Tag Archives: X-Men ’97

NYCC 2024: Marvel Legends Sentinel (X-Men 97) 22″ Figure Revealed & Up for Order!

Posted on by October 24, 2024
2025 Marvel Legends Sentinels Figures Hasbro Pulse Exclusive NYCC 2024

New York Comic Con is not the mecca for toy reveals that it once was, but we haven’t reached a day where collectibles companies are just ignoring it either. And so, while Hasbro didn’t exactly bring out the big guns for their Marvel Legends showing at NYCC 2024, they did bring a solitary BIG gun. Many collectors have been lamenting missing out on the Haslab Sentinel since its 2021 campaign, but now they’ll get another chance at a fresh version of the mutant-hunting machines: the X-Men 97 Marvel Legends Sentinel is now up for order! Will you assemble any of these raucous robots on your shelves?

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REVIEW: X-Men 97 JEAN GREY Marvel Legends Figure

Posted on by April 12, 2024
X-Men Legends 97 Wave 2 Cyclops and Jean Grey Action Figures

X-Men ‘97 is a smash hit, and Hasbro’s excellent tie-in toy line is enjoying massive success as well. As such, I’m continuing along with my series of 6” Marvel legends X-Men 97 figures with a key member of the team. We’ve had several previous Hasbro action figures of her in 90s Jim Lee costume, but is the new X-Men 97 Legends Jean Grey figure the definitive version of the character?

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends X-Men 97 CYCLOPS Figure (Hasbro Wave 2)

Posted on by April 4, 2024
Angry Head Optic Blast Cyclops X-Men 97 Hasbro Action Figure

Way back in my 2017 review, I thought the X-Men Legends Cyclops figure in the Warlock Series was acceptable, despite its flaws, because we were in the middle of a Jim Lee Cyclops famine. In 2024, not so much. We’ve seen numerous representations of Cyke in this costume in the interim, but as far as Hasbro 6” figures go, the newly-released X-Men 97 Marvel Legends Cyclops easily takes the crown as the best Jim Lee Cyclops figure ever made…

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REVIEW: X-Men 97 Marvel Legends Goblin Queen Madelyne Pryor Figure

Posted on by March 18, 2024
X-Men 97 ,arvel Legends Goblin Queen vs Jean Grey Hasbro 6" Figures

In a world where we have Hasbro X-Men Legends figures of Pretty Boy, Vertigo and Skullbuster, it’s really quite astonishing that one the greatest female X-villains of all time has never had a toy… until now. After fans’ hopes were dashed by the failed Ghost Rider Haslab, Cyclops’ first wife is finally here: the X-Men 97 Wave 2 Marvel Legends Goblin Queen Madelyne Pryor figure is now starting to arrive!

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X-Men 97 Marvel Legends X-Cutioner Figure Review and Photos

Posted on by March 7, 2024
Review Marvel Legends X-Men 97 X-Cutioner Figure

When you’re bringing a toy of a relativrly unknown character to retail stores, said toy needs to be really cool to earn buys and avoid rotting off the shelves (or worse, ending up at Ollie’s). Hasbro delivered such a figure with Crystar earlier this year, and (spoilers for the rest of this review) they do so again with this terrific X-Men 97 Marvel Legends X-Cutioner figure that’s shipping out this month as part of wave 2 of the line. Here’s my review…

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Marvel Legends X-Men 97 Wave 2: Nightcrawler! Madelyne Pryor! Cyclops!

Posted on by February 1, 2024
X-Men 97 Marvel Legends Wave 2 Action Figures 2024

UPDATE (2/1/24): The wait for X-Men 97 is over–at last for the second wave of 6″ action figures! Marvel Legends X-Men ’97 Wave 2 is now up for order, including Nightcrawler, Jean Grey, Cyclops and more! Which figures from this series will you be snapping up?

Individual PO Links:

Cyclops ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Nightcrawler ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Jean Grey ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Goblin Queen Madelyne Pryor ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
X-Cutioner ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon
Magneto ► Entertainment Earth ► Amazon

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LEGO Marvel 2024 Sets Released & Photos! X-Men Jet! Rocket Raccoon & Groot!

Posted on by January 7, 2024
LEGO Marvel 2024 Sets Released Sandman Battle X-Men Jet Rocket Raccoon Groot

LEGO Marvel sets have certainly fallen a tad in popularity and sales at mass retail over the last few years, with fewer major widely-distributed sets arriving in the biannual drops and more expensive sets (like last year’s $500 Avengers Tower) being released solely as more limited exclusives. But that doesn’t mean The LEGO Group (TLG) is throwing in the towel! In fact, the January 2024 LEGO Marvel sets that have just been released include 3 major sets including a brick-built Rocket Raccoon, X-Men Blackbird Jet and Spider-Man No Way Home Sandman Final Battle!

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REVIEW: Marvel Legends X-Men 97 STORM 6″Figure (Hasbro)

Posted on by November 25, 2023
X-Men 97 Marvel Legends Storm Hasbro Figure Review

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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Marvel Legends X-Men 97 ROGUE Figure Review & Photos (Hasbro 2023)

Posted on by November 9, 2023
2023 Marvel Legends Rogue X-Men 97 Figure Review Pulling Gloves Off

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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REVIEW: Marvel Legends Bishop X-Men 97 Figure (Hasbro 2023)

Posted on by October 26, 2023
Marvel Legends X-Men 97 Bishop REVIEW

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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X-Men 97 Marvel Legends MAGNETO 6″ Figure REVIEW & Photos

Posted on by October 17, 2023
Close-Up of X-Men 97 Magneto Action Figure Hasbro Marvel Legends

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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Marvel Legends X-Men 97 Gambit Figure REVIEW & Photos (Hasbro 2023)

Posted on by October 12, 2023
2023 Marvel Legends Gambit X-Men 97 Comparison with Retro Series Gambit

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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REVIEW: X-Men 97 Sentinel 14” Figure (Hasbro Titan Hero)

Posted on by August 29, 2023
Marvel Legends Sentinel 2023 Hasbro Figure vs. Wolverine Hasbro

Sentinels being giant freaking killer robots is a bit of a double-edged sword when it comes to merch, as every X-Men fan wants one or more—but, well, they’re -giant- freaking robots. And “giant” in the collectibles world is often synonymous with “expensive”. But Hasbro has a clever solution to that accessibility roadblock in their bag of tricks: the low-priced, low-detailed and low-articulated Marvel Titan Hero Series of oversized figures! And so, for the first time in decades, you can order a foot-tall-plus Sentinel for under 30 bucks! Is the X-Men 97 Sentinel Titan Hero figure the value-priced mutant-hunting robot army-builders have been dreaming of?

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X-Men 97 Marvel Legends 6″ Figures Revealed at SDCC 2023 & Up for Order!

Posted on by August 3, 2023
Marvel Legends 2023 X-Men 97 Figures Revealed at SDCC 2023

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:
Gambit ► 
Bishop ► 
Magneto ► 
Rogue ► 
Storm ►
Wolverine ► 

Individual Marvel Legends X-Men 97 Figures on Amazon:
Bishop ► 
Gambit ► 
Magneto ► 
Rogue ► 
Storm ► 
Wolverine ► 

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X-Men 97 Rogue Figure REVIEW & Photos (Hasbro Epic Hero)

Posted on by July 26, 2023
X-Men 97 Rogue Figure Hasbro Epic Hero

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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