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“Dathomir will always be my home, but it does not need to define me.” The Nightsister Merrin joined the Star Wars Galaxy in 2019 as a character in the Jedi: Fallen Order video game. She returned in 2023 in its sequel, Jedi: Survivor, and on the back of this, it was announced in 2025 that she would make her action figure debut in the Star Wars Black Series.  Merrin arrived in August 2025, released under the Gaming Greats sub-line but within Wave 22 of the Galaxy Collection alongside the Night Trooper  and Ezra Bridger  from Ahsoka, and the new Han & Chewbacca from A New Hope. As a Gaming Greats release, Merrin is packed in the usual packaging with the foil Gaming Greats hexagon sticker applied to the bottom right corner of the box window. The GG figures use a sky blue accent colour, applied to the key text, artwork, and the number. Merrin is number 28 in the Galaxy Collection Gaming Greats series, with her artwork connecting to Dagan Gera  from the same game. The back of the box carries a repeat of the side artwork, overlaid with the EA Games Jedi: Survivor logo, the only section of the franchise to have its logo printed directly onto the Black Series boxes. The short text overview covers Merrin’s life on Dathomir and her new journey with the crew of The Mantis, as seen in the storyline of both Jedi games to date. The cardbacking of the figure uses the same skyblue colouring and within this is a background that appears to be that of the wastelands of Jedha, the area in which Merrin spends much of the second game.  Nightsister Merrin is based on the outfit she has adopted for Jedi: Survivor, an ensemble that incorporates some elements of her Nightsister origins with a high-necked red inner robe with glossy leather chest piece and orange gold necklace. Over this, Merrin is now weraring a short black hooded jacket with the hood folded back behind her head, and the sleeves cut off at the elbow and with her lower arms wrapped in grey and black straps that finish wrapped partially around her pale hands. The inner tunic is wrapped in a two strap belt in brown with a silver buckle and with a gold charm hanging offset at the front, and a knife holster secured around the back. The outfit is finished with a pair of simple grey trousers with sculpted padded knees, and a pair of knee-high brown boots that also incorporate some sculpted scrollwork on the front and ridged panels around the side.  The head sculpt is a spectacular likeness to Merrin as seen in the Jedi games, played by actor Tina Ivlev. Her pale grey skin is replicated perfectly, as are her facial tattoos in gold. These are likely part of the overall facial print that also recreates her dark and intense eyes and adds darker colouring to her lips. The hair piece, cast separate to the head, os a darker grey and includes a fringe that hangs over her right eye, casting small shadows as it would in a real world setting. The back of the hair is cropped short and kicks out at the back sitting within the folded back hood with the shape of the hood executed in a way to both house the back of the hair, but with enough room to allow the head full movement to the sides.  Merrin’s first accessory is a small knife that fits into the holster on the back of her belt. This knife is relatively simplistic in its detail and includes a silver blade and brown grip. The grip is quote slim, fitting in either of Merrin’s hand but without a securing grip so be mindful of it slipping or falling out of the hands.  The larger weapon is technically the same knife, but imbued with Dathomir magic and turned into a staff/spear. The same blade shape is found at one end in silver, while the shaft is now a mix of plain brown wood and ridged black grip sections. It fits into either hand, with a slightly more secure grip, and with two-handed options easily accessible through the articulation. The third accessory is an effect piece reflecting the Dathomir Nightsister Magic. It is a green translucent cast circular disk with a stream of magic coming out of the centre as though being directed at an enemy. Around the back section of the disk is a shaped hole that corresponds with the shape of Merrin’s left hand. This means the hand sits inside the effect piece when engaged, allowing the green magic to enclose the hand in the same way we see it work in-game.  Merrin has 17 points of articulation, with the newer format legs now without a thigh swivel that enhances the overall aesthetics. Rotation in the legs is now achieved via the knees, and stability is provided through a robust set of ratcheted ankle rockers. Upper joints include a torso joint that allows a minimal ab-crunch to support fighting stances with the staff. The arms feature butterfly shoulders, single but extensive elbow joints that bend back on themselves, and pivot wrists. The head is a twin joint, with joints at the neck base and where it meets the head. Again, this removes the need for a visible joint while providing Merrin with a good range of motion, supported by that groove in the hood, giving the hair room to move. Merrin is a joy to pose, with plenty of dynamic options, but also plenty of poses that reflect her character and mannerisms in the game. She looks brilliant, with an exceptional likeness and recreation of a video game character. Accessories are great, with two very usable weapons and an effect piece that does a job if you like that sort of FX piece within your displays.  