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April 18th, 2008 -

NEW YORK COMIC CON!
Pessimistic rumors had been circulating about the fate of Marvel Legends as a result of the Nemesis wave being MIA, but Hasbro has sought to reassure collectors that ML aint dead yet. Hasbro told attendees that the Nemesis wave had been pushed back until December, and will be released as an exclusive to Wal-Mart stores. In the mean time, there are 8 two-packs coming this fall, and many were on display at NYCC. Hasbro displayed

• Elektra / Ronin
• Ultimate Nick Fury / Ultimate Captain America
• Kree / Skrull
• Forge / Wolverine
• SHIELD / Hand Ninja

Wizard is soliciting wave one of the two packs to also include a Mr Fantastic and Thing two pack. The two packs will feature swappable heads and hands, and many will have variants.

A Red Hulk series is also being shown at NYCC, which will include:

• Spiral
• Adam Warlock
• Union Jack
• Silver Savage (Silver Surfer)
• Symbiot (black costume) Spider-Man
• Wolverine

Hasbro also showed off figures from this fall's Fin Fang Foom series, which will be 8 figures spread over two seperate assortments:

• Savage She-Hulk
• Wendigo
• Hulk - The End
• Scar - Son of Hulk
• World War Hulk - King Hulk
• Grey Hulk
• Doc Sampson
• Absorbing Man

Also shown was a completely resculpted Bi-Beast figure that was not labeled as part of the Fin Fang Foom assortment, but rather as a figure from the Hulk video game. I'm not clear of where he fits in.

A Target exclusive 1:12 scale version of the Movie Hulk was shown, which appeared to re-use the ML1 Hulk body with a newly sculpted head.

More Iron Man movie figures were also shown, including a stealth armor, a satellite armor, and a Captain America What-If armor.

Oh, and a bunch of re-release Spider-Man crap was shown too.

Go to MarvelousNews.com for some great pictures and more details.

March 25th, 2008 -

TheFwoosh.com has pictures of the upcoming Shanna the She-Devil, Ka-Zar and Zabu SDCC exclusive box set. The Frank Cho influence on Shanna is apparent. Go Frank!


February 18th, 2008 -

Toy Fair International in New York City just wrapped up, and Hasbro seems to have stepped up its game in regards to Marvel Legends. Hasbro didn't show any figures from Marvel Legends Series 4 or 5, which sounds like it will be further delayed, but they did manage to impress anyway. Hasbro showed off 2 of 8 new twin packs. The first set featured the Avenger Ronin paired with a new Elektra. Sculpt, articulation, and paint on these harkened back to the very best Marvel Legends has ever produced. The Elektra and Ronin set all also come in a variant set with a Skrull version of Elektra.

The second twin pack shown was Ultimate Nick Fury and Ultimate WWII Captain America. These looked amazing and also promised to include lots of extras (weapons, hands, heads???)

Of course, Hasbro was focusing hard on the summer Marvel movies, showcasing new Iron Man and Hulk toys. The big attraction for everyone was the 15 inch Fin Fang Foom that can be built by collecting all 8 Hulk series figures acorss two series. Only the first series of Hulk figures were shown; Absorbing Man, Wendigo, Hulk (The End), and Savage She-Hulk. There was no confirmation which figures would be in the second series. It was revealed, however, that a specially packaged fully assembled Fin Fang Foom would be available as a San Diego Comic Con exclusive this summer.

Hasbro also announced another San Diego Comic Con exclusive; a Savage Land boxed set including Shanna the She-Devil, Ka-Zar, and Zabu, with package art by Frank Cho.

The Iron Man movie figures, in the crucial 1:12 scale, will be released on March 22nd and were featured prominantly.

Spider-Man also came out of quasi-retirement of the 1:12 world. Hasbro will be launching another Spider-Man series that will start with a repackaging of the movie figures, but will move onto comic based figures in the fall, including Tarantula. There will also be animated Spider-Man figures for the new cartoon.

