Hey Kids, It's Wolverine!

The new Wolverine movie comes out today. I'm gonna be honest with ya, my knowledge of Wolverine is very limited, I didn't even know X-Men was a thing until the movies started coming out. What I do know about Wolverine is that he has giant razor sharp claws sticking out of his hands and he's not too happy about it. The new movie looks kind of dark and very violent, which is a shame since they also market Wolverine and his comic book cohorts to preschoolers. There's a whole bunch of different products featuring Wolverine, Spider-Man, and Iron Man rendered in a kid-friendly style. What youngster doesn't love playing with his angry mutant or billionaire suit of armor?! Here's some of the toys and other stuff that we've got laying around our house...

A company called Learning Curve, who also makes the Thomas the Tank Engine toys, came out with a line of wooden play figures a few years ago that are similar to Fisher Price's Little People figures. The Play Town collection features sturdy wooden figures of all the different people in your neighborhood like the fire man, and the postman...and there's a grocery store and a fix-it garage - all the standards. They also went ahead and added Marvel comic book characters to the Play Town collection. You can pick up friendly little Wolverine with his good buddy Captain America. There's another set that comes with Spider-Man and the always lovable Incredible Hulk. Now you can have Hulk destroy the Play Town bank while Wolverine does some gardening!?


There's lots of kiddie books featuring Spidey and friends. In these books, the gang hang out at the playground and have fun with other kids. I don't know if I'd want to be pushed on the swings by Wolverine!

We got these a while ago. We bought a pack of Spider-Man forks and spoons for the kids. When we got home and opened the package we discovered that the forks all had Wolverine on them. Pretty clever, actually. I would assume Wolverine doesn't need a fork...or at least a knife.

And then my favorite of the whole collection...this Spidey and Friends CD. The thing is, this is an actual licenced product from Marvel comics. It has almost nothing at all to do with superheroes. The CD is filled with a dozen songs that are appropriate to play in a Sunday school classroom. Click on the play button on the picture below to hear the CD's tribute to deadly blade wielding Wolverine...