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Post by The Assassin on Jul 20, 2013 17:13:51 GMT -5
Honestly I'm not that surprised by this news of ML as a standalone line/brand being cancelled. The ML figures themselves have been pretty good quality but I've thought for a long time that their character selections have been way too obscure. I mean just using myself as an example, I wouldn't say I'm a die-hard superhero fan, but I'm certainly a big superhero fan and have a much wider knowledge of characters than a casual fan, yet despite that probably 75% of the characters made in the recent ML series' I'm not even familiar with. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure most of these characters are great and deserve to have figures, but I just don't think there is enough mass-market appeal for most of them.
If I were in charge at Hasbro I'd be putting way more well known characters in the lineups and sprinkling in the obscurer ones a little less often. I mean case in point, the Toybiz Marvel Legends figures were great in their day, but a good amount of them would've been nice to see redone in the modern Hasbro series. Yet Hasbro hasn't really redone that many of the most famous characters who Toybiz made as far as I can see, which I find a strange choice. I know manufacturing prices are high but with the recent popularity surge for superheroes (movies being a big part of this) I think the market is definetely there for (comic-based) superhero figures aimed at kids and collectors alike. But I really think what has killed the ML Legends line in this instance is the character selection.
Although considering how the DC Universe Classics line is apparently struggling too, perhaps I'm wrong. Although in my opinion Marvel has always had a much wider and stronger roster of characters to draw upon than DC.
Hopefully this isn't the end of ML though, like the guy said if they can get ML style figures out in the movie-specific waves (e.g. the Wolverine Marvel Legends series) then maybe all is not lost. There's still probably 50-60 characters I'd like to see made in ML.
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Post by B-Radimus Prime on Jul 20, 2013 19:03:28 GMT -5
Kind of glad they canceled him, I didn't see them finishing the team. They cancelled him? Does that mean....Rogue too?
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Post by RAC on Jul 20, 2013 19:18:40 GMT -5
Kind of glad they canceled him, I didn't see them finishing the team. They cancelled him? Does that mean....Rogue too? They came out and said he's canceled, but Rogue isn't in the Wolverine wave anymore. She's postponed until they find a line for her, maybe if they come out with a 2nd wave for Wolverine or next year's X-Men line.
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Post by Scotty on Jul 21, 2013 11:41:53 GMT -5
Also happy about the change. In all honesty, a lot of the people they were putting out I had very little knowledge on and therefore didn't want figures of them.
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Post by Franky4Fingers on Jul 21, 2013 11:44:57 GMT -5
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Post by Captain McKay on Jul 21, 2013 11:53:49 GMT -5
That Widow is really nice looking!
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Post by poindizzle on Jul 23, 2013 9:16:27 GMT -5
I'm excited for that Wolverine 6" line. The proportions on the X-Force body are better than the Apocalypse Wave Wolverine figure, so a new Modern Wolverine will be welcomed. Plus a current Cyclops is nice, plus IMO it looks nicer than the Astonishing one we got in the Brood wave. Sabretooth, I'm not sure when he ever wore that costume, but it might be nice for a custom or something. The others are good, but I probably won't grab any, save for maybe Rogue (for a Jim Lee custom, since the ML Box Set one is pretty awful). Agree about the Wolverine wave. It's Previews exclusive, so if you don't want to order online and have a comic shop nearby, if they haven't already ordered them, they should still be available. My shop's getting several cases, they'll probably retail at about $18, but it's at the discretion of your store. The Sabretooth costume is presumably from his post Wolverine 300 return. I read a crap ton of comics and yet have somehow missed everything with him in it in the past year and a half or so that he's returned. I wanted to originally say that I remember it from the comic series 'Exiles', but a quick google search provided nothing. I found an Uncanny X-Force cover by Jerome Opena with that costume, although I don't think he even wears it in the book. The other images appear to be Trevor Hairsine and possibly Clay Mann. I know when Wolverine killed Creed in the past volume of Wolverine he was wearing the old costume with the fur around the collar.
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Post by PJ on Jul 23, 2013 9:27:39 GMT -5
Is that the attire of Captain America in the next movie? If so I like it way more than the one used in the Avengers.
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Post by Captain McKay on Jul 23, 2013 10:21:06 GMT -5
Agree about the Wolverine wave. It's Previews exclusive, so if you don't want to order online and have a comic shop nearby, if they haven't already ordered them, they should still be available. My shop's getting several cases, they'll probably retail at about $18, but it's at the discretion of your store. The Sabretooth costume is presumably from his post Wolverine 300 return. I read a crap ton of comics and yet have somehow missed everything with him in it in the past year and a half or so that he's returned. I wanted to originally say that I remember it from the comic series 'Exiles', but a quick google search provided nothing. I found an Uncanny X-Force cover by Jerome Opena with that costume, although I don't think he even wears it in the book. The other images appear to be Trevor Hairsine and possibly Clay Mann. I know when Wolverine killed Creed in the past volume of Wolverine he was wearing the old costume with the fur around the collar. Ahh, okay. Thanks man! I was thinking of just grabbing the Sabretooth and making a custom Jim Lee version. I never thought the ML5 one was very well proportioned. I have the Select one, which is amazing, but he isn't articulated very well. I saw this pic on the ACBA Facebook (credit George Barreto) of the X-Force Wolverine with the ML12 unmasked head. I think it looks great, I'm gonna do this with the new blue/yellow one when I get it. I always loved the sculpt of that Astonishing X-Men Logan.
