The title says it all. According to Fwooshnet.com, an excellent source for all your Marvel Legends needs, Toy Biz has cancelled all remaining products for 2006 in Canada and International outlets. This is no small announcement. The Fwoosh lists the following products that this affects:

• X-Men 3 – Series 3
• Marvel Legends boxed set – House of M
• Marvel Legends – Series 14
• Marvel Legends – Series 15
• Marvel Face Off – Series 2
• Marvel Masterworks – Series 2
• Marvel Showdown – Series 4
• Marvel Icons Series 2
• Marvel Icons Series 3
• Spider-man Rotocast figures
• Spider-Man Series 18

If you have any of these pre-ordered somewhere, you should check to make sure that it is still valid.

If I can dig up any more information on this, I will make sure to share it.

That seems like a really long post title, so let me break it down for you. Star Wars came out in 1977. Next year, being 2007, will be the 30th Anniversary of the franchise. To celebrate such an occasion, Hasbro is putting out a special line of 3 3/4 inch figures. They have finally announced the figures in Wave 1.

• Galactic Marine
• Mustafar Lava Worker
• R2-D2
• Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Mace Windu
• Clone Trooper
• Super Battle Droid (can attach to R2-D2)

You can see pictures and descriptions of these figures here on Hasbro’s site.

Figures.com is reporting that two new figures have been added to the Revoltech lineup.

• Ingram 02
• Soltic

The Ingram mecha hails from the Patlabor series and the Soltic mecha originates from the “Fang of the Sun Dougram” anime series.
Two images are mirrored below. You can see more Ingram 02 images here and Soltic images here.

 

It slipped past my radar, but Round 1 of the FANTastic Exclusive 2007 voting already ended with the 7th Kingdom property coming out on top. The 7th Kingdom is the same property that Xetheus the Minotaur hails from.
From the site:

Proposed line description : The Seventh Kingdom is a classic fantasy/mythology toy line. The story centers around the citizens of six great kingdoms all fighting for an unclaimed seventh kingdom that will shift the balance of power in the victor’s favor. The diverse kingdoms are as follows: animal, humanoid, elemental, alien, mutant outcasts, and machines. The proposed format of the line is six to seven inches tall with well hidden super articulation. Each character would have his or her own specific weapon(s).

The Four Horsemen have put up the second round of voting with eight choices of characters to vote on. The choices are:

• Human General
• Alien Shaman
• Mutant Thug
• Elemental Warlord
• Machine Overlord
• Human Queen
• Elephant Swordsman
• Female Elemental

You can see the designs here and vote on them here.

Being someone who actually purchased the Xetheus figure from the FANTastic Exclusive 2006 voting, I’d really like to see that Human Queen made into a figure followed by the Elephant Swordsman. Take a look and see what you want to vote for and let the Four Horsemen know you appreciate the powet of choice!