Way back in February at New York Toy Fair 2018, Diamond Select Toys debuted their first new 7″ X-Men figure in quite a while: Mrs. McCoy’s Bouncing Blue Baby Boy! Sometimes it takes up to a year for a Marvel Select figure to reach our doorsteps after it’s been unveiled, but Hank McCoy is bounding into our lives relatively speedily: packaged photos have now been revealed and the Marvel Select Beast figure will be officially released and shipping on September 26th!
And for Marvel Select, the start of that deluge is going to be their new 7″ Beast action figure in his classic pre-Morrison look!
I’ll be totally honest here: when I saw the premiere of this figure at the 2018 Toy Fair, I was only half-impressed with it. This era’s is my favorite look for Beast, and I thought that Diamond Select Toys had totally nailed the colors and the fur texture on the figure. I love that the Danger Room Diorama backdrops are returning, and I appreciated the two pairs of interchangeable hands.
But that head, well… it wasn’t to my taste. To me, Beast is a brilliant scientist and a hero, not some feral monster.
Looking at the packaged photos, my opinions remain unchanged. DST has put together a fantastic action figure for us, but I’m just not feeling that wild head sculpt. I’m still going to buy it, mind you–I’m a rabid X-Men collector and this is frankly the only Beast Select figure that’s ever going to be made–but I do wish that an alternate head had been devised in this instance.
The Beast Marvel Select figure will be officially released and shipping out on September 26th, 2018, which is just two weeks out from today as of writing. He should be available in comic book stores that ordered him on the same day, although no brick-and-mortar mass retail stores carry the Marvel Select line at this time. If you want a blue furry Beast of your own, make sure to hit up your favorite online or specialty shop while he lasts!
Rogue will be following next year, and I’m anxiously looking forward to see which X-Man DST has up their sleeve next. I’m rooting for Archangel or Iceman, but I could make do with a 90s Jean Grey or Cyclops, or even a Professor X. The possibilities are endless now that X-characters are back in play!
Now that he’s about to ship out, what do you think of the final production photos of the packaged Beast Select figure, Marvel collectors? Is this a “buy” or a “no buy” for you, and are you hoping to see more X-Men characters revealed by Diamond Select Toys in 2019?
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Yeah, an alternate head would have been nice. Still looks good enough I think. 👍
The facial features may not be 100% accurate, but I find it to be quite acceptable in my opinion. Remember, even though Hank is a brilliant scientist, he has the aspects of a wild beast, hence his nom de guerre , and can use this to his advantage to intimidate his enemies.
Knowing my luck, the minute I order this, Hasbro will announce that an ML Beast is coming in 2019. I think I’ll hold off on this guy, looks pretty good but not a huge fan of the head and I generally ML due to the superior articulation. Normally the difference in scale between MS and ML would also be a concern but with beast I don’t think its a big deal if he’s a bit larger than ML X-Men figs.
Also they are still doing Danger Room pieces? Will that Danger room diorama ever be finished? I think some sort of laboratory dio would’ve been more appropriate for beast but no biggie.
Not loving the head sculpt but I’m still eager to add this figure to my MS X-men collection. Really hope they do more 90’s X-men like Jean Grey, Archangel, Cyclops, Bishop and Storm.