General Marvel Legends

Alt said:
For myself, I only wanted Salma and Angelina as a red blooded child of the 90s and both broke out of the package. I was able to replace Angelina and she broke again.

Idk what was happening there.
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Interesting. They're some of the sturdiest figures for me, oddly enough. A couple of them have some loose ankle joints, and because of that, they probably took more tumbles off the shelf than any other Legends, and have all stayed intact. Really does make you wonder about different batches having different QC.
 
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joshsquash729 said:
Interesting. They're some of the sturdiest figures for me, oddly enough. A couple of them have some loose ankle joints, and because of that, they probably took more tumbles off the shelf than any other Legends, and have all stayed intact. Really does make you wonder about different batches having different QC.
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I suppose I was due. I was thinking of the Spidey trio and how they were also fragile. Mine were okay, but it seems more common with movie than comic figures? They do feel different to me, plastic wise, but I have no idea why that would be a thing.
 
Enforcer said:
All it takes is one... selling that poorly. Produced in those numbers. Comprised of all relatively unknown characters. Changed how things are done now for sure.
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I mean it was also just immaculately poorly timed. The movie was released a full year late due to Covid reshuffling and production runs were at their highest because of high sales preceding it due to Covid stimulus spending. The movie significantly underperformed and that free wheeling stimulus spending was drying up and the characters had no previous name recognition to help. Over productuon and cratered demand and we have Ollie's still choking on figures four and a half years later..

But that, followed by Love and Thunder and Wakanda Forever waves pretty much put them off MCU product. Deadpool and Wolverine is the first thing to give them a hint of confidence in years. Fantastic Four got decent support with a wave.

If the MCU comes roaring back the figures will follow. But if it never reaches those pre-pandemic levels I doubt there will be robust release of MCU product.
 
Just a heads up that EE has Ghost Rider, Grizzly and MCU DP&W Brown Suit Wolverine all in stock and a promotion code for 10% off in-stock orders. I think the code was just "instock" but I didn't have to enter it as it was done automatically for me.
 
I'm sure we'll see more M.C.U. products after 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' and 'Avengers: Doomsday'. The main problem that a lot of folks keep forgetting is that the M.C.U. movies have also been delayed, from 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' and 'Black Widow' to 'Captain America: Brave New World'. If your figures are ready to go out but your movie is not, you're waiting to release an entire wave's worth of figures until it comes out. It also doesn't help that Marvel's movies have been overly secretive and just saying who will be released in a wave is now a spoiler, from who the character is to what the costume looks like. It is disappointing, though, that Hasbro hasn't gone back and made toys of figures from past Marvel movies and TV series that fans are still waiting on, but that's just the way things are for right now.
 
Just opened the new Ghost Rider and damn man he’s *perfect* as a spot-on representation of the style and era. He makes my eyes happy, all the colors are just right: even his gloves and the piping are light dove grey and totally pop differently than the hyper-white of his skull/neck. The skull even looks like Mike Ploog drew it. The “immersed in flames” head is equally awesome and very eerie.

It truly is cool when they take a hard swing at a superclassic high fidelity comic book version of a character and nail it.
 
I swore I wouldn't talk about the Eternals ever again like less than 24 hours ago, but: I love that movie, I love those action figures, I love that wave, but it really did feel like Hasbro / Disney bet the farm on it and will resent everything about it forever. It's an art house film in the middle of the most mainstream, family-friendly franchise in the history of movie franchises. It's exactly the kind of movie the cast and crew are proud of but the studio is ashamed of, which bums me out. But I do have the whole wave separate from the rest of my MCU stuff so I can pop it out any time I want to. They're beautiful figures. Elegant, even. It's a damn shame they sold so badly.

But also I feel like the MCU figures have been knockouts for years and not doing well enough to be taken seriously. The What If figures? Gorgeous. Moon Knight? Ok Mr. Knight's a bit gummy but Konshu and regular Moon Knight are bangers. The Marvels? BEAUTIFUL figures. The Hawkeyes? Unf, chef's kiss. Jimmy Woo? Casual Loki, Old Man Loki, Sylvie, Mobius? LOVELY. The Zombies? I hate Zombies and those figures are fantastic. Falcon and the Winter Soldier figures? Sweet. She Hulk? My only complaint is we didn't ALSO get Jennifer in human form too. Beautiful figure. (EDIT: Shit, Shang-Chi! Those figures are DELIGHTFUL. And the Thunderbolts! Amazing!)

