It’s become a little bit of a tradition over the past few years that we get our first look at factory production photos of Hasbro Marvel Legends 6″ figures when scrappers pop most likely ill-gotten figures up on ebay, and it looks like the first 2016 Captain America Marvel Legends wave won’t be the exception to the rule! While I strongly urge everyone to not purchase goods from user viperskingdom, I always appreciate getting to see production samples of upcoming figures a bit early. So let’s take our first good look at the Red Onslaught Build-A-Figure, Mockingbird, Sharon Carter and more…

Marvel Legends Red Onslaught Build-A-Figure

The first of the new figures that we’re going to take a look at is the big man himself, the Red Onslaught Build-A-Figure!

We haven’t seen packaged photos of this wave yet, so it’s unknown if we’ll have to purchase every figure in this set to build the Red Skull Onslaught BAF, or if there’s going to be a duplicate part somewhere in the wave (likely shared between Mockingbird and Sharon Carter if so).

I wonder if Hasbro would consider some of the tooling here for Onslaught’s armor to be similar enough to Age of Apocalypse Apocalypse’s armor to give us a Build-A-Figure of ol’ ‘Pocs as part of that X-Men Marvel Legends series in 2016. Hmmmm. Regardless, at least we know that a classic Onslaught head/helmet will be coming as part of that series next summer!

The sculpting on this Onslaught Red Skull BAF looks fantastic, although the lack of any paint wash for shading and depth is very obvious on such a large figure. Looks great otherwise, though!

Captain America Marvel Legends Sharon Carter 6″ Figure (Agent 13)

Sharon Carter (Agent 13) certainly doesn’t look that beautiful here, but I’m hoping that’s owed more to these photos than any shortcoming of the actual sculpt. The white jumpsuit actually looks quite striking, but Sharon’s face and eyes… I don’t know.

I doubt Hasbro will be releasing a movie-based 6″ Agent 13 figure in 2016, so hopefully this Marvel Legends Sharon Carter ends up being good enough to satisfy collectors’ need for her.

Hasbro Mockingbird 6″ Figure

Bobbi Morse also gets her very first 6″ action figure ever as part of the Marvel Legends Captain America 2016 Wave 1 set! She unfortunately has the same ridiculous oversized, rubbery baton as Daredevil and Hellcat before her, but the translucent yellow lenses on her mask look awesome, and I’m excited to get this figure of Mockingbird in her current comics costume.

With Mockingbird becoming and more prominent thanks to her featured role in Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD TV show and her own upcoming ongoing comic book series, I have a hunch ML Mockingbird will be one of the hottest figures in this series.

Cottonmouth Marvel Legends Captain America Civil War Figure

Cottonmouth is one of several characters to fill the “obscure villain” slot in this series.

I can’t recall ever reading a really interesting story about Cottonmouth, so I have some trepidations about his sales potential, but Hasbro must be counting on Cottonmouth’s upcoming Netflix appearances to generate hype for this character.

Captain America Legends Scourge 6″ Figure

It’s been years since he was a big name, but the villain-murdering Scourge was a near-iconic Captain America villain in the comics for a short time decades ago.

Even without many collectors knowing he is, I think the Marvel Legends Scourge figure has enough “coolness appeal” with his costume similar to G.I. Joe’s Firefly that he’ll sell solidly at retail.

Also, I love the detailed paint deco on Scourge’s weapons! The maroon guns with yellow and orange highlights are definitely unique and eye-grabbing.

2016 Marvel Legends Captain America Infinite Series Whirlwind Figure

The penultimate 6″ figure in this assortment is a long, long-overdue Marvel Legends Whirlwind. With Blizzard having been released this summer, Whirlwind was the other major 90’s Iron Man animated villain I had been really anticipating.

The figure honestly feels a bit dopey, but that’s due to the classic character design and not any fault of Hasbro’s. Those little saw blades on Whirlwind’s arms just aren’t as threatening as they used to be! The flecks in the green plastic look cool, and I’m very pleased with how this Whirlwind six inch figure has turned out.

Marvel Legends 2016 Taskmaster Figure

Finally, we’ve got a major fan-favorite: Taskmaster! Toybiz created a Taskmaster Marvel Legends figure many years ago, but this is Hasbro’s first 6″ take on the character (though he has appeared in Marvel Universe form in recent years).

Hooded Taskmaster looks a tad naked without his cape, but the General Grievous-like Udon Taskmaster head looks outstanding on this figure (as do the nicely-painted shield and translucent orange energy sword). I expect this to be another of the fastest-selling figures from this series, as many fans will want two of this figure to display both heads.

All of these “early release” 2016 Marvel Legends Captain America Infinite Series figures are currently being sold online, but as usual, the philosophy I ascribe to this seller’s items is “Look, don’t buy.” These figures have not been officially released by Hasbro through the proper channels, and may have any kind of quality issues and/or be flat-out stolen goods. Don’t buy them–but have a great time checking them out!

What do you think of our first in-hand photos of the Captain America Legends 2016 figures, Marvel collectors? Now that you’ve seen the actual figures fresh out of the factory (one way or the other), which figures are you planning to add to your collection this winter?