Hasbro Pulse and Team Marvel Legends are bringing in the goods this 2023, and have just teased their upcoming slate of new figure offerings this 2023 that will no doubt get a lot of comic book fans happy. After showing off their line of toys that have already been solicited and put on pre-order like the upcoming X-Men themed figures and the MCU Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania and GOTG Vol. 3 waves, here comes new reveals for the comic book themed Spider-Man and Avengers figures - with the latter celebrating 60 years of Earth's Mightiest Heroes under the "Avengers: Beyond Earth's Mightiest" banner!
To start things off, here's a look at the new wave of Spider-Man themed figures - which includes both versions of Ben Reilly's new look as Spider-Man (Beyond) and Chasm, Miles Morales new Spider-Man suit, Richard Fisk aka The Rose, Jessica Drew Spider-Woman's short lived new modern suit, Elekrta in her Daredevil outfit, and Tarantula!
Then we come to the VHS style "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" figures, with a look at the already revealed Carnage and Black Suit/ Symbiote Suit Spider-Man figures and then the new Aunt May and Doctor Octopus two-pack - with bendable tentacles for the latter!
Finally, here's the first look at the "Avengers: Beyond Earth's Mightiest" wave of figures that commemorate 60 years of Earth's Mightiest Heroes in comics!
The line-up consists of a new Mark I Iron Man, Bruce Banner and Grey Hulk, a Walt Simonson era bearded Thor with the Destroyer, a new classic Hawkeye rinding an Avengers skycycle, a 1980's Secret Wars Doctor Doom and Monica Rambeau Captain Marvel, 1990's era Avengers bomber jacket wearing Sersi and Black Knight, a new super-articulated Black Widow, a NEW Bucky Captain America using the Vulcan body (so meta!), Skrull Queen Veranke and a Super Skrull with Avengers powers from Secret Invasion, and finally the Super Adaptoid!
The pre-orders and full reveals for these will come soon on Hasbro Pulse's social media accounts. For those that missed the beginning of the stream, a showcase of the already revealed line-ups coming soon!
You can watch the replay of Hasbro Pulse's stream below!
In 2023 worlds will finally collide and two fan favorite Transformers franchises will meet in the big screen for the very first time as the classic G1 inspired bots come face to face with the Beast Wars era of characters in “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” - which will be directed by Steven Caple Jr. and is a direct sequel to 2018’s Bumblebee.
Here's the action packed trailer below, spotlighting the Autobots led by Optimus Prime as they meet Optimus Primal and the Maximals for the first time along with threats that they must team up for and face together!
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Trailer
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will be released on June 2023.
Fortune and Glory are officially coming your way to 6” form courtesy of Hasbro, Disney, and Lucasfilm, as Hasbro Pulse Con 2022 just revealed the upcoming new Indiana Jones Adventure Series line of figures that will follow in the footsteps of Star Wars: The Black Series and offer some six-inch figure selections of Indy, his supporting cast, and other characters seen in the Indiana Jones series!
In addition to Indy himself, other characters from Raiders of the Lost Ark such as Marian Ravenwood, Sallah, and even Major Arnold Toht have been revealed during the Hasbro Pulse Con Day 2 digital event showcase! Also a Retro Collection series and a Electronic Staff of Ra Headpiece were revealed for this upcoming line based on everyone’s favorite adventure as portrayed by Harrison Ford!
Check out more details via Hasbro Pulse’s FB page!
Prepare to go retro and back to the 1990’s if you were a Marvel Comics fan who enjoyed the Marvel Action Hour and Marvel Vs Capcom series of fighting games, as Hasbro grants Marvel Legends fans “Superior Tech!” and unveils their upcoming “Retro Iron Man” 6” action figure during this weekend’s Hasbro Pulse Con streaming event!
Mainly inspired by the 1994 Iron Man animated series and reusing the mold of the already released “Modular Armor” Mark 13 Iron Man that was part of the Ursa Major wave, this figure will come with the retro package known to Retro ML collectors, with two alternate heads for Iron Man that include a slit/ open mouth head as seen in the first season of the show, a mullet Tony Stark head, a brighter red and yellow color scheme, alternate hands and accessories, and the best accessory yet - a Plasma Cannon aka the Proton Cannon as seen first in Capcom’s Marvel Super Heroes and the Marvel vs Capcom games!
Definitely this is something to eye on for Marvel Legends fans! Check out more pics and details at Hasbro Pulse’s Facebook page!
Marvel Legends collectors looking forward to some new items from Hasbro Pulse got their first post San Diego Comic-Con updates via the ML Team’s newest stream, as the new wave of Disney + inspired Marvel Legends toys feature characters from What If…?, WandaVision, and Loki… With the Build-A-Figure being the Egyptian God behind Marc Spector and Moon Knight himself - Khonshu!
As shown during the stream, Khonshu is pretty tall and stands big as expected next to both Moon Knight and Mr. Knight. The wave will be available for pre-order soon, and you can check out more details and previews via Hasbro’s live stream here.
After that awesome panel discussion held by Marvel Studios on Hall H revealing their plans for what is collectively known as “The Multiverse Saga” now, Hasbro Pulse went to work right away in showing off the new upcoming Marvel Legends figures based on some of the upcoming shows and films - primarily She-Hulk AND most importantly Black Panther - Wakanda Forever - which they revealed during the Marvel SDCC Day 4 livestream which you can check out here.
First off - She-Hulk promo photos to complete the missing figure from the upcoming Disney + wave of ML figures with Infinity Ultron as the BAF!
Below are the official photos of the figures appearing in the Black Panther Wakanda Forever wave, from Nakia and Shuri, Agent Ross, Okoye, the newly revealed Namor the Submariner, comic inspired Black Panther characters, and the Build-A-Figure being Attuma!
