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[MeLikeJinx]

^ Great X-men group shot!

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Originally Posted by StuartGreen2019

I can understand why fans would be upset that the entire Fantastic Four are rumored to be four of the six slots of the Retro wave, but I'm actually thrilled.

Yah... IMO it would be crazy not to release the entire F4 team in a single wave. The original versions being released one at a time at Walgreens was like torture for me since the window to find something at Walgreens is very small, so you were constantly worried you will miss out on one of them.

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Originally Posted by hasbroherofan

MCUcollector 24 did an interview with Dwight, Dan and Ryan. In it, the Legends team confirmed the next X-Men wave after AOA wave 2 isn't themed and is going to be another grab bag of multiple decades like the previous waves.

I don't think the last 3 X-waves did very well... I mean the first AoA wave had a lot of pegwarmers... you can still find every one for cheap I think. You can find the entire Strong Guy wave at Gamestop right now. And the HoX wave is starting to pegwarm too. I'd imagine the 2nd AoA wave will do about the same. Gotta hope the X-wave after that one is full of heavy hitters and team finishers with a popular BAF like Blob or something.

[StuartGreen2019]

I think two of the main problems with the House of X wave were the controversy over Omega Sentinel's hair/skin color and Marvel Girl's terrible boots. Seriously, I don't know what they were thinking with Jean's boots. The Strong Guy wave also didn't really have an A-lister to anchor it. Sure, we got a long-awaited fan favorite like Black Tom Cassidy, but we also got two Deadpools and lesser-known characters like Shiklah and Maverick. I do hope that the new X-Men waves give us some more A-listers, a few newer characters and some Retro re-releases of the X-Men Blue/X-Men Gold era suits.

[ThorOdinson123]

Fwoosh did some digging and it looks like MCU Ironmonger/Obadiah Stane is the 6th set in the Infinity Wave. Also set 8 is rumored to be a store exclusive Avengers Endgame set

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Starting off with the Infinity Saga line, they have revealed another set for the Infinity Saga subline. This one is based on the first Iron Man movie which will be a general release. This set will be based on Iron Monger. This is something I have also seen listings for, so I feel very confident with this one. This is the one non-exclusive set in the assortment that I had not given any details on. Fwoosh technically is listing the set as Obadiah Stane & Iron Monger (Iron Man). The info I had seen did not indicate a second Obadiah figure will be included. It's possible there could be a second figure in the set or perhaps it will just have a top that opens to reveal a Stane upper body inside. We will have to wait and see. They also are suggesting set 8 which will likely be a store exclusive will be based on Avengers Endgame. That is info I had not seen before. So this is how the 10 figure assortment seems to now break down:

Set 1 - IM1 - Mark III - F0184
Set 2 - Unknown (likely store exclusive)
Set 3 - AVN2 - Age Of Ultron Quicksilver - F0186
Set 4 - THR1 - Odin - F0187
Set 5 - AVN4 - Endgame Fat Warrior Thor - F0188
Set 6 - IM1 - Iron Monger - F0218 - $69.99
Set 7 - THR3 - F0189 - $49.99
Set 8 - AV4 (likely store exclusive)
Set 9 - IM3 (likely Amazon exclusive)
Set 10 - AVN4 - Endgame Iron Man Mk.85 and Thanos - F0192 - $59.99

https://marvelousnews.com/252-28461?...6rCav08bAEwlWA

[En Sabah Nerd]

^^^
Given the $70 price I think most people were already assuming it would be Iron Monger.

[Super Joe]

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

Celestial Glove

Yes!!! To keep a good thing going, a la Gauntlet, which won rave reviews. Can be the same size, yet grander. Instead of including a sleeve (like the Gauntlet) the Celestial Glove can be just a huge hand.

[Super Joe]

Sell the Gloves to pair with a plethora of Celestial Helmets and Hasbro can theoretically do twice the sales

[Ultra Seven]

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

I don't think the last 3 X-waves did very well... I mean the first AoA wave had a lot of pegwarmers... you can still find every one for cheap I think. You can find the entire Strong Guy wave at Gamestop right now. And the HoX wave is starting to pegwarm too. I'd imagine the 2nd AoA wave will do about the same. Gotta hope the X-wave after that one is full of heavy hitters and team finishers with a popular BAF like Blob or something.

From what I’ve seen at retail, I’d agree with this. Granted my experience is apocryphal, but my Targets & Walmarts had a hard time getting rid of the Sugar-Man wave even at clearance. The same is true to a lesser extent of the Strong Guy wave, it was plentiful for months on end (except, bizarrely, for Pirate Deadpool). I’ve seen full sets of the HOX wave hanging on the pegs at my local Targets & Walmarts consistently for around a month. E-tailers also seem to have aggressively clearanced the 2020 X-waves.

