Wow, some huge reveals in the past twenty four hours. I skipped Happy Hour last night due to it being my 14th wedding anniversary. That’s right, sorry ladies, Robo is happily hitched! We spent the night romantically sitting around the TV and watching our first three episodes of Game of Thrones. Yeah, smooth, I know how to impress a woman. But it was her idea so maybe she was the one doing the impressing? Either way it’ll cost me money in the long run because now I absolutely have to get me some GoT Legacy figures. But enough about my married life, it’s Happy Hour!
Today Yahoo revealed a poster revealing the figures from the Guardians of the Galaxy Legends Infinite Series!
Are you kidding me, Hasbro? A whole team right off the bat? YES! Anyone who reads this column knows I am unhealthily excited for this movie, and to be able to complete the whole group in one fell swoop has me giddy.
Is it just me or do these look like factory pieces? Well, maybe not Groot but the rest do. The shiny, production finish, the Hasbro style eyes. Sure, Gamora and Peter’s heads don’t scream likeness to the actors but I can look at them and know who they are. Rocket is missing articulation below the waist but really, it was expected with his twig-like legs. Groot is perfect. And then Drax, well, it’s not the one I know and love and his sips may not be posed correctly, but damn if I don’t want two.
The article on Yahoo states that two more characters will be revealed Saturday at the Hasbro presentation. Going by a leaked list from a while back we’re fairly sure these are Iron Man and Nova. And then of course Groot is the BAF. But what about the digital sculpt of the comic inspired masked Starlord using the AIM soldier body we saw at SDCC last year? Could there be swaps? Can we get a comic Gamora and a better Drax than the shrimpy one we already have? And if it is movie Nova, how about an Annihilation version? Or if it’s Iron Man, how about a Mark7 to make our Avengers display truly complete? So many possibilities.
And to get you really psyched, check out the gifs Pabs posted in last night’s Morning Rush. If a gunslinging raccoon in a living tree doesn’t get your blood pumping, nothing will.
Looks like DC Collectibles just decided to hell with it, we’re throwing a lot of stuff out there for everyone to see!
First off, check out more figures from the Greg Capullo Designer Series:
The Infinite Crisis Series:
New 52:
Li’l Gotham. They are so cute!
4″ Wood Figures?
Son of Batman:
Finally, the unexpected gem, The New Batman Adventures!
If you prefer moving pictures, DCC has posted some of these in video form with turn arounds and some of the statues I didn’t feature above.
Diamond Select let MTV reveal their Marvel Select Captain America: The Winter Soldier Captain America!
The articles says that Falcon will be shown later, probably this weekend? And both are due to be released close to the movie’s premiere date on April 4th.
And then there’s this…
Hasbro… MAKE THIS!
All right, that’s it – Happy Hour is over!
