Toy Fair 2013

Axe Cop, Ethan Nicolle and little brother Malachai Nicolle's webcomic-turned-Dark Horse comic-turned-animated series starring Nick Offerman can tack on one more credential: Mezco toy line. Coming in July, Mezco's first action figure wave will feature Axe Cop, Avocado Soldier, Wexter, Doody Soldier and Doctor Doo Doo, and Baby Man...

While Square Enix started out focusing mostly on DC Comics live action films in its 9(ish)" Play Arts Kai action figure line, they've begun branching out into more comics-centric designs of late. At Toy Fair 2013, Square Enix debuted five new DC Universe figures featuring original Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Batgirl and Flash designs...

If mechs, aliens and superheroes are your cup of tea, NECA's 2013 Toy Fair lineup is like... well, it's like a huge vat of tea that somebody could fall in while being chased by police. NECA's got quite a few detailed Pacific Rim and Aliens figures in the pipleine, plus massive 1/4 (18"+) scale Avengers movie toys and Batman '89 and, yes, Batman '66 figures...

DC Collectibles has a lot coming out in 2013, especially for action figure fans. We've gotten pretty extensive looks at DCC's Batman: Arkham City and Injustice: Gods Among Us lines of late, but there was still plenty of new toys to see at the DCC booth including a massive AC Solomon Grundy (with removable guts) and a nimble 3...

About ten years I sent a fan e-mail to "Penvincipals," the Invincible fan mail page. To my surprise, it actually made it to print in Invincible 24. I don't remember what I wrote, exactly, but I do remember asking about Invincible toys and having Robert Kirkman jokingly threaten to sue me...

As an action figure guy, I've been pretty stoked on Mattel's upcoming line of 6" Batman action figures based on the 1966 live action TV series starring Adam West. If you're a Barbie collector, however, you may want to make sure you're sitting down to look at Mattel's newly revealed Lee Meriwether/Julie Newmar/Eartha Kitt-style Catwoman Barbie and West-flavored Batman Ken...

After achieving a second season on Disney XD, the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series is getting its action figure due from Hasbro with a number of toy lines spanning multiple scales. There's a 3.75" line with "flex and fire" launching features, a core 6" action figure line with more articulated sculpts and increased detail, plus a variety of deluxe toys, role-play costumes an

Fresh from Toy Fair 2013, Hasbro has released select images from its upcoming Iron Man 3 toy lines. Each line will feature several sub-lines and toy categories, including 3.75" action figures, Micro Muggs, battle toys, FX figures and roleplay toys...

Hasbro's 3.75" Marvel Universe line will welcome scads of new characters featuring numerous new sculpts this Spring. Rhino, Captain America, Mysterio, Elektra, Baron Zemo (now flying solo from last SDCC's Masters of Evil box set), Cloak, Dagger, A-Bomb, a variant Abomination and a Black and White Iron Man will join the growing line...

Though Hasbro won't be releasing a specific action figure line in honor of The Wolverine movie this summer, the toymaker will still be paying a ton of toy attention to the best-he-is-at-what-he-does hero according to its Toy Fair 2013 press images...