From what I’ve been hearing both from retailers and fellow collectors, it sounds like the X-Men Marvel Legends 2016 Series may be far and away the fastest-selling and hottest Hasbro Marvel Legends series ever. And so, since many fans seem to have an insatiable appetite for hearing more about this wave, today let’s take a look at some in-hand photos and impressions of the new Marvel Legends Iceman and Juggernaut Build-A-Figure…

As soon as I heard the rumor that the Juggernaut might be the X-Men Legends Build-A-Figure, I groaned a little bit. The Toybiz Juggernaut and Marvel Select Juggernaut are already phenomenal toys, so could a new version of Cain Marko really bring enough to the table to not feel superfluous?

As it turns out, the answer is “yes”. Yes, he can. In fact, I daresay that this Juggernaut BAF is easily my favorite Build-A-Figure that we’ve seen Hasbro reveal all year thus far.

First off, even though the Juggernaut Toybiz ML figure was an absolute monster size-wise back in the day, it turns out that the Hasbro Juggernaut BAF is actually bigger than Toybiz’s. Whodathunkit?

Not only that, but the colors on the 2016 Marvel Legends Juggernaut looks much less washed-out and more accurate to the comic book appearances of Juggs than the old Toybiz version does.

Foot articulation often ends up being a shortcoming on large Build-A-Figures, but Juggernaut’s ankle has a truly fantastic range of motion that lets him get into tons of dynamic poses.

Yes, believe it or not, the bulky Juggernaut Marvel Legends action figure can actually get into a one-legged, running pose and still stand up stably! Amazing!!

Juggs even towers over brown costume Wolverine, just the way I remember him doing in the classic Chris Claremont X-Men comic books.

In addition to Juggernaut–one of the most-hyped figures in the X-Men wave–I also want to discuss one of the least-hyped figures: Iceman.

While we’ve had a number of Marvel Legends Iceman 6″ scaled figures over the years, it’s been a few years since our last Bobby Drake.

This time out, Hasbro is giving us a very modern Iceman design, which reminds me of his look from the “Wolverine and the X-Men” comic book series.

If the Iceman Marvel Legends action figure looks familiar to you, it’s because he reuses the body mold would from the popular Pizza Spidey figure Hasbro released in 2015, but with one improvements–Hasbro fixed the issues with the hip joint on the mold! Thanks, Hasbro!!

Because he’s made of translucent plastic, the Iceman figure is soft and gummy (as tends to be the case when clear plastic is used) and Bobby can be a little bit of a pain to pose and get into a balanced position.

Even so, his very unique, angular appearance makes him one of the coolest (pun intended) figures this year. I love the sculpting on his feet! (There’s something I don’t say every day.) In addition, his “back spikes” can be unplugged and placed near the figure as a sort of ice effects piece.

The Marvel Legends X-Men Iceman figure is still available for order individually online, and is expected to ship out within a month. I’ve heard that this wave is basically sold out at the manufacturer level at this point, so don’t hesitate on any figures you want from this series–I don’t expect this set to be one that hangs around in stores for long.

Big thanks to Josh F. and Arman M. for sending in their photos and impressions of these highly-anticipated X-Men figures!

Now that you’ve had a chance to see a bit more of them, what do you think of the newest Juggernaut and Iceman figures on the block, Marvel collectors? Will these be replacing the old versions in your collection, or are you sticking with the classics?