Marvel Legends Franklin Richards Final Reveal To Celebrate The 20th Anniversary

DESTRO · 12-20-2022, 05:13 AM

Marvel Legends Franklin Richards Final Reveal To Celebrate The 20th Anniversary

https://news.toyark.com/2022/12/20/m...versary-490688

Spyne98 · 12-20-2022, 05:29 AM

Gotta admit, this was unexpected. I’m not entirely sure that I need him on my shelf. Especially since I don’t have that suit color Fantastic Four.

Dolemite · 12-20-2022, 09:00 AM

No one will care about this figure.

Also, nice re-use to the gun barrel effects, lol.

Skoob · 12-20-2022, 09:43 AM

What's the 'F' for?

SpaceManSpiff · 12-20-2022, 10:27 AM

I must have missed some issues. Wasn't Franklin Blonde? Does he still have a sister?

SuperWeird · 12-20-2022, 10:35 AM

Since when did Franklin become so old? The Franklin I always knew was like 5 years old. Who’s this teeny-bopper?

Cobra1 · 12-20-2022, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

No one will care about this figure.

Also, nice re-use to the gun barrel effects, lol.

I had no idea this guy was even a thing.

Jester · 12-20-2022, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by SuperWeird

Since when did Franklin become so old? The Franklin I always knew was like 5 years old. Who’s this teeny-bopper?

And since when has he had black hair? Is he going through a Goth phase or something?

CelticMutt · 12-20-2022, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SpaceManSpiff

I must have missed some issues. Wasn't Franklin Blonde? Does he still have a sister?

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Originally Posted by SuperWeird

Since when did Franklin become so old? The Franklin I always knew was like 5 years old. Who’s this teeny-bopper?

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Originally Posted by Jester

And since when has he had black hair? Is he going through a Goth phase or something?

Franklin has been a teenager for at least ten years now. I think he's been dark haired just as long. Maybe since the 2015 Secret Wars, or earlier. And Valeria is still around as far as I know.

toyhandle · 12-20-2022, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Jester

And since when has he had black hair? Is he going through a Goth phase or something?

Reed might want to run a DNA test, that kid looks a little too much like Namor.

hainrs · 12-20-2022, 04:30 PM

Who? I have no idea who that is.

En Sabah Nerd · 12-20-2022, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Also, nice re-use to the gun barrel effects, lol.

That's the most exciting part of this reveal to me, I had no idea those were compatible with the flasks.

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Originally Posted by hainrs

Who? I have no idea who that is.

Franklin Richards is the son of Mr Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, he's been around for decades but has never been too prominently featured beyond being their kid. Usually he was a younger looking blonde but for a while now he's looked like this figure depicts.

Kernel · 12-20-2022, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

That's the most exciting part of this reveal to me, I had no idea those were compatible with the flasks.

Franklin Richards is the son of Mr Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, he's been around for decades but has never been too prominently featured beyond being their kid. Usually he was a younger looking blonde but for a while now he's looked like this figure depicts.

False! He's been prominently featured in several power pack stories as well.

Seems like hasbro is scraping the bottom of the barrel here, easy pass at any price

Jester · 12-20-2022, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by CelticMutt

Franklin has been a teenager for at least ten years now. I think he's been dark haired just as long. Maybe since the 2015 Secret Wars, or earlier.

Yes, but why? Prior to that, he'd been blond since his first appearance in 1968, and neither of his parents are dark-haired. To build on toyhandle's comment, this really seems like another case of someone at Marvel having a Joe Quesada-like hate-boner for a certain character's marriage.

Zigerlion · 12-20-2022, 06:06 PM

I stopped caring about Franklin Richards after "Heroes Reborn", and even less after they de-mutant him like Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. N'uff said.

Zigerlion · 12-20-2022, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Jester

Yes, but why? Prior to that, he'd been blond since his first appearance in 1968, and neither of his parents are dark-haired. To build on toyhandle's comment, this really seems like another case of someone at Marvel having a Joe Quesada-like hate-boner for a certain character's marriage.

