Hulk Gamma Lab

Hasbro Toy Shop has put the Gamma Lab up for sale officially on their site. After the SPRREQ8 coupon code, the price is $38.82.

Hasbro, while the playsets aren't everyone's cup of tea, at least give us new ones! You know what were the coolest things about the classic Masters of Universe? Playsets. Castle Grayskull, Snake Mountain, Eternia, The Slime Pit. You know what made them great? They made sense. The features were modest (the occasional trap door, a prison cell) but there was a reason for it.

Now, try it again, but give us Tony Stark's labs, with little containers for his "spare" armors (re: the extra Iron Men we have) and a launch zone for him to take off and battle evil. And an X-Mansion, with a danger room of claws/spikes/booby traps. I bet with the right design and ooh factor you could even sell kids on a Sanctum Sanctorum with skylight entrance, mystical dimension trapdoor, and an exclusive Shuma Gorath to fight off.

Spider-Man Super Hero Squad Playset

Hasbro has a new page up with the cryptical name of "Spider-Man Super hero squad playset". Now, the Bank Heist is already up on Hasbro's site and the Gamma Lab, featuring Spider-Man and Hulk is a TRU exclusive, so we're not quite sure what this posting is, or if it's just an error or test (noting the non-capitalized "hero", "squad" and "playset", but it could turn out to be something interesting. As we've been reporting, in recent Q&A's, when asked about playsets, Hasbro has only mentioned the Gamma Lab.

More on the Gamma Lab and potential playsets

And Cool Toy Review also has another July Q&A. The important part (for fans of this site at least):

Cool Toy Review: Will there be any play sets in the future for super hero squad figures. a xmen jet, danger room , avengers mansion, etc. I also wanted to say thanks because my son really like these guys and it is so cool to hear him play with them and hear him talk about all there powers it really brings me back to when i used to collect comics.

Hasbro: Love to hear it! Sharing the whole Marvel Universe with the youngest of fans is the best part of the Squad line. That's why we recently added the bio bursts to the back of every package - so that parents and kids alike could learn about the super powers for each and every figure. For 2008, there's a new Hulk themed gamma playset hitting Toys R Us stores right about now. There will also be a lot of great items coming out for the Squad brand in 2009, but we can't give those details away just yet.

Which doesn't really say much, other than that the Gamma Lab is apparently a Toys R Us exclusive, similar to the upcoming X-Men box set and that it should be hitting soon. Here's hoping that at least some of the great 2009 items will be revealed this weekend.