Well, Toyfair's come and gone, and the companies have had time to release their official images now. Let's take a look and see the new merchandise we have to look forward to, this week in geek!
Quarter Scale Superman
In the past few years, we've had a few different Christopher Reeve Superman figures, but most have been lacking in terms of likeness and paint work- to this point, only Hot Toys has attained universal praise. NECA though unveiled this surprise at Toyfair- a quarter scale (18") figure of Christopher Reeve as Superman, complete with cloth cape. The likeness is spot-on, and while cloth has been a hinderance on some past DC figures, NECA made it work on their Adam West Batman, so this is a figure to look out for.
Mattel DC Reveals
Speaking of Adam West, completist collectors will be swimming with him if they want the newest releases from Mattel.. Mattel is reissuing its Batman 66 figure line, with no changes or additions. To add insult to injury, there will be one new figure- an Yvonne Craig Batgirl, in a three-pack with the already-released Batman and Robin. These figures also show up in a new rerelease of the 1966 Batmobile playset. The only other item of much note is yet another Adam West Batman- this time with a 'To the Batcave' playset, which consists of several pieces of environment, and an interchangeable Bruce Wayne head.
Hasbro's Ant Man
Hasbro debuted its toy plans for upcoming Marvel movie Ant Man at Toyfair, and some of them look pretty cool. Appropriately enough, the size-changing hero is being released in 3 3/4", 6", and 12" sizes, with perhaps the most playable being the 3 3/4" version. The figure is fairly standard in itself- but the 3 3/4" version comes packed with a large winged ant he can ride!
Samurai Darth Vader
Bluefin almost never has any real 'debuts' for Toyfair, but this has to be one of the biggest surprises we've seen there. Hasbro is allowing Bluefin to distribute Bandai's 'Movie Realization' Star Wars figures. These are very nice original designs that reinterpret Darth Vader and Stormtrooper armors into traditional Samurai armor.
NECA Ultimate T-800
After testing the waters for reissues with its Ultimate Freddy, NECA revealed at Toyfair this Ultimate release of its Terminator 2 T-800. This fixes what most fans found the biggest issue on the Terminator line- its lack of articulation in the figures.
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