[Kernel]

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Originally Posted by jedirulz123

You know, the Legends are excellent right now. Give it time and we'll get the same attention. Maybe this line will get back to it's glory days, when they updated their old bucks every so often with better proportioned, more articulated ones, like with the newer Namor buck used the update Black Panther, and the JL Cyclops/Steve Rogers buck used for Daredevil & Bullseye. Then the new Hulk we got, complimenting the new buck for an Abomination or a Rhino. I have no doubt we'd have gotten a definitive female buck by now, not that under-articulated rubbish, or the lanky super-model body.

Oh yeah the Ledgends figures are fantastic. I wish I got the same kick out of 6" figures as I do out of the 3.75". After getting the new MI figures I realize that the new bucks are awful, and all they had to do was repaint the old ones.

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Originally Posted by Jackieboy

thanks kernel,yeah i see a lot of the 2.5 and mashers line gathering dust in major toystores.hopefully there are some nice surprises in store at sdcc seen an article over on one of the FB groups regarding the favourable push legends recently got and the cut backs on our beloved 3.75 line.dave vonner said the 3.75 crowd need to voice their concerns because hasbro DO listen.so sdcc will be interesting to see how the next year goes.hopefully we get finally get doombots.

I also see a thick layer of dust on a lot of the Legends figures. I'd like to read that article if you got a link. I wish I could go to SDCC I would definitely voice my concerns lol. It's great for legends collectors right now but not for MU/MI folks.

[Jackieboy]

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Originally Posted by Kernel

Oh yeah the Ledgends figures are fantastic. I wish I got the same kick out of 6" figures as I do out of the 3.75". After getting the new MI figures I realize that the new bucks are awful, and all they had to do was repaint the old ones.



I also see a thick layer of dust on a lot of the Legends figures. I'd like to read that article if you got a link. I wish I could go to SDCC I would definitely voice my concerns lol. It's great for legends collectors right now but not for MU/MI folks.

indeed,distribution of legends over here has been bad,infinite series has been easier to get.about that article here you go
Marvel Universe is Struggling
dave vonner has given his thoughts on this article on other groups.

[Jackieboy]

dave vonners thoughts...quote.
The goal of this line, from it's inception, was to bring world building to Marvel Collector. From HERBIE the Robot to Galactus, the Marvel fan could step back and literally see the Marvel Universe in front of them. My goal, along with the team during that time, was to bring that.

While a lot of ground has been covered, clearly there's tons more, and many different directions, or "Story archs" that could've been tapped into. That was always my approach. Not to just throw figures out there, but to approach the line like a yearly story, that would incorporate staple characters (Iron Man, Spider-Man....characters needed to keep the line relevant for retail and for the line to remain afloat ), key core characters that gained in popularity (Thor, World War Hulk )....and fan favorite characters that we always wanted but never expected to see in toy form (Rocket Raccoon, Blastaar...). I think, at the end of the day, we did that.

I'm happy the line is still around in ANY capacity. Of course, there are some things that myself or the team would've approached differently, but hindsight is always 20/20. I'm sure the team now, is doing the best with what they have, and putting THEIR best foot forward.

At the end of the day, it's about the fans. If you Love it, enjoy it and voice your Love for the line. If you're nolonger a fan of the line, voice your concern and consider other ways to enjoy your passion. Regardless of your feelings toward the line, at the end of the day, YOU the fans control the ultimate direction of the line by your voice and support. I understand some fans displeasure with the current state of the line, and maybe it's your time to move on. Others still enjoy, collect, and support the line. The Marvel brand is bigger and stronger than ever before, and as a Marvel fan in this day and age, we have so many options to let our imaginations run free. I guess what I'm saying is....the same I've said from the start....if its for you, cool. If the line Isn't for you, that's cool too. You have a choice. I'd rather have the Power of Choice, as opposed to being limited OF choice. And the choice has always been yours to enjoy.

The line was always a fight to maintain. And I'm sure the same outcome would happen that's occurring now. Perhaps not. LOL. I know it's frustrating, guys. But hey... you always have the guys who work in the line ears. Just as before. Voice your likes and dislikes on social media and the forums. They are always listening.

[A Friend]

That's a great read. It's always good to hear from someone "up high" in the world of action figures in such a supportive way. I've always felt distribution over here has been a bit of an issue. There have been a lot of figures over the past year that I've wanted, including the ML X-Men wave, Agent Venom and the Agents of Shield set and sadly, none of those have shown up here. Not yet anyway. It's not like we can't get them off the internet but they're usually quite high prices which I would prefer not to pay. I wouldn't say it's like we're ignored though when it comes to ML. We DO get stuff we didn't get in the first place a lot these days, like the Captain America ML figures which showed up earlier this year and that's fantastic. I'd much rather get stuff a few months or a year later down the line than not at all.

