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Soapbox Sunday: Did Hasbro Miss Their Best Chance to Release the Marvel Legends Bulldozer?

The Wrecking Crew

In just a couple of weeks, it will have been two years since Hasbro first showed us the Wrecker and Bulldozer, and gave Wrecking Crew fans the hope of completing that foursome in their Marvel Legends collections. We had gotten Thunderball and Piledriver as variant swaps in an earlier wave, and the plan was to do the same for the remaining pair by the middle of 2013.

But while the Wrecker made it to shelves, retailers threw Hasbro a curveball, necessitating a rebranding plan to tie Marvel Legends more closely to the Marvel movies. And we’ve been waiting for the fourth and final member of the Wrecking Crew ever since.

This begs the question – did Hasbro already miss their best chance to release the Marvel Legends Bulldozer?

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Weekend Toy Run: Marvel Select Action Figures Up To 40% Off (Today Only)

Today’s Entertainment Earth Daily Deal is for Marvel Select action figures – they’re up to 40% off, and there’s 29 different figures for sale. I’m a fan of some of the bigger guys in the line, and a lot of them are in the sale. Thor, Colossus, Thing, Juggernaut, Dr. Doom… the list goes on and on.

The sale is for today (January 10) only, so get your orders in while you can. I imagine some of these figures will sell out today. Happy shopping!

Toy Soul 2014 (Hong Kong): ThreeA Toys Booth Pics

3A Toys at Toy Soul 2014 (Hong Kong) 10

While we’re talking about 3A Toys, they recently shared pics of the 3A Toys booth at Toy Soul show in Hong Kong. I’ve reposted a few here, including their upcoming 1/12 scale Judge Death. It’s interesting that 2000 A.D. has a couple concurrent licensing deals. In addition to 3A, Mezco showed off their 1/12 scale Judge Dredd at NYCC. It’ll be interesting to see how much overlap there’ll be between the two licensees, both of whose figures I love.

All I can say is that neither company is making these figures fast enough for my liking, although the 3A Toys Judge Death does go up for pre-order next week. While it’s beautiful, I’m not sure if it’s a must-buy for me – I’m still plenty pleased with the Judge Death we got a few years ago in Legendary Comic Book Heroes from Marvel Toys (Toy Biz).

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Border Patrol: Marvel Legends Nomad, Gamecock, Brother Voodoo, and Black Talon by Rabid_Ewok

If you’re a fan of Z-list Marvel heroes and villains, then this edition of Border Patrol is for you. Rabid_Ewok submitted these four Marvel Legends customs for CustomCon 38, in his Marvel Legends Infinite Face Off Twin Packs entry. Now you can add them to your own collection!

They’re some of the cleanest customs I’ve seen in a while, and you can bet that there’s no way Hasbro will ever get this far into the Marvel depth chart, even if one of them is a legitimate Captain America variant.

In AFP’s Border Patrol, we scour active eBay auctions for customized action figures that you won’t want to let slip by!

Weekend Toy Run: Hasbro Retailer Exclusives Still Available; Some on Clearance

Retailer exclusives can be frustrating for today’s collector. I know I’m spending less time hitting brick and mortar stores for traditional toy runs, so when a toy company announces them, I start worrying about whether I’ll actually be able to acquire them for my collection.

With these Hasbro exclusives for Marvel Legends and Star Wars, I guess I needn’t have worried.

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