We are bringing you coverage of the Marvel Hasbro panel here at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con.

The panel includes Marvel— Michelle Favaloro and Scott George (Hasbro Marketing), along with Joshua Lamb, Dave Vonner, Logan Lubera, and Dwight Stall (Hasbro Design), present the latest toys from the Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, Marvel Universe, and Super Hero Squad toy lines from 2009. Also, see a sneak peek into the 2010 line! Plus Q&A!

The Iron Man 2 toy line launches on March 1st, 2010.

The action figure line will be done in the 3 3/4 scale, compatible with the Marvel Universe line.

Waves wil inclide, Deep Dive Armor, Jetstream Armor, Mark I, Mark II and Mark III, classic Armor, War Machine, Crimson Dynamo, Deluxe figures will include Juggernaut and Nengative Zone missions armor.

There is an Iron Man 2 mission helmet, with full sound and lights. The face plate opens up and with a push of a button, slowly lowers to movie sound effects.

Toy Fair in the Spring in New York will showcase a ton of IM 2 products.

Wolverine continues with the classic and movie figure lines. The finally wave of 2009 includes Logan and Colossus.

The deluxe assortment includes a 3 3/4 figure and accessory. Fastball Special Colossus throws Wolverine and Deadpool has a large cannon.

Super Hero Squad will have a Wolverine variety pack with various incarnations of the character.

Animated Spider-Man wave 5 includes a new Doc Ock and two variations of Spider-Mans. Wave 6 will have a new Venom.

Classic Spider-Man line includes a new Green Goblin and new black Spider-Man and classic red and blue Spidey.

In 2010, Spider-Man will have a 3 3/4 line of action figures. Spidey with light up eyes, black suit Spidey with removable armor, classic Green Goblin, Venom, Spidey with Doc Ock arms and scuba Spidey.

Wave 2 will be shown today at Comic-Con.

Superhero Squad will have several more 2-packs this year. Deathlok, Vulture, SPider-Woman, Silver Samaurai and Nova are some of the character we'll see. Iron Man in wave 5 will have a removable helmet. There will be mini-vehicles and a mobile commander center. This includes a Wolverine with a motor cycle. In 2010 there will be a Modok and Iron Man, Buck and Cap and Spidey and Wolverine.

Marvel Universe will have a ton of new product coming out. There is a collector poster at the Hasbro booth that will show all the 2009 characters in the Fury Files theme.

The Wolverine Mighty Mugg has the first retractible claws feature.

Gigantic Battles will have a red Goliath variant. The line is exclusive to Walmart in 2009.

Nemisis wave is moving across the country all next month.

At TRU there will be MU battle packs, including an army builder and Spider-Friends.

Foe 2010 there will be a new theme. Mike Degado will be doing the art work for each package. For numering, 2010 will be series 2, number 1, for the first character. The theme for 2010 is Dark Reign and HAMMER. The name Fury Files continues, but the content will be driven by Norman and his impact on the MU.

Jim Lee Jean Grey, Warpath, Vision will be in wave 1, for series 2. Bucky in wave 2 comes with 2 tommy guns. Wave 2 also includes FA CAP, modern Thor, Extremis Iron Man, Black Widow with alternate 3 hairs, included. The Thor will have a new articulation - an upper thigh swivel. Juggernaut is also coming, and he's huge.

Bob Layton did all orignial artwork for the Secret Wars 2 packs.

Secret Wars wave 2 - Spider-Woman and Iron Man, black Spidey and Magneto, Hulk and Cyclops.

Wave 3 has classic Thor and Enchantress, Hawkeye and Piledriver, Mr. Fantastic in blue and white and classic Ultron.

Hasbro is bringing out a new line - Handful of Heroes. This includes 8 figures in every pack. There are 40 different sculpts in a variety of colors. There are 140 characters altogether, with the different colors. Each pack has a hidden figure.

