What has been worse for the Marvel Legends Line?

[spideyboy_1111]

MU figs barely even look posed correctly standing straight

 

[Roughneck]

I'm going to have to agree with the ML side on this one....all MU has going for it is selection.....and the fact that hasblow is backing the hell out of it

 

[venom892]

When I was at TRU the other day they were just warming pegs....It didn't seem they sold well.

 

[Spider-Jay420]

MU figs barely even look posed correctly standing straight

That Hulk fig looks like he got kicked in the balls.

 

[lars573]

Only cause you don't know how to pose that MU Hulk Sculpt.

 

[Spider-Jay420]

Well, I didn't pose that one. t:

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Only cause you don't know how to pose that MU Hulk Sculpt.

so you can only really have one way to really pose him? That's SOO AWESOME . Man o man, i can't wait to see all the few poses i can get these happy meal toys in.


and as someone said earlier.... these things are HUGE peg warmers... I never see any dissapear, ive seen the same ones in almost all the stores ive been too... and it looks like they've gotten nothing new in most stores since XO:Wolverine came out... for hasbro to honestly say these things are big sellers is ludicrous. Maybe they sell more then ML's... but maybe that's for the damn fact hasbro has not only sucked horridly at distributing them, but they also have no idea how to put a variety of figs out.

The smartest and most profitable way to do a correct single carded wave of legends is pretty simple... 7 figs in a wave, have 1 or 2 of them are well known flagship/popular characters and villains (wolverine, hulk, spider-man, captain america, iron man, thing, dr doom, human torch, magneto, storm, nightcrawler, gambit, cyclops, beast, venom, green goblin, etc...) this keeps kids buying the figs, who probably have no interest in getting a Valkyrie or Snowbird, or Corsair let alone know who they are. Now these "popular characters" can be variants for fans as well, or just redo's of previous versions. I know i'd love a jim lee rogue redo, or a black cat redo.

now this wave would also be a BAF wave... these help insure the whole wave gets sold.. and not just one or 2 figs from it. But.. fans hate buying redo's for a baf piece... so i suggest that only 5 parts are needed for a baf... and the 2 least likely figs to be bought in the wave from "kids" get the same BAF parts as the 2 "popular" figs.

this keeps people buying majority or all of the wave, makes the kids happy, and makes the collectors happy.

 

[Goldenage Batman]

everytime I buy a MU figure and I've only done this 5x I take em back......

 

[venom892]

so you can only really have one way to really pose him? That's SOO AWESOME . Man o man, i can't wait to see all the few poses i can get these happy meal toys in.


and as someone said earlier.... these things are HUGE peg warmers... I never see any dissapear, ive seen the same ones in almost all the stores ive been too... and it looks like they've gotten nothing new in most stores since XO:Wolverine came out... for hasbro to honestly say these things are big sellers is ludicrous. Maybe they sell more then ML's... but maybe that's for the damn fact hasbro has not only sucked horridly at distributing them, but they also have no idea how to put a variety of figs out.

The smartest and most profitable way to do a correct single carded wave of legends is pretty simple... 7 figs in a wave, have 1 or 2 of them are well known flagship/popular characters and villains (wolverine, hulk, spider-man, captain america, iron man, thing, dr doom, human torch, magneto, storm, nightcrawler, gambit, cyclops, beast, venom, green goblin, etc...) this keeps kids buying the figs, who probably have no interest in getting a Valkyrie or Snowbird, or Corsair let alone know who they are. Now these "popular characters" can be variants for fans as well, or just redo's of previous versions. I know i'd love a jim lee rogue redo, or a black cat redo.

now this wave would also be a BAF wave... these help insure the whole wave gets sold.. and not just one or 2 figs from it. But.. fans hate buying redo's for a baf piece... so i suggest that only 5 parts are needed for a baf... and the 2 least likely figs to be bought in the wave from "kids" get the same BAF parts as the 2 "popular" figs.

this keeps people buying majority or all of the wave, makes the kids happy, and makes the collectors happy.

That whole plan you just laid out for the waves is exactly what DC universe is doing and that's working awesome for them.

 

[lars573]

So far anyway. We'll see what 4 waves of the anchor figure being New gods or Martian Manhunter do for sales.

so you can only really have one way to really pose him? That's SOO AWESOME . Man o man, i can't wait to see all the few poses i can get these happy meal toys in.