There is nothing much at all to fault with this figure, and it is already a strong contender for one of my favourite releases of the year. It also expands the Jedi videogame collection even further beyond Cal and generic enemies, joining Dagan Gera, Turgle and Stoova Stev in your displays. I also hope the wider collecting community feel the same way, and perhaps gives Hasbro inspiration for a future Merrin release in her original Nightsister robes - perhaps also then creating parts that could be used for the Great Mothers from Ahsoka. K eep Track of all the Star Wars Black Series figures from Hasbro at our comprehensive Star Wars Black Series Collectors Database & Checklist If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube . Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the 70's and 80's I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force) and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licences - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

"The Force is my ally, that's all I need." Ezra Bridger’s outings in the Star Wars Black Series to date have been very much aligned to his appearances in Star Wars Rebels. The 2019 release  (re-released in 2020) was Ezra as we met him in Season 1 and 2 of Rebels, while the 2023 Ezra  - released under the Ahsoka label - was the last we saw of him at the end of Season 4. We now have the iteration of Ezra Bridger to add to our Black Series collection, based on his first live-action appearance in Ahsoka Season 1 and specifically his appearance on Peridea after his years stranded on the planet.  Ezra was released in August 2025 and was part of Wave 22 of the Galaxy Collection, a wave that also features the Night Trooper  from Ahsoka, Merrin from Jedi: Survivor, and the new versions of Han and Chewie from A New Hope. The new Ezra is branded under the Ahsoka Galaxy Collection and uses the blue/green highlight colour on the key text and the side artwork. He is number 18 in the collection, with the side art connecting directly to the Night Trooper from the same wave. The rear of the box repeats the artwork with text that sets the scene for this version of Ezra and his exile on Peridea. The same blue is used on the cardback for the figure, with a backdrop image of the ruins on Peridea where Grand Admiral Thrawn has moored the Chimaera and made his base.  Ezra is entirely new, replicating his Peridea Exile outfit really nicely. This starts with an inner Jedi-esque beige tunic with the top of a silver, chainmail-style armoured vest, visible around the neckline. The trousers are plain brown with a pair of complex wrapped shin pads and a pair of boots that use a lighter brown over the base leg colour to highlight the change in texture and finish.  Over this, but sculpted as part of the rubberised jacket and skirt, is a deep red outer robe. This is fastened at the centre with a brown sash belt, and a more traditional lighter brown belt with offset pouches. The outfit is finished with a separate braided rope piece in two tones of brown slung across Ezra’s chest, and with a complex braided shoulder panel on the left shoulder. This is cast in more brown, but includes lighter orange, grey, and blue tones in the design. If there is one minor criticism of the costume, it is the usual one for Black Series and a lack of weathering, which would add that final layer of realism to what we see on screen. The headsculpt is fantastic and a spot-on likeness to actor Eman Esfandi as seen in season 1 of Ahsoka with his beard and longer, unkempt hair. Facial printing provides a very crisp pair of blue piercing eyes, and also replicates the twin scar on Ezra’s cheek as inflicted by the Grand Inquisitor. Ezra comes with his lightsaber, the new one he builds with Huyang, before heading off to face Thrawn and his troops. This is a grey plastic hilt, and a slightly cheap-looking grey too sadly. Over this is both black and gold detailing, picking out the main grip of the hilt and the twin lines just under the guard for the emitter. A loop is built into the cast hilt, allowing the saber hilt to be slung on a corresponding hook on the left hand side of Ezra’s belt. While this initially feels like a backward step compared to using plug-in sabers without an unsightly loop on the weapon, the hook and loop does allow the saber to hang naturally on Ezra’s belt and remain relatively secure.  A blue translucent saber blade clips into the hilt for a lit saber effect. The connection is tight and the peg on the blade robust so not to be at risk of any damage. The saber fits into either of Ezra’s hands, with the left being the more natural fit with Ezra being left-handed, but also because the right hand comes with a pronounced trigger finger for a blaster. There are no additional hand options, which is a miss considering Ezra does a lot of fighting in Ahsoka Season 1 just utilising The Force. Stay tuned at the end of our review for a Figure Hack for a solution. Bridger has 19 points of pinless articulation. This includes butterfly shoulders to help with two-handed light saber grips, although the shape of the sleeves and the more limited elbow movement does limit a bit of the arm movement. I love the range of the torso and the twin joint neck, making Ezra quite emotive with his head movements in particular. While the legs are behind a soft goods skirt that extends to the knees, and beyond around the back, the legs have a full set of joints, including a thigh swivel, which we had thought was being phased out. With rotation at the thigh and knees, and a split in the lower robes, Ezra’s lower leg movement is reasonably extensive and supported by a solid pair of ankle rockers to keep him stable. I note at this point that while Ezra has peg holes on both feet, these are at the toe end and not the heel end, which is unusual.  