[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by darktremere

I'm hoping that someone can help with this. Does anyone here have both the Jubilee Wave Magneto and the old Series 3 Magneto? I'm wondering how the old one compares to the newer one. having only recently gotten into collecting Marvel legends I would like to add a Magneto to my collection, but the Jubilee wave figure tends to go for more than I would like to spend.

Thanks

Glenn Webb did a video comparison on the two a while back that's a pretty good watch if you need to see the figures side by side.

I'm gonna be straight with you here on this one, if you have to choose between the two, and aren't looking to complete Jubilee, go with the Toybiz Magneto. The Hasbro version is utter rubbish, and the Toybiz version is about a quarter of the price (you can find them for roughly 25 dollars or less on eBay, depending on the condition, whereas Hasbro's can cost you up to 200 bucks, depending on whether or not you need the BAF piece.)

While I don't have both now, (my Toybiz Magneto broke during a move and I never got a round to replacing him) I still do have the Hasbro version, and he's honestly one of the worst figures of this new era of Marvel Legends. His proportions are off in a bad Rob Liefield sort of way, his cape hinders his articulation, doesn't stay on the way it should, and he has the ball jointed hips that Hasbro has since done away with. He also has an ugly head sculpt, and these horribly large feet that make him look like he's wearing an oversized pair of hospital slipper socks. He also cannot stand on his own for ****.

The Toybiz version has a much better designed cape and head sculpt, plus the helmet is removable. He also has some nice paint effects, and some pretty good articulation that holds up to this day. About the only complaint that I could ever find for him when I had him was that he obviously used a retooled version of the Series 1 Iron Man body, but in hindsight, I think it's an improvement compared to what Hasbro gave us.