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— October 24, 2006
It must be press day at Toybiz because every toy site today has posted press images from Toybiz upcoming series of Marvel Legends figures, Marvel Legends series 15, Marvel Legends Face Off series 2, Marvel Legends Icons series 3 and Marvel Masterworks series 2. Follow the links to see the images on Toy News International.
Marvel Legends series 15, the Modok wave, is hitting Wal-Marts now according to collectors in the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern United States.
— July 9, 2006
Michael Crawford reviewed the Marvel Legends Icons Wolverine over at his site here. These are essentially 12″ versions of Marvel Legends. In the first series, there are Wolverine, Iron Man and Captain America with variants of each. Wolverine and Cap have unmasked versions while Iron Man has a gold variant.
According to Mike, these are showing up at Toys R Us right now. He also says that the variants are easier to find than the regular versions right now. This is most likely an error that will be corrected as they show up in greater numbers. So look for these at your TRU, and head over to Mike’s site and check out the review!
— June 27, 2006
The Fantastic Four series 2 from Marvel has been found in the US. A collector in Southern California found them at a show and posted pictures on Fwoosh.
The series is supposed to be the Ultimate comic book versions of the characters and includes the following figures.
- Kang
- Johnny Storm
- Invisible Woman
- Clear Invisible Woman variant
- Dragon Man
Go here to see pictures of the Fantastic Four series 2 figures.
— May 24, 2006
On the message boards over at AFTimes.com, 2 different readers reported finding Marvel Legends 13 in the US. One reader is in Chicago and one is in California. Both of them were found at Toys R Us. It looks like TRU is the place to be finding these now. The 13th series of Marvel Legends is the Bring on the Bad Guys wave with all villians. The six figures are Green Goblin, Blackheart, Pyro, Lady Deathstrike, Abomination and Loki. The build a figure is Onslaught.
— May 18, 2006
So now there is another Sentry variant to look out for. Some people have reported finding a Sentry paint variant, where the yellow and blue of the Sentry’s outfit appear much brighter. The paint variant is showing up for both the regular Sentry and the long haired, bearded chase version. A friend of mine actually found both versions of this new variant for me. You can see pictures of the Yellow Sentry variant at action-figure.com.
— April 28, 2006
Marvel Legends 13 Has Landed! over at action-figure.com reports that Marvel Legends 13 has started showing up. Right now, it is only showing up in Canada. People in the US getting them are getting them from Canadian distributors. This is the all villian wave with Onslaught as the build a figure.
— April 22, 2006
Here is the final update for the Marvel Legends Wal-Mart exclusive wave. They are officially out now! A friend of mine found them today at a Wal-Mart in Knoxville, Tennessee. They were also found in Oak Ridge, TN yesterday. The official word is that they wouldn’t be out until May. I heard specifically the first or second week. My guess they will be out in full everywhere by then.
Also showing up at the same time as the Wal-Mart exclusive wave, are the Marvel Legends Face Off 2 packs and the new boxsets. My friend found those at Wal-Mart with the exclusives. I’m not sure if these are exclusives or not, although we were told that these wouldn’t be showing up until August. One important piece of information is the variants of the 2 packs are evenly distributed in the cases. This means that you should find as many variants in the cases as regular versions.
— April 17, 2006
Superhero Times has updated their Wal-Mart Marvel Legends page with this piece of information from Toy Biz.
I wanted to clarify an oversight on the press release that was sent last week. Please note that you must collect 10 figures to build Giant Man (one of these figures is a variant). The variants in this assortment will not be as hard to come by as other Marvel Legends assortments.
— April 10, 2006
All the major toy news outlets are reporting that Wal-Mart and Toy Biz have officially announced the Marvel Legends Wal-Mart exclusive wave today. The bad news is that according to the reports, these won’t hit stores until May.
I have talked to someone who works in the toy department at my local Wal-Mart, and he had not seen or heard anything about these yet, as of this morning. So, I guess earlier reports have been proven to be rumors. If these are in the back room of some stores, they could be released early though, as some employees ignore street dates.
— April 9, 2006
At the Fwooshnet Forums, someone posted that a Wal-Mart employee told him that there are pallets of Marvel Legends in the stock room of their store. This pallet has a release date of 4-16-06. This is supposedly cases of the Marvel Legends Wal-Mart exclusive wave. The person who posted this lives in Chicago. You can view the thread here.
Another reader over at the TNI Forums posted that he called his local Wal-Mart about this, and the person he talked to said that some stores have recieved them and others have not. This guy reportedly said they should be out by months end. This reader lives in New York. You can view the thread here.
This sounds pretty credible to me. This means that they could be out as early as next weekend. One thing to note is that April 16th is a Sunday. Your local Wal-Mart may or may not be open on Easter Sunday.
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