In 2013, we get so few Marvel Legends 6″ action figures from Hasbro, even the smallest variant released ends up feeling like a big deal. Case in point? The newest Iron Man 3 Marvel Legends figure to have leaked photos show up online: a gold Ultron variant of the silver Ultron from Iron Man Legends Series 2! People were really excited for the standard new Ultron figure in that series, so everybody is super excited about this new gold version of Ultron as well… right?

In the big Brian Michael Bendis Marvel Comics event of 2013, “Age of Ultron”, Ultron has conquered the world (probably). I say “probably” because Ultron hasn’t actually appeared in any of the first eight issues of the 10-issue comic book event (which is all that have been published), so I’m not altogether sure if that’s what’s really going on in that story. But I digress… Anyway, the point is, on the covers of the “Age of Ultron” Marvel Comics series, Ultron appears in gold with a blue mouth, which is obviously the inspiration for this new Marvel Legends Ultron variant action figure that has just turned up for sale in an online ebay auction.

As Hasbro hasn’t yet officially announced this Gold Ultron figure, determining when or where it will be released is a tricky subject. The most likely place we’ll see Gold Ultron is as part of the as-yet unannounced Iron Man 3 Marvel Legends Series 3 series, along with the Trevor Mandarin figure and the War Machine Mark II figure. That seems like one of the weakest assortments possible, as the War Machine Mark 2 armor doesn’t even appear in the Iron Man 3 movie and no one else seems to like Trevor as the Mandarin (I love him–don’t hate me).

The Marvel Legends Gold Ultron 6″ figure looks to be coming with a gold version of the interlocking figure base that Hasbro has been so big on since last year. This would seem to indicate that the Age of Ultron figure won’t be coming with a Build-A-Figure piece, which is a shame, as that would definitely help the Gold Ultron to actually sell once it actually hits store shelves. (Of course, this may not even be an issue, as most collectors can’t even find Iron Man Legends Series 2 in stores at all.)

There’s also a possibility that the gold “Age of Ultron” figure could be a San Diego Comic Con 2013 exclusive, but that doesn’t feel right to me–I think it’s far more likely this will be released in the third series of the Iron Man 3 Marvel Legends movie line.

I’ll post more information and release details on this “Age of Ultron” Gold Ultron Marvel Legends action figure once Hasbro reveals more information on it, and you can have the news (and more) beamed directly to your Facebook Newsfeed by ‘Liking’ Marvel Toy News on Facebook.