Olde time heroes

If you’ve been following the Avengers comics as of late, then you know that the Avengers 1,000,000 B.C. have figured in. The original team of “Avengers” is made up of many of the biggest forces in the Marvel U, though in a prehistoric state.

So, there’s no Doctor Strange, but there is Agamotto, the magic-wielder who the Eye is named for. It’s definitely weird, but it’s also a pretty cool idea. I’m not sure if the team could stand on their own, but as backup stories to the modern stuff, it kind of works. And either way, the designs are nifty, so there’s that.

As for the figures, those are hitting this week, and in the usual format. You’ll get two-packs including a pair of characters from the lineup, which is complete here as I can remember it.

They are:

• Phoenix with Agamotto, with alternate flame hair, flame-hands and fiery base for Phoenix and spell-casting hands for Agamotto.
• Odin with Iron Fist, with the hammer Mjolnir for Odin and flame-hand accessories for Iron Fist.
• Black Panther with Starbrand
• Ghost Rider with the Fallen, with flame-hands for Ghost Rider.

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MODOK

Yes folks, MODOK is in this new wave. And that should be enough to get you interested. I mean, he’s a giant robotic (?) head with lil’ tiny legs. And he’s really nasty. Come on.

But… just in case you need further proof that this is a great wave, here’s the whole thing in detail:

• From Marvel’s Spider-Man, Stealth Suit Spider-Man takes on Screwball! The Internet personality with a mean streak is ready to humiliate Spider-Man in front of millions so Peter Parker has donned his all-black stealth suit to stay below her radar. Spider-Man includes a webline accessory and leaping support stand, while Screwball has her pouch full of gear. This is the first Minimate of Screwball!
• Also from Marvel’s Spider-Man, Spider-Gwen, a.k.a. Gwen Stacy, tangles with the Jackal! The web-slinger comes with a webline accessory and leaping support stand, while her uncle, Professor Miles Warren, makes his debut in the Marvel Minimates format!
• From Marvel’s Avengers: Secret Wars, The Wasp is menaced by MODOK! The size-changing heroine includes a removable helmet, detachable wing accessories and a transparent flight stand, while the super-smart, super-sized AIM leader floats on a support stand.
• Also from Marvel’s Avengers: Secret Wars, the Black Panther strikes at the evil Madame Masque! The warrior from Wakanda must defeat the beautiful criminal from Iron Man’s past. Black Panther includes a removable mask, while Madame Masque includes an interchangeable unmasked head and hair piece. This is the first Madame Masque MInimate ever made!

None too shabby right there. You’ll be waiting a little while for this one though, as it’s not slated to arrive in store till April of 2018. Though I should mention that there are plenty of Marvel Minimates for you to add to your collection right now.

In Walgreens stores as of this month, is wave 7 of the exclusive mini-figures.

That one’s no slouch either, as it boasts two-packs featuring:

• Spider-Man and Scorpion
• Kid Arachnid and Vulture
• Captain Marvel with Red Hulk
• Captain America’s Hulkbuster with Baron Zemo

On top of those are the Thor Ragnarok ‘Mates (Thor, Loki, Grandmaster and Skurge), and the DC Vinimates, all of which is in stores currently. So there’s more than enough to add to your wish list.

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Walgreens- your Marvel headquarters

Weird as it is to say, drugstore chain Walgreens has kind of become a hotbed for Marvel toys. They regularly get (really great) exclusive Marvel Legends figures from Hasbro, and the store’s exclusive line of Minimates has now reached a seventh wave.

Based on Marvel’s current slate of animated TV shows, the series has included almost every major Marvel Comics hero and villain that’s appeared on the small screen. It includes all of the shows too, from Avengers to Spider-Man.

And that brings us to today. Diamond Select Toys has just announced a brand-new fresh assortment. They’ve got some good timing too, as it comes just as series 6 of the little figures has started hitting. I’m already digging wave 7 just a bit more though, since it has a mecha-Cap in it. I mean, it’s Cap in some Iron Man-like armor. And you even get a little Baron Zemo in the pack with him. What’s not to like?

Have a look in the gallery below, and then mark your calendar. These figures are set to arrive in Walgreens stores around the first week of this coming December.

• From Marvel’s Spider-Man, Spider-Man faces off with the Scorpion! Criminal Mac Gargan wears a full scorpion suit with an articulated tail, while Spider-Man includes a webline accessory.
• Also from Marvel’s Spider-Man, Kid Arachnid, a.k.a. Miles Morales, tangles with with the Vulture! The villainous Adrian Toomes features wings, a removable helmet and a transparent flight stand, while Kid Arachnid comes with a webline accessory.
• From Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, Captain Marvel teams up with the Red Hulk! Kree-powered super-heroine Carol Danvers includes energy effects that attach to her hands and a transparent flight stand.
• Also from Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, Captain America puts on his own Hulkbuster armor to stand up to his old foe Baron Zemo! This is the first Minimate ever made of Steve Rogers’ red, white and blue Hulkbuster armor, and it includes a shield accessory and a hinged helmet. Classic Avengers villain Zemo comes with his sword.

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Taken from across Marvel’s modern slate of animated shows (on Disney XD), the diverse wave of characters that you see above are set to become available in Walgreen’s stores this Summer sometime. Also as you can see, four brand-new characters, never seen in plastic before, are included in with this freshly announced wave 2.5.

Here’s your breakdown:

• From Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, Thor will come packaged with the Squadron Supreme’s Nighthawk. This is the first Minimate of Nighthawk ever made! Thor will include an alternate hair piece and his hammer Mjolnir, and Nighthawk will feature a removable mask.
• Also from Marvel’sAvengers Assemble, Iron Man faces off with the Squadron’s Power Princess. This is the first poseable figure of Power Princess ever made in any toy line! Both characters’ helmets are removable, and Power Princess will include her hammer and an alternate hair piece.
• From Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man, SHIELD Armor Spider-Man comes with his teammate Power Man! Spider-Man comes with a blaster, and Power Man includes an alternate head with a new facial expression.
• Also from Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man, the medieval hero Spyder-Knight teams up with Man-Thing, one of SHIELD’s Howling Commandos. These are the first Spyder-Knight and Man-Thing Minimates ever made!

While you can grab the above two-packs this Summer, we did say that there’s a series hitting as we speak. In your local Walgreens either now or very soon (they started shipping) are “Gamora and Drax from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy; Iron Spider and Taskmaster from Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man; and Black Widow, Thanos, Dark Thor and Dark Iron Man from Marvel’s Avengers Assemble”.

Each set mentioned will be sold in the usual two-pack fashion too, so keep that in mind as you plan out your purchases. One of the things I like most about Minimates is the twofer style of packaging. It’s pretty easy to build up a sizable (and cool-looking) collection in no time, and not spend a ton of dough doing it.

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