First Look at the New Agent 47 from Hitman

Meet the new Agent 47 - Rupert Friend for the rebooted "Hitman" movie adaptation.

No details on the release date for the film but we do have a writer (Kyle Ward) and director (Aleksander Bach).

IMHO though, the first one with Timothy Olyphant was OK.

Credit: IGN

PREVIEW: Captain America: The Winter Soldier Minimates

Art Asylum and MTV.com has released a completed look at the Marvel minimates for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and they look cool.

Here's the breakdown of the figures that'll come along with this wave:

» Stealth Uniform Captain America with Brock Rumlow
» Classic Captain America with Winter Soldier
» Black Widow with Falcon
» Agent Sitwell with Batroc

I'm actually quite happy that they didn't go for the masked identities right off bat. Frank Grillo's Crossbones isn't even tagged as his supervillain alias but rather as his civilian name Brock Rumlow. Also I like how they managed to make Georges St. Pierre a bad ass (as Batroc) without having the ridiculous moustache and the weird mask/ google.

And yes it looks like I'll be spending money on minimates this year than any other year. And I won't be doing business locally (as there's now a voracious amount of 'collectors'). I figure I'll probably go and make House of Flair rich this year.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier opens April 4 from Walt Disney Studios and Columbia Pictures.

Play Arts Kai Aquaman and Cyborg Preview

Two more Justice Leaguers join Square Enix's Play Arts Kai toy line - Aquaman and Cyborg.

Toyark shared this amazing set and OMG, it looks like I'll be adding another Aquaman figure in my long list of action figures I have yet to acquire.

More photos below:

AQUAMAN

CYBORG

Pop Vinyl Calls in The Cats - The Thundercats

Funko's POP VINYL will soon distribute another retro wave of goodies that will cater to the 80s kids like me. This is in the form of the classic Thundercats.

The set will consist of five figures namely:

Lion-O
Cheetara
Snarf
Mumm-Ra
Panthro

Obviously there's a lot of ground to cover but we can all bet that the remaining Thundercats and mutants will be making an appearance soon. I'm also guessing the 'mummy' version of Mumm-Ra will be out in the market as well. 

Play Arts Kai Aliens Colonial Marines Preview

The Xenomorph from the Aliens Colonial Marines gets the PAK (Play Arts Kai) Treatment. Here's a quick preview.

Figma Amazing Spider-Man Preview

Here's a look at the upcoming Figma featuring the Amazing Spider-Man from last year.

While waiting for an ASM version from Revoltech, here's a good alternative.

i might be the only that says this but I really wish they retained this suit for the second movie. :(

Funko Set to Release Batman 66 Figure and Batmobile

Awwwwww. It's so cute. Funko recently unveiled this cool looking set featuring Batman '66 (you know with Adam West) together with the iconic Batmobile. 

The figure will be coming out either this month (September) or October and will be priced at $24.99

Special thanks to Toyark for the news 

Bad Ass Ultron Minimate Fig Coming AGE OF ULTRON Minimates Box Set

OK let's all admit that AGE OF ULTRON was a huge disappointment and was just Marvel's greedy way of selling more books and releasing Angela on the 616 but they it also did create one of the most terrifying designs for the robotic villain ULTRON and now it's crossing over to the Marvel Minimates toy line.

Thank you ART ASYLUM and DIAMOND SELECT TOYS for making this figure see the light of day. It's even more impressive once you see how everything just snaps on the base figure. Check out the design sheet for this nifty figure.



Then there's also that equally badass ANGELA minimate figure which would probably make her creator Neil Gaiman very, very happy.





Oh and they also have grizzled Nick Fury (who was never de-aged because there was no Nick Fury Jr. running around).





And to round up the set, oh goody, another Iron Man/ Tony Stark figure (like we really need another one).





And here's a group shot for the set which will be coming out next year...



And if you're looking for a Wolverine figure, you should be happy to note that they will have one based on the Canuck's appearance in AOU. However, the sad part is that it will be an exclusive for Toys R Us. And it'll come with the army builder which happens to be the gold Ultron drone.

Shingeki No Kyojin Mikasa Ackerman Figma Preview

Max Factory's FIGMA just released a couple of photos for their upcoming SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN wave featuring AOT (ATTACK ON TITAN) stars Mikasa Ackerman and Eren Jaeger. Here's the preview for Mikasa.

The figure is slated for a January 2014 release date and costs around $50. The figure was sculpted by Asai (APSY) Masaki. Check out more photos below:

Reading the comments and I see a lot of collectors moping over the fact that the rooftop base will be sold separately. C'mon, we all know that the popularity of the manga and the anime will pretty much drive collectors into a rabid state so that'll also mean that they'll be milking us dry. 

Much props to COLDFIRE GUNDAM store's Facebook Page for the heads up. You guys really should order from them when this figure comes out. 

FOREVER EVIL # 1 Preview

And now sharing the preview for FOREVER EVIL # 1 by Geoff Johns and David Finch

i like that this is going to be the story of the bad guys joining up and becoming a cohesive fighting unit in the absence of the three Justice League teams. One question though, what happens to the other non-JL/JLA/JLD heroes? Where's STORMWATCH while this is all happening?

Maybe we'll find out next week. Oh and the art is stil "meh".

INFINITY # 2 Preview

Check out the preview for Marvel Comics' INFINITY # 2 by Jonathan Hickman, Dustin Weaver and Jerome Opena.

• The Inhumans pay the tribute.

• Victory in deep space.

• The secrets of Thanos.

Looks like the rest of the Illuminati are screwed while the Avengers are off planet... And that's also the reason why Doctor Strange has been absent lately.

Full version of the cover (which looks like it was done by Adam Kubert)