Psychosomatic
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I have been collecting Legends since the very beginning, and this wave recaptures the excitement of the old random Toybiz waves, and I love it. There will always be things we wish were different, but I think Hasbro gets it right way more often than they don’t. Hope to see a classic Adam Warlock, Valkyrie, Original X-Men, and Marvel Monsters soon.
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Hasbro has been ridiculously consistent about Wolverine scale since the Juggernaut wave version, and I think this one continues that trend. The arms, shoulders, and torso look to either be the same as the Old Man Logan figure, or quite similar. The feet are not typical suited figure feet (they are bigger and thicker) and the legs look close to what I would expect based on the size of the other Wolverine figures (I think they are new). The coat might be a bit wide at the bottom, but all in all, I think it looks great. We'll see how it looks in hand.
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Not all of these are must haves for me, but this is a damn impressive list with many characters we have been asking for. An updated Iron Fist is a must have (guessing it will be the big collared version and he will come with a redecoed Powerman with multiple head sculpts), any version of Ghost Rider is welcomed, Man-Thing needed a better release than the Netflix wave, people have begged for Warbird, and Destiny for what seems like forever, Crossbones was done dirty with the horrible Hyperion buck (guessing this one will probably be on the Hercules buck), and Skaar, Hulkbuster, and Odin (guessing this one will be comic, since we just got an MCU version not too long ago) will be great to see. It feels like Venom is released as much as Wolverine, but I am sure there are plenty of folks who want more of him. Curious how the other characters will turn out, and if the Cap sets will be MCU or Comic (would love to finally see an Isaiah Bradley). Along with the upcoming Vision from the Void BAF wave, Wolverine sets (finally a proper Sabretooth), deluxe Angel, Haslab Giant-Man, and classic Wasp, this is looking like a strong year for Legends. Fingers crossed we get a Marvel Monsters Box set for Halloween, and an Original X-Men Team Box set for Christmas!
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New Teaser Poster For The Marvels
Psychosomatic replied to JayC's topic in Marvelous News's General Area
I could go on forever about this. I agree, I have enjoyed the post Endgame stuff too and feel people are being way too hard on Marvel. Sure, there have been stinkers (Multiverse of Madness, Love and Thunder, Quantumania), but even the worst Marvel project is a triumph considering the interconnectedness to such a massive universe of films (nothing has ever been done at such a scale in cinema). All that being said, I wish Feige and team would go back and review earlier projects to get an idea of where they came from. I watched Ironman 1 over the holidays and it has an energy about it that would be great to see them recapture...you could tell they were hungry and had something to prove. Love to see them hungry again, but I think they are going to blow us away with Deadpool 3 and I think they are going to use that to right the ship in many ways. Hope I'm right. -
New Teaser Poster For The Marvels
Psychosomatic replied to JayC's topic in Marvelous News's General Area
Felt the same about Indy. Definitely had flaws, but it was still a lot of fun. -
I don’t care if they recast Kang or rewrite it with Doom - I just want it to be great. When Marvel started they were hungry and it showed in their content. I think they got so used to being wildly successful that they got cocky and started thinking they couldn’t lose. Eternals wasn’t bad, but it was a departure from what audiences expected, and they needed something pretty significant to keep audiences engaged following Endgame. Black Widow was more of the same. No Way Home hit the mark (and brilliantly leveraged nostalgia), several of the Disney+ shows did as well, and Wakanda was pretty solid (and impressive given what they had to work around), but Multiverse of Madness was dreadful, Love and Thunder was wildly disappointing (especially after the triumph of Ragnarok), Quantumania was forgettable, and Marvels was just fine. They need to get hungry again and put out something of uncompromising quality, regardless of whether they recast or pivot (or do a combo). I want to be excited about Marvel films again and prove those who say the genre is dead wrong.
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That Sabretooth is perfect - Better than I could have asked for (and the Logan looks great too). The Brood Wolverine/Lilandra Pack - didn't see that coming, and I just mentioned the other day that it would be cool to see a deluxe Wolverine with Brood Replacement parts. The Hulk/Patch Pack is incredible too. Damn good reveals!
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There was certainly a lot I wasn't interested in purchasing (mainly movie stuff), but in a year (I believe) with Hawkeye, Black Widow, Blob, Drax, Ronan, Yondu, Ant-Man, Clea, Wonderman, The Orb, Powerman, Vision, Star-Lord, X-Men 97 Wolverine, X-Men 97 Bishop, Female Hydra/Shield 2-Pack, Black Knight, Sersei, Destroyer, Avalanche, Dark Phoenix, Spiral, Longshot, Skrull 2-Pack, Joe Fixit, Emma Frost, Gray Hulk 2-Pack, and a Giant-Man Haslab, I would say it was a pretty solid year.
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New Teaser Poster For The Marvels
Psychosomatic replied to JayC's topic in Marvelous News's General Area
I thought it was fun, and smart that they made a fast, fun, and self contained story rather than a sweeping epic after the last few films. Definitely had some super clunky bits, but fun overall (this is a comic book movie, not Shakespeare). -
Marvel Legends X-Men Lilandra Figure Revealed
Psychosomatic replied to JayC's topic in Marvelous News's General Area
The cape looks like it could be the cape that came with the Black Queen in the Hellfire Club set. -
Damn, I sure hear that! Hasbro has been putting out so many on my must have list - Classic Comic versions of Ronan, Doctor Strange, Red Skull, Dormammu, Yondu, Blob, Powerman, Toad, Lizard, Drax, Ant-Man, Wonderman, The Orb, and now Giant-Man! And Wasp and Dum Dum Dugan next year?! Damn! Now, if I could get a Classic Adam Warlock, a Classic X-Men set, Marvel Monsters, Iron Fist, a proper Daredevil, Valkyrie, Mole Man, and Mephisto I would have all of my Absolute Must-Haves...anything else would just be icing on the cake.
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I believe JayC made a comment not too long ago about the collector community believing they understand things better than they actually do (apologies if that is not correct JayC, or if I am mischaracterizing exactly what you said). Hasbro does sometimes do things that are just head scratchers, but listening to folks speak so definitively about things that require a lot of market research to really understand is just exhausting. We all have opinions about what Hasbro should do at every moment, but those opinions are based on what we like and want, not what we know from proper data, experience in the industry, or research (and reading talk-backs doesn't cut it). Our own collecting experience is a really small sample size, so it is pretty arrogant to presume we know better than Hasbro. They are not perfect, but they know more about what should be done than we do. I bought the Sentinel, Galactus and Giant-Man for the main offering, the tier add-ons were icing on the cake. Some thought Giant-Man would fail because he wasn't popular enough, was priced too high, needed added figures... but he funded.
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Holy hell, this thing might really make it! Not gonna lie, as much as I want to see it succeed so I can have it in my collection, I would also love to see it succeed so it humbles all those who don't work for Hasbro yet seem to know everything there is to know about toy marketing. We all have thoughts and feelings about this stuff, but it exhausting to see people be so confident they know everything about the inner workings of Hasbro, and the toy collecting community because they buy toys.