So, NY Comic Con is coming up in a bit over 2 weeks.  And Hasbro has made a point of exhibiting at the show as it has quickly grown into one of the biggest pop culture events of the year.  And the last time I went, Hasbro had some new figures to show off.  Will they again this year?  I'm certainly hoping so, since there wasn't that much revealed at the summer conventions.  Could we see wave 4 of the Black Series?  Maybe a hardcopy of Merumeru?  I'm hoping so.

I found a near complete set yesterday.  I got both versions of Thor, Loki and Kurse.  The Dark Elf seems like it might be hard to score though, since those are reportedly 1 per case.

I think WalMart's decision to not pick up the 6" line has the potential to be really damaging to Hasbro/Star Wars.  They are the number 1 toy retailer in the country.  But I think that WalMart's still got a bad taste in their mouth from the whole Discover the Force line of 2012.  And I think they may play hardball with Hasbro at least until Episode VII comes out.

Even better casting - Justin Bieber as ROBIN!

http://www.deadline.com/2013/09/justin-bieber-robin-superman-batman-man-of-stee/

It's gotta be a joke because HOLY GOD the MASS GEEK SUICIDES!

Rumor has it that he's doing a sketch for Funny or Die.  I'm thinking that script is more than likely related to that.

TRU here, too.

I understand the Igor armor is coming at some point.  I haven't seen it in a store yet, though.

I finally saw the Biggs X-Wing in a store this morning.  The box looks really sharp.  But the $59.99 price tag?  Maybe it's a psychological barrier, but the box seemed a little small for that price.

It looks like a new wave of IM3 Assemblers is making the rounds.  And some of the armors look like those from the end sequence of IM3.  And I also saw a TRU exclusive 2-pack today that includes a couple of suits of armor that are also in that end sequence.