Holy Hannah, there is a crapload of Marvel news overflowing the news sites from all the info blabbed at Baltimore’s Retailer Summit. Let me cut straight to the talking points, most linked to full-length articles of their own. There are some serious whoppers (Thor! Whedon! Mary-Jane’s tombstone! Last of the Mohicans?) in here, all the way to the end, so please please please read through, at least until you reach Marvel’s Guiding Light crossover. (Am I kidding? You’re dying to know, aren’t you. Because I’m probably not. Read on after the jump.)

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This week’s $20 GOTY and lost classics segments focus on the eventual re-emergence of the brawler.  Ever since the golden age of titles such as Final Fight and Double Dragon, arcade and console gamers have enjoyed bashing thier way to the other side of the screen using an assortment of moves.  However, after the 16-bit generation, the popularity of true brawlers has waned, due in fact to developer’s instance of making games in 3-d, including our belover beat-em-ups.  In recent years however, there has been a resurgance of intrest in the brawler, mostly due to the fact that developers have managed to do it the right way.  Lets take a look at two such games, one you may have missed, and the other being more recent.  BTW, starting this week, or whenever I stop being lazy, I’m moving this back to the weekend.  (Will’s week-in gaming.  Get it?)

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Die Cast Construction isn’t so lost after all!

It’s just been discovered that there’s some new Classics protos over at the Japanese patents office. It’s a bit of a hassle getting through their site, so I’ve mirrored the images here. They’ve also updated with Prime and Starscream, but it’s nothing new. In additon ebay seller SPY_Toys has Classics Grimlock for sale.

Continue on for a mirrored gallery of these 3 highly anticipated Classics.
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As a recap for any fans interested in the Revoltech line of figures coming out of Japan from Kaiyodo, I thought I would post the roster of upcoming figures and when we can expect them to be publicly available. The dates I am using are from AnimeNewInternational as reported from the WonderFest 2006 Summer Toy Show in Japan.

• September 15, 2006 
  • Revoltech 10 Patlabor Ingram Unit 1
  • Revoltech 11 EVA-00 Custom
• October 15th
  • Revoltech 12 Revi
  • Revoltech 13 EVA-04
• November 15th
  • Revoltech 14 Patlabor Ingram Unit 2
  • Revoltech 15 Soltic H8 Round Facer
• Beyond
  • MazinKaiser
  • Shin Getter Robo 3
  • Optimus Prime!

Go here for images of some of the figures on display at WonderFest. More pictures here!

A new shot of the Grunty looking Bumblebee has shown up on the net. Click on the thumbnail to view the whole thing.

Marvel Legends fans should now be on the look out for Mojo wave. They have been sighted in the wild!

This wave consists of the following figures as announced at ToyFair earlier this year:

• Longshot
• Psylocke
• First Appearance Iron Man
• Falcon
• Power Man (Luke Cage)
• Baron Zemo
• VARIANT: Unmasked Baron Zemo
• VARIANT: Falcon Classic Costume
• VARIANT: First Appearance Iron Man Gold Armor

The preview pages of The Mighty Avengers can now be viewed online, thanks to ¡Universo Marvel! There’s 7 pages total, counting the splash page as the 2 pages it will be in print. Clicky, clicky for the preview.

So… Just asking, who else finds Wonder Man’s old red-trenchcoat duds a little odd looking in the current day?