Looks like it was because of his emo phase. From the wiki: Franklin started dyeing his hair black after his powers began to wane (to the satisfaction of Johnny Storm who thought there were too many blondes in their family).[86] While in Thought Space where thoughts can become reality, he made his hair permanently black.[87]

En Sabah Nerd · 12-20-2022, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Kernel

False! He's been prominently featured in several power pack stories as well.

Fair point, I forgot about Power Pack and also should've worded my post better. I don't count his appearances as a living MacGuffin as being proper featured, like when he gets involved in the original Onslaught story, because at that point you could replace him with any powerful artifact and the story would be pretty unaffected.

snake5289 · 12-20-2022, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Zigerlion

Looks like it was because of his emo phase. From the wiki: Franklin started dyeing his hair black after his powers began to wane (to the satisfaction of Johnny Storm who thought there were too many blondes in their family).[86] While in Thought Space where thoughts can become reality, he made his hair permanently black.[87]

That has to be one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.

ghostbogey · 12-20-2022, 07:17 PM

Huh...
Who????
ok...
whatever ;^)

mangkanorxxv · 12-20-2022, 08:07 PM

pass. I dont like this character.

Kernel · 12-20-2022, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Fair point, I forgot about Power Pack and also should've worded my post better. I don't count his appearances as a living MacGuffin as being proper featured, like when he gets involved in the original Onslaught story, because at that point you could replace him with any powerful artifact and the story would be pretty unaffected.

It also seemed like he had a pretty big role in saving the existence of the marvel multiverse at the end of the last Secret Wars with God emperor Doom.
He also had a role in the mutant massacre, and a pretty crazy role in earth X as the new galactus

GizmoTron · 12-21-2022, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by snake5289

That has to be one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.

Well Franklin is a teenager now, so of course he does stuff that is dumb.

I remember him and his sister most during Hickman's run on FF through Secret Wars, where obviously they were still very young. His aging up when the FF returned after Secret Wars didn't bother me at first, since I don't mind when characters are allowed to actually grow up a little, at least until Dan Slott decided to retcon decades of comics so he didn't have to share the character with the X-books. Since then there hasn't been much reason if any to care about the now depowered and de-mutant modern Franklin.

I will likely still buy this multi-pack at some point, but I still hold out hope Legends will one day make good classic versions of Franklin and Val.

JPs · 12-22-2022, 04:11 PM

When did he dye his hair black? I haven't been keeping up with FF, & modern comics are trash, but why?

redfox · 12-22-2022, 10:32 PM

Really going to need to see the corresponding Valeria figure, because as-is I'm not sold on this set. I know this is his more recent appearance, but the figure is not giving me any Franklin Richards vibes standing alone.

Harbinger · 01-17-2023, 01:07 PM

I like valeria. Ill find a place for her on the ol’ shelf

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Jester Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Gateway Station Barracks Posts: 825	Quote: Originally Posted by SuperWeird Since when did Franklin become so old? The Franklin I always knew was like 5 years old. Who’s this teeny-bopper? And since when has he had black hair? Is he going through a Goth phase or something? __________________ Trade Feedback Thread

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En Sabah Nerd Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 9,794	Quote: Originally Posted by Dolemite Also, nice re-use to the gun barrel effects, lol. That's the most exciting part of this reveal to me, I had no idea those were compatible with the flasks. Quote: Originally Posted by hainrs Who? I have no idea who that is. Franklin Richards is the son of Mr Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, he's been around for decades but has never been too prominently featured beyond being their kid. Usually he was a younger looking blonde but for a while now he's looked like this figure depicts. __________________

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Jester Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Gateway Station Barracks Posts: 825	Quote: Originally Posted by CelticMutt Franklin has been a teenager for at least ten years now. I think he's been dark haired just as long. Maybe since the 2015 Secret Wars, or earlier. Yes, but why? Prior to that, he'd been blond since his first appearance in 1968, and neither of his parents are dark-haired. To build on toyhandle's comment, this really seems like another case of someone at Marvel having a Joe Quesada-like hate-boner for a certain character's marriage. __________________ Trade Feedback Thread