Thanks to sister site HISS Tank boards member Nirvana for the heads up that the Target exclusive Marvel Universe 2 Packs have been released! These were initially shown at Toy Fair 2010, and released overseas a few months ago. They have finally made their way stateside. In addition, Nirvana has posted images of these sets.
The sets include:
- Spiderman VS Green Goblin*
- Wolverine VS Hand Ninja(1st tiger stripe Wolverine in Marvel Universe, with all new head sculpt!)
- Iron Man VS Punisher**
- Classic Iron Man VS Black Panther***
- *Spiderman has a new head sculpt
- **Punisher the uses mold of Daredevil with a new head sculpt and parts from Nick Fury.
- ***Black Panther also uses the Daredevil mold with a new head sculpt and cape.
Marvel Universe Target Exclusive 2 Packs Released In US
Retails for $12.99 huh? I'll pick up the Wolvie/Hand pack and maybe the pack Black Panther pack. Not sure about the others.
Iron Men packs: Eh...don't know about that....the figures are decent but...I've moved on
Punisher/Black Panther: Use different bodies=COOL! Use Daredevil body:
W H A T?
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I was excited when I saw there was a Punisher figure, then I saw the figure.
Not feeling it at all unfortunately
sweet this gives me hope will soon be seeing sightings of the new iron man 2 waves and exclusives!!
Not feeling it at all unfortunately
I want a Punisher that comes with an arsenal of weapons...like Pursuit Of Cobra City Strike Beachhead.
Punisher is known for weaponry...any single pack version of him using another body as a base and with enough weapons to level a city block is sufficient for me.
I feel like Hasbro saying the Daredevil mold is retired and then just calling it the shield agent mold is a cheap shot. I don't see myself getting these, especially not at retail.
saw these today. the punisher body is ok but the head is dreadful. plus who needs another iron man? i mean seriously, there is literally a sea of iron man figures out there!
The Shield mold isn't as bad in my eyes. Once I adjusted the belts on my shield soldiers, it looked a lot better. They really need to get rid of the DD mold though. DD deserves better.
I really wanted the Black Panther but after seeing it's paint apps for the gloves and boots I am a bit dissapointed. That goes double for the Wolverine.
The Black Panther does not have the bone necklace and the Wolverine is continuing Hasbro's folly of BAD PAINT APPS. They use that "comic" shading and it just comes out horrible like the single card Black Spiderman!!!
I want the Wolverine for the new Cyclops BUT I think I will wait on them both since these could be done 100 times better. COME ON HASBRO. ALL OR NOTHING. Don't release something of lesser quailty again. Do your research and stop flooding the market with such weak releases.
I have to say though, The past few waves of single carded were exactlly what I would like Hasbro to continue with. Solid figures and characters with great sculps, paint apps, and accessories.
In any case, still disappointing that the Daredevil buck was used. I really hope Hasbro meant the Daredevil and all associated molds. Daredevil, Nick Fury and everyone else who had that mold deserves better.
Punisher's head mold is garbage. He looks like a teenager. I agree, he needs a boat load of guns, guns, guns to do his justice. Green Goblin looks solid, otherwise more Iron Man, Spiderman, etc.
Man Ill tell you what....that Wolverine new head sculpt is fantastic....found mine today...
I'm so sick of iron man and spider man. They both have their own line of toys plus they flood the MU line. Come on really.
They definately know how to sneak those bastards in there.
Almost everything needs one of the top characters
Iron Man, Spiderman, Captain America, Wolverine, Punisher, etc.
Now some people say "but they all peg warm!" Well no, they just send a lot of copies of characters like Spidey and Iron Man. If Hasbro was not happy with how the characters sell, they would then stop repackaging them and doing new versions of them (Spidey 2099, Iron Man 2020, the new Bleeding Edge IM figure for 2011, Spidey being packaged with Sentry, the multiple Wolverines, et cetra). Hasbro does what is in their best interest.
As far as this line of 2-packs go, every single figure is a repaint or slightly different version of an already released figure so I think it's kind of hard to complain about Spidey. I do wish the Spidey figure was a little different though, someone told me the head sculpt is different but I don't see it. Even the classic Iron Man figure has something new about it (blue arc light as opposed to yellow in the previous two versions).
Now some people say "but they all peg warm!" Well no, they just send a lot of copies of characters like Spidey and Iron Man. If Hasbro was not happy with how the characters sell, they would then stop repackaging them and doing new versions of them (Spidey 2099, Iron Man 2020, the new Bleeding Edge IM figure for 2011, Spidey being packaged with Sentry, the multiple Wolverines, et cetra). Hasbro does what is in their best interest.
As far as this line of 2-packs go, every single figure is a repaint or slightly different version of an already released figure so I think it's kind of hard to complain about Spidey. I do wish the Spidey figure was a little different though, someone told me the head sculpt is different but I don't see it. Even the classic Iron Man figure has something new about it (blue arc light as opposed to yellow in the previous two versions).
I like the idea of re releasing Spidey or Iron Man figures like this. It does give a newer collector a chance to catch up BUT it doesn't clog the single figure pegs with them. I have both the Iron Mans from these sets and I'm ok with getting them again to get what I think is a better Bl. Panther and Punisher. I'm a sucker for the tiger striped Wolvie so I'll be getting that and a Hand Ninja is an army builder so you can never have to many of them. The only one I'm passing on is Goblin/Spidey. That's why I love this idea, if you have the figures then just pass on the box set that has them in it, worst case scenario, somebody will put them up on ebay individually at some point. Let's keep the single pack figures for the newer characters.
It kind of sucks that the previous versions of Punisher and Black Panther used the same crappy body with horrible legs and stupid hands. They release them again, which is cool, but they again use a crappy body style, this time the DD/Shield Agent body. For me, I guess it's a step in the right direction but c'mon. Can't they get this right? I'm sure they're just trying to get as much mileage out of these molds as possible, but I'm dying for a proper Punisher.
Now some people say "but they all peg warm!" Well no, they just send a lot of copies of characters like Spidey and Iron Man. If Hasbro was not happy with how the characters sell, they would then stop repackaging them and doing new versions of them (Spidey 2099, Iron Man 2020, the new Bleeding Edge IM figure for 2011, Spidey being packaged with Sentry, the multiple Wolverines, et cetra). Hasbro does what is in their best interest.
As far as this line of 2-packs go, every single figure is a repaint or slightly different version of an already released figure so I think it's kind of hard to complain about Spidey. I do wish the Spidey figure was a little different though, someone told me the head sculpt is different but I don't see it. Even the classic Iron Man figure has something new about it (blue arc light as opposed to yellow in the previous two versions).
Not feeling it at all unfortunately
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