Hasbro’s Comic-Con breakfast has arrived, and with it, a plethora of new toys to gawp at. The company has unveiled some brand new figures in both its Marvel and Transformers lines, while they’re all pretty smashing, the best news of all is that the fabulous Spider-Gwen is getting her own toy!
First up is the reveal of an awesome Transformers toys: A veritable swathe of new entries in their Combiner Wars line based on the recent comic-book arc. The most notable one is the recently unveiled Victarion, the gigantic new female Combiner the company are introducingfor the first time in the upcoming comics:
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— ActionFigurePics.com (@ActionFigPics) July 9, 2015
Also on hand was a new G2 version of Superion, looking equally resplendent:
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— ActionFigurePics.com (@ActionFigPics) July 9, 2015
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— ActionFigurePics.com (@ActionFigPics) July 9, 2015
But it wasn’t just combining Transformers that hogged the limelight—the company unveiled its next wave of 6”-scaled Marvel Legends Infinite series, which will have a Spider-Man theme. The line, due for release in early 2016, features the following characters:
Venom
Speed Demon
Spider Gwen
Beetle (Janice Lincoln)
Jack O’Lantern
Sensational Spider-Man (Ben Reilly)
And if you collect all six, you’ll get the parts to build a special Absorbing Man Build-A-Figure. But seriously, you’re here to see the lovely pictures—including the Spectacular Spider-Gwen!
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— ActionFigurePics.com (@ActionFigPics) July 9, 2015
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— ActionFigurePics.com (@ActionFigPics) July 9, 2015
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— ActionFigurePics.com (@ActionFigPics) July 9, 2015
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— ActionFigurePics.com (@ActionFigPics) July 9, 2015
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— ActionFigurePics.com (@ActionFigPics) July 9, 2015
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— ActionFigurePics.com (@ActionFigPics) July 9, 2015
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— ActionFigurePics.com (@ActionFigPics) July 9, 2015
Good lord, can these come out now? My wallet is aching already.
We’ll have more on all the lovely new toys coming out of Comic-Con as the show progresses.
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