The Avengers will soon be known to most of the populace by their looks in the upcoming film. While that's great and all, we like to remember them the way we first saw them in the Marvel Comics all those years ago. It just so happens that our friends at Kotobukiya are helping keep that nostalgia fresh in our minds thanks to their line of Classic Avengers Fine Art Statues! Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor are the first to be released and look to continue Kotobukiya's trend of high-quality statues that have to power to make people weak in the knees upon looking at their unfettered glory.

Read on for more info on each Avenger, plus a ton of photos.

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Tags Avengers, Captain America, Fine Art Statue, Iron Man, Kotobukiya, Marvel Comics, mtv, MTV Geek, Thor

The Avengers is shaping up to be next year's biggest blockbuster and Hasbro has plans for action figures of the film's mightiest heroes and big villain. We've shown you the 6-inch versions of Captain America, Hawkeye, and Loki, but now we've got photos of the rest of the 6-inch line along with the 3 3/4-inch figures on display at New York Comic Con, so take some time off from watching the film's trailer on repeat and check out the cool plastic icons below!

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Tags Action Figures, Black Widow, Captain America, Hasbro, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Loki, mtv, MTV Geek, NYCC, The Avengers, Thor

Diamond Select Toys spews out Minimates at an incredibly rapid pace to keep collector's appetites satiated. They are almost ready to release Wave 42 from their Marvel Comics lineup, with the Toys "R" Us exclusive waves catching up with number 12. What does that mean? It means you can get characters like the Kronan Stone Man and Arnim Zola (our favorite tv screen-chested scientist), that's what! Check out these photos of the packaged figures (featuring the new window box) and some info from our pals at DST.

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Tags Arim Zola, Captain America, Diamond Select Toys, Minimates, mtv, MTV Geek, Series 42, Thor

Thor loves Hello Kitty in this cool illustration by Davide De Rose Veltri (via Super Punch):

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Tags Bioshock, Ghostbusters, Hello Kitty, Jurassic Park, Pokemon, Thor

Marvel Legends was the toy line that started the super-articulated superhero genre in the toy world.
It featured so many various Marvel Comics characters, from A-listers to the bottom of the barrel.
After Hasbro's somewhat false start with the line a couple of years ago, after taking the over from Toy Biz, it looks like the Legends will be showing up on toy shelves (and into collector's waiting hands) in early 2012. We recently reviewed the SDCC exclusive Thor Marvel Legend figure, so after entering San Diego Comic-Con 2011 we made a b-line to the Hasbro booth in order to get a glimpse at the series 1 lineup. While there, we were fortunate enough to talk with Dwight Stall, senior production designer for Marvel Legends, Captain America, and Avengers at Hasbro about Series 1, what's coming up, and even some of the Legends that could use a do-over.

MTV Geek: So, we can now see that Marvel Legends are definitely back and we're excited to see them. What Marvel Legends product is Hasbro showing here on the con floor?

Dwight Stall: What were showing off this week at Comic-Con is our wave 1 relaunch of the Marvel Legends.we're going back to the Build-A-Figure format and have some exciting news in all aspects
of this product from packaging to product.

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Tags Action Figures, Dwight Stall, Hasbro, Iron Man, Marvel Legends, mtv, MTV Geek, SDCC, Steve Rogers, Terrax, Thor

San Diego Comic Con is this week, and we just got our mitts on an action figure exclusive that’s fit for the gods! While we first saw the Heroic Age Thor during Hasbro’s slide show presentation at Toy Fair, that was only a quick shot of a prototype and then…nothing. Nope we didn’t hear a peep about this guy again until the other day and we were worried he had been scrapped. To our surprise, the Asgardian Prince showed up on our doorstep right before his debut at SDCC, and we couldn’t be happier! Here’s our look at the SDCC-Exclusive Marvel Legends Thor! Read more...

Tags Action-Figure, Hasbro, Marvel Legends, mtv, MTV Geek, SDCC Exclusive, Thor, Toy Review

In Fear Itself #4, Cap suits up, Thor takes a tumble, and Iron Man lets the devil out of the bottle.

****Spoilers after the break.****

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Tags Avengers, Captain America, Fear Itself, Fear Itself Fridays, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, Matt Fraction, Stuart Immonen, Thor

The God of Thunder has made his way back into our toy collections and stands proudly at the towering height of two inches! Yes, we’re talking about Diamond Select Toys’ Thor Minimates! These are based on the recent film incarnation of the Odinson and the set includes some of the major players. Mercifully, there isn’t one based on Natalie Portman and her character’s poor driving skills.

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Tags Destroyer, Diamond Select Toys, Loki, Marvel Comics, Minimates, mtv, MTV Geek, Odin, Sif, Thor, Toy Review, Toys R Us, Volstagg

Back in May, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Marvel Custom Solutions teamed up to bring Patrick Sharrock the coolest playroom a kid could ask for. They hung up a bunch of comic book style panels that show Patrick’s transformation into a superhero and Todd Nauck created this awesome Avengers mural for one of the walls. You can see more photos of Patrick’s Avengers-themed playroom after the jump. Read more...

Tags Avengers, Captain America, Comic Books, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Hulk, Iron Man, Marvel, Marvel Custom Solutions, Thor, Todd Nauck

Thor. Minimates. Exclusive. Those three lazy sentences should be more than enough to get your attention. San Diego Comic Con has brought forth yet another toy exclusive, this time as a co-op between Diamond Select Toys and Action Figure Xpress! The set consists of Thor, Loki, Beta Ray Bill, and Sif in all their 2” glory! At this rate, we're gonna be flat broke after just day one of the big show!

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Tags Minimates, Thor