Poor Yondu gets no respect. Hasbro passed him by for the Marvel Legends Guardians of the Galaxy series. There’s no Hot Toys Yondu figure in the works, nor is there a LEGO Yondu minifigure on the way. Even Funko opted to leave Yondu out of the first series of Funko Guardians of the Galaxy POP! Vinyls figures. But finally, Yondu is about to get his due! Today, Disney announced that a Disney Infinity Yondu figure is in development, and Yondu will be a playable character in the Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel video game!

Despite the fact that Yondu got little-to-no publicity in the build-up to the Guardians of the Galaxy movie being released last month, and despite the fact that he differs greatly from his Marvel comic book counterpart, Yondu managed to surprise just about everybody by becoming a crowd favorite and a popular character in his short appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy!

Now, Disney is moving in to capitalize on Yondu’s unexpected popularity by adding him to the list of Marvel playable characters coming to the Disney Infinity Marvel Superheroes video game due out this month!

Originally, Yondu was only going to be a non-playable character who would appear in the Disney Infinity Guardians of the Galaxy levels of the game, but Disney has switched gears and is now adding Yondu into the game as a fully-playable character (alongside the other Disney Infinity Guardians of the Galaxy figures previously announced).

This will be just the second major Guardians of the Galaxy Yondu figure to be released, following the Diamond Select Toys Guardians of the Galaxy Minimates Yondu that was a Toys R Us exclusive this summer (and which, by the way, is totally sold out now in my neck of the woods).

I never really cared much for Yondu in the old Guardians of the Galaxy comic books, but Michael Rooker really won me over with his performance as Yondu in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, making this figure a must-buy for me.

As Yondu is just now in-development, the Yondu Disney Infinity figure will not be available at the Disney Infinity 2.0 video game launch on September 23, 2014. I’ll post an update when Disney confirms the release details for the Disney Infinity 2.0 Yondu figure, and you can ‘Like’ Marvel Toy News on Facebook to have news and photos sent straight to your Facebook Newsfeed.

Are you excited to see Yondu getting another representation in figure form, Marvel collectors? Will you be playing as Yondu in the Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel video game, just picking up the Yondu figurine for your collection, or none of the above?