A great deal of concern has been voiced in the Transformers fandom about the fate of the Generations line after the Dark of the Moon toy line runs its course and the Transformers Prime toy line gets kicked off at the end of the year. Online retailer, Kapow Toys checked in with Full Metal Hero to let us all know that they just received solicitations for a new wave of Generations figures along with a case breakdown for the new wave.

The case will include:
2x Wheeljack
1x Sergeant Kup
1x Warpath
2x Black Shadow
2x Junkion

Black Shadow is expected to be a Thunderwing repaint with a newly tooled head. We heard of this based on the instructions included with Thunderwing. I believe we heard that there were three heads created for the Junkion mold. One was for Wreck-Gar, another for the Japanese exclusive E-Hobby set and the third was set for an North American release. It can be expected that this Junkion will have the aforementioned third head.

This morning, I caught wind that LEGO had gotten the full DC Comics license. The deal will allow LEGO to create figures and playsets based on the characters and properties of DC Comics. The line will launch in January with 13 characters including Joker, Bane, Lex Luthor, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. The first pieces from the line will be on display at the LEGO booth at SDCC 2011 this weekend along with 3,000 Batman and Green Lantern exclusive figures as part of a promotion for the line.

The Marvel announcement stated that their deal would similarly cover figures and playsets. The license would take effect January 1, 2012 and would start seeing products roll out about May of 2012. The Super Heroes Marvel Collection would focus on the Avengers movie as well as classic Spider-man and X-Men characters. Some of the characters specifically mentioned included Wolverine, Nick Fury, Magneto, Deadpool, Spider-man, Doctor Octopus, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Loki and more. Select items, again, will be on display at SDCC 2011 this weekend.

It looks like both licenses will be brought under LEGO’s new Super Heroes line. LEGO scored a major coup with these two licenses and surely dealt a very strong blow to Hasbro’s up and coming construction block brand, KRE-O. Can KRE-O strike back with Star Wars?

See the press releases after the jump
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You all know how this works. We’re bringing you the best coverage we can for San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) 2011 and we want to make it as easy as possible to keep you updated. We’ll be posting all the news we can and put links to each article in this post so you can have one handy spot to follow all the coverage. If this post falls off the front page (which it will. quickly.), you can simply click on the SDCC 2011 banner in the sidebar and you will be brought directly to this post.

SDCC 2011: Mattel Exclusives Announced
SDCC 2011: Voltron: Defender of the Universe coming to XBLA and PSN in October
SDCC 2011: LEGO gets both the DC and Marvel licenses
SDCC 2011: Marvel Legends returns with Wave 1 lineup
SDCC 2011: My Little Pony exclusive poster
SDCC 2011: Preview Night Image Dump
SDCC 2011: Venture Bros. go 3 3/4 inch with BifBangPow
SDCC 2011: MOTU Classics 2011 vehicle is the Wind Raider
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – Toynami
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – 6 inch Star Wars figures spotted at ThreeA booth
SDCC 2011: IDW Comics making Transformers #81 happen in 2012
SDCC 2011: Amazing Spider-man movie teaser poster
SDCC 2011: Exclusive Star Wars XBox 360 with Kinect bundle
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – MOTU Classics
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – Four Horsemen’s FanEx Raven and Outer Space Men
SDCC 2011: Talia Al Ghul confirmed for Batman: Arkham City
SDCC 2011: Drive Red Band Trailer
SDCC 2011: New Batman: Arkham City trailer featuring The Penguin
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – Ghostbusters
SDCC 2011: Marvel Announces Day and Date Digital Releases
SDCC 2011: Mortal Kombat Legacy Panel, DLC and final episode
SDCC 2011: Jim Lee talks about DC Universe Online and new DLC
SDCC 2011: Risk gets the MGS Treatment
SDCC 2011: My Little Pony Display and Exclusive Toys
SDCC 2011: Want a 92? TV? Find the Voltron Lions!
SDCC 2011: Speilberg’s Terra Nova Pilot Debut
SDCC 2011: New Info from the Walking Dead Game
SDCC 2011: The Dark Knight Returns And Other DC Animation
SDCC 2011: Last Airbender: Legend of Korra Trailer Released
SDCC 2011: Avengers Concept Art And Teaser Posters
SDCC 2011: Olivia Munn Cosplays as Sailor Moon
SDCC 2011: Haywire official trailer
SDCC 2011: Knights of Badassdom trailer
SDCC 2011: Voltron Force Exclusive Sizzle Reel
SDCC 2011: America’s Next Top Model Winner Adrianne Curry Kicked Out of Comic-Con for Sexy Æon Flux Cosplay
SDCC 2011: Clips From the Napoleon Dynamite Animated Series
SDCC 2011: Mattel’s Mattypalooza panel
SDCC 2011: Toy Masters movie trailer

It was first hinted at by a panel description for SDCC 2011, happening this weekend, but we now have a trailer to share and more information to be revealed at SDCC. THQ is bringing Voltron: Defender of the Universe to XBox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network. Retailing for about ten dollars, the game will feature 5 player co-op, 2 player co-op offline, and single player modes.

We will share more information as it comes out of the convention this weekend!

[via Kotaku]

Sideshow Collectibles has posted a video to share some background on two of their upcoming releases in the GI Joe 12 inch action figure line. Zartan and Rock n Roll are featured along with a great look at some of their accessories and the designing decisions behind them.

Big releases this week include the new Captain America: Super Soldier game and Call of Juarez: The Cartel. Look for more after the jump and remember to purchase anything you like using the links below to help the site out!

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Just a reminder to all you collectors that at noon EST, MattyCollector will have several new items up for sale. This includes MOTU Classics Clawful, JLU S.T.R.I.P.E., and some DCUC Super Powers stands. Today also marks the beginning of the All-Star sale where you can pick up what appears to be overstock of some very popular items including each of the four Ghostbusters figures, Walter Peck, MOTUC He-Man, Skeletor, Battlecat, She-Ra, Trapjaw, Panthor and much more!

Here is the ordering page today’s new offerings.

Here is the ordering page for the All-Star sale.