I was staisfied with Red Hulk in a running pose and Hulk in a braced pose.

 

[Hellion]

Nobody Collects Marvel Select? Just asking...I never really here that anyones interested in those.

 

[Spider-Jay420]

eh, too expensive, too little articulation and out of scale for me. The only one I bought is the GG and Peter Parker one.

 

[Hellion]

That whole plan you just laid out for the waves is exactly what DC universe is doing and that's working awesome for them.

I've never seen any DCU figures anywhere here where I live? Are they popular...lol? I've only seen them on ebay...

 

[Spider-Jay420]

They're huge right now. Some of the best figures DC ever put out. And since Legends barely even come out anymore, they have zero competition. I prefer the articulation the Legends have, but they are some good looking figures.

 

[venom892]

Nobody Collects Marvel Select? Just asking...I never really here that anyones interested in those.

I have 4.Ultimate Venom and Moon Knight cause I love those characters and Mephisto and Thanos cause it seemed they wouldn't get done in ML(which they weren't and still doesn't seem they will.)

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Nobody Collects Marvel Select? Just asking...I never really here that anyones interested in those.

i buy them for bases, in scale characters (watcher/mephisto) and other figs i'm simply a fan of

 

[Roughneck]

yep, what Spideyboy said

 

[Darkness Falls]

the smaller scale figures suck A**

over here they are pretty much peg warmers
16.99 for a 3.75 inch figure is a bit pricey imo


i wish toy biz still had the licence

 

[Hellion]

Any news?...or is Hasbro still saying "We haven't forgot about the Legends fans..."...it seems like thats all I hear when Hasbro is asked about Marvel Legends...



What Marvel Select figures are in scale with the Marvel Legends? I have the Emma Frost and Marvel GIrl and there huge compared to the Legends......I'm tempted to buy the Incredible Hulk (looks HUGE!), Bucky(Modern) Captain America, Iron Man, and Modern Thor that came out around 2008...I'm also tempted to pick up Mephisto and the Zombie Hulk/Colonel America/Spider-Man...

 

[Roughneck]

In scale with ML?

Thanos
Mephesto (Close enough)
Watcher
Skrull/Brood pack
Cloak and Dagger

.....I know I must be missing some.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

In scale with ML?

Thanos
Mephesto (Close enough)
Watcher
Skrull/Brood pack
Cloak and Dagger

.....I know I must be missing some.

Thanos
Mephisto
Watcher
Skrull/Brood
Cloack and Dagger (in terms of old ML female body, not new)
Hulk
She-Hulk
Dr. Doom (to some)
Anti-Venom
Abomination
Thing
Sabertooth (as compared to TB ML3 wolverine)
Modern Thor

 

[Goldenage Batman]

I'm going to have to agree with the ML side on this one....all MU has going for it is selection.....and the fact that hasblow is backing the hell out of it

....heh Hasblow.....MU do suck....

 

[Spider-Jay420]

the smaller scale figures suck A**

over here they are pretty much peg warmers
16.99 for a 3.75 inch figure is a bit pricey imo


i wish toy biz still had the licence

17 bucks?! what a rip off!!

 

[Hellion]

The photos were supposedly from 07 but some guy has the X-Treme Psylocke variant, Luke Cage variant, and X-Men Classics Phoenix in his collection...he had a few others too...

...I want them too...

 

[Hellion]

Just got my Marvel Select Brood yesterday...Now my Brood Queen has a companion, might by a few extra but cheap loose Brood's...I'm only buying X-Character's again but I'll use the skrull in the brood display...

I've heard of these in the past but never saw photos of these prototypes until now......Lilandra, Magneto, Silver Samurai, 1st/Classic Costume Storm, Northstar, X-Uniform Gambit, and Aurora...They all look decent except Storm...I only have an issue with her head...it looks a little off to me...I could do without the Magneto as Toy Biz released two versions (well the same version with a different head), maybe retool Mags into Ultimate Mags...the others all look great to excellent imo...I hope they all get released at some point.

I also didn't know the Galactus series Professor X was going to have a hover chair variant...supposedly...the pic itself looked like a custom imo?, does anyone else know about this one...