My two cents is that the waves largely didn’t deliver what fans want for X-Men characters, but again, apocryphal. I remember a lengthy conversation/ rant from my LCS owner, who skipped the AOA & HOX waves entirely, and asked me “where’s Banshee?” The AOA stuff seems to go over decently on the forums, but I seriously wonder how they sold well enough to justify another wave considering that they’re like fungus at every store I visit.

From my experience it seems like AOA has limited appeal outside (and even within) hardcore collecting circles, and that HOX is too new for the figures to resonate.

[Dr Kain]

And here I had the opposite happen. Except for AoA Wolverine, stores couldn't keep the products in long enough to even consider clearancing them.

Even the new X-Wave is gone as quickly as it comes in.

The only Marvel figures that have peg warmed for me in the last year have been the X-Men movie stuff and I guess the Storm/Thunderbird 2 pack, but that is because Hasbro thankfully actually made sure stores had enough product unlike with their GI Joe line.

[ThorOdinson123]

Shartimus interviewed the legends crew

[Veronica Mars]

It seems like they might not be fond of old Russ

[Ultra Seven]

Lots of great little nuggets of info from these interviews. Here’s one from VeeBee over at the Fwoosh:

[hasbroherofan]

They strongly hint we're gonna get Grizzly on the new Ursa Major body.

When talking about redoing older figures, Ryan wants to make a new Toad at some point and eventually finish the classic Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Dwight talked about wanting to make Uatu and a new Mojo; Dan wants to redo Blob and Fin Fang Foom.

Also the original plan for the Iron Man BAF was Crimson Dynamo, but they didn't want to make two versions of the character so close together. Titanium Man was their second choice, but then they found out Select was already making him.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by hasbroherofan

They strongly hint we're gonna get Grizzly on the new Ursa Major body.

When talking about redoing older figures, Ryan wants to make a new Toad at some point and eventually finish the classic Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Dwight talked about wanting to make Uatu and a new Mojo; Dan wants to redo Blob and Fin Fang Foom.

Also the original plan for the Iron Man BAF was Crimson Dynamo, but they didn't want to make two versions of the character so close together. Titanium Man was their second choice, but then they found out Select was already making him.

Not six pack grizzly ?

[StuartGreen2019]

Grizzly sounds cool. I'm glad to hear the classic Brotherhood is on their radar. I'm hopeful we'll see Toad, Mastermind, Blob, Avalanche and/or Destiny at some point in the next year or two. I know Boog_ACBA was taking questions and was supposed to film an interview with the Marvel Legends team yesterday, but I have no idea when that video goes up. Are there any other usual YouTube channels taking questions and/or supposed to interview the Marvel Legends team that I forgot to check?

[Starlord67]

Im finding ALOT of HoX figures at my local Targets and Walmarts! I've only seen Jean once but the others, especially Omega Sentinel, seem to be plentiful.
Im hopeful the next wave after AOA II will include Banshee(either costume) and Outback PSYLOCKE. I'm also hoping we get the EXCALIBUR set soon.

[Veronica Mars]

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Originally Posted by Starlord67

Im finding ALOT of HoX figures at my local Targets and Walmarts! I've only seen Jean once but the others, especially Omega Sentinel, seem to be plentiful.
Im hopeful the next wave after AOA II will include Banshee(either costume) and Outback PSYLOCKE. I'm also hoping we get the EXCALIBUR set soon.

I'm hoping for those two and Longshot, and maybe Daken or Jimmy Hudson as the obligatory Wolverine

[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by Starlord67

Im finding ALOT of HoX figures at my local Targets and Walmarts! I've only seen Jean once but the others, especially Omega Sentinel, seem to be plentiful.
Im hopeful the next wave after AOA II will include Banshee(either costume) and Outback PSYLOCKE. I'm also hoping we get the EXCALIBUR set soon.

Yeah, those the items will knock off a lot of my non X-Force wants off my list. Shadowcat and Phoenix Rachel from excalibur, Outback Pyslocke and Banshee are all musts.

I would think that a Blob must be a fairly high priority for a BAF for a regular non themed X-Men wave. Mojo too, but Blob definitely is more in need of an update, which is odd since Mojo was Toybiz and Blob was dark days Hasbro. Just give us the BOEM II pack Hasbro. Mystique was a major pain for many to find, Destiny's never had a figure, Blob is needing a redo badly and Avalanche needs a new figure in his classic costume, not that weird outfit he had for X-Men classics....and we did just get classic (or close enough to count) Pyro last year. The writing's on the wall for this via either a set or singles.