Lastly, I've got to mention the awesome new Thor figure Diamond Select showcased. I've got much love for the God of Thunder, and this new figure based on the art and design of the fantastic new Thor comic looks amazing.
There's tons of great pictures of everything worth seeing from Toy Fair at TheFwoosh.com

December 8th, 2007 -

The first pictures have come out of the figures for the May 2nd, 2008 Iron Man Movie .
View the figures here .
Hasbro has stated they will be 6 inch scale, and they will also, apparently, be kick ass.

November 21st, 2007 -

Hasbro has released images of their upcoming Spiral figure.

November 14th, 2007 -

Its been a long while since I've reported anything new with Marvel Legends, so I thought I'd just mention a couple of things that have been circulating the internet lately.

CoolToyReview.com is posting the lineup for Hasbro's 7th lineup of Marvel Legends, complete with UPCs:

• Adam Warlock
• Symbiot Spider-Man
• Silver Savage
  ( Silver Surfer from the World War Hulk arc )
• Spiral
• US Agent
• Union Jack

Also, several online retailers are reporting that Astonishing Beast has been dropped from the upcoming Marvel Legends Nemesis series.

July 30th, 2007 -

San Diego Comic Con 2007 has just ended and many of the line-ups for the next few months have been officially announced.

Marvel Legends Queen Brood Series

• Bucky
• WWII Captain America
• Marvel Girl (Rachel Summers) with cosmic variant
• Black Knight
• AXM Cyclops
• Danger
• Hydra Soldier with variant
• Movie Colossus

Marvel Legends Nemesis Series

• Nova
• Blackbolt
• Tigra
• Tim Bradstreet Punisher with cammo variant
• Yellow Daredevil with red variant
• Astonishing Beast

Wal-Mart Exclusive 2-Packs

• Cable & Marvel Girl
• Domino & Cannonball

Fantastic Four Ronan Series

• Mr Fantastic
• Human Torch
• Thing
• Invisible Woman
• Dr Doom
• Namor
• Mole Man
• Silver Surfer

Toys R' Us Exclusives

• Black Queen
• Ultimate Wolverine blue variant

Marvel Legends Icons

• Silver Surfer Target exclusive cosmic variant
• Human Torch flamed and non-flaming

• Cyclops
• Magneto

• Nightcrawler
• Daredevil yellow variant

• Colossus
• Phoenix Dark Phoenix variant

Although pictures of Valkyrie, Doc Sampson, and others from a Hulk / Fin Fang Foom build series have previously leaked, Hasbro would not give it any official confirmation.

Lots of SDCC pics at TheFwoosh.com

June 7th, 2007 -

CoolToyReview.com is reporting that they've seen the priliminary line-up for Hasbro's fourth series of Marvel Legends.

• First Appearance Daredevil
• First Appearance Storm
• Nova
• Punisher
• Silver Samurai
• Age of Apocalyspe Sunfire
• Tigra
• Build - Age of Apocalypse Nemesis

The article acknowledges that the line-up is early and tentative, but they seem to have it mostly right. My information is that is was indeed the line-up at one time, but has since undergone some changes.

June 2nd, 2007 -

The Special Edition Wal-Mart Exclusive Silver Surfer figure is due out today. Because it is a special edition exclusive, it had an actual street date to hit the pegs. Unfortunately, all my local Wal-Mart still has the same Annihilus wave figs that have been there for months.

May 28th, 2007 -

The variant cases of the Blob series Marvel Legends have begun to show up in the US. The case includes the green Quicksilver, the metallic paint Yellowjacket, and the Dark Phoenix figures. No sign around here of any of them. In fact, after finding my first set of the blob series months ago, the series has been practically non-existant. Drop me a line if you find any extras of these.

March 29th, 2007 -

A Toys R Us employee and fellow collector found a little gem in the order system. He found Marvel Legends Black Queen, SKN# 921073

March 16th, 2007 -

I picked up the Toys 'R' US Exclusive 25th Anniversary Wolverine today. It says, "One of 25,000" on the package; it was one of about 8 on the peg. It's a repainted Marvel Legends 6 Wolverine, one of the best Marvel Legends made in my opinion. I really had no need to have one that was painted silver though, other than I'm still buying everything Marvel Legends.

