We’ve been very busy trying to bring the latest and greatest news that came out of Toy Fair 2012 over the past week. As a result, we wanted to bring all of that coverage together in one place for easy reference. You will find links to all of the Toy Fair 2012 related news coverage below. As we continue to update with more information in our post-mortem analysis of what went on, we will update the list below with any new articles.

Toy Fair 2012: Hasbro Acquires STAR TREK License
Toy Fair 2012: Hasbro Media pre-show event � GI Joe
Toy Fair 2012: Hasbro Media pre-show event � Marvel Legends
Toy Fair 2012: Mattel�s MOTU Classics announcements
Toy Fair 2012: Better images of the SDcC GI Joe Transformers Shockwave HISS Tank
Toy Fair 2012: Bandai Thundercats (or lack thereof)
Toy Fair 2012: Playmates TMNT
Toy Fair 2012: Mattel’s Voltron
Toy Fair 2012: Avengers Cologne

As seen above in the banner:
“Patriot Cologne, inspired by Captain America, pays homage to the confident, stand-up-to-bullies, hard-working average Joe in everyman. The cologne features hints of green lime and white pepper with finishes of dry oak wood, sandalwood and tequila.”

Read on for more of the heroic scents unveiled.

[Source: ComicBookMovie.com]

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There are a lot of couples in video games, but is there romance? Mario and Peach, Luigi and Daisy, Link and Zelda, The Brooding Loner and the Star-crossed Japanese Flower Girl Who Loves Him, and — of course — Samus and the baby Metroid. Do any of these games do romance well, or is it just assumed? And how far is too far with player-to-NPC romance? Sean and Vinnk wonder if video games can truly ever be your Valentine as they discuss these problems, the likelihood of your characters ever finding true digital love, and the potentially unfortunate state of Princess Zelda’s armpit hair.

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The Voltron display was about as disappointing as the Thundercats display from Bandai. Mattel had the 5 lions from the MattyCollector.com Voltron Force subscription on display. Nothing from the new Voltron Force series was displayed aside from placards promoting the show.

Continue after the jump for a few shots of the subscription lions and pilots.

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