I have read hundreds of Thor comic books in my life, but even so, my jaw absolutely dropped when I saw something I never imagined—Thor becoming Galactus’s herald, at the start of Donny Cates’ run. And now, Hasbro is capturing this awe-inspiring plotline in plastic form: the Marvel Legends Herald of Galactus Thor figure is now available! Do you need your own Herald of Thunder 6” figure? Here’s my review…
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Hot Toys has been teasing an MCU movie Valkyrie sixth scale figure off and on ever since Thor Ragnarok hit theaters in 2017. And now, the Valkyrie-turned-bounty hunter-turned-king is finally slated for an actual release: the Thor Love and Thunder Hot Toys Valkyrie figure is now up for order! But while fans have been waiting half a decade for her already, they’re gonna have to wait a little more…
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Despite serving as the primary antagonist in this summer’s Thor Love and Thunder movie, I’m not sure that “Gorr the God Butcher” is ever going to be a household name. Even so, there are still plenty of comic book fans of Gorr who have been anxiously hoping for a comics-based 6” action figure of the character. And those fans’ patience is now being rewarded: a comic book version Marvel Legends Gorr the God Butcher figure is up for order on Amazon exclusively today!
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Apocalypse may have stolen all the hype at the SDCC Diamond Select Toys booth last month, but the big A wasn’t the only Select figure that DST debuted at the con. After making a surprise appearance in San Diego that no one (except those who saw leaks) expected, the Marvel Select Beta Ray Bill figure is now up for order! Does this BRB offer anything past iterations have not?
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Thor Love and Thunder premieres in movie theaters next week, so I need to pick up the pace with the second half of my reviews for the corresponding Marvel Legends series that’s available now. Next up is the second Guardians of the Galaxy representative in the wave—the first Marvel Legends Star-Lord figure in half a decade! But those expecting a superior iteration to what’s come before may be disappointed…
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All-new figures will always be preferred by collectors to repacked ones (especially at today’s retail prices), but sometimes a refresh of an old figure hits the right notes such that fans don’t complain. Such is the case with the newly-released Thor Love and Thunder Marvel Legends Groot figure, which combines a lot of newness with a much-requested re-release of the 2018 Teen Groot…
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Say what you will about Natalie Portman’s performances in the Star Wars movies, but Padmé is one of my favorite female characters across all of Star Wars and one of my preferred actresses in general. So I was thrilled when Portman was cast as Jane Foster in the Thor movies, and elated to hear she’d be returning for Thor Love and Thunder. Somehow, Hasbro has never produced a Natalie Portman Jane Foster figure before in their 10+ years of producing MCU movie figures. But Portman’s time has come: Marvel Legends Mighty Thor is shipping now! Is this a worthy inaugural ML Natalie Portman?
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The MCU iteration of Valkyrie is a drastic departure from the main Marvel comic book version representation of that same character, but I think this is an instance where the mainstream movie iteration makes a traditionally mildly successful character worlds more popular and marketable. As such, it seems appropriate that MCU Valkyrie will now surpass her comics self in ML editions, as the new (and pretty great) Thor: Love and Thunder Marvel Legends King Valkyrie figure is now shipping out to fans…
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It’s been a while since an entire major series of movie Marvel Legends figures managed to completely slip out and become public knowledge before Hasbro could even announce a singular figure from the lineup, but that’s exactly what happened this month with the latest MCU wave. Weeks prior to the scheduled pre-order, the entire Marvel Legends Thor Love and Thunder series leaked all over the internet. Hasbro hastily announced the set last week after the cat was out of the bag, and now the Thor Legends Korg Series is officially up for order!
Individual figure pre-order links:
Mighty Thor (Jane Foster) ► Entertainment Earth ►Amazon
Gorr (The God-Butcher) ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
King Valkyrie ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Groot ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Star-Lord ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Thor (Ravagers) ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Thor (Battle Armor) ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
We’re approaching the end of another month, and that means it’s once again time for a fresh round of Diamond Select Toys reveals and solicitations! Those hoping for an all-new Marvel Select figure or Minimates set will be disappointed, but DST still has an impressive crop of new and returning products to choose from, including the first X-Men Jubilee bust ever, a reissue of the rare Thor 1 Loki Select movie figure and more!
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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
I’ve gone out of my way to avoid watching any and all trailers for each of the Disney+ Marvel series so far, so from the time Hasbro unveiled this year’s new Loki in drab businessman-looking attire to when I ordered this Marvel Legends Loki Disney+ figure online to even after I had it unboxed and in-hand, I had zero clue what the heck this ML Loki was all about. But having now watched and fallen in love with the entire Disney+ Loki series—and with Sylvie and Mobius figures on the way—it’s high time I sat down and reviewed what is definitely the weirdest-clothed Loki action figure to-date…
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Hasbro has hit us with a plethora of big surprises lately with their MCU movie-inspired Marvel Legends Infinity Saga series of 6” figures, but none of the ones they’ve unveiled to date have been as literally big as today’s! Thor Ragnarok fans take notice—an all-new 13” Marvel Legends Surtur figure is now up for pre-order! He’s about double the size and double the cost of a normal Marvel Legends action figure: do you need one?
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Hasbro has already filled in a number of the most prominent omissions from their 6” Marvel Legends figures lineup of MCU movie characters with this year’s Infinity Saga series (including the long-awaited AOU Quicksilver movie figure), and now they’re about to plug another 3 holes that some fans may not even realized that they were missing! Leaked yesterday and officially announced today with hi-res photos, the Infinity Saga Marvel Legends Odin and Endgame Final Battle Thanos and Iron Man figures are now up for order! Are these new additions you’ll need for *your* collection?
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While the big news coming out of last week’s Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest event was definitely the Iron Man Marvel Legends 2021 Figures series, that wasn’t all that Hasbro had up their sleeves for the event. Not only did the latest in the line of prop replicas makes its first appearance—the Marvel Legends Eye of Agamotto—but the hotly rumored (okay, leaked) Marvel Legends Infinity Saga Figures series was officially announced, beginning with the Avengers Endgame Final Battle Thor 6″ figure!
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