LEGO Marvel has gone through a bit of a cold spell for me, with none of the theme’s recent sets lighting my heart ablaze. But The LEGO Group (TLG) knows how to win back lapsed fans—with new blind box Minifigures! And so, two years after the first set 71039 LEGO Marvel Minifigures Series 2 is on the way—and this time, there are X-Men (plus Moon Knight, She-Hulk and more)!
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X-Men ‘97 is kind of a big deal (as far as streaming superhero cartoons go), and so Hasbro is planning a fairly big rollout of toys to coincide with the eventual release of the series (which is still undated). As such, there’s more on the way than just the 4” series that includes the Rogue I reviewed yesterday—Hasbro unveiled the first wave of a whole new 6” Marvel Legends X-Men 97 series at SDCC 2023, including a half-dozen updated iconic mutants. Let’s take a look…
UPDATE: The whole wave is now up for pre-order as of Aug 3, 2023. Links below…
Individual X-Men 97 Marvel Legends Figures on EE:
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Bishop ►
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Storm ►
Wolverine ►
Individual Marvel Legends X-Men 97 Figures on Amazon:
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Storm ►
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Sometimes, prominent classic characters like Mephisto and Madelyne Pryor never make it into Marvel Legends figure production at all after decades of requests from fans. And sometimes, we get characters like the demented post-psychoactive goo villainous clone of Spider-Man as toys less than a year and a half after his first appearance. Fair or unfair, the Retro Spider-Man Marvel Legends Chasm figure has started shipping out—is this crazed, mutated Ben Reilly worth adding to your Spidey villains shelf?
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It’s taken a few… decades… but the continuation of the legendary X-Men The Animated Series (sometimes affectionately referred to as X-Men ‘92) is finally almost upon us (sort of)! There was still no firm premiere date announced at SDCC 2023, but at least we know the series will arrive in the near-ish future. And new show means new toys! In fact, the first X-Men 97 toys have already started shipping, including this 4” X-Men 97 Epic Hero Series Rogue figure I ordered to review…
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San Diego Comic Con 2023 may have been the nexus of the collecting world’s attention last weekend, but there was collecting life going on outside of the event as well! In fact, Medicom Toy made quite a few reveals overseas for their Marvel MAFEX series at the 2023 Medicom Toy Exhibition. And the first two of those reveals have even gone up for pre-ordering already: Marvel MAFEX Phoenix and Comic Version Captain America!
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Hasbro has revealed and released such a steady stream of 6” Marvel Legends figures throughout the year so far that with the upcoming Disney+ wave having already leaked, I wasn’t certain they’d have many surprises left to show at SDCC 2023. But Hasbro actually did have quite a few cards left in reserve—including an all-star comics-centric wave with an army-builder Build-A-Figure! The Marvel Legends Marvel Knights Mindless Ones BAF Series is now up for order, including Blade, Marvel Suns Iron Man, classic Luke Cage and more!
Individual Figure Pre-Order Links (EE):
Blade ►
Luke Cage (Power Man) ►
Midnight Suns Iron Man ►
Bearded Daredevil ►
The Fist Ninja ►
Clea ►
Lady Bullseye ►
Individual Figure Pre-Order Links (Amazon):
Blade ►
Luke Cage (Power Man) ►
The Fist Ninja ►
Clea ►
Lady Bullseye ►
The eyes of the collecting world are turned to San Diego Comic Con today—but for Diamond Select Toys, it’s just another Pre-order Friday! And this time, they’re putting up for pre-order four new Marvel collectibles they just unveiled at SDCC 2023 earlier this week: Marvel Gallery Magneto, X-23 Wolverine & MCU Vision mini busts and a rare resin statue for classic Beta Ray Bill!
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We’ve known for months now that Walmart had some choice Marvel Legends exclusives lined up for their pseudo-“con”, and today, the big day of “Walmart Collector Con” has finally arrived! Shipping this fall, pre-orders are now open for the exclusive 6” Marvel Legends Joe Fixit Grey Hulk, new Bucky Captain America and Morbius vs. 6-Armed Spider-Man!
Bucky Cap – http://bit.ly/MLBuckyCapWM
Joe Fixit Grey Hulk – http://bit.ly/MLJoeFixitHulk
Morbius vs. 6-Armed Spider-Man – http://bit.ly/MLMorbiusVs6ArmSpidey
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Speculation has run wild over the past weeks as fans made their guesses as to what this year’s San Diego Comic Con Marvel Legends exclusive would be—but when Hasbro finally dropped the curtain this week, it turned out that the item was something I hadn’t heard a single collector guess. Launching next week and available online after the show, it’s the SDCC 2023 Marvel legends Deadpool & Bob Agent of Hydra figures two-pack! Does this surprise pick get you psyched up, Marvel collectors?
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Funko has been the King of SDCC Exclusives for over a decade now—and it looks like they’ll be holding onto that title for another year, with dozens and dozens of exclusives lined up to be released alongside San Diego Comic Con 2023 next week! And though Marvel has lost a few degrees of mainstream popularity over the last couple years, it’s no surprise that Funko has a half-dozen Marvel Pop exclusives available at the event—including MCU MODOK, Gorr’s Daughter and more!
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SDCC 2023 is just a week away, and many fans have been waiting with bated breath for the announcement of the Hasbro SDCC 2023 Marvel Legends exclusive(s) that will be made available during the show. Hasbro threw fans a plot twist, though, by first announcing a not-exactly-new Walmart exclusive 2-pack coming our way as part of the Walmart 2023 Summer Collector Con: Marvel Legends Morbius & Six-Armed Spider-Man!
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San Diego Comic-Con is trying to return to form this summer—but while a lot of major exhibitors and movie panels aren’t ready to come back just yet, many toy and collectible companies’ exclusives are! And two of the coolest ones are themed to the X-Men ‘92 cartoon: the X-Men Animated 1/6 Logan and Magneto variant figures from Mondo have now been revealed and go up for sale at the con and online next week!
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New Mutants is my lifelong favorite team comic book, so I was all-in for its successor, Generation X, when it launched in 1994. But Toybiz’s Generation X figure line flopped and was cancelled before Toybiz put out half the team—and Gen X merch has felt like it’s seemingly on some sort of radioactive list since. But finally, 20+ years into the run of Marvel Legends, official toys of Chamber and Monet St. Croix (M) have now been released! Are these X-Men Legends figures worth the decades fans have waited for them?
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Iceman is an original member of the X-Men, X-Factor and the Champions, but I’ve always felt a little let down by both his comic book character development and also his action figures. But now, Diamond Select Toys has released an all-new Marvel Select Iceman figure with lots of bells and whistles. Is this an essential toy of Bobby Drake, or does Hasbro still boast the best Iceman action figure in the land?
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Ch’od isn’t exactly a household name, and his immense size and bulk further stacked the deck against him ever getting a 6” figure release. Luckily, we are in a golden age of Marvel and X-Men toys, and most of the tooling to build the Starjammers’ powerhouse already existed. And so, collectors can now complete the Marvel Legends Ch’od Build-A-Figure by purchasing this year’s X-Men wave. Should they?
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