9 of the best Avengers collectible toys that'll be assembling soon
If you're feeling itchy from the lack of any new Avengers trailer material coming your way for the movie's upcoming May 4 blockbuster premiere, don't worry. The booths at the 109th American International Toy Fair underway in New York City this week are brimming with every kind of toy and collectible product tie-in for The Avengers you can imagine.
We had a chance to wander the aisles and get some personal tours of what's going to be hitting store shelves—and here some of the best (and sometime weirdest) items that can be in your hot little hands real soon.
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Hasbro S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier You have to admire an action figure play set that's 3-feet long. Tony Stark would approve. Hasbro has gone all out to create one of the film's centerpiece vehicles that shuttles Earth's Mightiest Heroes to their villainous foes. There are projectile missiles and a place to land Stark's separate Quinjet; we can even see it retrofit into a coffee table. Just an idea! (Available Fall 2012 for $69.99.)
The Avengers Dress Up Trunk OK, not everything is for the adults and that's cool because Jakks Pacific The Avengers Dress Up Trunk might make any parent a superhero to their kids. Filled with the seven costumes of the entire assembled team, this chest of fabric awesome will let your little superhero follow his inner Avenger depending on their mood. But we hope The Hulk mood doesn't come out too often, for your sake. (Available in late April for $40.00.)
Imperial The Avengers Projector Sometimes you just want to gaze lovingly at Earth's Mightiest Heroes on your wall, right? OK, maybe not, but if you do have that odd hankering, there's a handheld projector to help with that. It features slide-in image disks of each primary Avenger in all their avenging glory. (Available now at retailers.)
Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow Figure Natasha Romanoff (aka Black Widow) is the only official lady superhero of the team, and we know a lot of hearts beat twice when Scarlett Johansson turns up anywhere, much less an Avenger huddle. Luckily you can gaze into her 3.75 inch scale face now with this likeness accurate action figure. She comes with double guns blazing and no, she doesn't need any of the guys to show her the ropes. (Available end of March for $7.99.)
Hasbro's Hawkeye Bow We have high hopes for what Jeremy Renner is going to bring to the archer superhero Hawkeye, but you can practice your bull's-eye cred with this Hawkeye bow modeled off the film bow. What makes this extra special awesome is that it's also a Nerf gun that shoots foam darts and a dart carrier. Our pets are in trouble. (Available March 2012 for $24.99.)
Thor's Hammer Mjolnir Bottle Opener Who doesn't want to seem more powerful opening up a bottle of hoppy nectar? We're not sure if Asgardians are a tap or bottle race actually, but we humans can always use a little opening assistance and now there's the Mjolnir bottle opener to make you the superhero of every party. (Available now online for $17.99.)
Hasbro's The Avengers 10-inch Ultimate Figures Back in the day, action figures only slightly resembled the actor likeness or the comic book drawing original, but not today. Now it's all about accurate sculpts or facial capturing so the tiny version looks just like the original. Hasbro's done an impressive job getting the look of actors, Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth, onto the face of all their action figures, including with these 10-inch models that also shoot things at you! Iron Man has a projectile missile, Cap will sling his shield at you and watch out for flinging Mjolnir's from Thor. (Each are sold separate, are available the end of March.)
Funko The Avengers Pop Vinyl Figures We love when superheroes get stylized, and Funko's popular urban vinyl collection gives Thor, Iron Man, Nick Fury, The Hulk and Captain America their miniature, black button eye treatment. Even better, Nick Fury gets the mini-eye patch treatment—how can you resist? (Available late April '12. )
Diamond Select Toys Marvel Minimates—The Avengers Movie Containing their immensely popular miniature figures line, Diamond Select is releasing a movie themed wave of figures in time for The Avengers. Wave 45 will include the main heroes (and super secret villains) but Toys âR Us gets these exclusive two-packs with the equally worthy Nick Fury and bad guy Loki, plus Black Widow and Hawkeye. (Available in late April.)