[Veronica Mars]

I would like to see Lyja and Sharon Ventura for the F4 retro Wave

[hasbroherofan]

Boog Nasty had an interview with a few little nuggets of information.

The Legends team has suggested accessory packs before but upper management has been resistant. However, Dwight mentioned that they've been having success with the army builders and flight stands from Pulse, and if that continues then doing Pulse accessory packs may be a possibility. He mentioned doing themed ones for the X-Men, Avengers and even villains.

He asked about the pinless tech and Dwight said there won't be a complete changeover going forward because there are still hundreds of parts in the library that will be used for budgetary reasons.

No plans as of right now for any future themed comic waves like House of X after AOA 2.

Dwight, Dan and Ryan were asked which obscure character they'd like to make in Legends. Dwight's choice was Pretty Boy from the Reavers, Ryan's was Armor and Dan's was Blue Marvel and Isaiah Bradley.

Asked about which Iron Man armors they'd like to make, Dwight's was House of M, Ryan's would be a redo of Extremis with modern proportions and engineering, and Dan's was a redeco of Modular Iron Man in the bright red and yellow used in the cartoon.

They may do more Ultimate Riders figures but right now they're focused on Deluxe offerings instead. They also made it sound like Ultimate Rider Hawkeye isn't happening, but they may have been trying to throw off suspicion.

[Harbinger]

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Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

I would like to see Lyja and Sharon Ventura for the F4 retro Wave

I would absolutely love a Sharon Ventura Ms. Marvel. She was my favorite.

[hasbroherofan]

Watched Dan Who's interview and the big takeaway is there's gonna be a replacement for the BuckyCap body introduced soon.

[StuartGreen2019]

I loved how Dan Who Reviews? actually asked about Retro Spider-Man figures, which none of the other video interviews I saw asked about. That was surprising to me, considering Spider-Man is one of Marvel's most popular characters and most of the video interviews went over the HasLab Fantastic Four tease, the Sentinel figure, revisiting or making new first-time M.C.U. figures, the new Iron Man wave, or all of the above. Dan listed off ten characters as possible Retro Spider-Man figure contenders: Lizard, Rhino, Hobgoblin, Sandman, Shocker, Venom, Carnage, Doc Ock, Aunt May and Chameleon, respectively. Dwight says he doesn't remember which is going in the regular wave and which will be Retro releases, but he did say that we'll be seeing one of those characters "in some format". So the leaked Retro Hobgoblin listing might indeed be real. Even though Sandman, Lizard, Rhino, Shocker, and Hobgoblin are characters I'd love to see Marvel Legends figures of sooner rather than later, I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that we get a Retro Doctor Octopus with bendable wire tentacles, either for 2021 or 2022. I'd be surprised if we didn't get Doc Ock on the Retro card eventually, since he's one of Spider-Man's most persistent and greatest foes (and my personal favorite Spider-Man villain).

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by hasbroherofan

Watched Dan Who's interview and the big takeaway is there's gonna be a replacement for the BuckyCap body introduced soon.

That's what they said a few years ago when they unveiled the new Sunfire/Spidey 2099 body.

[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by hasbroherofan

Boog Nasty had an interview with a few little nuggets of information.

The Legends team has suggested accessory packs before but upper management has been resistant. However, Dwight mentioned that they've been having success with the army builders and flight stands from Pulse, and if that continues then doing Pulse accessory packs may be a possibility. He mentioned doing themed ones for the X-Men, Avengers and even villains.

He asked about the pinless tech and Dwight said there won't be a complete changeover going forward because there are still hundreds of parts in the library that will be used for budgetary reasons.

No plans as of right now for any future themed comic waves like House of X after AOA 2.

Dwight, Dan and Ryan were asked which obscure character they'd like to make in Legends. Dwight's choice was Pretty Boy from the Reavers, Ryan's was Armor and Dan's was Blue Marvel and Isaiah Bradley.

Asked about which Iron Man armors they'd like to make, Dwight's was House of M, Ryan's would be a redo of Extremis with modern proportions and engineering, and Dan's was a redeco of Modular Iron Man in the bright red and yellow used in the cartoon.

They may do more Ultimate Riders figures but right now they're focused on Deluxe offerings instead. They also made it sound like Ultimate Rider Hawkeye isn't happening, but they may have been trying to throw off suspicion.

I just became a Dan fan...Blue Marvel AND the "Truth"... I can only hope.

Ryan won serious points with Extremis and Armor.

Whut y'all waitin' for fellas???