Toy Fair 2019: Hasbro Marvel Legends Report

Hasbro held their annual Toy Fair Nerd Herd (officially the “Fan Media Day”) and it was packed – both with awesome new Marvel Legends reveals, and with people trying to get pictures of said Legends. It’s a big Marvel movie year for Marvel Studios and 21st Century Fox, and I was expecting the brand to line up with the movies those two studios are putting out.

  • Marvel Studios – Captain Marvel (figures already on shelves), Avengers: Endgame, and Spider-Man: Far From Home
  • Fox – Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants

While Hasbro did come out in full force in alignment with the movies, they still managed to mix in some surprises. Read on!

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NYCC 2018: Hasbro Marvel Legends Report

Hasbro kicked off New York Comic Con with their “deskside chat” with the Marvel brand team. Ryan Ting from marketing and Bobby Vala from design shared their latest reveals and plans for 2019.

I’ll be brief, since I’m trying to actually get to the convention sometime today šŸ˜€ – but will update as I review the video of our conversation. The video should go up on our YouTube channel late tonight or tomorrow morning.

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Quick Pics: Marvel Legends Deadpool Wave 2

The second wave of Marvel Legends Deadpool is arriving on shelves right on the heels of Deadpool 2 on DVD and Blu-ray (https://amzn.to/2wUEi7b) – a big thanks to Hasbro for providing these figures for review. The Sauron Build-a-Figure wave more accurately serves as a transition from Deadpool to the X-Men, in advance of a big movie year for Marvel’s mutants in 2019. The line-up includes three each of Deadpool and X-Men. On the Deadpool side, there’s the titular character in his boxers, another in his X-Men trainee t-shirt, and Lady Deadpool. From the X-Men, it’s villain Omega Red, X-23 in her All New All Different Wolverine costume, and Bishop in his glorious ’90s costume, complete with mullet.

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SDCC 2018: Hasbro Marvel Legends Report

Note: This year I’ll be updating this single post throughout San Diego Comic-Con with pics and video from the show floor, Hasbro’s media brand preview breakfast, interviews, and Hasbro’s Marvel panel. So, bookmark, and check back in again – I’ll have updates at least once a day.

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The Amazing Spider-Man (and Deadpool) – The Spider and the Merc! – Bill’s Comics

The Amazing Spider-Man (and Deadpool) – The Spider and the Merc

What do you get when you team a web-slinging superhero with an unpredictable, mouthy mercenary, then toss in some Hydra agents and a couple of super villains, and then let them all loose on the Big Apple? You get a crazy, zany, non-stop action-packed adventure, with the year’s most shocking endingā€¦ That’s what you get!!

Don’t believe it? Well, you don’t have to take our word for it – check it out for yourself, true believer!

Be sure to check out the rest of Bill’s work here at AFP and at Bill’s Comics. Also, thanks to Extreme-Sets for providing review samples of a wide variety of theirĀ diorama sets.

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