Ezra Bridger (Peridea) is another impressive Black Series release with Hasbro on a good run at the moment, and within Wave 22 in particular. The on-screen look is replicated well at a 6-inch scale, minus any weathering, including a very well executed likeness. The saber as the sole accessory was the right one to include, but the figure and context of some of his Peridea scenes were crying out for an alternative set of Force gesture hands. A fine addition to the Ahsoka collection and the Black Series overall, with scope (as we will see in a moment) for another figure to utilise that excellent head sculpt. Figure Hack 1 One of my first thoughts when the Ezra Bridger (Peridea) figure was announced was around the potential to use the bearded head sculpt on the Night Trooper Stormtrooper figure to replicate those final scenes from Ahsoka when Ezra returns to the New Republic and is reunited with Chopper and Hera.  I can confirm that the Ezra head and the Night Trooper head are directly compatible, almost as though Hasbro engineered it that way with a potential future release in mind. I would use some mild heat to warm up both pieces first as the ball joint is a tight fit into each head.  If you want to go one stage further and give Ezra a removable Stormtrooper helmet, then the original Luke/Han Stormtrooper disguise figures from 2015 provide a helmet that Ezra can actually wear, even with his unkept hair. It is perhaps a tad oversized, and there is a minor colour variation when you pair these up, but it does allow the pose of Ezra removing his disguise and revealing himself to Hera.  This seems such a no-brainer that I would expect Hasbro to have this in the works for release in the relatively near future, potentially an exclusive? Figure Hack 2 The lack of Force Hands is the main issue with the Ezra Bridger figure, considering that fight in the Noti encampment with the Night Troopers, where he leaves Sabine with his saber and simply uses The Force.  While there will be aftermarket solutions via the 3D printing scene, I can confirm that the hands from the Marvel Legends Ms. Marvel from The Marvels comes with a pair of outstretched gesturing hands that fit the Ezra Bridger perfectly. With the Legends figures slightly larger than the Black Series in terms of scale, the hands of Ms. Marvel are exactly the right size for Ezra. The skin tone is not quite a match, but it works and therefore a simple solution for those who want simple hacks rather than more intrusive painting and customisation K eep Track of all the Star Wars Black Series figures from Hasbro at our comprehensive Star Wars Black Series Collectors Database & Checklist If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube . Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the 70's and 80's I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force) and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licences - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

Releasing for preorder in August 2025 and arriving in February 2026 is this Medicom MAFEX figure of Black Adam and his throne from the 2022 Dwayne Johnson movie. To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube . Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

The new Medicom MAFEX releases of Deadpool and Wolverine, as seen last month at the MAFEX exhibition, are the two Marvel figures included in the August 2025 pre-orders. Wolverine will come with three Hugh Jackman heads, but no masked version. There will also be alternative hands, claws in and out. Deadpool has a series of interchangeable eye pieces to vary his expressions, he will also come with extra hands and a pair of alternative forearms to recreate the opening scenes where he battles using the Wolverine skeleton claws. Other accessories include another set of Wolverine Adamantium Bones, twin Katana's, twin pistols, twin Gold Desert Eagles, and a TVA TemPad. The best accessory for Deadpool is a scaled version of DogPool. Both figures are June 2026 releases. To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube . Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

"The blessing of the Great Mothers shall protect you in battle against the Jedi. Go, now. Let none pass" Death Troopers have been part of the Star Wars Universe since their introduction in 2016 in Rogue One. Since then, we’ve seen them crop up as elite bodyguards in Star Wars Rebels, as well as making an appearance in Andor and in the Battlefront II video game. The Death Troopers’ most recent outing was during the events of Ahsoka, Season 1, where they were part of the stranded force under the command of Grand Admiral Thrawn. These Death Troopers, like much of Thrawn’s force, were damaged and patched together using Nightsisters' Magic.  The Night Trooper, as seen in Ahsoka Season 1, was an August 2025 release in the Star Wars Black Series. It is part of Wave 22 alongside Ezra Bridger, also from Ahsoka, Merrin from Jedi: Survivor, and the new A New Hope Versions of Han and Chewie. The Night Trooper uses the darker blue/green colouring assigned to Ahsoka and is number 17 in the Ahsoka collection. While the numbering has got a little mixed up ahead of the Night Trooper, the side artwork connects directly to Anakin Skywalker’s artwork. Anakin was also labelled as number 17, but should have been number 16. The Night Trooper artwork continues onward to connect to Ezra from the same wave.  