By virtue of the Marvel Universe Covers Contest I’ve gotten my big hands on a set of the second Hasbro wave of Marvel Legends 2-Packs that have been popping up. While I can’t open up the prize packages, I did snap a few pictures of the figures still in package. Enjoy!
Press pics have surfaced for the three 6-inch Marvel Legends prototype figures that Jesse Falcon displayed at Wizard World Philly. Lady Bullseye, Madrox the Multiple Man, and Warpath will be among 16 – 18 “mostly new” prototypes on display in Hasbro’s booth at San Diego Comic-Con. Starting at San Diego, Hasbro is opening up a Fan’s Choice poll for a wave of Marvel Legends 2-packs for 2010.
The top three vote-getters will be slotted into that wave of 2-packs. The Hasbro Marvel team will then pick another 3 figures from the prototypes shown, to be paired up with the Fan’s Choices. So, three 2-packs, with three of the figures chosen by fans, and three chosen by the Hasbro Marvel team. The timing for that wave has not yet been determined.
The Hasbro Marvel team checks in for the latest round of Q&A. There’s some updates on when we’ll be seeing the Iron Man animated line and a clue on who will be coming in Secret Wars. Unfortunately, my plea for Hasbro to just send me a Mighty Muggs Logan was far too subtle.
1. We’ll save the bulk of our San Diego Comic-Con questions for next Q&A, but here’s one for planning purposes. Will all the Marvel exclusives be available on HasbroToyShop.com? And will there be any differences between what’s available at the con and what will be released through HTS?
Yes, they will be available online, but they usually go reaaaaly fast, so make sure to get them quick! They’ll be the same as the units that are sold at the show.
Yesterday we posted an update from a member of TheFwoosh.com, who attended a Marvel action figure panel with Jesse Falcon (VP of Licensing at Marvel) at Wizard World Philadelphia. The update described what representatives from Hasbro and Marvel presented about their future plans for Marvel Legends. Today, I heard from the Hasbro Marvel brand team with some more details and clarification of what’s to come. Here’s the brass tacks:
Hasbro will launch a “Fan’s Choice Pick 3” poll for Marvel Legends at San Diego Comic-Con:
They will be displaying between 16 to 18 never-produced figures at their booth in San Diego Comic-Con. These will be mostly new figures, but some fans may have seen a couple of them before.
These figures will be options for the “Fan’s Choice Pick 3” poll. The poll will kick off on the first day of Comic-Con, and the top 3 vote getters will make it into the next wave of two packs. The next wave of two packs is slotted for 2010, with the exact timing still to be determined.
The Hasbro Marvel team will choose 3 other figures from the same 16 to 18 figures on display. They will be paired up with the Fan’s Choice winners in that wave.
So, to summarize, the next wave of two packs will feature six characters – 3 chosen by fans, and 3 chosen by the Hasbro Marvel team.
One point of clarification – our report yesterday indicated that there would be no more retailer exclusive waves for Marvel Legends. This was something that struck me as odd, since big box retailers wouldn’t normally have their 2010 plans until after Fall Toy Fair in October. And, it turns out to be inaccurate:
Actually, when asked about exclusives (someone mentioned that they had a hard time finding some of them and that they would prefer that exclusives didn’t continue), Jesse underscored the fact that exclusives were an important part of the business and would certainly continue.
Expect updates as we hear more – official pics are coming soon. I am still psyched to hear Marvel Legends plans, with the line currently on hiatus.
This year’s remaining Marvel Legends two packs, featuring Nick Fury, Hand Ninja, classic Iron Man, etc., are expected to retail shelves by mid to late August via Toys R Us and Diamond Comics.
Update: El Diablo V2 provided some more context for the panel and images:
They had a panel titled “Hasbro Toys: Marvel” or something along those lines. Jesse and two Hasbro people were there, one from marketing and the other was a sculptor I think, not sure. They showed three presentations and then held a Q&A. The first presentation was really interesting…it showed the process of making an ML, including some cool shots of the stages of Galactus. He went through it really fast and I barely could get a picture. The second slide-show was on Toybiz and what we missed out on. That one hurt a bit…
The last one was just Jesse opening up three .jpgs of the Mls and talking about each one. People cheered for the first two, and everyone was underwhelmed by Lady Bullseye.
I do need to say this…not ONCE did they mention/plug Marvel Universe. This was strictly 6″ ML talk. It was great. Jesse hung around a bit afterwards and I spoke with him for a minute. He must have been remotely un-creeped out because he walked out with me and shook my hand a few times. I told him I was from the Fwoosh and I thanked him for all of the information, and apologized about the onslaught of negativity directed at him. He was a stand-up guy and seemed to be having fun during the event.
Marvel Legends is back, according to a Fwoosher who attended Wizard World Philly today! Fwoosher El Diablo V2 spoke with Jesse Falcon, who ran the Marvel Legends line when it was at Toy Biz and handles aspects of the licensing relationship Marvel now has with Hasbro. Prior to New York Comic-Con earlier this year, Jesse said ‘I wanted to come on the Fwoosh and let you guys know that next weekend your [sic] going to see something I think is amazingly cool that will be happening with the 6″ Marvel Legends line,’ only to have to recant due to some miscommunication between Hasbro and Marvel. I’m really psyched to see this finally come to fruition – maybe Jesse can start posting at the Fwoosh again. 😀
Please note: the turnarounds for Absorbing Man and Darkhawk, and the prototype of the Avengers Quinjet are from the Toy Biz days. These were toys that were never released, not a teaser for upcoming toys from the Hasbro Marvel team. These were previously shown as part of Action Figure Insider’s “Behind the Plastic” panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2008.
Re: New Legends sneak peeks to be shown at Wizardworld Philly!
by El Diablo V2 on Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:14 am
Marvel legends Teaser - Lady Bullseye, Warpath, and Madrox the Multiple Man (credit: El Diablo V2)
Allright guys, here’s my report.
They will be showing 16-18 prototypes at SDCC for release in 2010.
The 3 two-packs will be hitting in late August at the latest, still distributed by Diamond and TRU.
They hinted at a new Deadpool being revealed SDCC, as well as an Inhuman to accompany Blackbolt.
No BAFs are coming out next year.
They will be doing a fan poll for new ML, the top 3 will be split across 3 new two-packs, with Hasbro choosing the partners. These will most likely come out this time next year.
NO RETAIL EXCLUSIVES NEXT YEAR!!!
They’re still working out packaging, as in singles/two-packs for the other assortments. It seemed to me they’re leaning towards two-packs for now still.
They also had a segment on Toybiz stuff that never made it, and I have a few pics from that as well.
Marvel Legends Teaser – Lady Bullseye, Warpath, and Madrox the Multiple Man (credit: El Diablo V2)
