Toy Fair 2004 Pics
Check out these pics from the New York City and London Toy Fairs.� Click on the images for larger pictures (where available).
Good News for Fans of DC Direct
DC Direct's JLA line will add
long-anticipated figures
for Firestorm, the Atom, and Elongated Man:
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And a DC Direct Adam Strange!
DCD will also launch a new Teen Titans line,
starting with
another long-anticipated figure � Deathstroke the Terminator!
Other figures (shown here) include Wonder Girl, Robin,
and Blackfire.
In addition to the already-announced figures for Wave
1
(Batman, Captain Marvel Wonder Woman, and the Flash),
DCD announced the line-up for Wave 2 of their
"Famous First Appearances" figures.
Wave 2 figures include:
Robin, Green Lantern, Superman, and
Hawkman (!)
"Reign of the Supermen":
Superboy, Eradicator, Black-Suited Superman,
and Steel
Superman Pocket Heroes:
Steel, Supes, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and
Jimmy Olsen
TV Teen Titans!!! maquettes:
More DC animated maquettes,
including a Fleisher-style Superman and Lois:
Marvel Legends Madness
Not separated into waves, here are glimpses
at the 2004 Marvel Legends figures.
A Classic (Johnny Blaze) Ghost Rider starts us
off,
along with the shambling monster known as the Man-Thing.
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This year's X-Men figures include:
Classic Wolverine (in the brown suit) and Logan as Weapon
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Jean Grey as Phoenix
(with a variant Dark Phoenix in the background):
Storm and Iceman:
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Merc-with-a-mouth Deadpool � packaged with X-Statix's Doop!
X-baddies Apocalypse and Juggernaut:
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Flash back to the ' 90s with these two Cable figures:
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Marvel movie stars!� Thomas Jane as the
Punisher
(from the upcoming movie) and a Marvel Comics Dr. Octopus
(just in time for Alfred Molina to play him in Spider-Man 2):
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Our first modern Iron Man figure in recent
years � wearing
the current suit of armor designed by Oscar Jimenez � and a
blast from the past, the red-and-silver "Armor Wars" suit.
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More Avengers figures!
Hawkeye, the Vision, and Black Widow are coming
later this year.
Plus Ultimate Captain America:
New Incredible Hulk figures include (the super nicely
packaged)
Gamma Punch Hulk, the Absorbing Man, "War Hulk,"
and Mecha-Hulk:
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And two supercool boxed sets to round out our Toy Fair 2004 preview:
The Fantastic Four boxed set includes three
exclusive figures
(Invisible Woman, Franklin Richards, and H.E.R.B.I.E.) plus new
versions of the Human Torch, Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, and Dr. Doom:
And Spider-Man tackles an unusual incarnation
of the Sinister Six
(Dr. Octopus, Venom, Kraven, Electro,
Green Goblin,
and the Black Cat) in this all-new boxed set:
We apologize for the lack of proper attribution on these photos, but they came to us virally through e-mail.� A big thanks to our friends at The State newspaper, who made sure they reached us.