[THEME MUSIC]
Hello, Marvelites.
I am joined here by some of our friends at Hasbro.
I have Ryan Ting, who is the senior manager for marketing.
And I have Dwight Stall, who is a principal designer,
if I'm correct. Yes?
Correct.
OK.
We're about to talk about my favorite topic of all time--
toys.
I wait for this every con.
I wait for this for every merch drop.
And we have some super-sick, souped-out muscle cars,
if I remember because we are celebrating
the 50th anniversary of Ghost Rider.
Correct.
So we have some very customized cars with us.
But before we even get into that,
I have to ask, yes, we're celebrating
the 50th anniversary.
But why Ghost Rider of all things?
So first of all, thanks for having us, Ray.
And it's awesome for us to be back
here at New York Comic Con.
And yeah, it's a big year for Ghost Rider.
We're going to talk about this awesome HasLab.
But I think, you know, what we really wanted to do
was take HasLab to the next level
and do a vehicle for the first time.
HasLab, for those of you guys who don't know,
is Hasbro Pulse's platform to bring dream items to life--
things that are, you know, maybe you
couldn't sell at a normal, traditional retail channel.
So as I was getting to, this car has so many amazing features.
But yeah, that's why we chose a vehicle for the first time.
We had previously done things like a Galactus or a Sentinel--
- Yeah. - --which were awesome.
And those were, you know, great, successful projects.
But now, our attention here is with the Engine of Vengeance,
right, Dwight?
Correct, yeah.
And when we get to the vehicles, it's
like, what's that right size that's also
impressive, and big, and different, and something new,
and something fresh?
And that's why we thought with Ghost Rider's anniversary
and with Robbie Reyes as being one of the newer Ghost Riders,
it was something a little bit different,
where the other two are very much rooted in classic lore.
Yeah.
This guy's a little bit more modern,
which is kind of fun to do something
with a more modern twist.
You know, with a different Ghost Rider
from a different background.
It's just kind of fun to celebrate
some newness in Marvel.
Because this has come from the all-new Ghost
Rider which came out in 2014. - Correct.
So that's in the modern era of it.
Yeah.
Do you all want to run us through some
of the specs of the toys? - Yeah.
Yeah.
So guys, this is crowdfunding now.
And the campaign is running through October 31.
But let's just jump into the car.
So Dwight, why don't you fire it up here as I give
them the overview, all right? - All right.
Yeah.
All right, so this is a full-scale
1:12 scale muscle car here.
Robbie Reyes' Engine of Vengeance.
Dwight just booted it up.
You see, it's a 19-inch-long, fully-detailed car.
It's got this amazing LED light package with light effects
on the tires, the tailpipes.
We've got some risers.
So Dwight, talk them through all the features here, I guess.
DWIGHT STALL: Yeah, this thing's-- for those people who
have had the chance to come to the Con,
they've realized, this thing is a lot bigger than
the pictures-- the kind of--
that they felt it was when they were looking at it with just
through pictures on screen.
So if you're here, please stop by the Marvel booth
and check it out.
But this thing is great.
It's got-- it's fully detailed, inside and out.
It's got a opening trunk.
It's got Ghost Rider up front.
And Ghost Rider comes with the extra parts
to transform him-- as we do a typical Legends
figure-- into Robbie Reyes.
So the hood and the Robbie head are included.
He's got extra tools.
He's got his typical chain weapons.
All the translucencies.
All the glowing tail lights, brake lights.
It has an awesome glowing, flickering grille
on the front end of this thing.
And the cool thing about this car
is that you don't only just get Ghost Rider with it.
You have the ability to transform
it into the standard Engine of Vengeance-- just Robbie's car.
So it's just kind of an awesome way to do both modes.
It gives you an awesome, large-scale muscle car
to add to the 1:12 collection, which
is something that doesn't really exist in a lot of ways yet.
And this is your opportunity to create
it and make it a reality here for the first time with Marvel.
RYAN TING: So it's one car, but it has two
sets of wheels and two engines.
So you can have it either in the Hellfire Mode
or you can have it in the Street Mode.
It's got opening doors.
The seats on the inside-- the driver's seat and passenger
seat-- are removable, adjustable.
You can put a figure in the back seat, even.
Oh, my gosh.
RYAN TING: And we've got a working trunk to store
all these extra accessories.
But in addition to-- this is kind of the core offering.
We need 9,000 backers by October 31 to unlock everything
you see here.
But we have two additional, tiered unlocks for, you know,
higher backer levels.
So at 10,000 backers, we will add to the offering.
Here, Dwight.
We'll have the Goblin Queen.
First time, 6-inch Marvel Legends figure.
Yeah, we were able to do some really fun,
demonic characters for this HasLab.
And we worked with our wonderful companies
to figure out what the right characters were
and to do rare costumes that we've
never been able to deliver in any other way.
