Marvelicious Toys

San Diego Comic-Con International may be over, but con season marches on, and in this issue of Marvelicious Toys, Arnie and Marjorie hit another con--Wizard World Chicago. Full of Marvel Comics talent, as well as dozens of toy and statue vendors, listen this issue as they report back from Wizard World 2011! And Justin, Arnie, and Marjorie also recap the events of San Diego Comic Con, covering news announcements by Lego, Capcom, and Funko, and review the SDCC exclusives they purchased. Also in this issue, the hosts run down all the latest store finds, including the Captain America movie line Wave 3 which contains 5 new figures but 8 new figures to buy! Plus new sightings of the modern Hasbro Sentinel, Thor movie figures Wave 4 including Sif, and some exciting toy markdowns to help collectors save money! Jerry joins us for another Timely Review completing his look back at translucent Marvel figures from Toy Biz, and Arnie and Marjorie review their first Bowen Designs purchase--M.O.D.O.K. So what are you waiting for, listen to this Giant Size edition of Marvelicious Toys!

San Diego Comic Con is the big toy, comic, and movie event of the year and Marvelicious Toys is there! Join Marjorie, Justin, and Arnie as they come to you from the San Diego Convention Center and bring you news and interviews from the convention! First, your Marvelicious hosts run down all the convention exclusives, from the nightmare that was the Hasbro Toy Shop line with their exclusive Marvel Legends Thor and Marvel Universe Sentinel, to the quickly sold out Kotobukiya Invisible Woman Bishoujo, to the blink-and-you-miss-it Gentle Giant Squirrelpool, plus new toys and shirts from Tokidoki, exclusive SWAG from the Captain America premiere and the Marvel Comics booth, and so much more. And also this week, we have a look at all the cool Marvel toys and collectibles coming down the pike! We talk to representatives from Gentle Giant, who displayed their new mini-busts, book ends, pencil holders, and statues, and we also talk to Kotobukiya about their upcoming Fine Art statues, including Archangel and Magneto, and also their new Bishoujo such as Mystique and X-23! And finally, we run down the other reveals! We broadcast the Hasbro Marvel panel live at marvelicioustoys.com, but if you missed it, we run down all the reveals in Marvel Legends and Marvel Universe. We also discuss the highlights in the booths from Hot Toys, Sideshow Collectibles, Diamond, Bowen, and so much more! With a report on the Ghost Rider - Spirit of Vengeance panel, the Amazing Spider-Man panel, the Captain America premiere, and more, it's on this issue of Marvelicious Toys!

It's truly a Marvelicious summer! Not only is X-Men First Class about to dominate theaters, but there are new Marvel toys everywhere! From Captain America: The First Avenger Wave 2 including Crossbones and Red Skull to new Marvel Universe including Cable (with and without Hope), Apocalypse, and First Appearance Wolverine, new comic packs, and so much more! Join Marjorie, Justin, and Arnie on the latest issue of Marvelicious Toys as we tell you where to find these figures and give you our hands-on reviews! Also this week, we run down the latest Sideshow statues for order, and have a contest where you can win the hard to find Giant Size X-Men #1 variant figure set and more it's in this issue of the Marvelicious Toys podcast!

If there are two things every Marvel Comics toy collector should know about Hot Toys they are that they are very cool, and that they seem to never ship when they say they will. But now after six months of waiting, Justin's Hot Toys Iron Man Mark VI 1/6 scale figure has arrived! With battle damaged armor accessories, LED features, and more posable as Natalie Portman's body double from Black Swan, was this figure worth the wait and the money? Justin reviews this Marvelicious new collectible in this podcast! Also on the show, thanks to our sponsor Backstage Toys we gave away a Marvel Select Juggernaut figure on our Twitter feed. Now hear Arnie, Marjorie, and Justin give a hands-on review of this hefty piece of plastic. And thanks to Backstage Toys we are giving away TWO more of these figures! Listen to find out how to enter to be one of the lucky winners! With new news on Captain America - The First Avenger figures, reports of the Apocalypse wave of Marvel Universe hitting stores, Diamond Select Mini Mates, and much more, it's all on this episode of the Marvelicious Toys podcast!

