I’m finishing up my coverage of New York Toy Fair 2019 this week, and I’ve saved the best for last from Hasbro: the “80 Years of Marvel” Legends series! Composed of 17 total figures, I’ll split my previews between the comic and movie figures and focus first on the 10 Marvel Legends 80th Anniversary movie Figures—including Peggy Carter, Korg, Grandmaster, Iron Spider with Mecha-Legs and more!

As hard as Hasbro tries to keep their secrets, leaks almost always happen prior to Toy Fair that give us an idea of what to expect. But when I saw the rumored lineup for this Marvel Legends 80 Years series, I legit thought it was a fan-fic prank. I mean, come on: 6” super-articulated figure of Michael Peña as Luis from Ant-Man and the Wasp? Crazy town!

And yet…! The rumors were true, and some movie figures many of us never could have imagined are coming our way this year…

First, let’s look at that Ant-Man and the Wasp two-pack. This is actually a really interesting set, as it contains two characters that have never gotten a mass-release as toys before.

The MCU version of Ghost is a sharp departure from the comic book character, but I actually thought the character was pretty fun and had a neat character design. I really like the idea of getting a Marvel Legends Ghost for my Ant-Man and Wasp figures to face off against, and I’m looking forward to seeing her alternate unmasked head.

Luis is just a crazy choice for a figure and perhaps ties Rock Python as the single most unexpected selection for this year’s Hasbro 6” lineup.

He was an easy figure to make using existing tooling and a new head, which is likely the only reason we’re getting a fan-favorite Michael Peña figure at all. That miniaturized Pym laboratory with handle and wheels is full of win. Love that we’re getting such a smile-inducing accessory with a comedic character.

Also from last summer’s theatrical flicks, we’ve got an Avengers Infinity War two-pack that upgrades two figures many fans weren’t satisfied with in last year’s basic assortments. The Marvel Legends Iron Spider was a bit of a dud last year, as it lacked robot arms and included zero accessories—even hands that weren’t web-shooting permanently.

Getting a refreshed version of Iron Spider-Man is something collectors have been demanding since that original figure hit last spring, so I can see this being gobbled up by fans without a doubt.

Infinity War Iron Man wasn’t necessarily a bad figure last year, but it was lacking all of the cool weapons and transformations that made the Mark 50 armor so exciting in the movie.

Now with hand blisters and floating cannon effects pieces, I think there’s a lot more interesting possibilities for this armor in a movie figures display.

Delving way back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline, next we’ve got a Captain America: The First Avenger two-pack set that will be an Amazon exclusive (no, it’s not up for pre-order yet—I’ll send out alerts via our social media as soon as it is).

The Captain America figure in this set looks outstanding, and has almost unquestionably the best Chris Evans likeness we’ve seen from Hasbro. This figure is specifically from the Prisoners of War rescue scene, and does a nice job of accurately portraying Cap’s costume from that scene.

The bigger news in this pack is beyond a doubt the first-ever mass release Peggy Carter figure–a character that I think many collectors had given up on every seeing a super-articulated action figure iteration of.

While not the Agent Carter I imagine most fans would prefer, I’ll take Peggy however I can get her. And that Hayley Atwell likeness on the head sculpt is so, so good.

The last four figures in the Hasbro 80 Years of Marvel Series are four figures from Thor Ragnarok split across a pair of two-packs. The first pack contains a refreshed movie Hela Legends figure, which comes paired with the first-ever Skurge the Executioner 6”.

Hela became incredibly difficult to find following the success of the movie and her previous movie figure had been selling for around $100, so there was obvious demand for a reissue of that figure. To get one with a more accurate portrait and a hammer-destroying effects hand is icing on the cake.

I liked Skurge in the movie and I think it’s fun to get him with Des and Troy (his assault rifles).

The likeness on Skurge the Executioner is great, and while I don’t know that collectors were screaming out for him, I don’t think they’ll turn up their noses at him either.

Finally, we’ve got another almost unbelievable set in Korg and the Grandmaster. I don’t think many were expecting this duo to become mega-favorites in Thor Ragnarok, but both were scene-stealers that fans wanted toys of.

It’s pretty surreal that we’re actually going to be getting a Marvel Legends Jeff Goldblum figure, but I welcome it with open arms and a smile on my face. It’s really too bad that the chances of ever getting a Topaz figure are basically non-existent!

I didn’t really think Korg was as funny as some people did in the movie, but fandom has spoken and he’s a hit. This figure has a unique look (not to mention a bunch of all-new unique tooling) and will round out the main cast from Thor Ragnarok wonderfully. Score one more for Hasbro in the exceeding expectations department.

The Marvel Legends 80th Anniversary Series should be up for order online sometime this spring/summer, and I’ll post an update here on the site and send out alerts via the MTN Twitter/Facebook/Instagram as soon as they go up for sale.

What do you think of the movie half of this year’s “bonus” line of Marvel Legends figures? Is this series worthy of all the hype and buzz that it’s generating? And with all these major characters being filled in in 2019, what MCH characters (besides Quicksilver) are you still hoping to see Hasbro backtrack and hit up in the future?