Category Archives: Reviews

REVIEW: Marvel Legends Phoenix Deluxe 2024 X-Men Figure

Posted on by November 19, 2024
Review Marvel Legends Phoenix Action Figure

Phoenix is one of the most iconic women in comic book history, so it’s no surprise that she’s frequently being revisited for action figures, movies, statues, toys and more. When Hasbro released a new X-Men Legends Dark Phoenix last year, it was a certainty we’d see green (good) Phoenix sooner than later. But what fans may not have anticipated was this fancy deluxe release! The Marvel Legends Phoenix deluxe figure retails for just under 50 bucks and is shipping now—is this Jean worth half a Ben Franklin? Here’s my review…

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends Retro Quicksilver Figure (Walmart Exclusive Green Costume)

Posted on by October 19, 2024
Marvel Legends Quicksilver Retro Figure Review 2024 Walmart Exclusive

Quicksilver truly must be the fastest mutant in the Marvel Universe, as Walmart put their new exclusive Marvel Legends Green Quicksilver action figure up for order Thursday, he arrived in most collectors’ hands on Friday (including mine), and now my review of Pietro is speeding in as well! It’s the first new 6” green Quicksilver figure from Hasbro in 18 years. Should you race to add this green Quicksilver Legends figure to your display?

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Marvel Legends Bloodstorm REVIEW (Strange Tales Blackheart Series Figure)

Posted on by October 15, 2024
Marvel Legends Bloodstorm Figure Review

If you put Bloodstorm on your 2024 Marvel Legends Bingo board, you deserve to give yourself a monstrous pat on the back right now. Vampire Storm is a character I’m quite fond of, but never thought I’d see the day she’d be on my shelf in plastic form. But against the odds Marvel Legends Bloodstorm is real and now shipping out; here’s my review of whether you should own Hasbro’s blood-sucking Ororo Monroe…

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Marvel Legends Moon Knight Figure REVIEW (Strange Tales Blackheart Series)

Posted on by October 8, 2024
REVIEW Marvel Legends Strange Tales Moon Knight Figure with Blackheart BAF Head

I think it really says something about the Marvel Legends Strange Tales Series that I could reasonably see any of the characters in the wave coming with a severed demon head. But it’s not just anyone that comes with the Marvel Legends Blackheart Build-A-Figure head—it’s the new Moon Knight in his 80s white and gold costume! We’ve had comic book styled Moon Knight Legends figures before—does this one have enough new features to be worth adding to your collection? Here’s my review…

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REVIEW: Marvel Gallery Silver Surfer Statue (Diamond Select Toys)

Posted on by October 2, 2024
Close-Up of Energy Effects on Diamond Select Silver Surfer Gallery Statue

Diamond Select Toys doesn’t always hit a home run with their value-priced line of Marvel Gallery PVC statues (my mind is still boggled by that white-eyed Gambit from the start of 2024), but when they do good, they do great. Such is the case with today’s review of my newest entry in that line: the Marvel Gallery Silver Surfer statue is cosmically cruising into homes now, and is one of my favorite additions to the lineup in quite some time…

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends Astonishing X-Men Wolverine Figure (85th Anniversary)

Posted on by July 15, 2024
Marvel Legends Size Scale Comparison Astonishing Wolverine and Cyclops

There’s no doubt that Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men comic books run was a watershed moment for the merry mutants, and John Cassaday’s costume designs for the x-Men have had enduring popularity as a result. So even though Toybiz released a very nice Astonishing Wolverine in 2005, it’s no shocker to see Hasbro upgrading that iteration of Logan in the 85th Anniversary Marvel Legends series during Wolverine’s own 50th anniversary. The 2024 Marvel Legends Astonishing X-Men Wolverine figure is starting to ship now—is this the ultimate release of this version?

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2024 Marvel Legends SHE-HULK Retro Figure REVIEW

Posted on by June 27, 2024
She-Hulk Marvel Legends 2024 Figure Review Bench Press Mary Jane Watson

If there’s one superheroine I don’t mind seeing Hasbro upgrade every few years, it’s She-Hulk. But when we saw the initial photos with the pre-order for the 2024 Marvel Legends She-Hulk figure from the Retro Iron Man Series, it looked like we might get the definitive Jennifer Walters that would need upgraded no more. Is the final product Shulkie figure up to that high bar of expectations? Here’s my review…

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Marvel Legends Cable REVIEW (2024 Zabu Build-A-Figure Series)

Posted on by June 14, 2024
Marvel Legends Cable 2024 Figure in 90s Marvel vs Capcom 2 Costume

Cable has had his fair share of Hasbro action figures, though still far less than the copious amount that Toybiz put out. Even so, it’s been over half a decade now since the last comics-based Cable Legends figure was released and demand for the popular character has grown quite high! And so, Nathan Christopher Charles Dayspring Askani’son Summers is finally returning to stores this summer as a headliner in the Marvel Legends Zabu Series. Is Hasbro’s latest Marvel Legends Cable figure their best? Here’s my review…

