About That Toy Leak for The Design of Silver Samurai (in "The Wolverine")

Thanks to a listing for an action figure, we might have a design revealed for a character in the upcoming live-action "The Wolverine" movie, with this 3.75" Figure Series 01 from Hasbro introducing The Silver Samurai!

Listed for pre-order on BigBadToyStore (for US$6.99, with an estimated June 2013 arrival), the figure shows a creature's-face on the front armor chasis (vaguely seen on the poster image)! So okay, maybe he looks more "white" than silver here though … so far we've seen the character's back in trailers, so this might well be a possible "leak"? *I heart toys*

(Thanks to Jamie for the headsup!)

About That "Silver Samurai" Character Teaser Poster

In the style of the earlier Wolverine teaser image (seen below), the above SILVER SAMURAI image was teased over the weekend (probably to coincide with "Free Comic Book Day" on May 4th), with actor ‪Will Yun Lee's armored villain getting the spotlight, which frankly is a darn far sight better than this travesty, IMHO.‬

‪The filmmakers had tapped on to a cliched but refreshing depiction of their characters ala oriental brush-strokes = a clear and clever image of both the heroes and villains, and of the path into the East, as chosen in the film. Oh well.‬

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The Silver Samurai for 'The Wolverine' Revealed (Sorta...) + Vine Teaser Video

The Silver Samurai (or rather a fleeting glimpse of his back) is revealed in this Vine-video from @mang0ld, promoting 'The Wolverine' - with a trailer set to debut March 27th on MTV and Apple trailers.

WHO-IS: "Keniuchio Harada is the mutant son of the former Japanese crimelord Shingen Harada. As a youth, Harada mastered the attendant disciplines of the medieval samurai and sought employment as a warrior for hire. He first worked for the criminal Mandrill and clashed with the blind hero Daredevil. Harada then served the Viper, an agent of the terrorist organization Hydra, as her bodyguard. In that capacity, Harada battled opponents such as the costumed crimefighter Spider-Man, the martial arts master Shang-Chi, and the team of mutant trainee heroes the New Mutants." [Read more via Marvel.com]