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I finally managed to get all the Toy Fair
information together for the
article this month, so let's jump in with both
feet.
First up this month is DC Direct, which has a
boatload of stuff coming out
this year. There will be a second line of Hush
figures based on the Batman storyline of the same
name. This second series will have
Superman, Riddler, Nightwing, Catwoman and Harley
Quinn. These will be out in October. There will
also be a Justice League Satellite series of
figures that will start in November that will have
fan favorites Firestorm, Atom, Adam Strange and
Elongated Man. Last up will be a line of the
modern Teen Titans that will be out in September.
The big thing for those Star Wars fans out there
will be Hasbro releasing
Star Wars figures on vintage cards. The first
three figures will be Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke
Skywalker and Han Solo in the 3.75-inch line.
There will also be a Vintage 12-inch line that
will have Luke Skywalker, Stormtrooper and Boba
Fett. These will all be due out in fall.
Toycom is releasing a line of mini-figures based
on the anime Rurouni
Kenshin. There will be the wandering Samurai
Kenshin, Hiko, Sojiro, Aoshi and the vengeful Lord
Shishio. Look for these this month.
Starting this month, figures for the Spider-Man 2
movie are going to come
out. This month there will be Spin and Kick
Spidey, Battle Attack Spidey, and Doc Ock. In July
there will be a Cloth Coat Doc Ock, Spider Sense
Spidey and Scooter Spidey.
There will also be some limited support for the
Punisher movie. Other than
a figure from the Toy Biz Marvel Legends line,
there will be a 12-inch version of the movie
Punisher from Marvel Studios. He will have cloth
clothing and an arsenal of weapons that you can
pose him with. Look for the 12-inch Punisher
figure to be out this month.
Lord of the Rings is not going to be left out of
this article. With the
six-inch figures being on smaller cards there will
be a lot more of them to hit the pegs; even though
there is no new movie due out. There will be a
Birthday Bilbo for the Fellowship line, Aragorn
from The Two Towers and Shelob from Return of the
King all of which are due out in July. In October
there will be Isildur, Theodred and Denethor in
this series. Also out in July, there will be two
monsters due out. One is an Attack Troll and the
other will be a Fell Beast with an awesome 32-inch
wingspan and rider.
I would be remiss if I did not include some
Transformers: Energon toys in
my article. In what could be the biggest
Transformer to hit the stores since Unicron, Omega
Supreme will be hitting store shelves in the
Summer standing a whopping 16-inches tall. He will
also have the ability to combine with Optimus
Prime to make him stand even taller. There is also
the Transformers Alternators line that will be
coming this fall. This line will have Hound (A
Jeep 4x4), Silverstreak (Suburu Impreza) and
Tracks (Corvette).
That's about all for this month, if you have any
ideas for articles,
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