There is a new SPider-Man transformers this fall. He combines with Iron Man to make a jet. Thing transforms into a bulldozer.

Marvel Legend's will have a new fan choice poll. Fans pick 3 of 18 and Hasbro picks 3. The 6 winners will be released in 3 2-packs. The figures shown in the case are basically internal customs and are no the final figures. When the winners are selected, the figures will be tooled for production. It's possible that if Warpath wins, he may come out with a classic colors variant.

In 2010 all the MU figures will include stands. Playsets and vehicles have not yet been revealed, though Hasbro has been considering it.

If the upcoming ML toys sell, then Hasbro will continue to produce new product.

Hasbro has discussed doing an Alpha Flight box set for MU, but there aren't any plans yet.

A 19 inch Galactus prototype which will have electronic light up was displayed at the panel. He isn't coming soon, but he is coming.

There are no plans for any future Build-A-Figure waves for ML. Hasbro plans to release new MLs in 2-packs at this point.

Superhero Squad plans to keep including obscure characters. As Marvel Animation continues to include more obscure characters. 26 episodes of one season of Superhero Squad will have 126 characters. This gives the toy line a lot of room for diversity.

Hasbro is considering more Ultimate releases in MU.

Hasbro is planning to build a world with the MU line, so playsets and large scale vehicles would naturally be a part of that.

The MU line has been selling really well so far. Retailers set their own prices. Hasbro charges them the same for all their 3 3/4 lines and has no control over what the retailers charge. It is a sign of the strength of the line that the retailers feel confident enough to charge more.



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Professor 2009-07-30 2:57 pm	[quote name='HighEvolutionary' post='16499664' date='Jul 29 2009, 09:30 PM'][quote name='Professor' post='16499625' date='Jul 29 2009, 05:26 PM']So, you can keep your invitation to "dive in" I'll keep hoping for the ML line to continue. My sincere apologies. I was trying to be friendly and supportive without realizing you just wanted to whine, piss and moan. I wish you luck on your boycott and am sure that Hasbro cries themselves to sleep over losing your business. I wasn't t... read post
HighEvolutionary 2009-07-30 1:30 am	[quote name='Professor' post='16499625' date='Jul 29 2009, 05:26 PM']So, you can keep your invitation to "dive in" I'll keep hoping for the ML line to continue. My sincere apologies. I was trying to be friendly and supportive without realizing you just wanted to whine, piss and moan. I wish you luck on your boycott and am sure that Hasbro cries themselves to sleep over losing your business.
Professor 2009-07-29 9:26 pm	[quote name='HighEvolutionary' post='16499452' date='Jul 28 2009, 01:19 PM'][quote name='SlushyFrog' post='16499338' date='Jul 27 2009, 09:07 PM']but what's stopping me from purchasing these is my preference for 6" figs and the price point. i cannot justify paying 8+ dollars for these, as it looks like there's going to be a ridiculous amount of figures being released each year, and especially not after dedicating so much time and money to MLs just to restart a marvel collection. Th... read post
Professor 2009-07-29 9:17 pm	[quote name='GohstRder144' post='16499156' date='Jul 26 2009, 08:32 PM']Can all of you whining babies just learn to accept what's to come? i mean seriously we've had Mu for months now and guess what? they're really good. and why do you need ml \? to go with the scale of figures? what's wrong with MU? the articulation is pretty good and they're starting to get better detailed. I for one am excited for all the news. All of you guys who are happy, u guys know what i'm tlaking about. I'm ... read post
HighEvolutionary 2009-07-28 5:19 pm	[quote name='SlushyFrog' post='16499338' date='Jul 27 2009, 09:07 PM']but what's stopping me from purchasing these is my preference for 6" figs and the price point. i cannot justify paying 8+ dollars for these, as it looks like there's going to be a ridiculous amount of figures being released each year, and especially not after dedicating so much time and money to MLs just to restart a marvel collection. That's a perfectly reasonable justification for not purchasing (as opposed to simp... read post
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