As we march toward the new year and the impending arrival of 2024 Marvel Legends figures, I want to backtrack and finish my in-progress reviews of a couple of this year’s waves. And first up, we’ve got the penultimate figure review in the Hasbro 6” X-Men ‘97 Marvel Legends Series: Storm! Ororo has received a multitude of new action figures in recent years—will this one add anything fresh to your collection?
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When Hasbro released their first 6” Marvel Legends Rogue figure in her 90s Jim Lee costume back in 2017, it was a pretty big deal and a hole-filler for many X-Men collectors. Flash-forward 6+ years, and we’ve had multiple X-Men Legends Rogue figures since. Even so, X-Men ‘97 is on the horizon, and that means that every old X-Man is new again for some incoming fans—and Hasbro is ready to service those fans with new and/or upgraded figures! Does the now-available X-Men 97 Rogue Legends figure bring enough to the table to warrant a purchase? Here’s my review…
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After two all-Star reveals for Hasbro’s 1027 stream (plus Last Stand Spider-Man), Hasbro was back again over the weekend at MCM London Comic-Con, revealing the second half of the 2024 Marvel Legends Spider-Man Retro Series! This second trio also includes a secondary villain, a supporting character and an ultra-obscure Spider-Man— Marvel Legends Tombstone, Hallows Eve and Spider-Shot are now up for order!
Direct Individual Figure Links —
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Jack O Lantern ►
Last Stand Spider-Man ►
Hallows Eve ►
While the Spider-Man Clone Saga was once a reviled joke among comic fans, characters from that 90s classic have now risen to become some of the most loved in Spider-Man lore. And so, for the third time in a year, a new Ben Reilly figure is on the way—this time in the form of an updated Marvel Legends Scarlet Spider figure! But Ben’s not coming alone: he’ll be joined in the Spider-Man Marvel Legends 2024 Retro lineup by Jack O’ Lantern and Last Stand Spider-Man!
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To the astonishment of many (including me), the HasLab Giant-Man rocketed past finding in its final day and even unlocked the Zombie Head Stretch goal, as the campaign numbers nearly doubled in the last 48 hours. But now that Marvel Legends collectors have a two foot tall figure to look forward to receiving in the future, let’s jump back to the present and review a new figure of a character -from- the future! The X-Men 97 Marvel Legends Bishop figure is now available—is this version of the X-Men’s time-traveling powerhouse worth picking up?
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Fresh off their usual big-time showing at New York Comic-Con 2023, Diamond Select Toys is back at it again with a bevy of new pre-orders! There’s products from a wide range of products as always (including a sweet Thrawn 1:2 scale bust!), but 4 items in particular for Marvel collectors to get excited about—Marvel Select Archangel, Marvel Gallery Silver Surfer, Marvel Animated Ghist Rider and a Legends in 3D Cyclops bust are all up for pre-orders now!
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Time is growing shorter and shorter for Hank Pym fans, as the odds of the Marvel Legends HasLab Giant-Man successfully funding diminish more and more with each passing hour. But today, Hasbro pulled out a treat to attempt to bolster Giant-Man figure orders: an all-new, never-before-seen classic Wasp Marvel Legends 2024 figure that will be the perfect complement to HasLab Giant-Man (if he funds)!
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It may be rather hard to believe given the iconic nature and massive popularity of the character, but Hasbro has never individually released a non-exclusive standard 616 Magneto Marvel Legends 6” figure… until now! Fans have waited through black costume, white costume and Age of Apocalypse iterations of the Master of Magnetism, but finally the most recognizable mainstream version of Erik Lehnsherr is ready to storm retail stores: the X-Men 97 Marvel Legends Magneto figure is now available! Is Hasbro delivering a definitive action figure of Magnus? Here’s my review…
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New York Comic Con is no longer the collectibles powerhouse of news and reveals that it was prior to the pandemic, but at least one company is still bringing it’s ‘A-Game’ to the event: Diamond Select Toys! And for NYCC 2023, DST brought along two new Marvel Select figures never before shown at public conventions: Marvel Select Archangel and Marvel Select Annihilus!
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Back when I reviewed the X-Men Marvel Legends Gambit figure from the Caliban Series in 2019, I said that “I wouldn’t mind seeing another version of this same figure released” down the road. Hasbro must have taken that to heart, because now they’ve updated and released this Remy twice more! The Marvel Legends X-Men 97 Gambit figure is now available—is the third time the charm that elevates this Gambit to definitive?
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I think it should be mandatory to exclaim “SWEET CHRISTMAS!!” in the introduction to any review of a classic Luke Cage action figure, so let’s get that out of the way right now. Toybiz first released their take on Power Man back in 2006, but Hasbro has only produced more modern versions of Cage… until now! The 2023 Marvel Legends Luke Cage Power Man figure isn’t coming to most retail stores—should you pick up this 70s icon online while you can?
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If we needed any evidence that the new year is coming in fast, we’re getting it today with pre-orders opening for the first wave of Marvel Legends 2024 figures! And what a wave the Void Build-A-Figure Series is, bringing long sought-after definitive versions of Black Panther and Vision, as well along with characters many thought would ever see plastic form like Crystar and Power Princess…
Direct Pre-Order Links (EE):
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Crystar ►
Justice ►
Namorita ►
Savage Namor ►
Power Princess ►
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Justice ►
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Power Princess ►
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Spider-Man No Way Home movie fans are finally getting the Marvel Legends love that they’ve been asking for for the last two years, beginning with last week’s solicitations for all 3 movie Spider-Men, Spidey’s girlfriend, Spidey’s lawyer and the Sandy form of the guy who killed Spidey’s uncle. This week, Hasbro is treating fans to what look like all-star action figures of the two most popular Spider-Man movie villains ever: deluxe Marvel Legends Green Goblin & Doc Ock figures are now up for order!
Direct Pre-Order Links (EE):
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Spider-Man No Way Home was clearly the MCU theatrical release star of the pandemic era, but the strict attempts to keep the movie’s secrets led to a dearth of toys and collectibles ready within a year of its 2021 release.
In fact, likely to the extreme surprise of anyone who hasn’t been avidly collecting for the past two years, no Hasbro Spider-Man No Way Home Marvel Legends action figures have made it to retail stores at all yet.
But the wait is over—Hasbro announced a six-figure blister carded wave of Spider-Man NWH Legends 6” figures today, along with previewing and teasing other additions to the lineup!
Up for P.O. now on EE are:
Sandman ►
MJ (Mary Jane) in Civilian Clothes ►
Matt Murdock ►
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man ►
Amazing Spider-Man ►
No Way Home Spider-Man ►
Direct Pre-Order Links (Amazon):
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man ►
Amazing Spider-Man ►
No Way Home Spider-Man ►
Sandman ►
MJ (Mary Jane) in Civilian Clothes ►
Matt Murdock ►
Moon Knight has had a significant surge in popularity in recent years, and while the modern comics and Disney+ MCU looks have had more availability, it’s the classic comic books Moon Knight Legends figure that is most sought after by fans. Thankfully, the fan-favorite vintage-packaged Marvel Legends Retro series now exists, allowing Hasbro to do single releases of in-demand characters. And thus, two new Target Elusive Marvel Legends figures are now up for PO: Moon Knight and… a modified version of last year’s First Appearance Spider-Man?
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