Hasbro Marvel Legends Series Zabu Build-a-Figure Wave to be Fan-Channel Exclusive Including Amazon

IDK what's worse with the Iron Man figure, the choice in the color or the reused MCU legs with pins in them....

On 2/23/2024 at 6:39 PM, ADour said:

Decided to turn to one of my favorite hobbies. Expressing my grievances with disappointing Marvel Legends releases via digibashes:

Oh well that looks right, that's better, I actually would have been more into this figure had they done it the way you did, this figure seemed to suffer from the "it's blue, but it's supposed to be black" syndrome.

Hasbro Hire this kid!

On 2/23/2024 at 11:39 PM, ADour said:

Decided to turn to one of my favorite hobbies. Expressing my grievances with disappointing Marvel Legends releases via digibashes:

Already looks better

Yeah getting the distinct impression that at least the comic BAF waves are gonna be Fanazon exclusives going forward. MAYBE the MCU BAF waves might still hit stores, or upcoming movie figs may all end up like the refreshes we're getting now: No BAF piece but MAYBE slightly more accessories/paint apps.

The good news seems to be that this model is letting them swing a little wider on character choices and wave mixes.There's been some darn good stuff for comic fans in these last few (comic BAF) waves, to say nothing of three newly-sculpted BAFs in a row. They really seem to be trying to cap off wishlists and finish off teams.

The bad news is that this kind of thing almost always means a line is on the wane. Not surprising with a line this old. We may only have a couple or three good years left, but it's looking like they might be really good years, though if experience is any indicator whatever the last wave or two end up being are probably going to be very hard to come by.

I have been collecting Legends since the very beginning, and this wave recaptures the excitement of the old random Toybiz waves, and I love it. There will always be things we wish were different, but I think Hasbro gets it right way more often than they dont. Hope to see a classic Adam Warlock, Valkyrie, Original X-Men, and Marvel Monsters soon.

Decided to turn to one of my favorite hobbies. Expressing my grievances with disappointing Marvel Legends releases via digibashes:

I preordered Cable and Wolfsbane. I decided to pass on Kazar since I already have the SDCC box set.

On 2/21/2024 at 9:43 PM, JayC said:

They get a name, you expect someone at Target knows who Ka-Zar really is?

Hasbro probably provides a character profile sheet to retail buyers so they can assess if the specific figures or wave swill be popular or not. They've got decades worth of appealing cover and promo art for a lot of these characters, even if it's just classic imagery. That does not mean the buyers will necessarily be familiar with them, but that they will not go in blind ordering a wave. But someone like Kazar or Ikaris isn't current, true, so I'd suspect they'd be assessed by how toyetic they appear to be. You can generally tell the era a comic was printed in by the cover, and so the appeal to a demographic can be reasonably guessed, They just hope that assessment matches the audience demand.It IS guesswork, and they will probably under-order to their minimum to play it safe, but it sure ain't no science.

On 2/22/2024 at 2:26 PM, since83 said:

Not saying it's dying today or tomorrow. Just seeing writing on the wall. There was a surge of all collectibles during Covid that has petered out, and things are slowing down. But we don't know how these companies will react. This line has been canceled before. Plus people are collecting Transformers, TMNT, He Man, Thundercats. And Joe's are ramping way up taking a ton of the interest. If you read comments sections of any toy site, goodwill toward Hasbro is not just on the wane, it's pretty bad. So yeah, like I said, I'm not feeling as confident about the future of the line. But it's not gone yet. If those of us that collect keep supporting it it'll be around a bit longer for sure.

Hasbro sucks.....cyclically, it seems. They "roller-coaster" up and down, in and out of crap and gems. it's not just divisions/departments either, it's the company overall. They get into a phase of producing quality stuff and then backslide into cheaper product, as if someone yells out: " hey we gotta cut budgets/save some pennies this quarter!!". When their stuff is good, it can be very very good......when it is trash, well...........we wish it was otherwise.if you want a window into how the line is doing, look at the breadth of it......all the ancillary stuff. the different layers- cheaper kid toys, props, Haslab stuff, the number of waves, the numbers of deluxe items, various exclusives and SDCC items......it's all a yardstick. When those extra items end, then you need to get worried about the line ending because all that announced stuff leads the line by about 6 months to a year.So, at present, the line looks to be in reasonable health.

Not saying it's dying today or tomorrow. Just seeing writing on the wall. There was a surge of all collectibles during Covid that has petered out, and things are slowing down. But we don't know how these companies will react. This line has been canceled before. Plus people are collecting Transformers, TMNT, He Man, Thundercats. And Joe's are ramping way up taking a ton of the interest. If you read comments sections of any toy site, goodwill toward Hasbro is not just on the wane, it's pretty bad. So yeah, like I said, I'm not feeling as confident about the future of the line. But it's not gone yet. If those of us that collect keep supporting it it'll be around a bit longer for sure.