Having said that, finding the 3.75" stuff has been super nice and easy so far this year. Found the Bishop wave in just about every single place I know of around here with a toy department and it does seem to be doing well here. Long may its success continue!

[Pilkster]

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Originally Posted by Jackieboy

you pick him up from china,or local?he looks pretty decent.



wouldnt imagine it will be long before you have bob in there amongst your troops.try replicating your fav comic moment or cover.or a face off style pic.



welcome back panthro.wont be long before the next wave is in liverpool,they are already hitting collections stateside.



nice score on the anti venom,you get him at a decent price?

Hey Jackieboy, I got the Anti-venom for £30 posted so was not that bad, he is the most expensive single figure Ive purchased and thought it wasnt that bad considering others ive seen go for £70

[Pilkster]

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Originally Posted by Jackieboy

northstar.

six armed ultron.

head over to cooltoyreview.com they have a ton of pics from this display,last year.never noticed some of the figs first time around,may have been because the other pics were not as detailed and clear as the above ones.also noticed what looks like igor from im3 in there,but i never seen that fig in 3.75 scale.

This display is my end game. I plan on having my attic decked out and spend a lot of tame making my doom castle. As for the doom bots I hope we get the ones pictured as I will be buying 5 to add to my light green dooms (which I use for Doom bots right now) and another 5 with some vortious custom accessories Ultron heads painted silver for the ultron army and 5 more gold ultrons.

[Jackieboy]

im glad the legends collectors are getting gap fillers....finally.and i agree its been a good 2 years with infinite as far as finding them go.but you know when it gets to wave 8 things start getting messy,lol.
good price pilkster.fingers crossed on the doombots,the legends line got them in the past.

[A Friend]

That reminds me, the GOTG Legends have just started to show up in TK Maxx for £6.99. Not found any in my local stores yet but other people have in other parts of the UK over the past few days.

[Panthro1978]

Just spotted the AOU 2-packs in my local TRU. No Hawkeye/Falcon, but plenty of the others. Took a Cap/BW. They also had a small handful of Infinites, including Bishop, and a load of the recent Odin BAF wave Legends.

[Jackieboy]

confirmed reports from a friend,GotG drax sitting on a shelf in my local tk maxx.looks like herald of cyttorak colossus,emma frost and northstar coming in next wave.

[jedirulz123]

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Originally Posted by Jackieboy

herald of cyttorak colossus

I thought we'd agreed on "Colossonaut" or "Juggolossus"

[A Friend]

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Originally Posted by Panthro1978

Just spotted the AOU 2-packs in my local TRU. No Hawkeye/Falcon, but plenty of the others. Took a Cap/BW. They also had a small handful of Infinites, including Bishop, and a load of the recent Odin BAF wave Legends.

Hey!!! I spotted them first! *folds arms*

I've not seen the Falcon and Hawkeye pack either. It's disappeared from the website too. Coming out later in the year I guess. Hoping that the Falcon's costume has a little more red on it when it comes out. I see they've painted over the S.H.I.E.L.D logo on Hawkeye, seeing as he didn't have it in the film, for some raisin.

[jedirulz123]

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Originally Posted by A Friend

As he didn't have it in the film, for some raisin.

Well he wasn't a SHIELD agent in the movie

[A Friend]

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Originally Posted by jedirulz123

Well he wasn't a SHIELD agent in the movie

Now that you mention it, I just realised they never called him Agent Barton in AOU, despite seeing it twice. Can't wait to watch it again. Perhaps it was just about to be replaced by the Avengers symbol before they went into battle? Stark might have been too busy making Hulk's super stretchy pants I guess!

[jedirulz123]

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Originally Posted by A Friend

Now that you mention it, I just realised they never called him Agent Barton in AOU, despite seeing it twice. Can't wait to watch it again. Perhaps it was just about to be replaced by the Avengers symbol before they went into battle? Stark might have been too busy making Hulk's super stretchy pants I guess!

He wore the costume, but it didn't have the SHIELD logo

[Kernel]

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Originally Posted by Jackieboy

dave vonners thoughts...quote.
The goal of this line, from it's inception, was to bring world building to Marvel Collector. From HERBIE the Robot to Galactus, the Marvel fan could step back and literally see the Marvel Universe in front of them. My goal, along with the team during that time, was to bring that.

While a lot of ground has been covered, clearly there's tons more, and many different directions, or "Story archs" that could've been tapped into. That was always my approach. Not to just throw figures out there, but to approach the line like a yearly story, that would incorporate staple characters (Iron Man, Spider-Man....characters needed to keep the line relevant for retail and for the line to remain afloat ), key core characters that gained in popularity (Thor, World War Hulk )....and fan favorite characters that we always wanted but never expected to see in toy form (Rocket Raccoon, Blastaar...). I think, at the end of the day, we did that.

