[TheBlueMarvel]

Depending on the costume, more of the tooling budget than one might think could end up going to Blue Marvel:



Even some of the simpler looks offer parts we haven't seen on what I'm hoping will at least be the Hyperion mold (or maybe the newly tweaked Captn Britain body).







In writing this, I've suddenly been reminded as to why I'm reserving caution regarding this release. Short of a Blue Marvel birth in the films (were that to actually come to pass, please cast Michael Jai White, MCU Studios...please, be smart), there's likely to be only one shot for fans like me to get a Blue Marvel fig. This creates a great deal of toy angst (for me) as to which costume is used, what body it will be on, and will they include different hand sets.

In retrospect, maybe I should have called for Blue Marvel more often, if only to provide a fan reference within this internet toy-related zeitgeist/ether. This fig coming out isn't as straight-line as people might think. For whatever reason, as time has marched on, Marvel artists seem to have pared down Adam's 'Superman-esque' physique, which I could see playing havoc with Hasbro's understanding/concept of the character. I'd be disappointed for Adam to show up on any of the more diminutive molds; he doesn't need to be a giant, but he surely isn't pedestrian either. The Bucky mold (which hasn't exactly seen the phase out they mentioned, turning up in their recent Hydra/Hellfire/Shield army-building offerings - to name a few) would be an obviously poor choice, but I could see it happening if they went the route of the first (Ultimates) costume I embedded without an appreciation of the character's earlier appearances. Ideally, I'd prefer anything between the Namor mold to Hyperion. Then there's the matter of hands and the possibility of a lack of comprehension that Adam either punches things, or blasts foes with antimatter necessitating, at the very least, both fists and casting (not grasping) hands.

In short, this could easily go badly if they are of the opinion of just throwing out a minimalist effort simply to checkmark a niche character off the list.