[Captain Nash]

Quote:

Originally Posted by StuartGreen2019

Wow, Marvel Legends - and everyone else, too - only gets half an hour. I guess the reports of Hasbro showing off a lone Marvel Legends wave was true. Looks like they're going to do a welcome, a recap of Dragon Man, show off each "Secret Wars" figure one by one, tells us when the figures go up for pre-order, and that's it. Looks like next month's Comic Con will be when they do more Marvel Legends reveals. Whatever happens tomorrow, I just hope fans aren't too disappointed with the "Secret Wars" figure reveals. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Captain America, Doc Ock, red-and-blue costume Spider-Man and a better Magneto.

Also, is it me or does the second part of this year seem kind of empty for Marvel Legends? Granted, Covid, the Writers' and Actors' strikes, reshoots and delayed releases on movies have pushed back some waves they were going to release, especially the 'Captain America: Brave New World' figures. But I was hoping to at least see one wave revealed or up for pre-order by now and some more VHS two-packs for the 30th anniversary of "Spider-Man: The Animated Series".

As a huge "Power Rangers" fan, especially of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers", I'm not surprised Hasbro has no plans for it. They already made the deal with Playmates Toys for them to make MMPR figures next October that we'll see previewed at Toy Fair next March. Heck, they already made a deal with The Loyal Subjects to make new figures and dolls for brands like "Jem and the Holograms" and "M*A*S*K". At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Playmates Toys, The Loyal Subjects, Jada Toys or even Mattel gets the license in 2026 or so to make Marvel figures since Hasbro wants to focus more and more on gaming.

Oh my. I certainly hope this last part does not come to pass. I can't imagine the state of the forums and people's attitudes if we play a "Hasbro has only one more year of ML, what do you want/need" game.

If the Banshee and Mandarin leaks are true, and I have no reason to think otherwise given how other leaks have turned out, that's two major upgrades/new outfits for existing characters in the line (and yes, the Mandarin from Toybiz is god awful, but he's still a ML).

I don't know how I feel about the chances of other things I'd really like to see. We're definitely getting into more obscure territory more and more, and we're seeing (or at least it feels like we're seeing) remodeled/redos/near rereleases of characters and outfits down way more often than we used to.

The Wizard seems like he should be a character that has a high enough profile to make it in the line as does Attuma. The requests for Australian Outback Psylocke are pretty loud of late. Those seem like they should have more than a 50/50 chance. Beyond that I can only wish for my own wants, however unlikely they may be.

As for Pulsecon I also am not getting my expectations up very high. Titania is about the only figure I think would come out of that lineup that I'd want to see made, the rest I can solidly pass on.