I'm happy the line is still around in ANY capacity. Of course, there are some things that myself or the team would've approached differently, but hindsight is always 20/20. I'm sure the team now, is doing the best with what they have, and putting THEIR best foot forward.

At the end of the day, it's about the fans. If you Love it, enjoy it and voice your Love for the line. If you're nolonger a fan of the line, voice your concern and consider other ways to enjoy your passion. Regardless of your feelings toward the line, at the end of the day, YOU the fans control the ultimate direction of the line by your voice and support. I understand some fans displeasure with the current state of the line, and maybe it's your time to move on. Others still enjoy, collect, and support the line. The Marvel brand is bigger and stronger than ever before, and as a Marvel fan in this day and age, we have so many options to let our imaginations run free. I guess what I'm saying is....the same I've said from the start....if its for you, cool. If the line Isn't for you, that's cool too. You have a choice. I'd rather have the Power of Choice, as opposed to being limited OF choice. And the choice has always been yours to enjoy.

The line was always a fight to maintain. And I'm sure the same outcome would happen that's occurring now. Perhaps not. LOL. I know it's frustrating, guys. But hey... you always have the guys who work in the line ears. Just as before. Voice your likes and dislikes on social media and the forums. They are always listening.

Interesting read thanks jackieboy. Hopefully people at sdcc voice their frustrations and they go back to the old bucks which were much better.

[A Friend]

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Originally Posted by jedirulz123

He wore the costume, but it didn't have the SHIELD logo

Yeah, I know. So did he officially leave SHIELD between the first Avengers movie and AOU? I guess the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier would have something to do with it if so.

[jedirulz123]

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Originally Posted by A Friend

Yeah, I know. So did he officially leave SHIELD between the first Avengers movie and AOU? I guess the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier would have something to do with it if so.

No one officially left SHIELD, there is no SHIELD so he was more or less let go. There was supposed to be a line of dialogue explaining where he was during the film, but now I suppose we can assume he was with his family or something.

[A Friend]

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Originally Posted by jedirulz123

No one officially left SHIELD, there is no SHIELD so he was more or less let go. There was supposed to be a line of dialogue explaining where he was during the film, but now I suppose we can assume he was with his family or something.

Ah, with Gonzales and his lot in Agents of Shield still in action after Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I thought Shield still existed but yeah, it isn't exactly what it used to be. Maybe that'll be in the extended cut, if that's still happening. It seemed like it was confirmed a few days after AOU came out here but then a week later Amazon said that the DVD and Blu-Ray features are still yet to be confirmed.

[Panthro1978]

Now spotted the CATWS figs in Home Bargain so grabbed a Falcon for £3.99.

They also had a number of TASM2 Legends for £5.99 - Black Cat and the Mile Morales SM spring to mind.

No GOTG Legends in my local TK Maxx, though. They did have some Young Justice set but I can't remember which one!

[Jackieboy]

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Originally Posted by jedirulz123

I thought we'd agreed on "Colossonaut" or "Juggolossus"

lol,sorry colossusnaut it is!!!!hahaha

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Originally Posted by Kernel

Interesting read thanks jackieboy. Hopefully people at sdcc voice their frustrations and they go back to the old bucks which were much better.

its good getting daves thoughts on it time and again.i know he is no longer on board with hasbro.but his info is gold!
agreed,perhaps hasbro could dust off those "joe" bucks and give us some civilian or military themed figures like bruce banner,peter parker,playboy tony stark,general ross.that could work for a future wave me thinks.

[Jackieboy]

pilkster check your inbox,pm sent.you may be at 100% and need to clear some room.

[jedirulz123]

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Originally Posted by A Friend

Ah, with Gonzales and his lot in Agents of Shield still in action after Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I thought Shield still existed but yeah, it isn't exactly what it used to be.

Not if Whedon is to be believed when he says AoS isn't MCU film canon. Movie Coulson is dead, Movie SHIELD is no more.

[Panthro1978]

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Originally Posted by A Friend

Hey!!! I spotted them first! *folds arms*

I've not seen the Falcon and Hawkeye pack either. It's disappeared from the website too. Coming out later in the year I guess. Hoping that the Falcon's costume has a little more red on it when it comes out. I see they've painted over the S.H.I.E.L.D logo on Hawkeye, seeing as he didn't have it in the film, for some raisin.

But I bet you didn't spot this :



Shoplifting is still alive and well. It was the blue Beast.

[A Friend]

I have seen empty figure cards like that in the past but with the figures on shelves below, usually with pretty old lines. Plastic lost its stickiness and they fell out I guess? There's never happened with any of my MOC figures though and I've never seen that happening with any Infinite Series figures so unfortunately, it does seem like that one was taken.