Took a trip to Films & Figures in Chorley today and picked up the Diamond Select Chitauri from Avengers Assemble. I had always steered away from the Chitauri, there was something about it in images that looked wrong. The figure always looked a bit cartoony, particularly the feet. However, upon finding him loose today in F&F (and for under a tenner) I took a punt - and can honestly say I am very pleased with this new addition to the Marvel shelf I dont plan to do a full review on the Chitauri, but he has been photographed and added to the Marvel images page (2010-2014). In brief, the figure is nice and heavy - as you would expect from Diamond. Articulation is limited due to his armour and general bulk, but you can tweak his ankles/knes as well as his shoulders. The head is on a nice ball joint, so can be moved in most directions. There is no accessories with the Chitauri. If bought packaged he does come with a balcony rail to link in with the one that came with Hawkeye. Paint apps are very good and he is more weathered than he looks in other press shots. He is now stood menacing the Avengers alongside Red Skull. I would hope, perhaps through similar bargains, to add more of these in the future to make a trio of these bad boys.

CLICK THROUGH to visit the Wave 1 page, and then use the navigation buttons We now eagerly await the first wave of 2015 and our reviews of Bossk and Han Stormtrooper

I have just uploaded images from the Marvel Select Movie figures from my collection to the Review section. CLICK THROUGH to visit the section and have a look through the images

Our latest news round up can be found by clicking through to read all about those Toy Fair pre-orders now popping up in the UK and what is turning up in stores

As the dust settles on Toy Fair, we have brought together a list of the key Action Figure news from Toy Fair CLICK HERE to visit our round up page

Diamond Select surprised many on Day 3 of Toy Fair by "appearing" a 7" Doctor Strange into their booth Pop over to Marvelousnews.com for more details

To ensure we have a full history of Star Wars Black Series 6" on the site, I will be returning to the waves I have not reviewed to date and will be loading a retrospetive view of these figures as well as full picture galleries which are all being re-shot. The first of these, wave 1, is now posted CLICK HERE to go direct to the Wave 1 page

As a dad I am concious that Toys are in the first instance just that, items to be played with and enjoyed. I often run through newly announced items with my son and see how he feels about them. Following yesterdays Hasbro presentation I showed him the new Mashers from Star Wars and the Blade Builders. Upon viewing the Mashers (a range he is already familiar with and owns in Marvel) he said "I want these" and "these are soo cool". He got particularly giddy over the Storm Trooper but was less than enthusiastic for Jar Jar "maybe not this one daddy" Moving to Blade Builders he asked "who's light sabers are these" and was looking for Luke's or Vaders sabre as a role play item. He didnt grasp the building part, I think he needs to see these in the store and may then change his view. So hasbro - hit with Mashers, jury is out on Blade Builders.

Our first Toy Fair update has been posted on our Toy Fair 2015 page. Thanks in particular to Yodasnews.com who have been breaking a lot of the news and pictures so far. We continue to bullet point news as it comes up on our Facebook page CLICK THROUGH for our Toy Fair page

Figures.com (click through for full details) have shared the first images of the Neca Ripley sculpt as seen in Aliens, 1986. Unpainted a this time, the likeness is superb and she looks to be in the vested top she wore in the final scenes in the Alien nest. Details are also included that Series 5 will contain Aliens Ripley, a torn in half Bishop who is packed with Alien Egg and Facehugger, and two Alien Warriors from Genocide - one black, one red Most people predicted another Bishop, and this is a great diorama piece. Ripley is solid looking and is likely the one that will plug into the Power Loader release which we expect to see at Toy Fair in just over 24hrs or so.

Just noticed today that Forbidden Planet have amended their ETA for Star Wars Black Series Wave 7 up to 30th March (previously April) Wave 7 contains Bossk and Han Stormtrooper and a March release, albeit the end of March, feels more in line with what we have seen previously in terms of new waves hitting eBay in the Far East, then the US and then UK shores Star Action Figures, the other UK site with pre-orders listed for week 7, are quoting April. The Deluxe Tauntaun remains listed as a May 17th release date. Pre-orders for Wave 7 in the UK can so far be found at Forbidden Planet , Star Action Figures and Forbidden Planet International

The latest "news that caught my eye" is now up for your perusal CLICK HERE to go through to the News page