Marvel Super Hero Mashers definitely are not my favorite action figure line of 2014. In general, they’re a bit too “kiddie” for me, and I wasn’t totally in love with the character selection for the first series. That said, Hasbro may have won me over–just a little bit–with their Toy Fair 2014 Marvel Super Hero Mashers Series 3 reveals. As if Hasbro went into my brain and pulled out four characters that would be ideal lures for me, at last week’s New York Toy Fair 2014 Hasbro debuted the Marvel Mashers Deadpool, Iceman, Red Hulk and Ghost Rider figures!

A kid-driven line such as Marvel Superhero Mashers was always going to divide adult collectors of Marvel action figures–but if Hasbro can keep up with some of the cool design aesthetics and fan-favorite character selection of Marvel Mashers Series 3, I honestly think that they can win over a decent portion of the Marvel collectors out there.

My favorite figure in Marvel Super Hero Mashers Wave 3–and the whole line thus far–is the Marvel Mashers Ghost Rider figure. The bulky Mashers style black leather outfit with the translucent flaming head is a knockout combo, and I can see a lot of Marvel fans making this the only Marvel Superhero Mashers figure that they buy.

Poor Ghost Rider doesn’t get a lot of merch since his second movie bombed (which was so bad that even I can’t defend it), but I’m glad he’s appearing in this line. I love the color gradient on Ghost Rider’s flaming chain–it looks awesome.

The highlight of Marvel Super Hero Mashers Series 3, from a popularity perspective, is definitely the Marvel Super Hero Mashers Deadpool figure. Kids, casual fans, die-hard comic book readers–everybody loves Deadpool.

I’m not sure that I entirely understand the logic of sticking shurikens on one’s knees, but if anyone was going to do something that wacky, it would probably be Deadpool.

Am I the only one who thinks that there may be some potential for a “Deadpool gets a symbiote” storyline in the Deadpool comic books? Deadpool with that humongous Venom arm just looks right to me.

Next up–Red Hulk. Though it’s been years since Red Hulk was the hottest thing going at Marvel (back when Red Hulk was totally invincible regardless of what iconic hero, villain or Watcher he went up against), I still prefer the Red Hulk character design to the classic green Hulk.

With the “Hulk Agents of S.M.A.S.H.” cartoon series going strong right now, I’m hopeful that Red Hulk’s popularity will be on the rise again, though I doubt he’ll ever reach the insane level of popularity he had before it was revealed he was old General “Thunderbolt” Ross.

I don’t believe we’ve had a Marvel Super Hero Mashers Colossus announced yet, but the Colossus pieces in this series make it pretty obvious that one is on the way.

Finally, we’ve got another X-Men entry: Marvel Superhero Mashers Series 3 Iceman! I’m a total mark for clear plastic Iceman figures, making this one of my favorite Hasbro Marvel Mashers figures revealed thus far. The translucent ice blast accessory looks really fun, too.

Unfortunately, the translucent blue plastic Iceman Mashers action figure looks pretty terrible mixed with parts from the other Mashers figures. That’s fine with me, though–if I buy Iceman, it’ll be because he looks slick enough that I want him for himself and not to mix up with other action figures.

Marvel Super Hero Mashers Wave 3 is expected to be released in Fall 2014. Has Hasbro managed to win you over at all with this latest upcoming Marvel Mashers reveals from Toy Fair 2014, Marvel collectors? Or is not even Iceman as cold as this line is leaving you?