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Yesterday new images started showing up online for Hasbro's upcoming Shang-Chi Marvel Legends wave which contain a mix of both comic book based and Shang-Chi: And The Legend Of The Ten Rings figures. I have broken this post up into two parts, one that is non-Spoiler giving us our first best look at the Build-A-Figure for the wave which is a comic book based Mr. Hyde figure. This post which does contain MOVIE SPOILERS is to show you the new images of the actual movie figures as well as the back of the packages revealing the bio's for the characters. Last week we had seen some initial images for the wave leak out, but we didn't see the character bio's. So first this is how the entire Shang-Chi wave breaks down: -Shang-Chi (Movie) -Death Dealer (Movie) -Wenwu (Movie) -Xialing (Movie) -Iron Man (Tony Stark AI) (Comic) -Civil Warrior (Comic) Again the Build-A-Figure for the wave is Mr. Hyde (Comic). Hasbro officially revealed the comic book Civil Warrior and Tony Stark AI figures back in February. So now for the movie based figures. It's funny because you can tell that most people posting these images on social media really don't care about the figures themselves, they are more interested in posting about the movie spoilers to be had in the figure bio's on the back of the packages. Also because people on social media never bother to give credit to the original source, it's hard to determine who the original person to post these was. The images seem to originate from multiple people and you can see the figures in one of the images have $23 price tages, so someone is actually selling these in a store some place. The movie isn't due out until September 3, 2021, so I don't expect the figures to be officially released until later this summer. Anyway lets get to the bio's and the MOVIE SPOILERS to be had in them. When we first heard about the terrorist group The Ten Rings in the original Iron Man movie, most assumed this would end up being an organization run by Iron Man's arch-nemesis in the comics The Mandarin, who of course wears 10 mystical rings that given him his powers. Later in Iron Man 3 we learned the MCU Mandarin wasn't really the big bad guy he was in the comics. Well now we are learning that the Ten Rings Organiztion is actually run by Shang-Chi's father Wenwu. Here is how the figure bio for Wenwu reads. Wenwu Shang-Chi's father Wenwu is the feared leader of the Ten Rings Organization, which has lurked in the shadows of the MCU since the very beginning. Shang-Chi Trained since childhood by the mysterious Ten Rings Organization, Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn back into his father's web. Xialing When her estranged brother Shang-Chi suddenly shows up in her life, Xialing must choose between the solitary life she has created for herself or join her brother in the fight against the Ten Rings. Death Dealer Death Dealer is one of the most formidable oppents Shang-Chi has ever faced. I see some online declaring Wenwu the MCU's real Mandarin, with the one we saw in Iron Man 3 only being a fake imposter. Whether that actually turns out to be the case in my mind remains to be seen, but I guess time will tell.

So it would seem some Hasbro Avengers: Endgame figures are already starting to show up overseas and with that of course it means images of them are hitting social media. Shown below via marvelflix_arg are images for several of the Titan Hero class figures as well as a couple basic 6" figures. While we have seen images these costumes before, it should be noted that minor SPOILERS are contained within these images For the Titan Heroes we have looks at Valkyrie, Black Widow, Ronin, Rocket Raccoon and Black Widow, Thor, Iron Spider, Black Panther, Captain America and Iron Man. It's unclear if characters like Valkyrie who was mysteriously missing in the opening scene of Avengers: Infinity War will actually be in the movie or if Hasbro is just using characters from previous movies. Many of the characters like Rocket, Black Widow, Thor are wearing those strange Avengers suits we have seen images of surface before. In the 6" Basic line we have a look at Thanos decked out in his battle armor as well as Hulk who is also wearing one of those strange Avengers suits.