Hasbro is expanding the Titanium line to not only include Star Wars and Transformers, but also the wildly popular Battlestar Galactica sci-fi mythos.

According to this February press release vehicles and figures will be available from both the new and old series. From the release:

Throughout the year, the TITANIUM SERIES universe will continue to expand with the addition of vehicles and figures from TRANSFORMERS and Battlestar Galactica: The expansions will feature the following:

• TITANIUM SERIES die-cast collectibles, to be introduced in July 2006, will include a variety of unique 3” robots as well as fully changeable 6” robots. Each one comes with a display base.
• The TITANIUM SERIES Battlestar Galactica line will be available in June 2006 and will include 3” vehicles and 3.75” figures from both the classic and new TV series.

The TITANIUM SERIES Collection vehicles and figures will be available at toy stores and mass merchandise outlets nationwide. Suggested retail price for the collection: 3” vehicles and robots: $4.99; 3.75” figures and 6” robots: $15.99; and ultra vehicles: $19.99. Recommended for children ages 4 and up.

BigBadToyStore.com has these items available for pre-order with pictures of what the vehicles will look like. The current assortment includes the Colonial Viper, the Cylon Raider, and the Battlestar Galactica.

BigBadToyStore.com has posted several pre-orders for upcoming products that include pictures of figures that were not yet revealed to the public. Among these include a new team of mini-cons, War Within Jetfire, War Within Thundercracker, and a repaint of Cybertron Ransack named Ransack GT.

The War Within figures will be part of the upcoming Transformers Titanium line of transforming 6 inch figures that were revealed at Toy Fair 2006 a few weeks ago. These are added to the currently known line up of War Within Optimus Prime and a Megatron figure that is believed by some to be in the War Within design. The Megatron figure on display at Toy Fair was heavily mistransformed and hard to tell what version he was exactly.

Thanks to Sam for digging up the Titanium logo.

[UPDATE: It seems BigBadToyStore has taken the images down after probably posting them by mistake in the first place. I have added them to this post. Click Read more to see them. – Crazy]

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MasterCollector has announced the first 2006 GI Joe Collector’s Club 3 3/4″ Exclusive figure set. This set will be among four quarterly sets for the year. The theme for the 2006 sets is Operation: Flaming M.O.T.H., based on 2 episodes from the cartoon series. The story involves the hijacking of a hi-tech satellite originally meant to be used as a weapon in the fight against Cobra. Each of the exclusive sets this year will feature a different part of the world due to the satellite’s incredible range.

This first set features the ‘Jungle Theater’ with the Jungle Night Viper and the Jungle Frag Viper. To view the pictures follow the link to the MasterCollector website. To continue reading the synopsis of Operation: Flaming M.O.T.H. click below and read on.

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Sony Pictures has posted some teaser art on their Spiderman website.

That site can be viewed here.

Below the art, the caption reads:

YOU MAY THINK YOU’RE LOOKING AT A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO. LOOK CLOSELY, SPIDERMAN WEARS A BLACK SUIT IN SPIDER-MAN 3.

TOBEY MAGUIRE RETURNS AS PETER PARKER/SPIDER-MAN IN SPIDER-MAN 3.

IN THEATERS 05/04/07.

I am a casual Avengers fan and have never read any of the Ultimate books yet. I watched this movie going in with no expectations other than who most of the characters would be.

Read on for the rest of the review.
Note: Contains spoilers

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For those who are avid collectors of the Marvel Legends line of action figures from Toy Biz, it should be known that there was a production error in the early batches released to stores. The error pertains to the Maestro figure (future version of the Hulk). Maestro comes with one of Apocalypse’s arms, however in the early batches he is missing the tube connecting the back of his arm to his lower back. So when purchasing Maestro make sure you see the tube coiled up in the packaging before taking it to the register.

If you already have one of these Maestro figures missing the tube, you can either return it and get the correct one or you can call Toy Biz Customer Service at 1-800-728-2018. I was told it would take 4-6 weeks to arrive, but it came in 2 weeks.

The Toy Biz site itself has a note on this here.

It has been brought to our attention that the bonus piece that comes with Maestro Hulk is missing. The missing piece is a tube that connects Apocalypse’s left arm to his torso. If you have recently purchased a Maestro Hulk and are missing this tube, please contact our Customer Service department at 1-800-728-2018 for replacement. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Cheers to Toy Biz for addressing the matter in such an accommodating way.

Transformers: The Movie has been given the greenlight to go ahead with production. In a simple post on Don Murphy’s message board, a post read ‘1-2-3’ followed by a picture of a green traffic light.