Next up is the Toys 'R' Us Exclusive Diamond Emma Frost. This is the same figure as Hasbro's Annihilus Series Emma Frost, but cast in clear plastic, with the clothes painted. The figure also comes with unique packaging. It's not a bad looking update to the original figure, and may take its place in my display. The figure has been found in Canada and the US, but not by your's truley yet.

There's also been pictures of a Special Edition Silver Surfer, but no word yet on who will be distributing it. It looks to be a reissue of the ToyBiz series 5 figure, sans the blue paint wash or Howard the Duck. The Surf board also looks different, and may not have the metal / magnetic strip this time. More on this fig when details are known.

March 15th, 2006 -

Hasbro's second Marvel Legends series, the Blob Series, has been purchased by collectors in Hong Kong. Get out your calculators and figure the speed of a cargo ship traveling the distance between Hong Kong and the Port of Los Angeles. Soon, very soon.

March 9th, 2007 -

The missing ML14 variants appeared on eBay this week. These variants were originally solicited as part of Marvel Legends 14, the Mojo wave, but were never shipped to retailers. They are a variant Luke Cage with a Silver shirt, and a black Psylock with a tattooed eye. The seller known as Astrohu claims to have gotten hold of a couple of these from a Hong Kong source, and is selling them for $2500 each. I'm not willing to pay anything like that, but I did think visitors to my site might like a look at these. I've included his pictures of the figures in my guest section.
Astrohu's ML14 Variants

February 23, 2007 -

New York Comic Con

Hasbro finally reveals new product. After skunking fans at NY Toyfair, Habro gave fans something to see at the New York Comic Con that started today. Series 2 and 3 of Hasbro's Marvel Legends were shown, officially confirming the lineups for the upcoming series. New series 2 and 3 of Marvel Icons were also shown, showcasing Punisher and Dr Doom in series 2 and Human Torch and Silver Surfer in series 3. Toys for the upcoming 2007 Marvel movies were revealed as well; Spider-Man 3 and Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer. Marvelous News has all the pictures, so check them out and enjoy!

February 10, 2007 -

New York Toy Fair Begins! Toy Fair is a huge annual event where toy manufacturers reveal line-ups for the coming year to buyers from various retailers. The public is not allowed into the show, but the press is allowed in for what is affectionately known as the "geek walk". The "press" has been invited in to photograph Hasbro's 2007 product offerings.

Here are the official linups Marvel related action figures:

Marvel Legends Blob Series

• Yellowjacket with gold costume variant
• Quicksilver with green costume variant
• Movie Jean Grey with Dark Phoenix variant
• Movie Juggernaut
• Lord Thor
• She-Hulk
• Ultimate Wolverine
• Xorn

Marvel Legends Queen Brood Series

• Bucky
• WWII Captain America
• Marvel Girl (Rachel Summers) with variant
• Black Knight
• AXM Cyclops
• Danger
• Hydra Soldier with variant
• Movie Colossus

Marvel Origins Ronan Series

• Mr Fantastic
• Human Torch
• Thing
• Invisible Woman
• Dr Doom
• Namor
• Mole Man
• Silver Surfer

For those of you finding the first Hasbro Marvel Legends Annihilus Series , look for some running changes. Planet Hulk in some early shipments had one arm painted silver, but the arm was changed to green for later shipments. Also, earlier shipments have a more hot pink costume for Annihilus, but the later shipments have corrected that to the appropriate purple. Rumors also still surround a possible variant in series one, with perhaps the reason for it not being spotted yet being because it is an exclusive to a major retailer who has not yet received its shipments. So keep your eyes open.

Word from ToyBiz on a blue Wasp variant in their final MODOK Series is that the factory didn't apperently act on it in time, likely as part of the confusion in the handoff to Hasbro. Variants in the Mojo Series for Luke Cage and Psylock apperently didn't see the light of day either.