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Originally Posted by NasalHair

I've been through some of these sites and noone seems to realize the company side of this..

First off Marvel Legends is a toybiz line..
Toybiz merged with marvel at some point, became part of the marvel company

In 2007 marvel entered into a 5 years deal with hasbro to make their toys
at some point they got an extension to 2017 (dont have the details)

When disney bought marvel in 2009 they acquired toybiz also, and renamed the division "Marvel Toys"
Sometime in 2017 Hasbro's deal will be up and most likely Disney will manufacture marvel toys under "Marvel Toys"

Considering hasbro is actually something of a rival of disney in terms of their cartoons and the fact that disney has a long standing relationship with mattel
I have serious doubts they will keep the venture any longer than they have to. So .. I look forward to real marvel legends toys in 2017! made by the renamed toybiz division called Marvel Toys!

hurray for reading!

From what I understand, Jesse Falcon, of Marvel Toys, works with Hasbro on the Marvel Legends and Universe lines. Some of the former Marvel Toys sculptors are working on the lines too.

ML started as a Toy Biz toyline but Hasbro took over in 2007. IIRC, Marvel/Disney/Toy Biz can get more profits from licensing out their properties for figures than developing products for them on their own.