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Originally Posted by Riddler87

Hi so I've been collecting Transformers for most of my life but I find the Power of the Primes to be very disappointing and I have just reached a natural stopping point with that collection.

I have decided that since I already have a small collection of Marvel Legends that I am going to start focusing more on that and hopefully it can be a line that I can just casually collect.

Before I really jump in though I know that this line has a very long history and I was just wondering what I should know before hand. Like what figures or eras of figures I should pick up and what to avoid and if there are any good web sites out there that are good resources for collecting this line.

Thanks in advance for any advice and below are a few pictures of my current collection, it isn't much but it's a starting point.

Welcome to board! I used to collect Transformers as well but stopped a few years ago when Hasbro was doing the Fall of Cybertron figures. I've stuck to the Masterpiece figures but I'm by no means a completionist.

As for websites that could help with collecting Marvel Legends, MarvelousNews and MarvelLegends.net could help with older figures but their databases/gallery/checklist or whatever you would like to call them but they haven't been updated in a few years. However, I did find this link to a Marvel Legends wiki that seems up to date so hopefully this will help: Marvel Legends | Marvel Toys Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
While there are no pictures, it should give you an idea of who has been released and when.

As far as eras go, I would say that if you like what Hasbro is producing right now then you will probably like most figures starting with the Return of Marvel Legends (2012) figures onward. Those first few waves did reuse several ToyzBiz bodies (and not the good ones) but you can find some good figures in those first few waves like Bucky Cap. However, Hasbro really came into their own in 2014 when they started to phase out those old TB bodies and began making their own.

If you're interested in ToyBiz Marvel Legends, I would recommend sticking to the earlier waves since TB knew they were going out of business at the end and were focused more on quantity than quality. I would also avoid 99-100% of Hasbro's first Marvel Legends figures. They weren't particularly good and many of them have been replaced over the past couple of years.