Marvel Super Hero Squad is an action figure line marketed by Hasbro beginning in 2006. The line features scale replicas of comic book heroes from the Marvel Comics universe. Each figure is portrayed in a cartoonish super-deformed style. The line was designed for younger collectors, but has become a hit with fans of all ages despite the "for ages 3 and up" category status. Marketed initially as four two-packs per wave, Super Hero Squad has branched out to include larger multi-packs, vehicles, and mega-packs containing larger characters in scale with the line. An animated series, The Super Hero Squad Show, based on the toy line premiered in the United States on Cartoon Networkin September 2009. On 2013, Hasbro released the exclusive figures of Iron Man 3 boxsets. After these, there would be no more toys based on the later MCU movies.
Specific toys
Among the lines of toys released:
Marvel Super Hero Squad Two-Packs — 23 "waves" of superheroes, usually four packs per wave, and of course two figures per pack, for approximately 180 figures.
Single Packs — 6 of the heroes were released as individual figures: Spider-Man, Ben Reilly, Iron Man, Hulk, Wolverine, and Silver Surfer.
Easter Egg Packs — 4 single releases for Easter: Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Captain America, and Hulk.
Spider-Man Super Hero Squad Two-Packs — 5 "waves" of four different pairs of heroes.
Spider-Man Single Packs — Six different supervillains released individually, only in the UK: Spider-Man, Venom, Doc Ock, New Goblin, Sandman, and Green Goblin.
Hulk Super Hero Squad Two-Packs — 3 "waves" of four pairs, totaling 12 figures, each pack including one Hulk.
Vehicles — 14 vehicles of various types have been released.
Playsets — 8 different playsets have been released.
Marvel Super Hero Squad Mega-Packs — A sequence of "waves" of pairs was started, but aborted partway through wave 4, with at least a 5th being planned.
Boxed Sets — Many boxed sets have been released.
Outside the toyline
Aside from the line of toys:
An animated series, The Super Hero Squad Show, premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network in September 2009.
A comic book one-shot, followed by a mini-series featuring Super Hero Squad characters has been produced. Additionally, several Marvel comics shipped in September 2009 featuring Super Hero Squad variant covers.
In early 2009 announced Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, a casual, browser-based Massively multiplayer online game based on the Super Hero Squad characters as part of its larger deal with Marvel Entertainment. The Amazing Society, one of Gazillion's development studios, would be developing the game. The game's open beta was opened in April 2011, with the full release occurring in November 2012. The servers, and the website, were shut down in January 2017.
