EW got the scoop to reveal that Talia Al Ghul will be in the new game, Batman: Arkham City, the much anticipated sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum. I’m just going to quote the article because it sums everything up pretty well.

EW can exclusively confirm that Stana Katic, best known for playing Detective Kate Beckett on ABC’s Castle, will voice the character of Talia al Ghul in the upcoming video game Batman: Arkham City, the follow-up to 2009?s much-beloved Batman: Arkham Asylum. There’s no word yet on how Talia will figure into the game’s storyline. In the comics, Talia is the frequently conflicted daughter of Ra’s al Ghul, one of Batman’s archenemies. In spite of this, Talia is often a love interest for the Dark Knight. The two even get married at one point, with Talia giving birth to Batman’s son, Damian Wayne.

Katic’s involvement in the game will be announced later today at a Comic-Con panel for Batman: Arkham City, which hits stores Oct. 18 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

Michael Crawford got some really fantastic photos of the Four Horsemen’s booth. The image above is the most recent FANtastic Exclusive winner, the Raven. Its really just a stunning piece even without paint. Below are a few of the many pictures of the Outer Space Men. For more pictures of both and more, please check out MWCToys.com. I have not seen any Symbiotech in any image galleries so far, but I know many people are looking for them.

 

I hopped pretty quickly on the news about the Wind Raider being the MOTU Classics vehicle for 2011, but there were a several other items on display that I never saw until today. Among these items are some adorable Super Hero Squad-style MOTU figures, a new She-Ra and more.

Read on after the jump for the run down.
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Check out this sweet looking XBox 360 and controller that look like the gay robots of Star Wars. Microsoft is trying to make this a big deal because it’s the first custom Kinect bundle but that’s kind of stupid since the Kinect piece itself doesn’t actually look Star Wars themed. I guess because it’s white? Kind of lame.

The XBox 360 system is made up like R2D2

The controller is made up like C3P0

Check out the announcement at Major Nelson’s blog for more info.

Here we have the movie teaser poster for The Amazing Spider-Man. The Amazing Spider-Man will be starring Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy. The movie opens July 3rd, 2012.

ActionFigurePics got some nice photos of some prototype Star Wars figures that were on display at the ThreeA Toys booth. Apparently, these figures are strictly prototypes meant to be shown to Takara and are not meant for sale. ThreeA is not making these toys. Yet? Ashley Wood of ThreeA toys took out the Stormtrooper to show off some of its seemingly decent articulation. On display were a carded Stormtrooper, uncarded Stormtrooper and a carded Boba Fett.

If, ever, a 6 inch Star Wars toy line ever made it to production, I fear it will set the action figure collecting world on its side.
For more pictures, be sure to check out AFP’s gallery here.

  

Michael Crawford got some great photos of the Toynami booth on Preview night of SDCC 2011. I’ve included some of them for each brand after the break, but if you want to see the full gallery please go check out his site! I’ll be adding pictures from other sites as I find them. Toynami had on display items ranging from Naruto, Bleach, Futurama to some vinyl offerings.

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The title pretty much says it all. This non-subscription item is the MOTU Classics vehicle for 2011. While we all thought it would be the Battle Ram after its appearance last year in the Four Horseman’s case, it appears Mattel opted for something slightly smaller to start off the vehicles. The Wind Raider was a pretty ubiquitous vehicle in the original series so I wouldn’t be surprised if some collectors tried picking up more than one when it goes on sale in October.

News via PoeGhostal

[UPDATE – Crazy] Looks like ActionFigurePics.com got a few more shots of the Wind Raider during Preview Night.