Marvel Legends 2019 Kingpin & M’Baku Series Up for Order!

Posted on by December 1, 2018

Marvel Legends collectors have had a rare respite for the last few months as far as new pre-orders go, but the drought is over and your wallets can tremble in fear once again: the 2019 Marvel Legends Spider-Man Kingpin Series and Black Panther Legends M’Baku Series are now up for order! And thankfully, singles are available of every figure in the M’Baku wave (including the Dora Milaje) right off the bat! Is ML 2019 off to a hot start, or are these two waves not hitting the right notes for you?

Marvel Legends 2019 Kingpin Series Figures Black Cat Red Goblin

Hasbro spread out the reveals of their Marvel Legends 2019 Spider-Man Kingpin Series from July through October, so we’ve had ample time to drink and anticipate most of the figures in this series. The last thing we were waiting to hear about this wave was the exact case makeup, but no longer!

The Spider-Man Legends 2019 Wave 1 case ratios are as follows:

  • (2) Six-Armed Spider-Man
  • (1) Puma
  • (1) All-New Symbiote Spider-Man
  • (1) Marvel NOW Black Cat
  • (1) Silver Sable
  • (1) Red Goblin
  • (1) Night Thrasher
  • Build-A-Figure: Kingpin

Marvel Legends Kingpin Series Red Goblin Carnage Figure NYCC 2018Now, let’s not mince words here: this particular wave isn’t going to be everybody’s jam. Night Thrasher of the New Warriors is only loosely associated with Spider-Man, Black Cat’s recently-retired Marvel NOW costume was almost universally disliked, and many collectors didn’t read this year’s “Go Down Swinging” swan-song from Amazing Spider-Man for Dan Slott and have no clue about Red Goblin or the new look for Symbiote Spider-Man.

Lucca Marvel Legends Six Armed Spider-Man and Puma FiguresBut this wave does have a few things in its favor. The Six-Armed Spider-Man and Puma Legends figures revealed at Lucca this fall are both figures that many collectors never honestly thought would get produced. And hey–Silver Sable! She’s long overdue for an official Marvel Legends action figure (ever if she has had one 6″ figure done in the past).

Close-Up of Marvel Legends 2019 Kingpin Build-A-Figure HeadBut the anchor of this wave and its biggest selling-point–no questions asked–is the Kingpin Build-A-Figure. Considering that the Kingpin BAF comes with two interchangeable heads and will be compatible with the Shadow King head coming with Professor X, and you’ve got a recipe for the hands-down hottest Build-A-Figure of 2019. With many of the figures in this series being of low desire to fans, I’d expect this Wilson Fisk to be expensive on the secondary market.

Marvel Legends Black Panther Wave 2 Case RatiosI talked about the Black Panther Legends M’Baku Series extensively earlier this week, so you can check that article out for most of my views on the figures composing that series.

Here are direct links to order individuals of every figure in the wave:

Regardless of the quality of the series—which I think is pretty high—I think full cases of the M’Baku Wave are going to be a tough sell for online retailers. As demanded as Tactical Killmonger is, I don’t see many folks wanting two of him; nor do I think collectors will be chomping at the bit for two powered-up Black Panthers. Maybe I’ve misjudged, though, and those figures are more desirable than I expect?

Marvel Legends M'Baku Build-A-Figure Hi-ResAs a reminder, Hasbro hasn’t forgotten movie Shuri—she just wasn’t ready in time for this wave. Look for Marvel Legends Shuri a bit later in 2019.

NYCC 2018 Kingpin Marvel Legends Build-A-FigureThe first Marvel Legends 2019 Spider-Man and Black Panther Series are now up for order, and are expected to ship out somewhere between December 1st and January 1st. I’m anxious to begin a whole new year of action figure reviews, so I’m looking forward to these arriving sooner than later!

Now that we know the full compositions of both waves and even their case ratios, are the M’Baku and Kingpin Marvel Legends figures a hit or a miss for you? Will you be picking up a set or case from either wave to build the Build-A-Figures, cherry-picking a few favorites, or passing over these waves entirely?

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Marvel Legends 2019 Kingpin & M’Baku Series Up for Order! — 10 Comments

  1. My only wants from these two waves are Kingpin, Silver Sable, a single Dora Milaje figure, T’Chaka and Man-Ape.

    I hate that Black Cat costume. Hate. I don’t recognize the Spider-Man (black suit) and the lack of ab-crunch on the six-armed Spider-Man is a deal breaker. Especially when sooo many customizers have been able to make that figure simply by drilling in to a Pizza Spidey and add four more arms.

    Tactical Killmonger looks like a good custom buck, however.

  2. Hoping Dorkside has the Kingpin wave loose. All I want out of that are Silver Sable and Puma. Maybe Night Thrasher. You’d think with the Spider-Verse movie they could’ve put in another alternate Spidey.

    Black Panther wave looks great though.

  3. I want both BAFs sooooo bad, but I’m not a fan of every figure here. Excited for Puma (never thought I’d get a figure of him), Silver Sable, Night Thrasher, and, to a lesser extent, Six-Armed Spidey, but the rest I could do without.

    As for the Black Panther series, I only really want T’Chaka and Killmonger, maybe Klaue as well. Really wish Shuri was in this Series instead of two Black Panthers.

  4. I will pick up most of the BP wave whenever i see the individual figs in stores or online for msrp – except for civil war BP, i might wait on him for a bit. the figs all look great altho the klaue likeness could be better and the necktie paint application was sloppy in the one review i watched.

    I’m passing on the kingpin wave altho i might pick up some of the individual figs at a discount down the line sometime. I’m kinda banking on hasbro re-releasing the kingpin as a single or as part of a 2-pack.

  5. Give me an estimate. When you say Kingpin BAF will be expensive on the after market… how much are we talking about? I’d pay 60 bucks for him if it let me avoid all the rest of the wave.

    • I think he’ll be closer to 100 bucks for at least the first month or two the wave is out. The Kingpin BAF is by *FAR* and away the most-wanted thing in this wave, and I don’t see many people wanting to keep the single figures but get rid of the Kingpin.

      • Hmmm… 100 instead of 160… I really don’t want any of those other figures except maybe Puma.

  6. And oh… no way I’m pre-ordering from Entertainment Earth again. Last time, I ordered 4 figures from a wave of 7. They sent one figure when they were released and had me waiting for months until they sent the second one. After that, the other two I pre-ordered had already come down to MSRP, so I cancelled and told them to buzz off. I ordered it from somewhere else and got them in two days! Could have been another month or two if I waited on EE. Never again.

  7. 2 six-armed Spider man in the wave? Really Hasbro?!?! Oh yeah, those will be sitting on shelves until the end of time.

  8. And no classic Vulture in sight…. Why Hasbro? Why are you stalling on the proper completion of our Sinister Six??