Marvel Legends Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Movie Figures Up for Order! Adam Warlock! Cosmo Build-A-Figure!

It’s been a long, long time coming, but Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will finally be hitting movie theaters the first week of May 2023. And that means that for the first time in 6 years, we’ll have a new Hasbro Marvel Legends Guardians of the Galaxy figures series on store shelves as well! But if you were hoping for a cheap and easy to get Cosmo the Space Dog figure, you’re barking up the wrong tree—the Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Marvel Legends series with Adam Warlock, Cosmo Build-A-Figure (!!) and more is now up for order!

Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Marvel Legends Action Figures

The case ratios for Marvel Legends GOTG Vol 3 are as follows:

(2) Star-Lord
(1) Mantis
(1) Drax
(1) Nebula
(1) Rocket Raccoon
(1) Kraglin
(1) Adam Warlock

It seems like Ant-Man 3 kind of snuck up on Hasbro, who managed to just barely squeak out solicitations for their Marvel Legends Quantumania series before the movie hit theaters last week. But Hasbro is picking up the pace for another upcoming MCU film’s toys—with over two months until GOTG Vol. 3 is released, Hasbro is ready to roll out the action figure POs today.

Marvel Legends Cosmo Build-A-Figure

With two females in the wave, two new male humanoid characters as well as a never-before-done in this scale astronaut dog, there’s a lot to talk about in this wave!

First, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the chief source of early complaints about this lineup: the fact that the first-ever 6” Marvel Legends Cosmo is a Build-A-Figure.

Cosmo BAF Guardians of the Galaxy Legends

As one of only three new-to-the-line MCU characters in the wave, fans were never going to be happy about this Cosmo BAF. It’s 100% new tooling and Cosmo does look stellar, but having to buy $100+ in other action figures to build a relatively small Cosmo doesn’t sit well with many folks.

Mantis Marvel Legends 2023 Figure Box

Due to the original ML Mantis being a Build-A-Figure (which fans understandably grumbled about mightily), a lot of collectors may still be without Mantis in their figure collection at all. Thankfully, this new Marvel Legends Mantis is a single release in matching Guardians of the Galaxy team uniform, so those who want to will be able to add her seamlessly to their lineup for the new movie right away.

Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Mantis Marvel Legends Action Figure

I prefer this costume on Mantis anyway, as it makes her feel more like part of the team. It is a little upsetting that at a $25 MSRP, she comes with zero accessories beyond a Cosmo BAF leg.

Nebula Marvel Legends 2023 Box GOTG Volume 3

This is a rare instance where Hasbro has included more than one woman in a wave. While Gamora has yet to appear for the new film in merch form, her sister is on-hand to represent with a new version of Marvel legends Nebula!

Nebula Marvel Legends Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Figure

I was a big fan of the GOTG 2 Nebula Legends figure, but I agree that a team costume Nebula was necessary. I’m not wild about her blank facial expression, but I do appreciate that she gets a sword and two different guns in addition to her Cosmo Build-A-Figure leg.

2023 Marvel Legends Nebula 6 Inch Figure and Accessories

As good as MCU Nebula’s first ML toy was, I think the pin-less articulation on this one helps a lot in making this one feel like a worthwhile advancement.

Marvel Legends Kraglin Figure Whistling

Kraglin is a character I sort of feared would never be created in super-articulated action figure form, but Hasbro has come through with a terrific premiere Marvel Legends for Yondu’s most loyal Ravager.

Kraglin GOTG Vol 3 Marvel Legends Figure and Accessories

His slightly frowning head sculpt feels a mite boring for such a fun character (what, no whistling head?), but the likeness is great and an arrow effects piece is always welcome. Probably my favorite individual figure in this set.

Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel Legends 2023 Adam Warlock MCU Figure

Marvel Legends Adam Warlock is probably the figure in the wave generating the most buzz, but it’s also the figure whose design falls the most flat for me. Maybe I’m too set in my ways as a 90s comic book fan, but the live action version just doesn’t quite feel right for some reason.

