Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Toy Fair 2015: Hasbro on Star Wars, Marvel Legends & G.I. Joe

IT'S TIME!!! As per usual, we will remind you that the New York International Toy Fair starts this February, but the whole world gets a great big wiff of that new toy smell first...and the internet is bound to be chock full of those previews in the coming weeks. Let's kick things off with Hasbro and a slew of new announcements...

First up, Hasbro reps have pre-preemptively announced there will be no Star Wars: The Force Awakens merchandise on show in NY this year...

With Toy Fair approaching and Hasbro’s annual Entertainment Brand Preview Day scheduled for Saturday, February 14th, we wanted to reach out and clarify what Hasbro’s Star Wars presence will entail at this year’s show.
As usual, Hasbro will be exhibiting a variety of fun and exciting Star Wars products from across its portfolio of brands, including Star Wars action figures, Star Wars Galactic Heroes and more. There will be no toys based on Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Star Wars Episode VII) shown at Toy Fair this year.
Obviously, we know that there’s a huge amount of anticipation for Star Wars toys this year, and we wanted to be forthcoming about this as we know it might make a difference for some of you in regards to travel plans. While we’re happy to host all of you at Entertainment Brand Preview Day and look forward to having you check out the latest and greatest toys from Star Wars and Hasbro’s other exciting brands, we want you to have as much information as possible to be able to plan your travel and coverage.
We’re extremely excited for the year ahead—which will undoubtedly be one of the most exciting years ever for fans of Star Wars and Hasbro’s Star Wars toys—and we look forward to working with each of you extensively over the coming year.

That having been said, here's Rebelscum's Star Wars: The Force Awakens merchandise lineup list:

Star Wars 7 3.75 In Figure Assortment
Star Wars 7 3.75 In Armor Figure Assortment
Star Wars 7 Figure Two Pack Assortment
Star Wars 7 Figures Snow Desert
Star Wars 7 Hero Series Deluxe Figure Assortment
Star Wars 7 Hero Series Figure Assortment

Star Wars 7 Class I Vehicle Assortment
Star Wars 7 Class I Deluxe Vehicle Assortment
Star Wars 7 Class II Vehicle Assortment
Star Wars 7 Class II Deluxe Vehicle Assortment
Star Wars 7 Starfighter Vehicle
Star Wars 7 3.75 In Hero Vehicle
Star Wars 7 Hero Series Figure Vehicle Assortment
Star Wars 7 The Black Series 6-Inch Starfighter

Star Wars 7 Micro Machine Three Pack Assortment
Star Wars 7 Micro Machine Deluxe Vehicle Assortment
Star Wars 7 Micro Machine Blind Bags Assortment
Star Wars 7 Micro Machine Battle Set
Star Wars 7 Micro Machine Figure Multi Pack
Star Wars 7 Micro Machine Vehicle Set
Star Wars 7 Micro Machine Remote Control Vehicle
Star Wars 7 Micro Machine Villain Flagship

Star Wars 7 The Black Series Diecast Vehicle Single
Star Wars 7 The Black Series Diecast Vehicle Multi Pack

Star Wars 7 Remote Control Droid

Star Wars 7 Hero Mashers Basic Figures Assortment
Star Wars 7 Hero Mashers Deluxe Figures Assortment
Star Wars 7 Hero Mashers Multi Pack
Star Wars 7 Hero Mashers Battle Pack
Star Wars 7 Hero Mashers Attack Vehicle

Star Wars 7 Signature Lightsaber
Star Wars 7 Deluxe Villain Lightsaber
Star Wars 7 Electronic Lightsaber Assortment
Star Wars 7 Extendable Lightsaber Assortment
Star Wars 7 Villain Extendable Lightsaber
Star Wars 7 Foam Lightsaber Assortment
Star Wars 7 Force FX Lightsaber
Star Wars 7 Force FX Lightsaber Assortment
Star Wars 7 The Black Series Villain Helmet
Star Wars 7 Mask Assortment
Star Wars 7 Chewbacca Electronic Mask
Star Wars 7 Lead Villain Electronic Mask
Star Wars 7 Darth Vader Voice Change Mask

Nerf Star Wars 7 Villain Trooper Blaster 1
Nerf Star Wars 7 Villain Trooper Blaster 2
Nerf Star Wars 7 Alien Blaster
Nerf Star Wars 7 Ammo Refill

MICRO MACHINES ARE BACK!! WOOOOO!!! ...and then there's this..


These are said to be prototypes of the Star Wars Black 6 inch series including Kylo Ren, Finn, Rey, BB-8 Droid, and ..well.. Chewbacca.

Hasbro reps made this announcement about G.I. Joe showings at Toy Fair 2015 (after a lackluster 2014):

G.I. Joe will not be part of Hasbro's presence at this year's show. We are planning our 2015 G.I. Joe product reveals for this year's G.I. JoeCon in Springfield, Illinois from April 9-12.

We had wondered if G.I. Joe would once again get the cold shoulder after an under-performing, months late movie, but Dave from Rebelscum pointed out they've just appointed a new brand manager for the line, so perhaps we'll be back to full steam come Spring of 2015! Crossing my war mongering fingers.

Onto Spider-Man, which has enjoyed a place among Hasbro's new Marvel Infinite Legends with a much loved (and seldom whined about) Ultimate Goblin build-a-figure series. While one whole series for 2014 was hardly enough to quench our appetites, it took distribution that long to assure no one had to pay scalper prices for the sought after Black Cat and Carnage figures in the line, as well as all the swap out/redeco/chase figures...so baby steps. We got a look at Hasbro's 2015 wave at San Diego Comic-Con, and now a new graphic from Robotkingdom.com shows the full lineup including:

2x WARRIORS OF THE WEB SPIDER WOMAN

2x WARRIORS OF THE WEB SPIDERGIRL

1x SPIDERMAN 2099

1x ANTI VENOM

1x DAREDEVIL

1x CLASSIC SPIDERMAN

Number in the front indicates the case ratio, telling you who will be the harder figures to get. Kind of odd the ladies get a 2 per case slot, yea? Here's the eye candy, along with a recap of our SDCC pics from Emilie Noetzel...

 
 


And just for good measure, here's another look at the next Marvel Legends wave with the Build-A-Figure Odin which includes Captain Marvel, Scarlet Witch, Iron Fist (white costume), classic outfit Hawkeye and Machine Man!


 
 
 
 

Hit THIS LINK for all the Marvel Legends images from SDCC 2014 (with the wave 1 lineup HERE) and HERE for the 3.75 inch Marvel Infinite Series and a couple of Age of Ultron goodies from New York Comic Con!

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