New York Toy Fair: Mezco?s Heroes Leads the Kristen Bell Revolution
Mezco had some really nice Hellboy 2 movie toys, The Warriors and more, but c?mon?I know you?re mostly interested in the Heroes toys. S?cool. I can?t blame you. Especially since they look pretty damned good. So here?s wave 2, beginning with Horn-Rimmed Glasses dude and Parkman with plot anchor Molly accessory?
Then Malcolm MacDowell as Linderman, the beautiful but intensely dumb Niki/Jessica, and finally Future Peter with extra emo.
Is it weird that I?m most excited about a Malcolm MacDowell figure? Also, does anyone else want Niki/Jessica to just die whenever she comes on screen?
You may have noticed that wave 2 or Heroes looks better than wave 1, and you?ll see that wave 3 is better than wave 2. It?s got Hiro in samurai gear (so you can recreate his interminable absence from the main storyline), Nathan Petrelli (which could also make a swell Profit figure), and the Haitian in a sensible jacket?
Then Kristen Bell as Elle and Alias? Sark as Adam Munroe.
I repeat: KRISTEN BELL
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