Marvel Universe
Jerry Jivoin, Brand Manager
Joshua Lamb, Design Director
David Vonner, Senior Designer
I’m trying to get this up quickly, so without any embellishing, here’s the dry facts.
If Marvel Universe began with a “Big Bang” in 2009, then 2010 will be all about expanding the universe. The Fury Files have become the Hammer Files and all the art for this year will be from long time Marvel artist Mike Deodato.
Numbering starts over with Series 2.
Wave 1 is already out as you know. Vision, Sunfire, Wolverine, etc
Wave 2 should be hitting now, includes:
Golden Age Captain America
Bucky
Black Widow
JMS Thor
Wave 3
Archangel
Kitty Pryde with Lockheed (he’s bendy!)
Modern Havok
AIM goon
Colossus
Juggernaut
Wave 4
Iron Patriot
Skrull soldier (modeled after Secret Invasion)
Iron Spidey
Winter Soldier
Wrecker
Mary Jane with Ms. Lyon (to finish out your Spidey & his Amazing Friends!)
Thanos is coming… !
2 packs
Dark Phoenix/Cyclops
Black “Spider-Man” Venom/Daken
Sentry/Spider-Man
19” Galactus – MSRP $49.99. Super Articulated. On shelves in October.
Unfortunately, while Kitty, AIM, wave 4, and the 2-packs were all pictured in the presentation, they were not in the showroom and we they did not supply us with press pics for you as they promised (“everything you’re seeing here will be in the press kit”–uhh…not.) But I can tell you they look good. We will work at getting some pics from Hasbro of these guys.
I had a chance to speak with briefly with the Hasbro team and I can tell you that Lockheed is bendy and can be wrapped around Kitty numerous ways–he’s not just a clip-on accessory.
There will retailer 3-packs, but they won’t be “themed” as they were this year. Expect something more along the lines of A-Listers with new paint or deco.
BIG FWOOSH EXCLUSIVE:
Sometime in the latter half of the year, there will be a MU 6-pack. They wouldn’t get specific about it, but they did say it would be based on a very important (and highly priced) comic in Marvel’s history. My guess is Giant Size X-Men #1. But that is MY OWN GUESS, so don’t hold Hasbro to that.
