Mezco Toyz generally does not go band and re-release their long sold out Marvel ONE:12 Collective figures, but sometimes demand is so great for certain characters that exceptions must be made. Such is the case with this week’s reissue, a character so pivotal and desirable this year that Mezco just had to bring him back: the Mezco Doctor Doom ONE:12 Collective figure is up for order again at last!
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Hasbro has seemingly realized that they’re leaving money on the proverbial table by not having some iconic characters available this year at mass retail, so they’re going back to the well again with more reissues from their very popular and successful Retro line! Following up recent X-Men and Spider-Man Legends, Retro Ghost Rider and Doctor Doom are now boarding the re-release train!
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It’s turning out to be a surprisingly good year for Mephisto. First, The Lord of Evil made his unexpected debut in the MCU. And then, over the weekend at SDCC 2025, Hasbro made the staggering announcement that good ol’ Mephisto would at long last be joining the 6” Marvel Legends series as a made-to-order Hasbro Pulse exclusive! If you’re ready to make a deal for The Devil, Mephisto and his throne are now up for pre-order at the spicy price of $79.99! Is this Lord of Lies bound for your home, Marvel collectors?
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Superman by James Gunn has proven itself to be the bonafide blockbuster hit that DC was looking for to relaunch their movie universe, and now the onus is on Fantastic Four First Steps to try to get Marvel Cinematic Universe fans hyped up for the future of the MCU. The Marvel Legends Fantastic Four movie figures are starting to ship out now, so I figured this would be a good time to give them some spotlight with a review of the heaviest hitter in the wave: The Thing. Should this Ben Grimm clobber his way into your collection?
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Thunderbolts* seemingly turned the tides for the Marvel Cinematic Universe in theaters earlier this month, and Fantastic Four: First Steps is hoping to continue the trend in July. But while Thunderbolts* will still be waiting until fall for its toy tie-ins to arrive, the Marvel Legends Fantastic Four figures are raring to go with today’s preorder and should arrive while the film in still in theaters! Let’s have a look at the first MCU movie figures of Marvel’s first family…
Individual Figure Pre-Order Links:
The Thing ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Human Torch ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Invisible Woman ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Mr. Fantastic ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Silver Surfer ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Johnny Storm ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Earlier in the week I talked about the Marvel Legends X-Force Archangel that went up for order today. But there was one other big reveal Hasbro brought to New York Toy Fair, which is also launching today—the life size Marvel Legends Doctor Doom helmet is now up for order!
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Diamond Select Toys doesn’t always hit a home run with their value-priced line of Marvel Gallery PVC statues (my mind is still boggled by that white-eyed Gambit from the start of 2024), but when they do good, they do great. Such is the case with today’s review of my newest entry in that line: the Marvel Gallery Silver Surfer statue is cosmically cruising into homes now, and is one of my favorite additions to the lineup in quite some time…
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One of the surprise headlines from Hasbro this year was that there would be no 2024 Marvel Legends Haslab crowdfunding campaign. But that’s not to say collectors won’t be getting a preorder for another immense Marvel character to add to their shelves: the Hasbro Pulse exclusive Marvel Legends Dragon Man figure is now up for order! At 10” tall and over 17” wide, Dragon Man is a humongous anthropomorphic dragon boy—will you be adding him to your collection?
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Marvel Legends 2024 has been a bit light on traditional Build-A-Figure waves, but Hasbro has kept collectors guessing with consistent new reveals and pre-orders nonetheless. This time up, we’ve got a 3-pack of updated villains, going up for sale after just being revealed yesterday: the Amazon Exclusive Marvel Legends Cabal set of Dr. Doom, Iron Patriot Norman Osborn and Taskmaster figures is now up for order!
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Last year, Hasbro kicked off the 2021 New Fantastic Four Marvel Legends team with the first ever fully-articulated Franklin Richards and Valeria Richards figures. And now, Hasbro is dipping back in to give us the other half of the team in their fun black and blue costumes! Continuing the line of Wolverine 50th Anniversary 6” figures, the Marvel Legends Fantastic Four Wolverine and Spider-Man 2-pack is now up for order! Are these quirky-costumed Spidey and Logan figures on your shopping list?
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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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Mr. Fantastic has had more than his fair share of gimmicky toys over the years. Some have been good, some have been bad. But Reed Richards’ latest release, from Diamond Select Toys, is really rather fantastic. 9 years after the Marvel Select Thing figure was released, Ben Grimm’s brainy BFF has finally arrived! Is buying the Marvel Select Mr. Fantastic figure a fantastic use of your collecting funds…?
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Select Toys never fails to offer Marvel collectors something fresh and exciting in their monthly solicitations, and this month does not break from that norm, with three unexpected new additions to older lineups! New pre-orders are now available for Marvel Select Classic Captain America, Marvel Gallery Kingpin and a Marvel Animated Skottie Young Invisible Woman statue!
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Hasbro didn’t hit us with a complete blitzkrieg of new Marvel Legends 2023 waves during this first month of the year, limiting themselves to just a singular new Build-A-Figure Series solicited (the X-Men Legends Ch’od BAF Series). But that doesn’t mean Hasbro wasn’t busy, as they instead announced a bunch of one-off releases (and put a few up for order), including Franklin & Valeria Richards, a new Advanced Suit PS5 Spider-Man, classic comics Yondu and more!
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Hasbro promised a strong showing of Heralds to coincide with the release of the mega-sized Haslab Galactus figure this year, and (as long as your favorite herald of Galactus isn’t named Air Walker or Golden Oldie) Hasbro has come through in spades with a new Terrax, the awesome Herald Thor and more—including the subject of today’s review! Retro Marvel Legends Firelord is a long, long overdue addition to the Marvel Legends pantheon—but after 20 years of waiting, is this figure all it could be?
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