The figure card back, still in the same accent colour, also features illustrations of a backdrop of Thrawn’s base on Peridea, the area in which the Night Troopers faced down Ezra and Sabine as they tried to reach The Chimaera.  The Night Trooper is a fully new figure built in a similar construction to other armoured figures like Clones and Stormtroopers. Everything is cast in black, with a glossier black on the outer armour, and a duller black that makes up the joints and connections of the undersuit. Each armoured panel has the Kintsugi repairs in a gold finish; these are sculpted rather than simply being painted on. Most panels also feature sculpted wrappings, painted in red to reflect the armour being held together and bonded with Nightsister magic.  The new Night Trooper shares no parts with the older 2016 figure from Rogue One and is quite different in terms of stature and proportions, with a much more natural shape and gait to the newer figure. The older Death Trooper always felt too skinny, unless it was wearing the tactical gear included in one of the multi-packs. The head is a Death Trooper helmet also treated with the gold line repairs, although here this is painted only and not part of the physical sculpt. The helmet is hollow and cracked to the left hand side beneath the visor, exposing the nose and mouth of the Trooper within. This reflects the damage inflicted by Sabine’s blaster during their fight. These Troopers are then revealed to be essentially undead and animated by the Great Mothers and the exposed head reflects this with a dark brown, mummified head sculpt complete with exposed skeletal teeth and overlaid with a black wash to bring out this detailing.  The Night Troopers are armed only with the E-11D blaster carbine. This appears identical to the original 2016 release, but our review version is certainly much crisper and detailed than the older weapon. This may mean a new cast was used or a crisper cast achieve with what does feel a harder plastic. The older weapon did carry more colouring, with the new version a base black with a touch of gun metal around the barrel. The red indicator lights seen on the 2016 version are not carried forward. The gun fits in the right hand, gripped by the left. Like most Black Series releases, there is no alternative hand options and an opportunity therefore is lost to include some clawing hands for the full on undead look. There are 17 points of articulation to work with, all now pin-less, which is another enhancement over the original Death Trooper release. There are no butterfly joint,s which is marginally disappointing as the Night Trooper cannot quite get into some of the firing poses that you see with other Imperial and Clone Troopers. There is also a restriction by way of the shoulder pauldrons, which lack any flexibility or the ability to withdraw under the armour, keeping the arms limited to how far they can be raised. I do like the torso joint movement and that of the twin joint neck; this allows some ‘zombified’ posing with the Night Trooper lurching forward with head angled.  These sort of poses are supported further by the legs, which retain a thigh swivel as well as the newer knee swivel. This does mean the legs can easily be twisted out of line, and perhaps this is not a bad thing for more extreme poses of an undead Trooper. The Night Trooper can kneel if needed and holds stable when positioned with no obvious weakness in the ankle joints, although it is worth calling out that these do not pivot forward by any degree due to the leg armour.  The Star Wars Black Series Night Trooper is a fun figure, replicating one of the Night Troopers seen on screen during the final act of Ahsoka Season 1. While not quite an army builder due to the unique armour repairs, you will get away with multiple Night Troopers if you want to build Thrawn a large army. An extra head or hands would have helped with those wanting multiples. Zombie claw hands would also have been a nice inclusion.  The proportions and articulation are improved on the original 2016 figure, and there will be potential here to create a clean version at some point in the future, although that will require much of the armour parts to be recreated without damage. A well-executed figure in what promises to be one of the strongest Black Series waves to date, looking at the other figures in the case. K eep Track of all the Star Wars Black Series figures from Hasbro at our comprehensive Star Wars Black Series Collectors Database & Checklist If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube . Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the 70's and 80's I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force) and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licences - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

