be fine, but so, so many of us have shelves lined with 3.75-inch figures, 6-inch figures, maybe a statue here and there.  It’s by no means a deal breaker, but you need to understand that there is an investment in space as much as financially.  

That said, after shooting these figures, and now living with them for a week or so, I can’t be happier to have them.  As action figures go, these are incredibly detailed, highly articulated, and just so substantial.  If you spend 10 minutes holding one of these 12-inch figures, and then pick up a Legends 6-inch figure, the difference is staggering.  Sheer mass, level of detail, I’m having a hard time putting this into words, so I’ll just stop talking and show you pictures in a second.  

The bottom line is, Marvel Legends 12-inch has arrived and it’s worth your time, your money, and your space to check out at least one of these beautiful figures.  For the pictures below, I implore you to click the first image and scroll through to the right one at a time.  The first 10 pictures tell a story that I had a lot of fun creating for you.  I hope it makes you laugh, it still makes me laugh.

 

Marvel Legends 12-Inch Deadpool

Marvel Legends 12-Inch Deadpool

Captain America | Spider-ManIron Man | Deadpool | Group Shots

Marvel Legends 12-Inch Deadpool
What time is it?! It’s Deadpool time!!!  Arguably the hottest Marvel character out right now, thanks to Ryan Reynolds spot on portrayal of the foul mouthed melty faced icon.  Hasbro has given Deadpool a lot of love and attention in 3.75-inch, 6-inch, and now 12-inch lines.  The 12-inch figure we are talking about today though, runaway, the best Deadpool figure I’ve ever owned, definitely my favorite of the 12-inch line so far.  I have truly saved the best for last, but, why is he the best?

The Good

  • Headpool is included…not sure if you thought I was going to start with anything else…but Headpool is included, and he comes with a stand! And his propeller spins!  And his Jaw is articulated!
  • Headpool is included!
  • Half mask / damage masked head looks perfect, nasty in all the right places, the rips look very real.
  • Katanas are holstered perfectly and allow for reach / grip poses.
  • 2 sets of additional hands are included, one of those hands is molded specifically to hold…
  • Deadpool comes with a 12-inch scale burrito.  Let that sink in.
  • Deadpool is closer in articulation to Spider-Man than Iron Man / Captain America, he features the added butterfly shoulder joints and he’s definitely more acrobatic for it.
  • He comes with two cool little knives that can be sheathed on his harness.  I appreciate sheathing and holstering beyond words.  
  • Guns fit very well in his gun grip hands.
  • Another big figure that feels substantial, posing is deliberate and joints are good and tight.

The Bad

  • I wish he came with a fully unmasked head.
  • I wish his hip holstered guns were whole guns that could be held, I didn’t force it too hard because I didn’t want to break anything, but I’m more than certain that they are just half guns and only there for decoration.

The rest

If you can only ever get one Marvel Legends 12-inch figure AND, you like Deadpool even a little bit.  You owe it to yourself to make this your one 12-Inch Legends figure.  If you’ve read all of the above and didn’t already come to this conclusion on your own, I will remind you.  He comes with a burrito.  That’s it…what are you still doing here?  Click the link below and buy him.  Still…still here?  Fine.  Deadpool is phenomenal, a credit to the art of figure making.  The downsides I have listed are barely even a wish list.  The figure is really everything someone could want in a Deadpool.  This figure is so fantastic, Hasbro is making two more just like him. An X-Force deco and a Weapon X deco, and you know what, when I get a chance to review those, I’ll probably tell you that you want them too.  So then, if you can only buy one Marvel Legends 12-Inch figure, you’ll need to buy all three Deadpools.  I don’t know, math is very hard for me these days.  I blame common core…Just go buy Deadpool.

Availability

I went over to Scotland.  Visited Loch Ness.  The Loch Ness Monster popped his head out.  You know what he asked me?  He asked me…”Ya got $36.50?!”.  Turns out, I just spent it all on Deadpool at Amazon, had to tell him know, haven’t seen  him since.

The Pictures