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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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Marvel Universe Covers Contest – the Winners

It’s time for us to announce the winners of the Marvel Universe Covers Contest, brought to you by the Hasbro Marvel team and the guys who run ActionFigurePics.com and TheFwoosh.com. We had a very tough time picking just three winners, because all the covers entered this year were really great. So we’ll be adding three more prize winners for honorable mentions – but don’t get your hopes up guys, because your prizes will be coming from AFP’s Free Stuff stash.

Without further ado, here are your winners!

First Prize: Calbretto - Irredeemable Ant-Man #1

Calbretto blew us away with his composition of Robert Kirkman’s first issue of The Irredeemable Ant-Man. Ant-Man is known for his exaggerations, so while we can’t find 23 villains in the cover, we really enjoyed seeing so many Marvel baddies from Hasbro, Toy Biz, and Diamond Select being crushed by Calbretto’s custom Eric O’Grady Ant-Man.

He’ll be receiving a prize pack consisting of all three Hasbro / Marvel Comic Con Exclusives (the 70th Anniversary Invaders 4-pack, the single-carded gray scale Captain America, and the Wolverine Mighty Mugg) plus the new wave of Marvel Legends 2-packs. Congrats!

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Marvel Legends 2-Packs Available at TFAW.com with Coupon Codes

If you’re like me and forgot to put in a pre-order for the latest Marvel Legends 2-packs with Iron Man / Maria Hill, Nick Fury / Hand Ninja, and Skrull / Kree Warriors, you might be scrambling like me to pick these up somewhere. I just saw tonight that these are all *in stock* at TFAW.com for $26.99. That’s a couple more than at Toys R Us, but I’m not sure when they’ll stock online, and I’m not up for hitting the store every day.

To help out, here’s some coupon codes that are good through the end of August:

Free Domestic Shipping on $30+ IN-STOCK ORDERS – Coupon Code: DOGDAYS
10% Off IN-STOCK ORDERS Over $50 – Coupon Code: SCORCHER

Good hunting!

Marvel Universe Covers Contest – the Entries

Which cover do you like best?

Amazing Fantasy – 15 – Enforcer
Amazing Spider-Man – 186 – ninjak
Amazing Spider-Man – 252 – Enforcer
Amazing Spider-Man – 416 – ninjak
Amazing Spider-Man – 500 – ninjak
Amazing Spider-Man – 539 – Enforcer
Amazing Spider-Man – 542 – Enforcer
Astonishing X-Men – 7 – Enforcer
Astonishing X-Men – Gifted – Enforcer
Avengers – 173 – maschine9
Avengers – 495 – Enforcer
Avengers – 497 – Enforcer
Avengers – 500 – Enforcer
Avengers – 501 – Enforcer
Avengers – 503 – Enforcer
Civil War – 1 – Toyrewind
Daredevil – 1 – Enforcer
Daredevil – 8 – Discogod
Daredevil – 103 – Enforcer
Dark X-Men – 1 – Calbretto
Deadpool – 4 – RoyalCollector
Excalibur – 1 – Discogod
Gambit – 1 – RoyalCollector
Ghost Rider – Casualties of War – 9 – Hurricanebtvs
Giant Size Astonishing X-Men – 1 – Enforcer
House of M – 1 – Enforcer
Iron Man – 317 – Smartest Way To Advertise
Irredeemable Ant-Man – 1 – Calbretto
Journey into Mystery – 83 – B.A.L.D..
Mighty Avengers – 8 – Enforcer
Moon Knight – 7 – Enforcer
Moon Knight – 8 – Enforcer
New Avengers – 1 – Enforcer
New Avengers – 12 – Enforcer
New Avengers – 35 – Enforcer
New Avengers – 42 – Calbretto
New X-Men – 127 – Calbretto
Phoenix Endsong – 1 – RoyalCollector
Secret Invasion – 1 – Enforcer
Secret Invasion – 7 – Enforcer
Secret Invasion Saga – 1 – Maximoff
Spectacular Spider-Man – 197 – ninjak
Spider-Man – 75 – Enforcer
Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man – 1 – Calbretto
The Incredible Hulk – 272 – avenger
The Spectacular Spider-Man – 15 – RoyalCollector
Thor – 81 – Sneaking “Green Screen” Box
Uncanny X-Men – 102 – Raynir
Uncanny X-Men – 109 – Raynir
Uncanny X-Men – 135 – Raynir
Uncanny X-Men – 136 – Raynir
Uncanny X-Men – 466 – RoyalCollector
Uncanny X-Men – 494 – Enforcer
Uncanny X-Men – 494 Variant – Enforcer
Web of Spider-Man – 1 – ninjak
Wolverine – 88 – Smartest Way To Advertise
X-Men – 1 – Enforcer
X-Men – 1 – raydaimon
X-Men – 32 – maschine9
X-Men – 178 – Enforcer
X-Men Messiah Complex One Shot – Enforcer

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Thanks to our good friends on the Hasbro Marvel Team, ActionFigurePics.com and TheFwoosh.com were able to present the Marvel Universe Covers Contest. This was an opportunity for you to win some fantastic prizes featuring new Marvel products, like the 70th Anniversary Invaders 4-pack, the single-carded gray scale Captain America, and the Wolverine Mighty Mugg – all HasbroToyShop.com exclusives that debuted at San Diego Comic-Con.

The challenge? Recreate classic covers from the Marvel library of comic book titles, using action figures from the Marvel lines from Hasbro and Toy Biz.

While the judging is now underway, we’re proud to present the covers that the you produced – over sixty of them! We’ll be posting the results of the contest soon, so stay tuned.

San Diego Comic-Con Hasbro Marvel Pics

It’s late (I forgot that I shouldn’t wait in lines on Preview Night – thank you for reminding me, Mattel!), so I’ll be brief with my comments. Hasbro’s Marvel display had a lot to be excited about.

Update: Added the ML 2-Packs and and a few more pictures in most categories.

Marvel Legends 2-Packs – If the current wave of 2-packs sells, we should see white Ninja / Dum Dum Dugan, Sharon Carter / Stealth Iron Man, and Invisible Woman / Human Torch 2-packs hitting retail.

Marvel Legends Fan Choice – Wow. Eclectic choices. Good looking figures that leverage lots of existing parts. This will be a tough vote for the Fan Choice poll.

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