It’s a few weeks later than we expected them, but Hasbro has released the results of the 2010 Marvel Legends Fan’s Choice poll they kicked off at San Diego Comic-Con. Your picks? Deadpool, Valkyrie, and Black Widow.
At the show, I talked with Scott George of the Hasbro Marvel team – we differed on how we thought the poll might turn out. He thought that the vote would swing in favor of the more eclectic choices. I counted on the mass market kicking in and thought it would go the way of the more popular characters. With Deadpool coming in at #1, I’m guessing it went more my way than his. Scott, you owe me a Coke!
Now the arduous task is ahead of us – waiting for Hasbro to release their accompanying three picks!
FAN’S CHOICE MARVEL LEGENDS – THE RESULTS ARE IN!
Because you demanded it! You debated the choices, you cast your votes and now it’s time to reveal the winners – the top 3 fan favorites as decided by you! So, without further delay, the winners of the 2010 Marvel Legends Fan’s Choice Poll are:
1st Place – Deadpool
2nd Place – Valkyrie
3rd Place – Black Widow
As we’re sure you already know, these three winners have now made it into the next wave of Marvel Legends 2 packs along with three figures (our picks) to be announced later. Three new two packs in the wave, 6 total figures, you pick three and we pick three – nice!
We want to thank all of the Marvel Fans and collectors who logged on and cast their votes – the response was tremendous! It was great talking with you in San Diego… and we hope your choices made the cut. Keep your eyes open for an announcement on the Hasbro picks for this wave, coming soon!
Here’s the pics I took of the winners at SDCC. For the writeup and pics of all the Fan’s Choice selections, see my San Diego Comic-Con Hasbro Marvel Pics.
Marvel Legends Nemesis Wave - Nova, Tigra, Black Bolt, Nemesis (BAF), Daredevil, and Beast
Before I get started, yes, I know that there’s no Punisher here. Since the Marvel Legends Nemesis wave is a Wal-Mart exclusive, I had to rely on the kindness of others to get these figures. It started wayyyyy back when this wave started hitting in Canada – I thought they’d be hitting the US with haste, and when they didn’t, it was too late to nab a set. Some smart people did, and I was the beneficiary of the heavy packing of Punisher and Daredevil, and their variants – a friend passed along their extra Build-A-Figure pieces for Nemesis (nee Holocaust).
When this wave recently started hitting Wal-Marts in the US, I again relied on friends to fill out the wave. But since I already had the BAF piece, and because I already had the perfect Punisher (a combination of Toy Biz’s ML 4 and Face-Off, by Joshua Izzo), I passed on him. So, this pictorial is brought to you by kickass Fwooshers Simun, DisThunder, and ActorJez – thanks very much, guys!
Marvelous News has posted press pics of the first wave of of Marvel Universe due in 2010. With this series, Hasbro is shifting the Marvel Universe theme from Nick Fury and SHIELD to Normal Osborne and HAMMER, following the Dark Reign story line currently underway in Marvel Comics. The numbering scheme will begin at #1 again, as this will be the “2nd edition” of Marvel Universe.
Getting a Jim Lee Jean Grey and Sunfire in Marvel Universe is sure to raise the hackles of Legends collectors who have been clamoring for those characters in 6-inches – to me, this demonstrates the commitment of the Hasbro Marvel team to make Universe the best it can be. The Logan in the X-Men training outfits was not shown in the main showcase display at San Diego Comic-Con, but we did manage to find him in the large Marvel Universe diorama. At the show, Hasbro said that the figure was just a prototype and hadn’t been slotted into a wave yet.
I’m not a big fan of Hasbro’s heavily manipulated press shots. For a better look, check out the pictures from our San Diego Comic-Con coverage.
2010 Wave 1 Marvel Universe Figure Images
Spider-Man (House of M)
Jean Grey (Jim Lee)
Logan (X-Men Training Outfit)
Sunfire
Vision
Warpath (X-Force)
We first showed you these a few weeks ago at the San Diego Comic Con, and now we bring you some new images of Hasbro’s first wave of Marvel Universe figures for 2010. Shown are the following figures:
Hasbro and Toys R Us are holding a sale through this Saturday, August 15. On selected products, you’ll get free shipping and save:
$10 off a $30 purchase
$20 off a $60 purchase
or $30 off a $90 purchase
I skimmed the entire selection, and it’s sparse, but one item did stand out – the GI Joe Pit Mobile Headquarters. The Pit normally goes for $99, so you’ll get $30 off, and then the free shipping. If you’re in the market for the Pit, I don’t think you’ll get a better deal than this.
Take $10, $20 or $30 off some of the hottest toys, games and action figures from Hasbro with FREE Shipping from Toys”R”Us! Take $10 off a $30+ Purchase, $20 off a $60+ purchase and $30 off a $90+ purchase of Nerf games and blasters, Tonka and Playdoh for preschoolers, Summer blockbuster movie action figures and toys from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, great looking Star Wars and Star Wars: Clone Wars collectibles plus a huge selection of classic family board games. An amazing money saving deal with FREE shipping from Toys”R”Us and Hasbro!
Before I get into the review, I wanted to share with you that I discovered today that I have too many toys just sitting around. Many of you know that I don’t have a lot of shelf space. I had thought I rectified this by putting up new shelving unit cubes recently, in place of the two big plastic containers that I affectionately called “Staging Area One.” The problem is that everything in Staging Area One (and on top of it) had to go somewhere. So for now, they’re in little canvas “drawers” that fit into the cubes. It’s still completely disorganized.
The worst part is that I can’t start setting up figures on my shelves, because my wife wants to replace the carpet – meaning everything, including the shelving units I just assembled and stacked, will have to come out. My reason for telling this story? I wanted you to know why I couldn’t find the original Super Skrull for comparison, and why Ronan the Accuser is without his Universal Weapon.