Adam Warlock Movie Figure Box Hasbro 2023

Adam Warlock is never the most expressive guy, so the neutral face sculpt is just fine here. Still, with zero accessories beyond the BAF Cosmo tail and helmet, MCU Adam Warlock’s Legends figure feels quite boring.

Hasbro Marvel Legends 2023 Star-Lord Hasbro Movie Action Figure

The last three figures in the series are new versions of core team members that have been in every Guardians of the Galaxy Legends series.

Hasbro Marvel Legends Rocket Raccoon GOTG Vol 3 Figure

Rocket Raccoon is properly tiny, but at least comes with the biggest piece of the Cosmo Build-A-Dog. Plenty of complaining about the fact that Hasbro didn’t just make this a $25 two-pack, which is not a surprise.

2023 Marvel Legends Rocket Raccoon Figure and Accessories

I love seeing an MCU Rocket Raccoon Legends figure in this Abnett and Lanning comics styled costume, as it kind of feels like things have come full-circle for Rocky.

Star-Lord Marvel Legends 2023 Figure Box

The one double-packed figure in the wave is Star-Lord, which ought to shock no one. This might be Hasbro’s best Chris Pratt portrait to date, although I still feel like no company has quite nailed Pratt’s likeness.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Star-Lord Figure and Accessories

This figure unfortunately feels the most antiquated with lots of visible pins on the arms and legs, but at least they’re all matching blue. I don’t love this figure and he doesn’t include a Cosmo piece, but I’ll need him nonetheless for the team to feel complete (or as complete as possible without Gamora). Alas.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Drax Figure Box

Lastly, we’ve got a new Dave Bautista Marvel Legends Drax movie figure. After the exuberant yelling pose on the one from the last film, we’re back to a closed-mouth, neutral look here.

Hasbro Marvel Legends Drax Movie Figure 6 Inch Hasbro 2023

Drax has the awkward pinned knees but pin-less elbows combination, which I guess is better than nothing. He’s also got two dagger knives and the last leg of Cosmo. This release could be better in several ways, but I’ll take it to complete my astronaut dog.

Groot Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Legends Box Hasbro

But wait! That’s not all! The wave also includes one deluxe release in the form of a young adult Marvel Legends Groot with a baby Rocket Raccoon pack-in!

GOTG Vol 3 Groot Marvel Legends Hasbro Figure and Accessories

I suspect this Groot wouldn’t quite cost out as the series Build-A-Figure, so we got Cosmo instead. I think the $35+ MSRP on this Groot is hard to stomach, although the toy does look nicely done with a modern pin-less, bulky body and youthful looking face.

Marvel Legends Baby Rocket Raccoon Figure

I’m not sure Baby Rocket will print money in the Baby Yoda manner Disney is probably hoping, but I’m rooting for our infant raccoon boy to be popular, and his little figurine here is quite adorable.

Groot with Wings Marvel Legends 2023 Figure

The entire Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Marvel Legends series is now up for ore-order and expected to arrive this summer. Will you be buying any (or all!) of the figures in this Cosmo wave?

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Marvel Legends Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Movie Figures Up for Order! Adam Warlock! Cosmo Build-A-Figure! — 5 Comments

  1. The Shang chi, Disney+, wakanda forever, love and thunder waves all shelf warmed very hard in my area and I fear this series will prolly do the same (sigh)

  2. The figures in this wave look great. Adam Warlock is a slight possibility but everything else is an easy pass for me. I don’t have a single GOTG figure in my collection and I don’t plan on starting that team now.

  3. I just flat out, don’t care about MCU figures, so the entire wave is a hard pass for me.

  4. Remember when Build-A-Figures were these awesome additions you definitely wanted like that huge Sentinel, their first Galactus, or the massive dragon Fin Fang Foom. Now we get a little dog… in a helmet.

    None of these ML movie figures ever really appealed to me, and this set even less so. Maybe I might order that new Groot because I like his design, but movie figures are bland and being in those new windowless boxes certainly doesn’t help when I’m browsing the shelves.

    It’s almost like Hasbro is trying to end its own line.

  5. Kraglin is the only one I’m really interested in. I’d get Cosmo if she came in some kind of set, but as a BAF? Nah.