Ultimate Spider-Man Animated Trailer Drops

Still on the fence over everything we've seen of the Amazing Spider-Man film? Well we have a smaller emotional investment we'd like to propose...

Check out Marvel’s new Ultimate Spider-Man trailer debuting on Marvel.com! Watch as Nick Fury offers Spider-Man the biggest opportunity of his life: to join S.H.I.E.L.D., take on evil villains, and learn what it takes to become the ULTIMATE Spider-Man. Get a fresh look at Spidey’s action-packed adventures, new Spidey Tech, and special guest stars to excite fans and bring everyone’s favorite Wallcrawler to the small screen like never before! The series premieres April 1 at 11am/10c inside Marvel Universe on Disney XD!


Ultimate Spider-Man Cartoon Trailer by Nomadixxx

On one hand, this looks like a ton of fun. On the other, Marvel has a very excellent Avengers cartoon heading back to TV soon and wouldn't it be awesome if they lived in the same universe?! Maaaaan...thinking about what COULD be is the bane of a geek's existence.

Toy Fair 2012: The Avengers Movie SHIELD Helicarrier

We finally found three spare minutes to take a better look at our materials from UK Toy Fair and were able to coax the digital gods to spit out a bigger picture of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier! It's still not brilliant, but it is good enough to drool over until the NY Toy Fair at which we will take 300 more pics that will make you lick your screen. When I was a kid, the fine folks behind G.I.Joe decided your collection wouldn't be complete without a giant aircraft carrier to launch your jet off of. Now Hasbro makes the dreams of Marvel Zombies come true, using the upcoming Avengers film release as the perfect excuse to unleash this vehicle/playset. While it doesn't look a lot like the comic version (or at all), at least it shows Hasbro is willing to try the big stuff for the Marvel line! We've been getting the shaft for years in favor of Transformers..G.I.Joe..Star Wars ONCE A YEAR ..basically everything BUT Marvel has gotten an expansive universe. Here's the info again...

S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier - The Biggest ever Marvel vehicle at 3 ft long! Features heavily in the upcoming Avengers movie as our heroes' base. Comes with a Captain America 3.75 inch figure and has 4 projectile firing deck cannons.

You'll remember Michael Meyers (the artist, not the stabby killer or the Wayne's World dude) first showed us the concept art for this vehicle back in August. (as revealed on ScreenRant)








It's a shame Hasbro isn't using the release of The Amazing Spider-Man to give us more characters from the vast comic Spideyverse. We hear that whole toy line is packed with Spider-Man, Lizard and not much else. Honestly I'd forgive 20 variations on Spider-Man including "Gone Fishin", "Wrestlemania Fan" and "Stamp Collector" Spideys so long as we get that Helicarrier. Thank you bro!

I'm On the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, Mother Fucker

Way better than a boat. Way. Today, JOINSHIELD.COM became active and altered me that after rigorous testing, I would be considered for agent status. A component of this sign up has the system accessing your Facebook account, at which time it plucks your main picture for your ID badge. In my case, this is an image of my cameo in "The Shining" where I was caught conferring with a friend who was wearing his favorite bear suit. I agree, this image makes for an awesome ID picture. After some clicking around you are given a S.H.I.E.L.D. insider's POV on the situation in Puente Antiguo, New Mexico where a large crater was discovered to hold an alien artifact. The item resembles a medieval metal working hammer or two handed weapon but the alloy resists all testing methods as even diamond tipped sampling devices can not take a slice. The item is also emitting electro-magnetic interference, so S.H.I.E.L.D. agents have been advised to stay in their cars, which are shielded...and are from Acura. After a quick game of "find the anomaly" utilizing a grid map and a spy drone, you get the bump to Level 1 and can continue on your missions! This most likely means you can see further video, images and enter contests. The real question you will be asking after first glance is "Is this one big commercial for Acura?" Nope, thankfully. After you pick your S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicle of choice, leveling up gives you upgrades to your car with some nifty computer generated effects, so its not like they are trying to sell you the damn thing every 3 minutes. Join S.H.I.E.L.D. today and blast a Hydra agent in the face for dear old Uncle Sam (Jackson), won't you?