Announced via Gizmodo is a new Marvel Legends 2-Pack featuring Invincible Iron-Man vs The Mandarin. Extremis Iron-Man comes with an unmasked Tony Stark head, alternative hands, and repulsor blasts. This is a re-use of the 2023 Extremis Iron-Man. The Mandarin will include two head options, allowing him to be displayed as both young and aged Mandarin, complete with alternative hands and magic effects. The set is an Amazon exclusive, with pre-ordering open on both Amazon US and Amazon UK . The set has an Autumn 2025 release date, with the US date as late September, while the UK listing is quoting October. We've added this new pair of Marvel Legends to our comprehensive Marvel Legends Collector Database MARVEL LEGENDS SERIES IRON MAN (EXTREMIS) AND MARVEL’S MANDARIN   (HASBRO | Ages 4 and Up | Approx. Retail Price: $49.99 | Pre-order on August 19 at 1 PM ET exclusively on Amazon; available Fall 2025)  Bring the excitement and wonder of the Marvel Universe to your collection with the Hasbro Marvel Legends Iron Man (Extremis) and Marvel’s Mandarin set! This collectible 6-inch scale Marvel figure set is detailed to look like the characters from Marvel's Iron Man comics. The figures are fully articulated with premium design and poseable head, arms, and legs. This action figure set comes with 12 accessories, including 2 alternate hands, alternate helmeted head, and repulsor blast effects for Iron Man. Marvel’s Mandarin comes with 4 alternate hands, alternate head, and 2 ring energy effects. Hasbro Marvel action figures' 6-inch scale make them great for posing and displaying in fans' collections. Pose the figures and reimagine Invincible Iron Man comics-inspired scenes on your shelf with Marvel Legends action figures and Marvel collectibles (each sold separately, subject to availability).  To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube . Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

After a couple of teases, Hasbro has now revealed in full their next Maximum Series release of Deadpool. The set will include Deadpool with two head options and a raft of extra hands. You also get five different guns, with two accompanying effect parts. There is a pair of swords, a knife, a stick of dynamite, and a Chimichanga. The final accessory is a figure of Doop with flight stand. The new Maximum Series Deadpool opens for pre-order on the 26th of August 2025. We've added the new Deadpool release to our extensive Marvel Legends Collector Database MARVEL LEGENDS MAXIMUM SERIES DEADPOOL   (HASBRO | Ages 4 and Up | Approx. Retail Price: $49.99 | Pre-order on August 26 at 1PM ET on Hasbro Pulse and participating retailers; available Bring the excitement and wonder of the Marvel Universe to your collection with the Hasbro Marvel Legends Maximum Series Deadpool figure! The collectible figure is detailed to look like the character from Marvel's Deadpool , X-Men , and X-Force comics. This 6-inch scale Marvel figure is fully articulated with poseable head, arms, and legs. This Maximum Series action figure set is bursting with 24 accessories, including: alternate head; 2 pointer hands; thumbs up, v fingers, 2 fists, 2 grip hands, knife, 2 swords, blaster, 3 blast effects, stick of dynamite, a chimichanga (for when you need a snack), and weapon accessories; plus that loveable spud Doop with a clear floating stand. Hasbro Marvel action figures' 6-inch scale make them great for posing and displaying in fans' collections. Reimagine fourth wall-breaking Deadpool comics-inspired scenes on your shelf with Marvel Legends action figures (each sold separately, subject to availability).  To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube . Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

After the demise of Diamond Comics and the immediate 'shuttering' of Diamond Select Toys earlier in 2025, collectors and fans have been awaiting any kind of news or confirmation of what might happen next with their upcoming releases and the wider licences as a whole. We've now been advised that any item not produced (and we are unclear what these might be) is now considered cancelled. Notifications are now starting to go out from stockists, cancelling pre-orders. For me, the most exciting Diamond Select line at the point the business ceased was their Lord of the Rings line, which was very much finding its feet and selling out each wave with relative ease. The cancellations have now gone out confirming that Eowyn and the Witch King, the next planned releases, did not get far enought into production (as far as we can ascertain) and are not being released. This will now also be true for the other upcoming pre-orders, including the first figures from The Hobbit: Bilbo and Tauriel. The same fate will apply to the most recent reveals of Galadrial and King Aragorn, the recent preview of Azog, and the long-delayed and oft pushed back Gandalf the White. The Diamond Lord of the Rings series was the first since Toybiz to get into the heart of the franchise, and we should still celebrate the figures we did get over its short 4-year lifespan. Diamond did manage to bring us the Fellowship of the Ring in its entirety, as well as Christopher Lee's Saruman and Gollum! The hordes of darkness were also fleshed out with releases of Lurtz, Uruk Hai warriors, and Moria Goblins. The crowning figure of the line, despite issues in its design and stability, has to be the only build-a-figure of the line, the armoured Sauron who can also be flanked by his Ring Wraiths We now look to the future, with S.H. Figuarts tentatively exploring the LOTR world, but at a 6-inch scale. There is definitely a market for these classic movies, and we can therefore have a glimmer of hope that we may perhaps see more LOTR releases in the future once licencing agreements and the solvency arrangements have all been resolved. See our reviews of the Lord of the Rings figures over at our Diamond Select Collector Database To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube . Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

