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Iron Studios Absolute Batman Art Scale 1:10 ships into the October through December 2026 window: about $249.99 at Iron, $255 at Sideshow. The Absolute Universe statue leaves reveal for a season on the shelf.
Upper Deck Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Special Edition hanger box approaches Transformers Day (Sep 17): Target exclusive, about $19.99, complete 10-card base plus two inserts, Cullen chase callout.
McFarlane DC Multiverse Doomsday (Death of Superman) Gold Label mega fig: about 9.5 inches, McFarlane Toys Store exclusive, $59.99 MSRP. DC spikes, not Marvel Avengers: Doomsday plastic.
LEGO 72306 PlayStation hits Insiders and PlayStation Direct October 1, public October 4: 1,911 pieces, $179.99 RRP, Ape Escape and Gran Turismo drawers. Twenty-four days of measuring the shelf.
Hot Toys Avengers: Doomsday Thor Deluxe MMS919 (~$385) sells a Sentinel-head LED diorama base as statue geography. Distinct from yesterday's trailer-pose Action Figures filing. Film Dec 18; figures into 2027.
Hasbro Avengers: Doomsday ActionVerse and Marvel Legends wave: $27.99 Legends singles, $10.99 ActionVerse figures, Target Thor/Thing/Cyclops 3-pack $27.99. Fall 2026 aisles, not Hot Toys patience.
Pokémon TCG 30th Celebration streets September 16: all-foil packs with 30 Pikachu rares, Futuristic rares, ETB with Nidorina promo, Poster Collection birds. Anniversary FOMO, not Zeta or Transformers redos.
LEGO Avengers: Doomsday playsets street October 4: Quinjet 76347 ($59.99), Epic Battle 76348 ($99.99), New Avengers Tower 76352 ($109.99). Doom Bust 76345 already hit September 1.
MTG Reality Fracture chase map: echoed pairs in every pack, 13 shattered mirrors with facet foil, serialized Bloodline Recollector (500), Secret Lair Bundle $89.99, set October 2.
LEGO Icons 11386 SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom is a 1,794-piece September street at $219.99: pineapple, Moai, rock, Jellyfish Fields, exclusive to LEGO channels.
Hot Toys Avengers: Doomsday Thor sixth-scale preorders opened September 5: MMS918 standard near $285, MMS919 deluxe near $385, film December 18, figures into 2027.
Iron Studios Matrix Trinity Art Scale 1:10 sits in a September 2026 Sideshow ship window at $225: about 8.8 inches of lobby leap, SKU 914911.
Set 72306 is official after State of Play: 1,911 pieces, $179.99, Insiders October 1, public October 4. Ape Escape and Gran Turismo hide under the lid.
Magic: The Gathering | The Hobbit Gift Bundle streets September 4 at $89.99 with a Collector Booster, surge foil seasonal Shire lands, and the fancy box.
McFarlane Super Friends Wave 6 preorders opened September 4: The Joker, Apache Chief, and The Atom on 6-inch retro cards, with Warpland Superman in the platinum chatter.
Iron Studios' D&D Beholder Icons statue is up for preorder around $599.99, about 12 inches of polystone tyranny with a 2027 shipping window.
Disney Lorcana Hyperia City prereleases October 16 at Ravensburger Play Hubs and streets everywhere October 23. Pixar's Coco debuts. Beauty and the Beast Curator's Collection also lands in October.
Set 76355 streets to the public September 4 at $229.99 and 2,269 pieces. LEGO Insiders opened September 1. The first Batman Returns Batmobile in bricks is no longer a membership perk.
Iron Studios Absolute Batman 1:10 Art Scale sits at about $249.99 to $255 with Sideshow pointing at October through December 2026. The Absolute Universe statue left the reveal phase.
Hasbro's Street Fighter movie figures street October 1 at Walmart: Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li $27.99, Akuma $39.99. Preorders opened July 23. The film opens October 16.
Five LEGO Advent calendars streeted September 1 at $34.99 and $44.99 while the rest of the dump chased living rooms and blind bags. Mando got a sweater. Marvel got a Wolverine claw tree. Hogwarts still does not get a countdown.
Secret Lair x MSCHF: The Zeta Set drops September 2 in the Chaos Vault with seven randomized photocopy-styled Magic cards per envelope. One hundred twenty-one cards. Printer-error treatments on purpose. While supplies last.
McFarlane's final DC Super Powers assortment puts Silver Age Flash, Martian Manhunter, Wonder Girl, Deathstroke, JSA Superman, and metallic Cyborg on Entertainment Earth September 3. The blister line is closing while the bigger DC license weather keeps walking.
Prime 1 Studio opens preorders September 2 on a 1/15 Fallen Kingdom Carnotaurus: $1,499 regular, $1,799 DX with Owen and a Gyrosphere, edition 300 on DX, ship window 2028. Seventy centimeters of horned chaos without the duel partner.
Sideshow's Mr. Freeze Premium Format (300930) is 23.1 inches and about $775, shipping into 2027. Same week Billund is selling a $50 brick villain for a desk. The ice is the adult price.
McFarlane DC Retro Super Friends Wave 6 is The Joker, Apache Chief, and The Atom, with preorders September 4. Previous waves were six figures. Toy Habits stopped at the word features. The DC collector clock runs through late 2026.
71053 Shrek Collectible Minifigures streets today at $4.99 a blind bag, the first licensed CMF of 2026, on the same morning as three adult Icons sets. Shrek 5 is dated June 30, 2027. The swamp is a till SKU now.
Pokemon TCG 30th Celebration streets worldwide September 16, the first simultaneous global expansion. All foil, a Pikachu in every pack, Futuristic rare Mew and Mewtwo by YOSHIROTTEN. The product is the shared Wednesday.
Upper Deck and Hasbro opened a multiyear cards-and-games deal on August 26. Debut is a Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Special Edition at Target for Transformers Day. Fleer gets the 100-card hobby set later. No TCG yet.
Set 76355 is 2,269 pieces and $229.99. Insiders Sept 1, everyone Sept 4. The 1992 car finally arrives as bricks, and the product is the moment the sides fall off.
Back to Hogwarts starts Saturday: Mini Hogwarts 40975 is $39.99 and 700 pieces. The Ministry we already covered. September 1 brings five advents and none of them Potter.
Gamescom Aug 26 refresh: eight minifigure sets street Jan 1, 2027. Mario's Pipe Jump is $9.99 and 61 pieces. Kids wanted to be Mario, not to scan him.
Executor Super Star Destroyer 75457: 6,130 pieces, $799.99, 53.5 inches long. Insiders October 1. All six Empire bounty hunters in one box for the first time. The ship is the excuse.
PokémonXP opens Friday at Moscone. Three merch lines, a voucher for Steiff, a badge you already cannot get. Worlds at Home starts today. Nobody has said what is in it.
Collector Edition 2-pack, noon today. Unmasked Bruce, a Batradio, and the secret switch that opens the cave. The camp Batman is the one that still looks like a toy on purpose.
3,491 pieces, 14 minifigures, Insiders on August 29. Twenty-five years after the first movie, they finally built the building where the story actually happens.
Pokémon’s Delta Reign cycle is already teaching a new class of collectors the worst lesson: hype is not a price floor.
E.T., The X-Files, Pokémon minifigs, and a September 4 Batman Returns car. The brick company is printing the 90s back into the living room.
LEGO’s September 1 Doom bust is 379 pieces and aimed at desks. The high-end statue market should be nervous for a boring reason: good enough got cheaper.
Every announcement cycle opens a gap in the case. The companies know it. That is why the box in the middle of the photo is the story.