Marvel Legends Zombie Captain America Figure REVIEW (What If? Watcher Series)

Posted on by February 27, 2022
Review Marvel Legends Zombie Captain America

I really, really hate zombies. I think they’re ugly and gross and all-around unpleasant to look at or think about. But something about “Paragon of Good” Captain America as a gruesome, flesh-eating, corpse-colored zombie holds a certain juxtapositional appeal, even to me. And so, I had little doubt in my mind that the Marvel Legends Zombie Captain America figure would be a top seller, regardless of how the What If? show was ultimately received. And, well—he has indeed sold like wildfire! Is this brain-eating Sentinel of Liberty’s success deserved? Here’s my review…

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Marvel Legends 2022 Controller Series Figures Up for Order! Speedball!

Posted on by February 22, 2022
2022 Avengers Marvel Legends Controller Series

Sometimes an upcoming Marvel Legends wave is rather predictable and it’s easy to guess what characters will comprise the series. And sometimes… not so much. Such is the case with the latest wave of ML just announced yesterday morning via Hasbro livestream: the all-comics Marvel Legends Controller Series, featuring long-awaited niche figures of Speedball, Blue Marvel and more that is now up for order!

Individual Figure Pre-Order Links:
Rhino Retro ► ML Rhino ►Entertainment Earth
Speedball ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Herald of Galactus Thor ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Madame Hydra ►Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Iron Man Model 70 ►Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Quake/Maria Hill ►Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
US Agent ►Entertainment Earth 
Blue Marvel ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon 

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Marvel Legends Rhino Spider-Man Retro Figure Revealed & Up for Order!

Posted on by February 22, 2022
Retro Rhino Marvel Legends Spider-Man Vintage Figure Packaged

Marvel Legends fans may not have gotten to see the 20th Anniversary ML Toad figure everyone is waiting for during this week’s Fan First livestream—but they did get the reveal of a previously-teased and much-demanded revisit of another villain: the single-carded Marvel Legends Rhino Retro Spider-Man figure is now up for order! If you own the original Rhino BAF, is this release skippable or a worthwhile upgrade?

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Marvel Legends Psycho-Man Figure REVIEW (Fantastic Four Retro Series)

Posted on by February 20, 2022
Marvel Legends Psycho-Man Figure Review with Control Box

Not every supervillain Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created went on to become a mass merchandising juggernaut and household name. Some just became classic characters who show up every now and again in minor comic book appearances and have merely mild fandoms. Such is the case with the subject of today’s Marvel Legends review: Psycho-Man was one of the better Toybiz 5” Fantastic Four figures back in the day—can the Hasbro Marvel Legends Psycho-Man Fantastic Four Retro 6” figure top it?

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends 2022 Doctor Strange Astral Form 6″ Figure

Posted on by February 16, 2022
Astral Doctor Strange Marvel Legends Figure Holding BAF Rintrah Head

When it comes to Doctor Strange merch, astral form repaints of the good doctor are cheap, easy-to-create, and justifiable repaints—which is why we have numerous of them from Hasbro, Diamond Select Toys, Funko and more. So it was not exactly an eyebrow-raiser when Hasbro debuted the new Marvel Legends Doctor Strange Astral figure in the Multiverse of Madness movie Rintrah Series. Does this figure improve over the original iteration released six years back? Here’s my review…

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X-Men Iron Studios Sabretooth Statue REVIEW & Photos (BDS Sentinel Battle Diorama Series)

Posted on by February 13, 2022
REVIEW Iron Studios Sabretooth Statue

general consensus I’m hearing about the new Marvel Legends Sabretooth figure that went up for pre-order this week is that fans think the first appearance look is novel… but what they really want is a buff 90s styled Sabretooth. While it may be another year (or more until Hasbro gets to that iteration, fans wanting a killer representation of Creed in this approximate scale sooner aren’t entirely out of luck. The recent X-Men Iron Studios Sabretooth statue is just about the right size figure, and a real beauty of a 1:10 statue as well…

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends D’Spayre Figure (2022 Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness Series)

Posted on by February 10, 2022
Review D'Spayre Marvel Legends Figure

most years, I can count on no fingers the number of times I have to resort to Google to research the backstory on a Marvel character Hasbro releases. 2022 isn’t going to be one of those years! Hasbro is kicking off the year with a truly DEEP cut—the Doctor Strange Marvel Legends D’Spayre figure is now beginning to ship! But just who is this dude, and is his first 6” action figure ever worth your 20+ bucks? Here’s my review…

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Marvel Legends 2022 X-Men Bonebreaker Series Figures Up for Order!

Posted on by February 8, 2022
X-Men Legends Bonebreaker Figues Series

cancellation of New York Toy Fair 2021 took the whole collecting world by surprise, and is the likely cause of the recent dearth of new Marvel toy news and announcements. But Hasbro is coming to the rescue today with a bevy of new X-Men Legends figures going up for order that we’ve been waiting for the chance to buy since late last year: the 2022 Marvel Legends X-Men Bonebreaker Series is finally up for order!