On this issue of Marvelicious Toys, the biggest topics are very small as we look at a couple different lines of Marvel Comics collectibles. First, Marjorie and Justin review the new Marvel Squinkies, blind-packaged figures from Iron Man to Wolverine to Magneto, in both regular and translucent versions! Then Justin reviews Series 37 of the Marvel Mini-Mates from Diamond, including Professor X, Warpath, The Lizard, and a 6-armed Spider-Man! And listen to find out how you can win a pack of Marvel Mini-Mates from Backstage Toys and Marvelicious Toys! Also this issue, we report on all the new figure variants hitting stores, Justin gives us hands-on reviews of the new Wal-Mart exclusive Marvel Universe Giant Figure packs and the next wave of Iron Man Armored Avenger 6-inch figures, we run down the latest on-line sales, and talk about the newly announced Spider-Man video game from Activision! Plus if that's not enough, this issue we're also giving away a Diamond Select Juggernaut figure! All this and more in the latest issue of Marvelicious Toys!

The most anticipated Marvel Comics based videogame in a long time has been unleashed--Marvel vs Capcom 3, the latest installment of Capcom's fighting game series featuring characters from Marvel Comics fighting each other as well as characters from such hit Capcom games as Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Devil May Cry, and others! The game released in February at the top of the videogame charts, and Arnie and Justin were two of the first in line! Does the game live up to the hype? Is it the best of the series? And who is better--Justin or Arnie? Listen to this week's Marvelicious Toys to find out! And in celebration of Marvel vs Capcom 3, Jerry joins us for another Timely Review looking back at the older Toy Biz Marvel vs Capcom and X-Men vs Street Fighter action figures. He tells you how well they hold up, and if they held their value! Also this week, while the new line of Iron Man Armored Avenger action figures have yet to hit pegs, cases have been shipping from online retailers. Arnie and Marjorie got a case and review all 11 new Iron Man, War Machine, and Battle Drone figures for you. And in conjuction with Now Playing podcast's new Marvel Comic Movie Retrospective Series, Arnie looks back on an odd duck of a collectible--the 1986 novelization of the first Marvel Comics based theatrical film--Howard the Duck. Listen to Arnie's book review, then head to nowplayingpodcast.com to hear an in-depth review of the film! With your voicemails, reports of markdowns of older Iron Man figures, a new Kotobukiya Fine Art statue, and more, it's all in the new podcast of Marvelicious Toys! And remember, they're not just toys, they're Marvelicious!

When it comes to Marvel in the mainstream news media, X-Men, Thor, and Captain America are all second-tier entertainment stories. Today's Marvel news is dominated by one multimedia production only--the Broadway show Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. With songs by U2's Bono and The Edge and produced by The Lion King's Julie Taymor, this show has been maligned by theater critics and safety professionals alike. But how will Spider-Fans take the show? Is it worth racing to New York to experience before the Dark is turned off for good? Join Marjorie, Arnie, and guest host Stuart joining us from Now Playing, the movie review podcast. The three went to a preview showing of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and are here to give you an unvarnished opinion of the show. Also this week, Justin reviews the two new Deluxe Thor figures! So turn off the Dark and turn up the volume for this issue of Marvelicious Toys!

In our last Marvelicious issue we brought you all the Hasbro action figure news from Toy Fair New York, but there is so much more in store! Tune into this issue to find out about the other Marvel collectibles coming out in 2011 from makers like Diamond, Funko, Comic Images, and more, including an in-depth interview with Kotobukiya about their Fine Art and Bishoujo Statues! Also in this issue Marjorie and Arnie review several high end items they saw in high end Manhattan comic stores, Justin reviews the latest wave of Iron Man 6-inch figures including the new Titanium Man and Hulkbuster Iron Man, we tell you where Thor is hitting pegs, and more, all on this podcast of Marvelicious Toys!

Every year in New York City, toy manufacturers and retailers plan the toys to be shipped and sold over the next year in an event called Toy Fair! Marvelicious Toys' reporters Marjorie and Arnie are on-hand in New York, and they join Justin to talk about all the new Marvel Toys coming from Hasbro! From the Thor - The Mighty Avenger to Iron Man - The Armored Avenger to Captain America - The First Avenger, get reports and reviews from this first look at the toys! Plus information on Superhero Squad, Transformer Crossovers, Marvel Universe figures, Marvel Legends figures, and much, much more, it's all in the latest issue of Marvelicious Toys! Listen now, and head to MarveliciousToys.com to see images of the product that will have you hunting stores throughout 2011!