Either the excitement of the Hasbro SDCC 2017 panel was just too much for me or I’m just old (hint: it’s the latter), because I plum fell asleep while in the process of doing the write-ups with the Marvel Legends hi-res photos. But I’m awake again, so let’s kick off the final day of Comic-Con with a look at the first two figures from the 2018 Marvel Legends Black Panther movie series: Black Bolt and Namor!

At this point, I don’t think anybody is even the least bit surprised that there’s going to be a Black Panther Marvel Legends series in early 2018. I mean, c’mon–if Doctor Strange and Ant-Man get waves to accompany their respective movies, collectors would call quite a bit of wrath down upon Hasbro if Black Panther was left out.

Unfortunately, Hasbro isn’t permitted to show off any of its Black Panther movie figures just yet (I really wanted to see that new Klaw, too), but we did get a sneak peek at two comic-based figures in the wave accompanying T’Challa: Black Bolt and Namor!

Yeah, yeah, I know: “But we just got Namor!” And while it’s true the Walgreens Exclusive Marvel Legends Namor figure in his black costume was just released last year, it’s been a long time since a Namor came out in his classic green trunks–and the one in the Ronan Build-A-Figure series wasn’t all that.

And so, here we have a classic Namor the Submariner figure up to modern ML standards and in his classic green trunks costume. Plus: an alternate bearded head for Namor will also be included, and was displayed at SDCC! Perfection.

Meanwhile–! The other 6″ Black Panther Legends figure revealed also had a figure released a few years back: the King of the Inhumans, Black Bolt! With a new Marvel Legends Medusa hitting Walgreens soon and the Inhumans series arriving in under two months, Hasbro would be crazy not to make a mass release Marvel Legends Black Bolt figure to coincide.

While some collectors are likely going to be salty that their SDCC 2014 Black Bolt figure’s value just plummeted a bit, there’s quite a bit of aesthetic difference to this new version.

The all-new screaming head with energized eyes and tuning fork antenna look awesome, and it’s worth noting that this version of Black Bolt is in his classic dark blue costume and not the modern black and silver costume from the Thanos Imperative set. (Hey, if Funko can release Black Bolt POPs with both color schemes, then why shouldn’t Hasbro, right?)

While both of these figures are technically just new versions of characters we’ve had toys of in the last few years, both of them are definitely worthy additions to the Marvel Legends Black Panther series (and an Illuminati collection).

What else are you hoping to see in the Black Panther movie Marvel Legends series, Marvel collectors? Are there any other comic-based characters related to T’Challa you’d like released in 6″ Legends form, or are you hoping that the rest of the wave is primarily composed of movie figures? And what about the Black Panther series Build-A-Figure? Any ideas?