REVIEW: Marvel Universe's Constrictor

Frank Payne started off wanting to do good. He joined S.H.I.E.L.D. hoping that he could make the world a little bit safer for his wife and daughter. An undercover operation gone wrong left him a broken man and he fell into a life of crime, becoming the deadly CONSTRICTOR. For years, he has worked as a freelance criminal. Only recently, with the amnesty offered by Superhuman Registration, has he returned to his calling, and begun once again to try making the world a better place.

Finally from what seems the Marvel Universe's most elusive run, Wave 11 comes the Constrictor figure.  Is he worth the effort or are there better figures to track down?  Read on and find out!

REVIEW: Marvel Universe's Modular Armor Iron Man

This is the sleekest, most lightweight armor ever designed by Tony Stark.  Built to meet the parameters of any possible challenge, it is covered in ports that can house any of hundreds of mission-specific modules.  In the space of moments, this armor can swap out a suite of research scanners for a weapons package that would put most battleships to shame.

Another day, another Marvel Universe review (I promise I'll review some other toys soon!)  Today I'm looking at another entry in the new Series 3 range.  Is it a Spider-Man 2099 or a Spider-Woman?  Read on and find out!

REVIEW: Marvel Universe's Spider-Man 2099

In a future ruled by a corrupt and profit-mad corporation, Earth is starved for heroes.  SPIDER-MAN 2099 is the first of many to fight back against the scheming of Alchemax.  Granted his powers in a laboratory accident, he fights the company from within, and uses his technical genius to keep his identity hidden from the high-tech Public Eye security forces.

He's just a repaint of the black-costume Spider-Man with a few custom parts.

What, you want more?  Okay but there's really little else to say...

NEWS: Upcoming Marvel Universe Figures

There's a rather nice video on Marvel's website in which former TNA star (and self-confessed Marvel geek) Christopher Daniels takes a look at some of the upcoming figures in the Marvel Universe 3.75'' line.

What's interesting is that if you look closely you'll see three figures that have yet to be officially announced - Captain Marvel, Spider-woman (Jessica Drew version) and ''Doc'' Sampson can all be seen in the line-up.

Captain Marvel, 'Doc' Sampson and Spider-Woman.  (Click to view larger image)

It's nice to see Marvel expanding the line beyond Fire-Attack Emergency Iron Man and Ultra-Aquatic Spider-man and introducing some more obscure characters into the mix.

As of yet, there's no release date or even confirmation of these figures but let's hope they'll be arriving soon!

EDIT: Although no date has been given, these figures are now listed on Wikipedia as being part of the ''Spring 2011'' wave along with World War Hulk (which can also be seen here, extreme left), Spider-man 2099 and Iron Man Bleeding Edge figures.