Marvelicious Toys

Issue 30: Toys of Future Past Annual 2011

It truly has been a great year to be a Marvel collector. With Marvel dominating the movie theaters with X-Men, Captain America, and Thor, plus a slew of video games, action figures, and new high end collectibles, fans of all aspects of the Marvel characters could surely find an item to buy and love. On this issue of Marvelicious Toys, Justin, Marjorie, and Arnie are joined by Timely Review host Jerry and Marvelicious Toys Podcast Enhancer Berent to look back at 2011. From Thor figures breaking street date to Iron Man: The Armored Avengers figures never seen, from Hot Toys Iron Man to Bowen Designs MODOK, it's all covered here in our 2011 Year in Review show! Plus we continue the debate started in Star Wars Action News Episode 325 -- are 12-inch figures dolls? Listen to the show then come give us your thoughts in the Fantastic Forum Poll!

Issue 29: Shocking New Finds

The holidays are in full swing, and the stores are mobbed with people who ignore the Great Recession and make toy runs more difficult than ever. So, of course, now's the time for new variants in the Marvel Universe series! With a Wal-Mart exclusive Gift Pack of figures, not one but TWO new versions of the Marvel Universe Electro found at Wal-Marts, and some brightly painted Thor and Captain America figures showing up at Family Dollar stores, Marjorie, Arnie, and Justin run down all the revised figures in this issue of the Marvelicious Toys podcast! Also on this show, find out where to get the entire set of 2012's Marvel Legends figures, the hosts review the Quicksilver and Wonderman comic pack and the Bullseye and Daredevil comic pack, four new Hot Toys Marvel figure announcements are recapped, and so much more! So cuddle up in your Spider-Man snuggie and kick back for this issue of the Marvelicious Toys podcast!

Issue 27: Marvelicious Toys' One-Year Birthday Bash!

It's Marvelicious Toys' one-year anniversary, and to celebrate your hosts Arnie, Marjorie, and Justin have an issue jammed with news, reviews, and prizes donated from BackstageToys.com, Gentle Giant, and Kotobukiya! Listen to win some truly Marvelicious items! Also this week, with only revision waves of Marvel Universe figures hitting stores right now, Marvelicious Toys podcast hosts head to other avenues to get their Marvel collecting fix. On this issue, Justin reports in from a Kansas City toy run where some Toy Biz Marvel Legends bargains were found, Marjorie discusses the holiday gift items already hitting the seasonal section of your local stores, and Arnie reviews Wave 4 of the Thor movie figures he ordered from Entertainment Earth! With Jerry providing a Timely Review of trading cards, and a review of the video game Spider-Man: Edge of Time, it's all on this issue of the Marvelicious Toys podcast!

Issue 23: From Hero to Zero

Have you ever thought cosplay was fun but there just weren't enough occasions to dress up like your favorite superhero like Wolverine or Iron Man? Canadian company UD Replicas is here to fix that with motorcycle suits that will allow you wear the clothes of Marvel (and DC and Star Wars) superheroes while riding your bike! Is this line good for comic fans? Bikers? Leather fetishists? Who knows, but with few new figures hitting pegs, Marjorie, Arnie, and Justin take some time in our latest issue to muse over all the possibilities of these costumes. Also in this issue, we do discuss the latest clearance finds of Marvel toys, as well as where the latest waves of figures are just starting to show up. With listener voice mails, a life-sized Iron Man bust, a birthday surprise, and more, it's all in this issue of the Marvelicious Toys podcast!

Issue 22: Will the Real Wolverine Please Stand Up?

Much like Marvel comics themselves, this issue of Marvelicious Toys is just a hair behind schedule, but it's ready now and jam-packed with Marvel collecting goodness! Listen in this episode as Arnie, Marjorie, and Justin review the latest slew of action figures found, including the Marvel Universe 3-Packs of X-Force, The Avengers, and The Fantastic Four, as well as several of those non-canonical Spider-Man figures. Perhaps you heard Hot Toys announcement about the bootleg Wolverine figure that has been found on eBay. Also in this issue, the Marvelicious hosts share their account determining if Marjorie's Wolverine was the real deal, and how you can tell as well. With news on Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, more variant figures coming down the pike, news on which retailer has hard to find exclusives cheap, and the sexy Women of Marvel calendar, it's all in this issue of Marvelicious Toys!

Issue 21: Mental Organism Designed Only for Kollecting

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!

Issue 20: San Diego Comic Con Frenzy

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!

Issue 16: Fantastic figure Finds

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!

Issue 14: Iron Man - Hot Toy Avenger

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!

Issue 13: Mini Marvel Madness

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!