Entertainment Earth and BigBadToyStore have put up pre-orders for cases of the Marvel Legends series for Wolverine, but there’s still a fair amount of ambiguity. While the cases are said to have Wolverine, Cyclops, Emma Frost and Sabretooth, there are no case pack-outs yet, and no mention of the variants: Wolverine in his X-Force costume, Cyclops in his Phoenix Force costume, and Rogue in place of Emma. We saw the Wolverine Legends variants at Toy Fair.
BBTS has Wolverine Legends cases listed at $159.99, and Entertainment Earth has them at $179.99 – but that includes free shipping. They are listed as arriving in October.
Wolverine Legends Previews Exclusive 6-Inch Figure Case
- Wolverine, Cyclops, Emma Frost, and Sabretooth in 6-inch action figure form!
- Case includes 8 individually packaged action figures.
- Each action figure comes with an additional piece for the Puck build-a-figure!
The mutant berserker Wolverine is one of Marvel Comics’ most popular characters, and now he and other members of the mutant family are recreated as 6-inch tall action figures with the Wolverine Legends Previews Exclusive 6-Inch Action Figure Case! This case includes 8 individually packaged action figures. In the Wolverine Legends line, collectors will find dynamic figures of Wolverine (with his claws popped), Cyclops, Emma Frost, and Sabretooth. Each action figure features a costume based on the comics, and each figure comes with an additional piece for the Puck build-a-figure.
This case contains 8 individually packaged action figures, and may include (subject to change):
- Wolverine (Claws Popped)
- Cyclops
- Emma Frost
- Sabretooth
Hasbro destroyed this line, long live the ToyBiz days.
So the BBTS price is $35 more for a case of 8 than their price for the cases of the Rocket Raccoon and other waves. EE’s price is $50 more per case than their price for the other waves and comes out to $22.50 a figure.
So basically we’re looking at paying $5-8 more per figure to build Puck than it cost to build Iron Monger. Wonderful.
@Kevin- it looks like this wave of figures is a Previews Exclusive (http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/1/71/926?stockItemID=STK617352), so it is probably being produced in smaller quantities than a regular wave, and be limited to specialty and online retailers. that might explain the significantly higher prices than what you could find on the shelves of TRU or Walmart.
SamuRon Yeah, I understand and I’m not saying it’s Hasbro’s fault that retailers apparently didn’t pick this line up, but it’s still a bummer.