A new McFarlane DC Direct two-pack from Batman: The Animated Series has been revealed and opened for pre-ordering. The 'Mad Love' set features new figures of The Joker and Harley Quinn. The set includes alternative hands for both characters, as well as Harley Quinn's staff. The set also includes collector cards for the pair. This is a general release, with a November 2025 release date. We've added the 'Mad Love' pairing to our extensive McFarlane Collector Database Sometimes love can make people do crazy things. Other times? It drives them completely insane. Such is the case with Harley Quinn, formerly Dr. Harleen Quinzel. A promising psychologist and intern at Arkham Asylum in Gotham City, Harleen was given the chance to get up close and personal with the Joker, an experience that wound up ending...badly. Harleen became obsessed with her subject, and after falling madly in love with the Clown Prince of Crime, she helped him escape the asylum. Her love for the Joker inspired Harleen to adopt a new identity, that of Harley Quinn, the Joker's sidekick/love interest-whether he wanted one or not. To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube . Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

NECA has unveiled three new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figures all shipping in the final, including Nobody, Cyborg Donatello, and Raphael Shredder, all taken from the Eastman & Laird Mirage Comics. Nobody will come with a soft goods cape, extra hands, a rifle, and a grappling hook. He is due to release in Q4 of 2025. Cyborg Donatello includes two head options, extra hands, robot knife hand, a bo-staff, and even a party hat. Like Raphael, this one is a Q1 2026 release. The final release, Shredder Raphael, includes a soft goods cape, three heads, extra hands, Sai's, and Jug with glass. This is a Q1 2026 release. We've added this new trio of releases to our extensive NECA Collector Database Based on his first appearance in Eastman & Laird’s original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics from Mirage Studios! Nobody, the secret identity of Officer Longer, is here as a 7-inch scale NECA action figure with an all-new sculpt! He features a soft goods cape, grappling hook with real string, and a “blaster.” Comes in collector-friendly packaging with original artwork by Kevin Eastman. As seen in Eastman & Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books from Mirage Studios! Raphael takes the mantle of The Shredder with an all-new sculpt from NECA. This 7-inch scale action figure includes two heads (damaged and angry eyepatch). Plus, a soft goods cape, removable helmet, extra hands, sais, pitcher, and glass. Comes in collector-friendly packaging with original artwork by Kevin Eastman. Based on the “Urban Legends” storyline in Eastman & Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic books from Mirage Studios! After a brutal cyborg attack nearly kills Donatello, he merges with a cybernetic host to save his life. Featuring an all-new sculpt, this 7-inch scale Cyborg Donatello action figure by NECA includes interchangeable heads, party hat, robo-knife hand, and robo-bo staff. Comes in collector-friendly window box packaging with artwork by Kevin Eastman. To manage our storage costs, news article images are archived after 12-months. Accept our apologies if you have reached this news article, and the images are no longer available If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube . Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the '70s and '80s I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force), and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licenses - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who, and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK-focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

“I'm the Doctor, you don't have to stand over there, come and have a look, it's called the TARDIS.” Character Toys and B&M Stores broke with a little bit of established tradition for one of their two August 2025 exclusive Doctor Who sets. While TARDIS releases have been a stalwart of the line, they are usually base models with no electronics and a Doctor figure included. For 2025, and to fill in what has been a gap in the line, there was a solo release of The Fifteenth Doctor’s TARDIS and a lights & sounds electronic model at that.  The boxed packaging remains broadly the same as the last B&M TARDIS release, the 6th Doctor from The Ultimate Adventure. This features a square box with front and left side windows, with each window framed by the cardboard of the box. The base colouring of the packaging itself is white, with TARDIS decor to the bottom left corner, and a coloured accent across the midst of the box, which is the attributed colour for the particular Doctor on which the set is based. This is the pink hue assigned to the 15th Doctor and used on the single boxed & carded figures of The Doctor and Ruby released to date, creating a themed group for those collecting boxed.  