Marvel Select Brood and Skrull Figures

— November 6, 2006

Marvel Select will be releasing 2 previously unreleased figures from Toy Biz Marvel Legends in Spring 2007, the Brood and Skrull. These figures were originally supposed to be released as pack in villains as part of Marvel Legends series 13. The word is that they were dropped due to cost issues.

This news comes from Diamond Select who distributes the Marvel Select line. Things to note in this news release are that these figures will feature the same articulation and attention to detail as previous Marvel Select figures. Toy Biz sculpts and develops the Marvel Select line, and Diamond Select asked for these characters based on demand from fans when these figures were announced and then canceled.

I wonder if these figures use the original Toy Biz sculpts and if so will they be in scale with Marvel Legends even if they do not have the same articulation. Diamond Select also says that they hopes for similar opportunities in the future. Here’s hoping!

Go to Action Figure Insider for more info and a picture.

Update: Toy News International has some better pics here. You can see that from these pictures the prototypes have limited articulation that is typical of figures from Marvel Select. I do hope that they will still be more in scale with Marvel Legends than the Marvel Select figures.

Also, Action-Figure points out that these are army builders, and that they WILL be in scale with Marvel Legends. The bad news for army builders is that suggested retail price on these is $19.99. Army building with these will be expensive!

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Hasbro’s Marvel Legends Packaging Sucks

— November 2, 2006

Yes, you read the headline correctly. TNI has posted shots of the new Marvel Legends packaging from Hasbro. This is Hasbro’s first series of Marvel Legends since getting the license from Toy Biz and should be out soon.

The clamshell is gone replaced by a blister on a cardboard back. Gone is the familiar logo replaced by a new crappy one. The packaging looks huge, not to say that it wasn’t before, but the pictures make it look too big. The one change I do like is the character artwork that now appears at the top of each card and on the right side. But, the panels on the right side still look distracting.

The figures themselves look okay, even though this is not a very exciting series. Another disappointment that looks like it is here to stay is the build a figure, Annilhus, is about the same size as the regular figures. Gone also are the days of the 16″ to 18″ build a figure that towers over your other Marvel Legends. Those were great times.

Overall, I think the packaging is meant to attract a younger audience and fit in more with Hasbro’s other lines and upcoming Marvel movie lines. Let’s hope that the quality of the figures does not change now that Hasbro is producing them. View the new packaging here.

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