Individual figure links:
Havok
Siryn
Sabretooth 1st Appearance
Return of Wolverine 
Vulcan
Maggott
Darwin

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X-Men Iron Studios Pyro Statue REVIEW & Photos (BDS)

Posted on by February 7, 2022
Iron Studios Pyro Statue Review

It was when Iron Studios actually solicited a resin statue of Pyro that I knew they were dead serious about making their 1:10 scale X-Men Battle Diorama Series the deepest range of X-Men statues ever made–and also when I started to get really, really excited about the line. Now that he’s in-hand at an affordable-ish ~$160, is this fiery former member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants worth his price-tag?

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Iron Studios Avengers Endgame Rescue Pepper Potts Statue REVIEW & Photos (BDS)

Posted on by January 26, 2022
Gwyneth Paltrow Rescue Iron Studios Statue

Losing most of my vision (and function of my left side) has altered what and how I collect somewhat. If I can’t see (or lift) enormous statues that are larger than my field of vision, what’s the use in having them, right…? And so, I’ve begun prioritizing smaller, lighter statues such as the 1/10 scale Battle Diorama Series from Iron Studios. And thus, I’ve backtracked to pick up some pieces from the last year or so that I missed—including some statues from Avengers Endgame such as the subject of today’s review: the Iron Studios Endgame Rescue statue is a great value at $105 shipped—should you add this Pepper Potts to your collection?

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Marvel Gallery Psylocke & Animated Falcon Captain America Statues!

Posted on by January 23, 2022
2022 Diamond Select Solicitations Psylocke Marvel Gallery and Marvel Babies Sam Wilson Captain America Statues

The long-running and prolific Marvel Gallery PVC statues series and Marvel Animated statues line (based on Skottie Young’s designs ) took a rare break last month with no new pieces solicited, but both lines are BACK with all-new entries as part of the Diamond Select Toys February 2022 solicitations: the Marvel Animated Sam Wilson Captain America statue and Marvel Gallery Psylocke statue are now up for pre-order!

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Marvel Minimates Fantastic Four Figures Box Set & Legends in 3D Thing Bust!

Posted on by January 23, 2022
July 2022 Solicitations Diamond Select Fantastic 4 Minimates and Thing Bust

ew York Toy Fair 2022 is officially canceled—which totally sucks since we’ll miss out on seeing hundreds of collectible reveals in one weekend for the second consecutive year. But it’s a guilty blessing for me, since I won’t have to force myself to run up and down the Javits Center, mostly blind, while I’m still recovering from my strokes. Even with limited vision, though, I still would have liked to have seen their newly-solicited Marvel goods from Diamond Select Toys up-close—including the new Marvel Minimates Fantastic Four figures box set and Legends in 3D The Thing 1:2 scale bust!

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Marvel Legends Age of Apocalypse Magneto Figure REVIEW & Photos (2022 Hasbro)

Posted on by January 15, 2022
Marvel Legends 2022 Magneto Effects Pieces Review

As a 13-year-old boy in 1995, the very notion of Magneto himself serving as the founder and leader of the X-Men—even in an alternate reality—completely blew my mind. X-Men Age of Apocalypse served as my favorite comic book storyline ever for over 20 years, and while AOA Magneto was never my favorite character from the story, I still happily gobbled up the 5” Toybiz AOA Magneto figure and its repaint. But 26 years later, I was ready for an upgrade, and Hasbro has delivered: the Marvel Legends Age of Apocalypse Magneto figure is now available! Is it a worthy successor to Toybiz’s version two and a half decades later?

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2022 Sideshow Venom Premium Format Figure 1/4 Statue Up for Order!

Posted on by January 14, 2022
Venom Sideshow 2022 Statue Portrait Close-Up Teeth Tongue

Ever since Sideshow Collectibles debuted the painted prototype of their upcoming new iteration of the Lethal Protector last July, fans have been asking when they’ll have the opportunity to place their pre-orders for the hulking 23” brute. Well, out of nowhere and with little fanfare, that day has arrived: the new 1/4 Sideshow Venom Premium Format Figure is now up for order! How much will this massive monster set you back, and is he worth the spatial and monetary cost?

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REVIEW: Iron Studios X-Men Bishop Statue (BDS Sentinel Battle Diorama Series)

Posted on by January 13, 2022
Bishop x-Men Statue Review Iron Studios

hardcore X-Men fanboy-ism was born in the early 90s, so I have vivid memories of thinking Bishop was the coolest and most badass dude ever. The ripped, arms-wielding enforcer from the future was a central character and plot element for years after his arrival, and I was delighted to buy his first-ever mini bust and statue from Bowen Designs a good decade-plus ago. And now, I’ve added another resin Bishop to my collection. The 1/10 scale Iron Studios Bishop statue is now shipping—is it worth having this time-traveler travel to your home? Here’s my review…

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