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Post by poindizzle on Jul 23, 2013 10:43:25 GMT -5
Agree about the Wolverine wave. It's Previews exclusive, so if you don't want to order online and have a comic shop nearby, if they haven't already ordered them, they should still be available. My shop's getting several cases, they'll probably retail at about $18, but it's at the discretion of your store. The Sabretooth costume is presumably from his post Wolverine 300 return. I read a crap ton of comics and yet have somehow missed everything with him in it in the past year and a half or so that he's returned. I wanted to originally say that I remember it from the comic series 'Exiles', but a quick google search provided nothing. I found an Uncanny X-Force cover by Jerome Opena with that costume, although I don't think he even wears it in the book. The other images appear to be Trevor Hairsine and possibly Clay Mann. I know when Wolverine killed Creed in the past volume of Wolverine he was wearing the old costume with the fur around the collar. Ahh, okay. Thanks man! I was thinking of just grabbing the Sabretooth and making a custom Jim Lee version. I never thought the ML5 one was very well proportioned. I have the Select one, which is amazing, but he isn't articulated very well. I saw this pic on the ACBA Facebook (credit George Barreto) of the X-Force Wolverine with the ML12 unmasked head. I think it looks great, I'm gonna do this with the new blue/yellow one when I get it. I always loved the sculpt of that Astonishing X-Men Logan. That looks pretty great, actually. I always liked that sculpt, too. It was very close to John Cassaday's artwork.
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Post by poindizzle on Jul 23, 2013 11:27:45 GMT -5
I took to ebay to get Luke Cage since they've stated that they aren't re-releasing him any time soon. I'll snag some pics once he arrives. I feel like even if he does get slotted into another assortment, the money was worth not having to wait. It's driven me up a wall to not get the Blade figure after almost 2 damn years of knowing about it's existence. If they do reissue Cage, I'll pick one up to keep MOC, or maybe they'll modify/repaint the figure in some way.
I must say that Luke Cage has been one of my absolute favorite hero revamps of the 00's. I have a ranging opinion of Bendis' body of work, but New Avengers was largely enjoyable and Cage was a fantastic addition to the team with much character added. He was great in Jeff Parker's Thunderbolts, and despite Greg Land's hideous 'art'work (tracework) I'm still very excited for Mighty Avengers. I hate that these character's I've been clamoring for are either cancelled or exclusives. I really want Psylocke from last year but with her being double what I paid for Luke Cage (which hit my wallet pretty hard), she ain't happening.
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Jul 23, 2013 15:43:25 GMT -5
Black widow looks cool. Where was that figure last yr hasbro?!?
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Post by RAC on Jul 23, 2013 20:56:31 GMT -5
It's because of the rebrand of legends that hasbro has more money for it's tie-in waves to films.
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Aug 13, 2013 16:02:35 GMT -5
Saw these at Amok Time today. First time in that store. It was pretty cool.
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Post by lifigures on Aug 13, 2013 21:31:03 GMT -5
Saw these at Amok Time today. First time in that store. It was pretty cool. I was there on Sunday, thats my main comic/toy shop. Whatd you think of it?
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Aug 13, 2013 21:34:19 GMT -5
Saw these at Amok Time today. First time in that store. It was pretty cool. I was there on Sunday, thats my main comic/toy shop. Whatd you think of it? It was hard to find lol! Especially with the rain today. I loved the store. They had a bunch of stuff that wasn't even out yet. I was looking for the new gi joe figs but they were sold out. Very cool tho. I also hit the target in that area n scored another e22 rock lol. Def gonna stop by from time to time when I'm out in the island.
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Post by LaParka on Aug 15, 2013 19:38:56 GMT -5
Kmart finally got wave 2 of the Iron Man movie legends line. Haven't seen them anywhere else.
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Post by PJ on Aug 16, 2013 6:28:15 GMT -5
How much was Hawkeye at Amok Time? Seriously other than a couple pegwarmers from series 1 I'vw not seen any figures in stores. Never seen the Punisher wave at retail.
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Aug 16, 2013 9:40:01 GMT -5
How much was Hawkeye at Amok Time? Seriously other than a couple pegwarmers from series 1 I'vw not seen any figures in stores. Never seen the Punisher wave at retail. They were only selling the complete sets there.
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Post by PJ on Aug 16, 2013 9:46:54 GMT -5
Ok thanks
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