The existence of a 2018 Marvel Legends Deadpool series wasn’t the best-kept secret ever (I guessed it over a year ago and then leaked lists all but confirmed it earlier this year), but at SDCC 2017, we finally got to see most of the figures that will make up the wave. And while the characters revealed may not have been unexpected, the new Marvel Legends X-23, Deathlok, Domino and more are good enough to knock our socks off anyway…

Hasbro didn’t play all their cards at San Diego Comic Con 2017 when it comes to the Marvel Legends Deadpool Series, but they did let us see most of the figures for the very first time–and I was pleased and impressed with every single figure.

We’re getting a slimmer, more classic Rob Liefeld-looking Deadpool 6″ figure to headline this series. This will be good for those who never found the 2016 Deadpool, as well as those who like their Wade Wilson look classic. And hey–I totally dig the butterfly swivel shoulders!

And hey, can’t have a classic Deadpool without a classic version of his BFF, right? While we just got a modern Cable Legends figure in 2016, next year we’ll be getting a classic Cable Marvel Legends figure in his iconic first appearance attire from New Mutants #98.

I think this is a costume that is long overdue to get the 6″ ML treatment, and I’m thrilled we’re getting it (even if it is less than two years after the last Cable).

Completing the Rob Liefeld trio is the first-ever mass release Marvel Legends Domino figure. I don’t know how I feel about those purple guns, but this Domino Legends figure is going to make a lot of X-Force fans happy. Great selection.

Two more figures were revealed during the SDCC 2017 Hasbro Marvel panel, and both drew plenty of cheers from the crowd. First, we’ve got the first Marvel Legends Deathlok figure since the Toybiz Deathlok (which peg-warmed like crazy back in the good ol’ days). This figure makes sense since Deathlok was part of the Uncanny X-Force team that Wade was a part of, for those who were wondering.

They don’t show it in the official photo, but on display in the booth at Comic-Con we got a look at Deathlok’s huge mini-cannon which is about as big as he is!

The last figure revealed at the convention is another character big enough to headline the series by herself: Marvel Legends X-Force X-23! This figure is built primarily using the female teen mold that we’ve seen frequently used the past few years (primarily in Spider-Man waves).

A lot of collectors are frustrated that this isn’t an X-23 Wolverine figure in yellow costume and that she doesn’t have the two foot claws, but the Hasbro team seemed to tease that that version of X-23 is in the works. Could we see her in the Apocalypse Build-A-Figure series next year…?

In addition, the Gamestop Exclusive Back in Black Deadpool (“Venompool”) figure, which largely uses the Superior Venom mold, was also shown. I don’t know that a lot of collectors were crying out for this 2016 comic book costume, but let’s be real here: it’s a Venom/Deadpool mashup. It’s gonna sell just fine.

What do you think of the first five figures that comprise the Deadpool ML Series? Who are you hoping to see complete the wave, and what are your bets on who the Build-A-Figure is (my money is on a T-Ray BAF, personally)?