Toy Fair 2017: Marvel Legends Ex Nihilo Figure Revealed!

Well, the news that we expected to be coming out tomorrow just keeps on coming out today! First the Marvel Legends Star-Lord Helmet and Mjolnir Hammer Prop Replicas went up for order a day earlier than announced, and now we’re getting our first New York Toy Fair 2017 Marvel Legends figure reveal a night before the 2017 Toy Fair even begins! Some Marvel fans who haven’t read comics may need to bust out their “Google Fu” skills, because the first Hasbro reveal of the show is the 6″ Marvel Legends Ex Nihilo figure from Guardians of the Galaxy Wave 2!

A leaked UPC list of 2017 Marvel Legends Guardians of the Galaxy Wave 2 figures circulating for a few weeks now, but I don’t like to report on those types of things because the UPCs are often changed from what’s originally designated (otherwise we’d have those Tigra, Crossbones and King Cobra figures that there were UPCs for last summer right now).

But of all the names on the leaked GOTG Wave 2 list, there was one name that stood out as more outlandish and unlikely than any of the others, giving credence to the belief that if any character would be scrapped from the wave, it would be this one.

That character was Ex Nihilo from Jonathan Hickman’s famed run on the “Avengers” comics–and believe it or not, Marvel Legends Ex Nihilo is now confirmed by Marvel!

Ex Nihilo (who uses the Colossus body mold) seems like a rather oddball choice, since I’m not sure he ever appeared in a Guardians of the Galaxy comic book at all, but hey–I’m not going to turn my nose up at a quasi-obscure comic book character I never expected to see a figure produced of! I sort of doubt we’ll be seeing Ex Nihilo’s sister, Abyss, anytime soon–but if we can actually get an action figure of Ex Nihilo, I suppose the sky’s the limit!

With that said, I think we can now reasonably surmise that the rest of the leaked list of figures is probably legit enough to share before the figures are unveiled at New York Toy Fair 2017 tomorrow. If they’re not correct, well–we’ll know for sure in less than 24 four hours and can make corrections to the list then, can’t we?

The rumored Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel Legends Wave 2 set is as follows:

Rocket Raccoon (GOTG 2 Movie)
Gamora (GOTG 2 Movie)
Nebula (GOTG 2 Movie)
Star-Lord (Comics-Based)
Adam Warlock
Death’s Head II
Ex Nihilo
Build-A-Figure: Mantis

I’ll be reporting in with in-person photos and impressions of all the 2017 Toy Fair Marvel Legends revealed tomorrow at the show–as well as every other major Marvel toy and collectible shown off at the event–so be sure to check the site and the Marvel Toy News Facebook Page and Twitter Feed for the latest news.

What do you think of the Ex Nihilo Marvel Legends Guardians of the Galaxy figure? Was he a good choice for this second wave of figures, and are you hoping that Hasbro still might be holding out on us with a third wave of six inch GOTG action figures for later in 2017?

Comments

Toy Fair 2017: Marvel Legends Ex Nihilo Figure Revealed! — 20 Comments

Curko on February 17, 2017 at 6:38 pm said:

he certainly uses the colossus/deaths head mold. you can tell because the shoulder joints are way different and the chest doesn’t protrude
- Christopher Huckabay on February 17, 2017 at 6:46 pm said:
  
  nope, that looks just like the Hyperion buck.
  - Curko on February 17, 2017 at 8:41 pm said:
    
    nope.
    - kalphablue on February 17, 2017 at 11:31 pm said:
      
      It’s Hyperion. Colossus shoulders are flush with the torso, hyperions stick out just like this one. Plus, hyperion has veins on the biceps like this that colossus doesnt have. Also, if you actually compare the anatomy of the torso and neck, hyperion and this are a total match.
      - Curko on February 18, 2017 at 3:43 am said:
        
        the shoulders are different on hyperion and the chest looks different
  - Curko on February 18, 2017 at 3:42 am said:
    
    actually i think you’re right. but it doesn’t seem to be the hyperion mold. look at the shoulders and chest.
Phillip Calaway on February 17, 2017 at 6:43 pm said:

Build A Figure…..Mantis?
You HAVE TO be kidding…..
That doesn’t make ANY sense.

Honestly, that doesn’t sound like a very good wave.

I’ll take Adam Warlock, Ex Nihilo, and potentially the Comics Star-Lord (depending on which version.
The rest….. eh.
Ariel Lagunas on February 17, 2017 at 8:18 pm said:

Ex-Nihilo has got to be the BAF. Mantis, if for real at all, gotta be a regular fig. Nonetheless, I will be waiting to see the prototypes. Thou I’m most excited for Mantis and Ex Nihilo, really.
- Dabid K. on February 17, 2017 at 8:33 pm said:
  
  I don’t think he can be a Build-A-Figure… that body mold isn’t designed to break into pieces that way.
- Phillip Calaway on February 18, 2017 at 1:57 pm said:
  
  No, Dabid’s right, Mantis IS the BAF…….for some reason.
  Hasbro just confirmed it on a Facebook livestream presentation of all their Marvel stuff.
  
  The wave is:
  MCU Rocket (totally new, loads of articulation)
  MCU Gamora
  MCU Nebula
  MCU Star-Lord with a long coat (not sure if it’s a reuse of the original or a new long coat figure)
  616 Ex Nihilo
  616 Adam Warlock/Magus
  616 Death’s Head II
  MCU Mantis BAF
  
  The fact that the BAF isn’t Ex Nihilo or Death’s Head II is…..BAFFLING.
  
  And then alongside the Guardians wave 2 is the Star-Lord and Ego The Living…guy…2-Pack.
  The Star-Lord in the 2-pack appears to be the same as the Guardians Wave 1 Star Lord that’s about to come out.
Andrew Hart on February 17, 2017 at 8:19 pm said:

Yep just the Hyperion mold, although I do believe the feet are new.
YODO on February 17, 2017 at 8:27 pm said:

….who?
Komic on February 17, 2017 at 10:08 pm said:

are we sure it’s not the Spider-Uk mold? the chest is not square enough to be the Hyperion mold.
- Curko on February 17, 2017 at 10:45 pm said:
  
  Colossus mold.
  - Christopher Huckabay on February 18, 2017 at 1:22 am said:
    
    That is NOT the colossus mold. Just look at it, there are little differences everywhere. the space between the waist cut and the hip socket is far too wide, the Colossus mold is much more narrow there than this Ex-Nihilo figure.
  - Christopher Huckabay on February 18, 2017 at 1:34 am said:
    
    [IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e116/LordHuck/Ex-Nihilo%20figure%20size_zpsep9zgo4t.png[/IMG]
    - Curko on February 18, 2017 at 3:40 am said:
      
      actually i think you’re right. but it doesn’t seem to be the hyperion mold. look at the shoulders and chest.
      - jeddostotle7 on February 18, 2017 at 1:48 pm said:
        
        We are looking at the shoulders and chest, those are some of the biggest indicators that it’s the Hyperion body.
Jokerman583 on February 17, 2017 at 11:43 pm said:

Hyperion
Rodrigo Rosa Santos on February 18, 2017 at 9:26 pm said:

Build-A-Figure: Mantis? No please, no