Around the main frame surrounding the window are the usual diamond call out panels confirming that usual 5.5 inch collector scale, as well as the lights & sounds features this time round. We also have the standard foil ‘Limited Edition’ sticker to the bottom right, and to the top right, a circular panel showing the interior of the Fifteenth Doctor’s TARDIS. The right side and rear of the box are fairly plain, the back turned over to a large text overview of the TARDIS from a wider history context, and that of the Fifteenth Doctor. The TARDIS can be removed from the box without any direct damage, allowing collectors to repack if they wish. The ship is clipped into an inner tray and secured at the base with two plastic clips, which can be screwed out to release the ship. The backing card is Time Vortex themed with more of that pink hue fading in and out to darker purples. You will also find in the box a piece of rice paper wrapping a cardboard insert of a second TARDIS console room insert, keep this safe as it allows the set to be given an alternative look. The TARDIS is built on the long standing Character Options New Series TARDIS base and features the single plinth base and a four layer roof. The TARDIS is cast in a dark and deep blue with a darker wash to bring out the wooden texture within the plastic. The windows are an ice white with a hint of blue, with white frames and a degree of transparency. The door panel is a printed sticker, now in black with white text and adjacent to a silver door handle and keyhole. While some of the TARDIS models have had an opening panel, this one has been fixed closed. The Public Call Box signage on the roof is similarly a black sticker with white text, and on our review version bought from B&M, there is a bit of peeling on some of the corners. The 15th Doctor TARDIS prop on screen does feature notches at the top and bottom of the side columns, as the base model does not include these Character has opted to paint a black line rather than to update the mol,d which would have added significant value to the set. The Windows, Police Box Signage, and these painted ‘notches’ are repeated on all four sides of the TARDIS, with the only other variance on the back face where you can see the battery compartment door and the drilled speaker holes. The top light is reworked with a new, more rounded framework and the translucent glass bulb within. Both doors will push open with a spring mechanism and a click into the open position. The left hand door is then closed by hand, moving it past that retention spring, where it then moves back into the closed position. The left hand door is operated by a switch in the floor, which is much easier than trying to close it manually with your fingers in such a tight space.  Internally, a cardboard insert creates the impression of the TARDIS console room, with the piece arriving with the bright white console room used initially by the Fourteenth Doctor and then the Fifteenth. The alternative piece, seen earlier when we unpacked, gives you the option of overlaying this with a card backdrop for the Thirteenth Doctor. The card insert has to be folded across the scored lines, then inserted round the first door on the left, then pushed round and then back on itself to sit on the right-hand side.  The Thirteenth Doctor panel can be removed the same way, revealing the Fifteenth Doctor interior behind it. I would assume this more modern console room can also be removed, but it seems to be cut wider than the other panel, and my fingers were not dexterous enough to maneuver it out of position.  The TARDIS is well scaled for the Doctor Who figures, and fits alongside the more recently announced Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctor figures, and the slightly older Thirteenth Doctor variants. The Doctor’s can be posed inside the cavity, either standing in the opening fully, or coming out of the right hand opening panel as is often seen on the show and in promo images.  While all other B&M released TARDIS sets have had their electronics removed, this 2025 version has full light and sound capacity. You need to install three AAA batteries, which are not included, into the rear battery compartment. This is opened using a small screwdriver. The TARDIS comes with two sound effects, both activated by a pressure switch on the base. Once the other base switch is moved to ‘on’ and the batteries are installed, then the lights and sounds will activate for landing as you put the TARDIS down, and for taking off when you pick it back up again. The light beacon glows and throbs alongside the sound effects, with a blue hue to the light. Considering the availability of a power source and a light, it would have been nice to see the interior also be lit up - but that feature has not been included.  At £19.99, the Fifteenth Doctor’s TARDIS is incredible value in the modern collecting world. It brings a TARDIS option for both the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors. Character has also gone above and beyond with the second console room insert too, allowing collectors who missed out on what felt like a very limited Thirteenth Doctor TARDIS release back in 2020 to equip their Jodie Whittaker Doctor’s with her own TARDIS. Availability may turn out to be the biggest issue with this TARDIS, with the likelihood of collectors wanting two or three of the same model to round out their displays. K eep Track of all the Doctor Who figures from Character Toys at our comprehensive Doctor Who Collectors Database & Checklist If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube . Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the 70's and 80's I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force) and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licences - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

