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Marvel Legends 2-Packs – SHIELD Leaders – Maria Hill and Iron Man

Marvel Legends 2-Pack - SHIELD Leaders - Maria Hill and Iron Man

It was a little over a year ago, at San Diego Comic-Con, and I had been floored by the Hasbro Marvel team. Let’s face it, since Hasbro took over the Marvel license, they had some hits and some misses (some would argue more of the latter), and had just started hitting their stride. They had just released a Build-a-Figure Fin Fang Foom (wow!) and the their newest 2-packs were reminiscent of the Marvel Legends of old.

And then, the void. The retail channel was bogged down in older Legends products, and new product kept getting pushed back.

But the day has come, Marvel Legends fans! The newest wave of Marvel Legends 2-packs are hitting retail shelves, and I’ll be reviewing them over the next couple of days. First up, the SHIELD Leaders 2-pack, featuring the former top cheese at SHIELD, Maria Hill, and the guy who replaced her in the top spot, Iron Man.

I have had a set of these in my grubby hands for a few weeks, but those were due to go out to the winner of the Marvel Universe Covers Contest, so I first took some shots of the packaged figures. To whet your appetites, here they are.

Here were my thoughts at the time: Marvel Legends 2-Packs Wave 2 – packaged

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Seventh Kingdom – Queen Alluxandra and Isadorra

In an industry that is dominated by licensed properties, the Four Horsemen have forged ahead with the Seventh Kingdom, a non-licensed property of their own creation. Seventh Kingdom is one line within the umbrella of the Horsemen’s Fantastic Exclusive, in which fans help determine the product characteristics, like character selection and articulation.

The Seventh Kingdom’s Queen Alluxandra and Isadorra are part of the 3rd round of Fantastic Exclusives. The first round was headlined by Xetheus the minotaur, and the second was headlined by Ramathorr the elephant, both from the Seventh Kingdom as well. I picked up Queen Alluxandra and Isadorra at the Four Horsemen’s booth at San Diego Comic-Con.

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San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive Toy Story Buzz Lightyear

It’s getting pretty late and I need my beauty rest, so this one covering the SDCC Exclusive Toy Story Buzz Lightyear is going to be pretty brief.

I’m not sure why I took pictures of the outer box. It’s black. It has what I presume is the Buzz Lightyear logo on it. It also picks up fingerprints like one of those beautiful people on CSI: Miami. The goods are inside. Buzz’s rocketship are held in place by a couple of cardboard inserts that help protect those wings. It’s been a long time since I’ve watched the first Toy Story, but the packaging is close enough for my poor memory. It evokes the packaging from the movie, even if it’s not accurate to it.

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San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive Ghostbusters Egon Spengler

SDCC Exclusive Ghostbusters Egon Spengler with Slimer

Another one of the Mattel exclusives going on sale tomorrow, here’s a quick look at the Ghostbusters exclusive slimed variant of Egon Spengler.

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San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive Masters of the Universe Classics He-Ro

SDCC Exclusive MOTU Classics He-Ro with Hordak

Since the Mattel exclusives are going on sale tomorrow, I’ll try to get some quick hits up on the exclusives that I picked up. Sometimes I get the fever to buy something, anything, and on big sales days, that fever can get me in a lot of trouble. Maybe seeing some pics and hearing me ramble on will help you figure out whether you really want to buy something.

So, first up is the Masters of the Universe He-Ro. I picked up the exclusive version at San Diego, and for a really great review, Veebee at TheFwoosh.com did a pretty extensive look at it about a month and a half ago. I’ll point out what’s different between the versions and why mine is so much better than his! 😉

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