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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

IMO Legends has lasted this long because of how successful the MCU was... and how well MCU Legends sold. I mean we even got the live action X-men figures from the Fox movies... don't know how well those sold though. If the MCU didn't take off I doubt Legends last as long as it does.

I'm inclined to agree to a point. It's anecdotal evidence so feel free to dismiss it as conjecture, but I think the lack of a hugely successful franchise like the MCU is why the ToyBiz line only lasted for about four years. I'm not privy to all the details but ToyBiz got axed because of Marvel's bankruptcy so the line probably wasn't raking in that much or Marvel would've held on to it longer. Hasbro started out their Legends in 2007 but it kind of meandered through to '09 before taking a nap so they could focus on the 1/18 scale lines (both MU and movie specific lines). After The Avengers blew up in 2012 Hasbro brought Legends back and it's been running ever since. The line doesn't crutch on the MCU but I do feel like if the MCU hadn't been a hit then we might not have seen the line's strong return and the volume of figures that we have which includes a lot of comic figures.

Regarding the Fox X figures from Hasbro, in my area it was a pretty mixed bag. All of the Deadpool 2 stuff sold really well except for Domino but then the only X-Men figure that sold was Wolverine and I had plenty of Mystique figures and the Professor/Magneto packs shelf-warming all the way to the clearance aisle. The Amazon exclusives both sold very well, but then it might've been because it was another Wolverine and Deadpool.