Mattallica Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 so i was walking through K-mart toy aisles tonight(yeah i lead an incredibly cool life) and i spotted this weird little pack of brightly colored marvel figures. they are called "handful of heroes" and are much like the M.U.S.C.L.E. figures(all be it a tad smaller) of my youth so i had get a couple packs just to see(like i need more things to collect) kind of expensive at $5 for a pack of 8 (7 regular and 1 "hidden" ) of these lil' guys but....... i actually got two hidden guys in one pack so i currently have 17 of these things. if anyone wants to trades duplicates id be interested. currently i have doubles of Cyclops and Magneto here is the complete list of 40 different figures( some characters appear in more than one pose and there are some odd character chioces included X-Ray from the U Foes?????? each are said to come in 3 colors Cyclops Nick Fury Beast Hawkeye Doc Ock Green Goblin Dr. Doom Mandarin Black Panther War machine Venom Nightcrawler Iron Man mk 1 Wolverine Thing Sabertooth Classic Hulk Abomination world war hulk gladiator hulk Magneto Colossus Dead pool Angel Iron Man Spider Man (crawling) Classic Iron man Spider man (standing) Captain America Spider Man (standing 2) Astonishing Wolverine Classic Wolverine Rhino Absorbing Man Iron Clad Armageddon Red Hulk Juggernaut Hulkbuster Iron Man X-Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Funny to see this post. I was looking at these at toyfair and sort of forgot about them! Can you share more on quality and character likeness? I might have to pick some up If they end up in stores I visit! T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsomedevil Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Those look like gumball machine toys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 (edited) Those look like gumball machine toys! Funny you say that, because one of the initial draws of Minimates to me, was that they seemed like a very high quality gumball machine toy. I thought that was neat. I had a bunch of M.U.S.C.L.E. figures as a kid, but never cared too much for them. I guess these could tap into the market of people who are nostalgic for little green army men. Edited August 15, 2009 by karamazov80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekoi Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Those are so cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlecat Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I guess these could tap into the market of people who are nostalgic for little green army men. Well, that market definitely exists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattallica Posted August 15, 2009 Author Share Posted August 15, 2009 Funny to see this post. I was looking at these at toyfair and sort of forgot about them! Can you share more on quality and character likeness? I might have to pick some up If they end up in stores I visit! T. Ill do my best they seem to fall between 1.5" - 1.75" tall depending on character and pose they make me think of the pieces from the "Marvel Heroscape"board game but are larger(see pic below) but about that same consistancy of plastic. Likenesses seem good and there is some nice detail, these could easily be painted up like metal miniatures for D&D and such and would look pretty nice, overall i like them and may look to pick up a few more packs to get favorite characters, thats another good thing the characters are easily(except the hidden one of course) identified while in the package so you can get ones you like or color. -M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 They look like perfect "trip toys" to me. You know, something you can let the kids play with in the back seat without having to fish tiny accessories from between the seats? (minimates are really bad trip toys) Might pick a couple of those up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I'll come back once they do Black Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minivenom Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I saw these last night at Walmart. Completely unimpressed, but it's cool that some of you are digging them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndieMate Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 They look like perfect "trip toys" to me. You know, something you can let the kids play with in the back seat without having to fish tiny accessories from between the seats? (minimates are really bad trip toys) Lol, I know what you're saying. I used to open up minimates in the car, then I lost Lobo's foot, Archangel's head, and Bullseye's batons. Then I spend like an hour trying to get them, and I never do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I saw these last night at Walmart. Completely unimpressed, but it's cool that some of you are digging them. It's a Dad thing for me. The collector in me would probably pass. As the father of two burgeoning collectors, they look like something fun that both the 3 and 8 year olds could find interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambitron Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I saw these too and the only thing that turned me off was that they are solid colors. I had MUSCLE as a kid (and still have some of my favorite ones from my childhood) and the one thing I didn't like about those was that they were all solid colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 My mates all used to collect somethign similar as kids that were (i think) called Pocket Monsters. They were neon/day-glo coloured little figures made froma soft plastic (or a firm rubber). They were all classic mythological beasts & monsters like the WoldMan, Medusa, Zombies etc. . . . Ah - i have just looked them up. They were called 'Monsters in my Pocket'. I think they might have had different 'rarities'. Anyway - i thought they were kind of kool, but never got into them for the same reason Gambitron is turned off by these - the solid colour. I might have been a bit too old for them when they came out (i was around 11), and by that stage i was buying fully decorated toys like the articulated X-Men and Animated Spiderman lines. These are pretty cute for younger collectors, but i'm gonna pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobramaru Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I was going to a buy a pack of Handful in Wal-Mart but Wal-Mart being Wal-Mart lines we're long so I desided to wait for it Bad mistake next week didn't see anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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