Super Hero Squad

[Darkjedi5]

Hey all, didn't see a thread for these so I figured I'd start one (let me know if I was looking in the wrong place). Anyway, these are about the only thing I collect (aside from Star Wars of course) and I really look forward to each new wave. Speaking of, can we expect any info out of Toy Fare UK about upcoming sets or will there be no news until the NY Toy Fare? Also, I hear the Hasbro Marvel team runs a Q&A (is that right?), where can we get some questions together? I'll be honest I only have one but I figure other people might want to contribute.

[Beast]

Hey DarkJedi5...

As you know, I'm a huge fan of the toyline myself. Been collecting it from Wave 1, oh so very long ago. It's still amazing to see the line keep chugging forward and fill in so many of the corners of the Marvel Universe. I had a Top 10 list I wanted to see about a year ago, and almost all of them have been taken care of, except for Quicksilver who's sculpted and they're just waiting for a good slot to slip him in.

Haven't found Wave 17 as of yet though....

Can't wait to get my mitts on Iron Man/M.O.D.O.K., Wolverine/Spiral, and Bucky Cap and Motorcycle.

Plus Wave 18 appears to be in stock at some online stores now. Another fantastic wave, in my opinion. Since we're finally getting Scarlet Witch and a 616 version of Abomination. By the way, we just got good pics of Wave 18 in the Collection Station.

http://www.collectionstation.com/items/view/13787
http://www.collectionstation.com/items/view/13788
http://www.collectionstation.com/items/view/13789

As for the Q&A, it's currently on hiatus until after Toy Fair. The one blurry pic that snuck out from the UK Toy Fair's Hasbro Marvel both didn't show any Super Hero Squad figures that I could make out. The new Iron Man 2 3-Packs have slipped out though. I'll update soon.

[Beast]

Here's the 3 sets from Iron Man 2 so far.
Hopefully we'll see some more villains in future sets. Good stuff.

Armor Evolutions: Iron Man Mark III, Iron Man Mark II, Iron Man Mark I.

Armor Wars I: Iron Man, War Machine (Initiative Armor), Iron Monger (616)

Armor Wars II: Iron Man, Titanium Man (Repack), Crimson Dynamo (Classic)

[Beast]

Looks like we got information on Wave 2 of the Iron Man 3-Packs.

1x Iron Man Movie 01 (Mark V, Whiplash, Drone)
1x Iron Man Movie 02 (Mark VI, War Machine, Drone)

With the listing of the Drones, I'm betting these will be Movie Versions.

Also, while not everyone is a fan of the Vehicles.. another new pic.

[Darkjedi5]

Also, while not everyone is a fan of the Vehicles.. another new pic.

Is anyone a fan of the vehicles? I mean, other than kids? I mean, if these were things like the fantasticar or the blackbird I might bite but these are just pimped-out rides for the little guys to give the kiddies a little more play value, right?

[Darkjedi5]

At TRU today and found the Iron Man 3-Packs, or at least Armor Wars II and Armor Evolution sets. Bought the Armor Wars set but the Evolutions one seemed to offer only minor tweaks on existing figs. Also found Scarlet Witch and Spidey but no Doom/Reptil or Thor/Abomination.

[Darkjedi5]

As for the Q&A, it's currently on hiatus until after Toy Fair. The one blurry pic that snuck out from the UK Toy Fair's Hasbro Marvel both didn't show any Super Hero Squad figures that I could make out. The new Iron Man 2 3-Packs have slipped out though. I'll update soon.

Now it's post Toy Fair, so I'm hopin we can round up some good questions. I assume it operates under the same rules as the Star Wars one (two questions a month)? Let me know where the thread is for that.... Also, I'm pretty disappointed about what we saw out of Toy Fair this year. Feels like we didn't see much in the way of new product other than those vehicles and playsets (which to be honest, don't excite me at all since I haven't got room for playsets and the vehicles seem great for kids but the only Super Hero Squad vehicles that would interest me are the Fantasticar and the Blackbird and things like that and I'm not even sure about those since I've been passing on the Galactic Heroes vehicles a lot lately too).

[Darkjedi5]

Wahoo, quadruple post! But seriously, is there really no Q&A for the marvel team on this site? Beast had told me there was but I haven't gotten a response to my post above.

Also, found the other Iron Man 3-packs and picked up the one with Iron Monger in it (pretty sweet!) and I've found the latest wave of 2-packs with Doom/Reptil and Abomination/Thor (hands down, my favorite Thor of all time!). Any word on when we can expect to see the next wave roll out and what that wave will entail? Rumor has it we're looking at spring (which is soon?) and the wave will include another Hulk (probably a repaint)/Falcon (repaint?), Iron Man/Dr Strange, and Captain Marvel/Thanos but I can't find photos to confirm....

[Darkjedi5]

Nearly a year later and no one has posted! What I want to know is if other SHS fans are having a hard time finding the new figs. The pegs around me are clogged with old merch (or maybe they keep rereleasing sets) and I had to resort to Amazon to find the new Deadpool/Taskmaster set. We should be seeing the next wave (wave 21?) soon with Iron Man & Tiger Shark, Hercules & Thor, Black Costume Spider-Man & the Green Goblin, Spider-Man & Spider-Woman, and Iron Man & Red Hulk. I had seen some photos take at Comic Con of the IM/Tiger Shark, Hercules/Thor, and Spider-Man/Spider-Woman sets but not the other two. There was also a pic of an Iron Man/Sue Storm/Herbie set that looked good but I guess it's gonna be in wave 22?

Anyway, with ToyFare coming up I was wondering if other people are still excited about this line and if there was any hope of getting something of a Q&A put together.

[Darkjedi5]

Since this seems to be my own personal thread this question may go unread by anyone, but I wonder about the future of this line. I see new two packs only rarely on the pegs and in fact Target seems to have done away with the two packs, stocking only the three packs focused around the summer hero movies. We know that the Star Wars Galactic Heroes line is done and so I wonder about this one. I know there's some other media out there around these guys (video games, comics, and a TV show, I think) so they may be a little more stable but again, poor distribution suggests an issue.

Still haven't heard anything about a Q&A for these so maybe we can talk to someone at Comic Con?