I really feel like Hasbro went balls out for like, 3-5 MCU waves and just didn't hit the numbers they wanted. And this is why we won't get Wonder Man and Trevor. Which bums me out, cos goddamn, those TV/movie figures weren't just good movie likenesses, they were GREAT ACTION FIGURES. I dare you to pose those Hawkeyes and not think they are fun AF, y'know?
 
AceofKnaves said:
Just opened the new Ghost Rider and damn man he’s *perfect* as a spot-on representation of the style and era. He makes my eyes happy, all the colors are just right: even his gloves and the piping are light dove grey and totally pop differently than the hyper-white of his skull/neck. The skull even looks like Mike Ploog drew it. The “immersed in flames” head is equally awesome and very eerie.
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Yesss, love to hear this! Hyped for this one.

AceofKnaves said:
It truly is cool when they take a hard swing at a superclassic high fidelity comic book version of a character and nail it.
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Isn't it just? We get several of these a year where they just *nail it* and it's always so satisfying. In some ways it makes the misfires even more frustrating, but it's nice to appreciate the wins when they happen, and (at least for me) there is a lot more right than wrong.
 
docsilence said:
I swore I wouldn't talk about the Eternals ever again like less than 24 hours ago, but: I love that movie, I love those action figures, I love that wave, but it really did feel like Hasbro / Disney bet the farm on it and will resent everything about it forever. It's an art house film in the middle of the most mainstream, family-friendly franchise in the history of movie franchises. It's exactly the kind of movie the cast and crew are proud of but the studio is ashamed of, which bums me out. But I do have the whole wave separate from the rest of my MCU stuff so I can pop it out any time I want to. They're beautiful figures. Elegant, even. It's a damn shame they sold so badly.

But also I feel like the MCU figures have been knockouts for years and not doing well enough to be taken seriously. The What If figures? Gorgeous. Moon Knight? Ok Mr. Knight's a bit gummy but Konshu and regular Moon Knight are bangers. The Marvels? BEAUTIFUL figures. The Hawkeyes? Unf, chef's kiss. Jimmy Woo? Casual Loki, Old Man Loki, Sylvie, Mobius? LOVELY. The Zombies? I hate Zombies and those figures are fantastic. Falcon and the Winter Soldier figures? Sweet. She Hulk? My only complaint is we didn't ALSO get Jennifer in human form too. Beautiful figure. (EDIT: Shit, Shang-Chi! Those figures are DELIGHTFUL. And the Thunderbolts! Amazing!)

I really feel like Hasbro went balls out for like, 3-5 MCU waves and just didn't hit the numbers they wanted. And this is why we won't get Wonder Man and Trevor. Which bums me out, cos goddamn, those TV/movie figures weren't just good movie likenesses, they were GREAT ACTION FIGURES. I dare you to pose those Hawkeyes and not think they are fun AF, y'know?
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I think you hit the nail on the head there with that last paragraph. MCU figures are often unique tooling, require likeness rights, and seem to be softer sellers when compared with a comic wave that can be 80% reuse. Hasbro probably just makes enough MCU stuff to keep Marvel/Disney happy.
 
I realize the basketball X-Men might not have been the most popular figures from the line but I did enjoy them and would like to see more. Given how it was tradition for so long for them to play sports. I would like to see baseball Cyclops and Beast specifically. And I remember one Thanksgiving with a football game as well.

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RichardSimmonsRobot said:
I realize the basketball X-Men might not have been the most popular figures from the line but I did enjoy them and would like to see more. Given how it was tradition for so long for them to play sports. I would like to see baseball Cyclops and Beast specifically. And I remember one Thanksgiving with a football game as well.

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Would actually make for a perfect SDCC exclusive. Non-essential, but big time fan service. Might require a ton of new tooling though...
 
RichardSimmonsRobot said:
I realize the basketball X-Men might not have been the most popular figures from the line but I did enjoy them and would like to see more. Given how it was tradition for so long for them to play sports. I would like to see baseball Cyclops and Beast specifically. And I remember one Thanksgiving with a football game as well.

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No NFL SuperPro?
 
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