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends WOLFSBANE Figure (2024 Zabu BAF Series)

Posted on by May 25, 2024
REVIEW Marvel Legends Wolfsbane Hasbro 6" Figure

“Slow and steady” wins the race, but I think it’s also an apt descriptor for how Hasbro has team built the Peter David 90s X-Factor team in 6” Marvel Legends form. It’s been 6 years since Marvel Legends Multiple Man kicked off this iteration of X-Factor in the Apocalypse Build-A-Figure Series, but Rahne Sinclair has at last arrived to complete the team. The just-released Marvel Legends Wolfsbane figure has just started shipping as part of the mixed characters Zabu BAF wave—should you snag this long-awaited Scottish werewolf to your collection? Here’s my review…

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REVIEW: X-Men 97 JEAN GREY Marvel Legends Figure

Posted on by April 12, 2024
X-Men Legends 97 Wave 2 Cyclops and Jean Grey Action Figures

X-Men ‘97 is a smash hit, and Hasbro’s excellent tie-in toy line is enjoying massive success as well. As such, I’m continuing along with my series of 6” Marvel legends X-Men 97 figures with a key member of the team. We’ve had several previous Hasbro action figures of her in 90s Jim Lee costume, but is the new X-Men 97 Legends Jean Grey figure the definitive version of the character?

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends X-Men 97 CYCLOPS Figure (Hasbro Wave 2)

Posted on by April 4, 2024
Angry Head Optic Blast Cyclops X-Men 97 Hasbro Action Figure

Way back in my 2017 review, I thought the X-Men Legends Cyclops figure in the Warlock Series was acceptable, despite its flaws, because we were in the middle of a Jim Lee Cyclops famine. In 2024, not so much. We’ve seen numerous representations of Cyke in this costume in the interim, but as far as Hasbro 6” figures go, the newly-released X-Men 97 Marvel Legends Cyclops easily takes the crown as the best Jim Lee Cyclops figure ever made…

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REVIEW: X-Men 97 Marvel Legends Goblin Queen Madelyne Pryor Figure

Posted on by March 18, 2024
X-Men 97 ,arvel Legends Goblin Queen vs Jean Grey Hasbro 6" Figures

In a world where we have Hasbro X-Men Legends figures of Pretty Boy, Vertigo and Skullbuster, it’s really quite astonishing that one the greatest female X-villains of all time has never had a toy… until now. After fans’ hopes were dashed by the failed Ghost Rider Haslab, Cyclops’ first wife is finally here: the X-Men 97 Wave 2 Marvel Legends Goblin Queen Madelyne Pryor figure is now starting to arrive!

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X-Men 97 Marvel Legends X-Cutioner Figure Review and Photos

Posted on by March 7, 2024
Review Marvel Legends X-Men 97 X-Cutioner Figure

When you’re bringing a toy of a relativrly unknown character to retail stores, said toy needs to be really cool to earn buys and avoid rotting off the shelves (or worse, ending up at Ollie’s). Hasbro delivered such a figure with Crystar earlier this year, and (spoilers for the rest of this review) they do so again with this terrific X-Men 97 Marvel Legends X-Cutioner figure that’s shipping out this month as part of wave 2 of the line. Here’s my review…

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Marvel Legends VOID Build-A-Figure REVIEW (Hasbro 2024 BAF)

Posted on by March 4, 2024
Marvel Legends THE VOID Build-A-Figure Review 2024 Hasbro

The Void, the evil alter-ego (of a sort) of The Sentry, is essentially a near-omnipotent dark god. This Dark Sentry has only physically appeared a few times in Marvel comic books, but is easily one of the most powerful and deadly villainous entities in the Marvel Universe. As Hasbro released an updated Sentry in 2022, the timing seemed right to finally create this monstrous force. Due to its massive size and bulk, fans will have to buy six figures in the Marvel Legends Void Build-A-Figure Series to complete the fiendish foe—is it worth dropping that much for the ML Void BAF?

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends Mary Jane & Green Goblin Spider-Man Animated Figures

Posted on by March 3, 2024
Review Marvel Legends Spider-Man Animated Mary Jane and Green Goblin Figures

A Toybiz action figure I got a surprising amount of enjoyment out of growing up was the 1996 Marvel’s Famous Couples Mary Jane from Spider-Man: The Animated Series. I never expected to see that version of the character in toy form again, but 27 years later, Hasbro brought Spider-Man TAS MJ back to life in Marvel Legends form, as part of a 2-Pack with Animated Green Goblin! Was this exclusive VHS 2-pack of Spidey icons worth picking up while you still can?

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