It's the hottest new toy line of 2009! Hasbro's Marvel Universe figures take the Marvel characters into the popular 3 3/4-inch scale, and tie directly into the aftermath of the hottest comic event of the year: Secret Invasion. We'll talk to the team behind the new toys and find out what fans can expect in 2009…and beyond! Hasbro's Marvel Universe figures will appear on this month's cover. HUGE 2009 PREVIEW

If it's something that geeks will be talking about in 2009, we're covering it first here! 2009 is going to be a blockbuster year for toy fans with G.I. Joe and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, but that's just the tip of the iceberg! From movies like Star Trek and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to TV shows like Dollhouse and a new season of Lost, to epic comic book storylines like 'Green Lantern: The Blackest Night' to blockbuster video games like Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, 2009 is shaping up to be a pop culture smorgasbord, and ToyFare has it all covered! Plus: your first look at some of 2009's hottest new toy lines! If you're going to be watching it, reading it, collecting it or playing with it next year, read about it right here! TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT…THE RED CARPET!

It's the 25th anniversary of Hasbro's Transformers, so this issue our 'retro' feature looks forward as well as back: we'll examine the 25-year history of the seminal transforming robot line, plus we'll take a look at Hasbro's exciting new 25th anniversary line of Transformers figures TWISTED TOYFARE THEATRE-PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR!

It's December, and that can only mean one thing: there's a new installment of 'Twisted ToyFare Theatre' in this issue! Who knows what sort of mischief the 'TTT' toys will get up to in this installment? We do! Or at least we will. Really soon. But it'll be hilarious.