"Daleks are such boring conversationalists" The first of the 2025 Doctor Who Exclusive Collector Sets for B&M were announced and landed in the same week of August 2025, a reasonably well coordinated launch vs usual for the North of the country at least. The latest addition to the History of the Daleks line was number 21 and featured two new Daleks as seen in ‘Eve of the Daleks’, the New Year's special from 2022 featuring Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor. The set followed the standard packaging design as established in 2023 for the 60th Anniversary and beyond, with a white base box featuring a TARDIS design in the bottom left corner and the current diamond Who logo in the top left. Each package features an accent colour for the era of Doctor it is taken from, with this the first from the 13th Doctor, who has been given a red theme design. The episode name is listed on the top right of the box, while the bottom right includes the numbering as number 21 in the History of the Daleks series. This does mean that we have skipped number 20 for the time being, but that is expected to follow in the second batch of 2025 B&M releases. The usual diamond call-outs to the side of the window confirm the figures as ‘Executioner Daleks’ and that these are part of the 5.5-inch Collector Series. We also get the gold foil ‘Limited Edition’ sticker now featured on the box with no defined window to the box. Round the back of the box, we have a further splash of the red colour as a base border, a repeat of the diamond logo, and a large and in-depth text write-up about Eve of the Dalek,s including some behind-the-scenes facts around the shooting of the episode. The box is opened via the top flap, and the inner cardboard sleeve - with the standard blue vortex design - slides out along with the plastic tray. Like the newer Collector releases, there is no window to the box, and the plastic moulded tray around the Daleks is glued to the backing card, making this a collector set that can only be opened once, with the opening process damaging either the backing card, or the enclosing plastic window if you choose to cut this surgical to preserve the vortex background. The two Dalek Executioners included are built on the established New Series Dalek body. In the episode, the props were more or less the standard bronze Dalek colour, but the Character Set has played a little with the overall look, giving the Daleks’s a darker chocolate finish, with a reddish hue as seen under the atmospheric lighting of the episode. vs the 2024 Parting of the Ways Dalek (right) This deeper rich bronze is contrasted by a lighter gold across the skirt hemispheres and the slats of the mid-section. The base of the skirt, and the mesh behind the mid-section slats, are a darker grey, with the red hued bronze returning for the dome with transparent lights.  The Daleks are fitted with the updated arms and guns seen during Eve of the Daleks, with a manipulator arm with a clawed grip end in black plastic. This arm is quite soft in terms of the base plastic, and one of my Daleks came with a warped arm straight out of the box. The Gatling Gun is cast in silver and is much bulkier than the usual Dalek gun-arm. Both still slot into the square sockets on the mid-section. The same applies to the eye stalk, with a silver stalk, translucent discs, and a black eye section with a blue iris.  While both Daleks are essentially identical, Character has included different decals under the eye stalk of the two drones, giving them a slight point of difference from each other. Articulation is the same configuration as usual, with an eye stalk that raises up and down in its socket and a dome that spins a full 360 degrees. The two arms are in ball joint sockets, so they have a wider range of motion than the eye stalk within the extent of the square frame. The Dalek is sat on some small wheels under the base with two fixed at the back and a pivot on the front. This allows the Dalek to be pushed around while also giving it a slight lift off the ground for display. It is great to see the Character line exploring the more modern era of Dalek appearances, with the Eve of the Daleks being a solid choice in terms of finally giving the 13th Doctor some ‘foes’ to face off against while also giving us a pair of Daleks that look and feel varied to the now well utilised Bronze New Series Daleks. At £22.99 a set, these still reflect great value for money, and hopefully the B&M supply chain will ensure sufficient stocks for everyone, and perhaps a few spare as I can see some customising options transplanting some of the older arm parts onto the standard bronze Daleks for some earlier 13th Doctor Daleks from Revolution. K eep Track of all the Doctor Who figures from Character Toys at our comprehensive Doctor Who Collectors Database & Checklist If you are reading this via a 3rd party website that is importing our newsfeed, please come and visit us directly and give us a follow on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube . Check out our direct news feed for more action figure news, reviews, and store reports About Me : As a child of the 70's and 80's I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force) and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licences - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...