So this is your opportunity to get
Madeleine, which looks awesome with some cool, new parts.
And a couple of-- and the next tier up is Mephisto.
RAY LOWE: Oh, wow.
Yes, Mephisto.
DWIGHT STALL: Our first time ever doing Mephisto.
RAY LOWE: Devilishly handsome, if I can say.
Ba-dum cha.
DWIGHT STALL: Both figures come with alternate hands,
like most Marvel Legends, so you can
kind of swap them out and give them different expressions.
Awesome.
Yeah, we got some hands.
We got some skulls.
You know, why not, right? RAY LOWE: Yeah, why not?
DWIGHT STALL: It's is a fun thing.
And we do have one more tier that's yet to be revealed.
So there is still one more character floating
out there that, you know.
RYAN TING: We've still got a couple
of weeks left in the campaign.
Yeah, so these figures, as Dwight said,
these are going to be in the HasLab campaign only.
We don't have any, really, plans to do them otherwise.
This was the best place to do them.
So let's celebrate our happy Mephisto month.
RAY LOWE: Happy Mephisto month. RYAN TING: October.
Try to get to Mephisto.
RAY LOWE: One of my favorite months of all time.
He will be unlocked at 12,000 backers.
So yeah, that is the awesome HasLab.
offering.
Again, go to hasbropulse.com to check it out.
We're going to be at-- you know, with you guys
here in the Marvel booth for the whole Con.
So come look at it. - Awesome.
Yeah.
OK, so I mean, we've talked a little bit about how
to join HasLab, right?
But what are the incentives for fans?
Like, what else can they kind of expect from you guys
down the line with HasLabs?
Well, I mean, we take it kind of one HasLab at a time.
This is our first vehicle.
And we're just really focused on this right now.
But kind of the sky's the limit.
And we really love hearing from the fans
on the type of items they want to see.
And so come chat with us too if you're here.
We'll be here.
And hit us up with your opinions
on what you guys want to see next because we've got--
we've already done a little bit of testing
on about half-dozen other concepts
that could be the next one.
But you know, this is your opportunity
to come talk to us directly.
Let us know what you want to see.
Let's get this one off the ground.
And then let's move on to whatever
the next amazing, crazy, Marvel idea that pops into our heads.
Absolutely.
And you guys-- I mean, you can kind of get the effect
on-screen, but I cannot tell you how exciting it is to see
the flame sort of flicker.
It feels very Halloween-y.
I'm getting, like, in the Spooktober vibe already.
Get in the spirit.
But I just want to see this thing move, baby.
And it actually-- something you might not think.
But with that, when we take the risers off, even with the flame
effects on, it can still roll.
Yeah.
That's a very, very fun feature.
You talk about the light-up head rest, too?
Oh, that's right.
Yeah.
DWIGHT STALL: Well, it's always important that a car rolls.
There is an LED in the back of Ghost Rider's head rest.
RAY LOWE: Oh, awesome.
DWIGHT STALL: So when Ghost Rider is in the driver's seat,
he will have that glow to him to match the rest of the hellfire
that's all over this car.
RAY LOWE: Incredible.
So I hear you guys brought some toys from some other tiers
for us to show off.
RYAN TING: We did bring some other stuff, too.
So we just had a Hasbro PulseCon on September 30
with all the brands, including Marvel Legends team.
We did a bunch of reveals.
So we wanted just to quickly recap some of those items.
First up, why don't we start nostalgic?
I think everyone's kind of a fan of the 90s X-Men.
So we've been doing these really fun kind of cel-shaded figures
in VHS-inspired packaging.
This is big.
So we revealed Cyclops.
This is the latest in the line.
It's an all-new-- or I should say,
a new build formula for Cyclops we're excited about.
Full summary.
Dwight?
Yeah.
Whenever we get a chance to do a figure that we've
done in the past and update him, we
always like to try to figure out how we can raise the bar.
This Cyclops has got a ton of new parts onto him.
All of his bands are keyed to him.
So previous versions, those things
were just kind of on there, and they
would flop around his ankles.
These are not going anywhere.
They are all at the articulation breaks.
They're keyed into place.
He's got all of the pinless or double articulation
that you'd want.
But a far, far superior upgrade from what you might have
had from the past. RAY LOWE: It's sick.
I love it.
I love just the fingers right on the temple, baby.
He's only got one move.
Also, this is making me feel so many feels.
The true nostalgia.
It really feels like I'm holding a VHS tape.
I want to slot this right next to all my Dumbos ,
all my little full seasons of the X-Men cartoon
show that I used to watch.
This is wild.
This is incredible.
Is there only going to be the Cyclops edition of this?
No, so he was actually the eighth one.
- Oh, amazing. - The final one this year.
We've had Wolverine, Jubilee, Storm, Jean
Grey, Mr. Sinister, mystique.
Morph, even.
And so they all look really great lined up on your shelf
in those--
Yeah, like, full collection.
