Earlier this month we saw leaked photos of an unconfirmed Marvel Legends All-New X-Men set turn up on the internet. At the time, it was speculated that those figures would be the SDCC 2014 Marvel Legends exclusive set. Turns out that rumor was half-right: the All-New X-Men Marvel Legends set is an exclusive, but not to San Diego Comic-Con 2014! Coming 2/1/2014 to Toys R Us Stores: the Marvel Legends All-New X-Men figures box set!

They say that there’s a first time for everything in this world, and for the first time in my life today, I learned something new about action figures from a video game website. IGN posted a short news blurb this afternoon confirming the release of the first major Hasbro Marvel Legends 6″ figures store exclusive set in many years today–the All-New X-Men Marvel Legends set we saw leaked a few weeks back!

Based on the hit Brian Michael Bendis All-New X-Men comic book series, the set includes five 6″ Marvel Legends action figures: Cyclops, Beast, Angel, Iceman and Jean Grey in their original X-Men costumes.

I don’t always love Bendis comics, but I am a big fan of both “All-New X-Men” and the original X-Men as they appeared way back when. So I am very pleased to be getting these Original X-Men figures at all, and even more psyched that they come altogether in a five-figure box set where each action figure averages out to only costing $17 each (man, what a world where I can say “only $17 each” as a positive thing and be serious!).

Toys R Us wouldn’t have been my first choice to have this set as an exclusive, as sometimes their exclusives can be truly hellish to track down at retail (I’m talking about you, Transformers Masterpiece Soundwave!), but I’m still far happier having this set as an exclusive to Toys R Us than as an exclusive for the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con.

Given that these figures are mostly made up of preexisting molds (and poor Iceman uses the awful Marvel Legends Klaw body), I’m glad this set is “value”-priced at “just” $85. I would’ve preferred if this set featured more new tooling, but if it was this set using recycled molds or no new Marvel Legends Original X-Men at all, I’ll take this set.

I really, truly hope that the production Original X-Men Angel Marvel Legends figure doesn’t have the total creeper expression seen on the prototype figure. Because with that expression, Angel is really kinda freaking me out.

The Toys R Us exclusive Marvel Legends All-New X-Men set is scheduled to be released on February 1, 2014 with an MSRP of $84.99. That’s a Saturday, which is sort of weird, but I have a hunch most stores will just start putting this set out on shelves as soon as they receive it.

Hopefully the Original X-Men Marvel Legends figures won’t immediately be snatched up and put on ebay by hordes of scalpers in the way that the Toys R Us exclusive Transformers Masterpiece Optimus Prime and Soundwave were!

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Now that you know the specifics on when, where and how much it’s going to cost you to pick up the Marvel Legends 2014 All-New X-Men set, are you planning to add this quintet to your collection, Marvel fans?