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Equip Your Kids For Halloween - and Beyond - with Hasbro Role-Play Toys

Hasbro's Masks and Accessories From This Year's Hottest Marvel Super Hero Movies Will Last Way Longer Than The Halloween Candy

PAWTUCKET, R.I., Oct. 17, 2012 -- Hasbro, Inc. offers parents a great way to make their dollars go further this Halloween season. With Hasbro's wide range of fun, high quality and modestly priced role-play masks and accessories from this year's hottest movies like MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, kids can pretend to be their favorite Marvel Super Hero on Halloween - and keep playing for months afterward.

October 13, 2012 - LEGO has unveiled two new Super Heroes sets at New York Comic Con! One from Marvel and one from DC:

Marvel Super Heroes
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Spider-Man™: Daily Bugle Showdown
$49.99
Piece Count: 476
Minifigures: Spider-Man, Doctor Doom, Jonah Jameson, Nova, Beetle

DC Super Heroes
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The Bat v. Bane™: Tumbler chase
$39.99
Piece Count: 368
Minifigures: Batman, Bane, Commissioner Gordon

Marvel Comics and Ghostbusters Neon Signs are the Ultimate Halloween Decorations

October 2012 - Tired of waiting by the door on Halloween with a bowl of goodies and not getting any trick-or-treaters? Do your soggy decorations and serviceable outdoor lighting fail to inspire confidence in lazy candy-seekers? Well, why not show the kids in your neighborhood that you're open for business by flipping on your Marvel Comics or Ghostbusters neon sign from Diamond Select?

Action Figure Xpress Brings New Thundercats and Alpha Flight Minimates to NYCC

October 2012 - Visitors to the Action Figure Xpress booth at the San Diego Comic-Con were treated to two unprecedented Minimates box sets: the first Minimates of the Marvel super-team Alpha Flight and the first Minimates ever for the original Thundercats cartoon! Well, response was so strong for those sets at SDCC that AFX is continuing those two lines at New York Comic-Con!

NYCC attendees will have the chance to pic up an entirely new Alpha Flight-themed Marvel Minimates box set at the show, featuring Sasquatch, Aurora, Snowbird and Shaman. In addition to the SDCC set's Guardian, Puck, Marrina and Northstar, the Canadian superteam will also get a two-pack of Vindicator and Box at Toys "R" Us this fall.

HEROCLIX TABAPP™ LAUNCHES, MARVEL FIGURE PACKS HIT TOYS "R" US

Free iPad Download Now Available

Hillside, N.J. & Cary, N.C. - September 24, 2012 - WizKids Games have announced the launch of HeroClix TabApp™, the much anticipated iPad application that combines Marvel Universe Super Hero miniatures with digital gameplay.

Beginning today, players, fans and collectors can pick up the Marvel Super Heroes HeroClix TabApp™ figure pack, which includes Iron Man, Thor and Captain America miniatures, from participating Toys "R" Us stores nationwide.

"It's amazing to watch the evolution of HeroClix over the past 10 years," said Justin Ziran, President at WizKids Games. "HeroClix TabApp marks the next generation of the HeroClix franchise, and is a game the whole family can enjoy."

HEROCLIX ONLINE RELEASES NEW MARVEL CONTENT: SIX ALL-NEW HULKED-OUT HEROES CHASE FIGURES

September 2012 - HeroClix Online developers today released all-new Marvel content, featuring six new figures from the Hulked-Out Heroes collection. The new figures include Winter Hulk, Hulklops, Icehulk, Hulkmariner, Mighty Thorr and Wolverage.

The new figures, compatible with all other Marvel figures with Marvel maps and tournaments are available as tournament prizes beginning today.

For more information on HeroClix Online, visit http://hco.heroclix.com.

For news updates and announcements, follow HeroClix Online on Facebook and Twitter.

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In Stores This Week: Ultron, Silver Surfer and the Battle Beasts!

September 19, 2012 - If it's Wednesday, it must be New Toy Day! Diamond Select Toys has a couple of new products shipping to comic shops this week -- both of them Marvel Comics-based -- and there's also an actual comic book they want you to check out! It's not Marvel, but it's quite possibly the awesomest comic you will read this week. Let's see what's coming out!

Marvel Select Ultron

WIZKIDS REVEALS HEROCLIX TABAPP™ AND MARVEL FIGURE LAUNCH DATES

Hillside, N.J. & Cary, N.C. - September 17, 2012 - WizKids Games today announced the release date for HeroClix TabApp™, the much anticipated addition to the HeroClix franchise. An extension of the HeroClix brand, HeroClix TabApp™ is an interactive toy, which combines physical toy miniature figures with digital gameplay designed for the iPad. The free application is set to launch September 23 and will be available initially at Toys "R" Us.

"We're thrilled by the positive response and excitement from the community surrounding HeroClix TabApp™," said Justin Ziran, President of WizKids Games. "We can't wait to end the anticipation with the debut of our Marvel figures at Toys "R" Us stores nationwide."

HeroClix TabApp™ Marvel figures will be available in packs of three priced at $14.99 USD each. The first Marvel Super Heroes pack, available September 23, includes Avengers favorites Iron Man, Thor and Captain America figures. The Wolverine and the X-Men pack, available September 30, includes Wolverine, Cyclops and Iceman figures.

HEROCLIX ONLINE INTRODUCES NEW FIGURE OF THE WEEK:

MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS MOVIE TEAM PACK

September 13, 2012 - Developers of HeroClix Online today announced an all new Figure of the Week program, featuring Marvel's The Avengers Movie Team Pack. The program introduces 12 new figures to the online game, three available per week starting today through October 10.

Check out the full schedule below:

Sept. 13-19: Volstagg, Hogun and Fandral
Sept. 20-26: Skrull General, Skrull Saboteur and Skrull Warrior
Sept. 27-Oct.3: Nick Fury, Black Widow and SHIELD Enforcer
Oct. 4-10: Johann Schmidt, HYDRA Footsoldier and HYDRA Technician

For more information on HeroClix Online, visit http://hco.heroclix.com.

For news updates and announcements, follow HeroClix Online on Facebook and Twitter.

About Marvel Entertainment

MARVEL COMICS REVEALS POSTER ART FOR NEW YORK COMIC CON

The Avengers Come to Manhattan!

Steve McNiven Creates Original Art for 2012 Pop Culture Event