I know.
We've got to get, like, a box set to go over now, honestly.
We should. We should.
That'd be really fun. - I like that idea.
I'm just-- I'll join the team.
Don't worry about it.
The other item here, too, is also
very nostalgic for the 90s.
So this is our kind of Toy Biz-inspired Iron Man,
but in Marvel Legends 6-inch form.
He comes on this gorgeous blister card.
Very reminiscent of the original 1990s-esque Toy Biz line look.
But what's really cool--
I think Dwight's favorite piece--
RAY LOWE: Ooh, yes.
RYAN TING: This awesome accessory that
comes in its own separate box.
It comes in its own separate box here.
But once you get it out, and you can pose it next to Iron Man--
RAY LOWE: Look at this guy, though.
RYAN TING: --this is a plasma cannon.
DWIGHT STALL: Massive cannon.
Awesome Iron Man.
The best mullet we've done to date in action-figure form,
so you know.
RYAN TING: Yes.
Best mullet.
And then the last item, too, we wanted to talk about is
this new kind of three-pack.
So I'll show you the package and then we'll get to the figures
here.
But this is a Daredevil-inspired three-pack.
Battle in a box.
You've got Daredevil and Elektra against their
number-one nemesis, Bullseye.
What's really cool about this Daredevil is
it's, again, it's, like Cyclops, it's on a new build
formula, right, Dwight? DWIGHT STALL: That's right.
We're bringing-- if we're bringing these guys back,
we want to upgrade.
We might make them better than you've ever had them before.
This is our first ever super-articulated Daredevil
with the double-articulation break.
He's even got toes.
Lots of lots of double joints.
Lots of accessories.
New "I'm going to smack you in the back of the head" batons.
RAY LOWE: [LAUGHS]
DWIGHT STALL: You know, everything that you would need.
And he's got one of his best gals as well.
We have Elektra with some gorgeous Grecian hair.
Look at that.
That's a lot of volume.
Got it.
You don't see the back of it, but I'm envious of this hair.
My goodness.
Quite epic.
Once again, a new articulation system.
Upgraded double joints.
And you've got to have someone to punch, as we always say.
So we have the villainous Bullseye and his--
in a more updated deco that was in comics maybe 10 years ago.
I love it.
I want to put him in a little box pose that he's got in here.
So these three items-- the VHS-inspired animated-series
Cyclops, the retro-carded Iron Man,
and the Daredevil three-pack-- they were revealed at PulseCon.
they're actually still available for preorder now--
Awesome.
--on the Hasbro Pulse.
So yeah, those are kind of the PulseCon recaps.
And then before we get out of here, wanted to, you know,
lean into Black Panther.
Yes.
A lot of Black Panther stuff going
on here at New York ComicCon.
Marvel Studios' Black Panther--
Wakanda Forever coming very, very soon.
Very soon. November.
So let's get into it.
And so yeah, we saw a new trailer a couple of days ago.
And so we wanted to just quickly talk
about the Build-A-Figure wave that's on-shelf now.
You know, so we've got our Build-A-Figure Attuma here.
Who else is in the wave?
We've got Namor.
That new trailer had a lot of Namor action.
It did.
Remember that?
Listen, it was for the ladies, let me tell you.
Awesome.
Lots of crunches.
RYAN TING: And then we've got some other characters, too,
returning.
And so this wave is on-shelf now.
Fans are loving it.
We love seeing that.
And just kind of revealed recently
is this deluxe-style Ironheart with an unmasked likeness.
So this is the Riri Williams Ironheart as we will see her.
- Trade you? - Yes.
Trade ya.
I don't know if I can.
Goodbye, baby.
Love you.
So she's got a lot of pieces, only some of which
are shown here. - This is sick.
She's got a helmet look.
The unmasked helmet as well.
Oh, my god.
So these are all available now.
Go get them on the Hasbro post and other retailers.
But where we wanted to leave you with,
guys, was a new character, which we saw
at the very end of the trailer.
I think there's a lot of internet speculation.
We're not going to get into any spoilers or anything.
We're going to show you the exact character you saw
at the end of the trailer and let you know
that this character will be coming to the Marvel
Legends 6-inch line.
So Dwight, show it off.
But we're not saying anything about it.
But just check it out.
And it'll be available later this year.
RAY LOWE: [LAUGHS]
You can't-- yeah, Ryan's like--
RYAN TING: Watch the trailer again.
RAY LOWE: Lock it away.
RYAN TING: Here it is in figure form.
So that wraps it up.
Thank you for having us. - Thank you, guys.
Again, guys, go to the hasbropulse.com
to check out Robbie Reyes and the Engine of Vengeance.
We need your support to help make this dream item a reality.
A lot of thought went into it.
And hopefully, fans dig it as much as we do.
Thank you, guys, so much.
And make sure you stay tuned for even
more Marvel content from New York Comic Con.