From: consp16@bingsunm.cc.binghamton.edu (Ted A. Latner)
Subject: Toys, Toys, Toys 
Keywords: Marvel Action Figures
Organization: State University of New York at Binghamton
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 19:28:16 GMT

  To anybody who's interested in action figures, I suggest you check out Wizard
#9.  It's got an article, plus photos, on 30 (!) new Marvel figures coming out
later this year.  They include expansions to the X-men line, the Marvel line, and
a new line of (aarghh!!) X-Force figures.  The new figures are as follows:

               X-MEN
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          Heroes-

          3 new Wolverine figures:
             - his original (yellow and blue) costume
             - his standard X-men (also yellow and blue) uniform
             - his semi-naked Weapon X look from Marvel Comics Presents                 (now this is a dumb idea for a figure)
               (kind of a dumb idea for a figure) 
  
          Forge- with transparent bionic arm
          Iceman- transparent figure with ice slide- supposedly blue icicles
                  form on him if you put him in the freezer. (This figure 
                  looks awesome!)
          Gambit- With jacket and staff
          Banshee- With "sonic scream"-(I don't know how they'll pull this off.)
                                 
          Villains-

          A new Magneto figure- has "sparking chest"
          Sabretooth- with "luminous eyes"
          Mr. Sinister- with "light up eyes and chest"
          Sauron- with posable wings, etc.

               Marvel
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           Heroes-

           The Fantastic Four:
             Mr. Fantastic- with expandable arms and legs
             Thing- with a breakable Yancy Street sign
             Invisible Woman- turns white in water (to simulate invisibility)
             Human Torch- An awesome looking flaming figure with a fireball.

           2 new Spider-Man figures:
             - a fully posable ball-jointed figure
             - one who fires a glow-in-the-dark spider tracer

           a new Silver Surfer figure- with ultra-reflective skin.
           Deathlok- This is a one mean looking toy.

           Villains-

           a new Venom figure- with "evil tongue action"
           Annihilus- with flapping wings (I hope this is better than DC's
                      Hawkman figure.)

              X-Force
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            Heroes-
            
            Cable- This is actually a cool looking figure.  He's big and ugly
                   with a glow-in-the-dark eye, and a big gun.
            Shatterstar- With swords
            Warpath- With "shoulder bazooka"
            Kane- The new Weapon X with a retracting hand.
            G.W. Bridge- With a "real-noise" machine gun

            Villains-

            Stryfe- With mace and removable helmet (this looks awesome!)
            Deadpool- With knives
            Gideon- With a briefcase that conceals a samurai sword
            Forearm- With nunchucks 



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Ted A. Latner                                                     
consp16@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu                              
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