So, these Disney-Marvel figures...

[Oldtoydave]

If you look at the newsletter last week and kinda read between the lines I think I (might have) figured it out

the news letter had two 4’s in it. I don’t think that’s by accident
also Paul has said July for the release date.
and said he’s waiting on Disney to give the go agead
disney also knows how popular this first release was and the second will be a big splash

what gets released in July? The Fantastic Four.
i think Disney wants to time the Mego announcement sometime either right before or right after the Superman film comes out 7-11 to direct the attention back to Marvel and the F4.
If I were a betting man I’d say sometime between the 7th and 14th the announcement of the Fantastic Four Mego (in some capacity) is what we’ll see get announced.

I say some capacity because I don’t know if the issues with the female body and/or the muscle body we’ll see Sue and Ben. But the F4 in some form is what we’ll get

[PNGwynne]

Well, if Dis is smart they will release the FF in two sets: Say, Reed and Johnny initially with two new figs such as Doom and Sub-Mariner and then a second set with Sue and Ben. Better marketing, better inclusion of new figures, more time (if needed) for body tooling.

Somehow I feel that the next set is Avengers-themed, though. I don't really care, as long as they show up properly and the new figs are as good as Electro is.

[Stormbreaker]

Again, I think that, due to the characters portrayed on the sides of the Spidey set boxes (Cap, Hulk, Iron Man), the next set will be Avengers-themed as well.

There were supposed to be four waves in 2025. Maybe the first wave (which is obviously late) was Avengers, followed by the FF (or at least half of the FF) around this time. We’ll see soon ( I hope sooner rather than later) which assortment is up for order next.

[TrekStar]

I think when the next wave is finally released, some people will be happy and some people will be 50-50, but I think (hope) everyone will be satisfied regardless. My only concern is of course, ordering these sets without complications, cancellations and or availability like the last wave.

And as we all know ahead of time, jerks will get there greedy little hands on these before the rest of us and sell them on ebay for quadruple the actual price, hopefully all of us can avoid having to go that route.

I hope all of us here that really want this next wave regardless of which characters are in the set, are able to get them at no aggravation or stress, and at the retail price with no BS.

[daveznothere]

Looks like it got released last night. The Fantastic Four - they all look OG from 1976

[Earth 2 Chris]

Not to be THAT guy grumbling, but I wish they'd put them in the Byrne white/dark blue outfits for Reed and Sue just to mix things up, or maybe include them as alternate costumes.

Either way, it will be a nice set to have, since my Reed is still a bit zombified, and I've never bothered to replace him.

[Earth 2 Chris]

And for those who haven't seen the Disney Store leak:



Goes on sale July 9th, 8AM PT apparently.

https://www.disneystore.com/new-content/?originalTerm=Coming%20Soon&searchType=redirect&pdpRedirect=0

[daveznothere]

Yep I see them now in the coming soon. Wonder when they'll hit the shelf in the parks?

[Action Martin]

I hope they stitched the belts onto the bodysuits. The loose belts bothered me when I was a kid.

[Stormbreaker]

That’s a great surprise (for me at least)! So much for my deductive reasoning based on the Spidey set box art. . I was expecting the Avengers, but I’m glad the FF got the nod.

[Jmass]

Nice wok Davez! They look good from here! Thanks for the photos Chris!

[daveznothere]

From what I can gather from the comments on social media, nobody knows if these will be available in the parks. Only online that I can find out as of now. I am hoping that IF that is the case there is enough to go around and orders don't get cancelled. I can't think of any bigger disaster for this release if they don't have them in the parks AND orders gets cancelled or not placed at all due to not enough supply on hand.

That wouldn't go over well at all. It'd turn alot of people off.

[Makernaut]

Not to take the focus away from this set, but seeing Sue as part of the set gives me hope that 50th Anniversary editions of the Super Gals are still on the way.

[PNGwynne]

Quite surprised, actually.

And Chris, much as I respect you, the Byrne idea is terrible. That's not Mego, and bad enough that it was applied to the "retro-Kenner" FF.

Looks like the Thing has a poseable waist? Yowza.

[TrekStar]

Wondering how the articulation on the female and muscle bodies will be? from the picture the Thing looks pretty flexible.