New Figures Revealed For Marvel, Shirtless Bear Fighter & The Walking Dead
by Gary Catig
Comics and toys go hand in hand. How else can you own three-dimensional versions of your favorite characters? Recently, there have been a lot of announcements for action figures based off of comic properties and here’s a little rundown in case you missed some of the news.
First, from Hasbro’s Marvel Legends, two more characters were officially revealed that are joining the upcoming Venom line. Typhoid Mary will be available individually while Monster Venom will be the Build-A-Figure.
From Skelton Crew, the titular character from Shirtless Bear Fighter is receiving two vinyl figures. One will be with pants while the other is the “No Pants Beariant”. For more information or to preorder the guy from Image Comics series can be found here.
Finally, Skybound has announced their first exclusive for the upcoming San Diego Comic Con. To celebrate 15 years of The Walking Dead, they will release a limited-edition action figure box set showcasing the evolution of main character, Rick Grimes.
In celebration of The Walking Dead’s 15th anniversary, Skybound and McFarlane Toys are bringing out a limited edition box set highlighting the evolution of Rick Grimes.
This limited edition action figure box set features four versions of Rick Grimes. Starting with a brand new sculpt of Sheriff Rick Grimes, a repainted version of the All Out War Rick featuring a 15th anniversary shirt, a repaint of the A New Beginnings Rick from the issue 149 cover, and a brand new sculpt of “Negan” Rick from Charlie Adlard’s variant cover for issue 163.
These limited edition sets will have color and a bloody variant editions.
The set will retail for $100 and debut at our Skybound Booth at San Diego Comic Con 2018 in July.