A reader over at Action-Figure.com wrote in to the site with the following message:
Adrian,
Thought you’d like to know: Toys R Us has received an RTV (Return to Vendor) order for the entire Series 1 release for Marvel Legends.
In black and white on the RTV order, the reason for the recall states “poor sales”.
Hopefully, this means Hasbro will get their act together and work on better quality product and pricing.
This order means that Toys R Us can’t mark the product down… they have to return the product as soon as possible. This is a major line for Hasbro to cross. Toys R Us is not responsible for the cost of the product.
Peace,
CC
If you are in need of completing the Annihilus wave, you had better do it soon. You may not have the chance in the near the future if you wait too long.
Its interesting to note that while some of these figures have really not sold well at all (Emma Frost, Banshee I’m looking at you!), others have been scooped up as soon as they hit shelves including Ultimate Iron Man, Planet Hulk, and Hercules.
Fwooshnet has gotten some pictures fresh from Hong Kong of the second wave from Hasbro’s Marvel Legends series. If you click on any of the images at that link, you will be brought to the gallery. The wave consists of eight figures, each coming with a piece to the Build-A-Figure for this wave, The Blob.
She-Hulk (Upper Torso)
Asgardian Armor Thor (Head)
Ultimate Wolverine (Lower Torso)
Yellowjacket (Right Leg)
Quicksilver (Left Arm)
Xorn/Magneto (Left Leg)
X3 Jean Grey (Right Arm)
X3 Juggernaut (Hands)
Variants for this wave are supposed to include:
Green Quicksilver
X3 Dark Phoenix
Yellowjacket (there is only a slight coloring difference here. see below.)
You can see pictures of them here. I made some compairson photos of the variants below. The standard pictures come from Fwooshnet’s gallery linked in this post. Variant Photos come from wizarduniverse here.
Today, we take a look Thor and Hulk from the Marvel Legends Icons Line. This line features 14 inch tall figures with the same articulation of the standard 6 inch Marvel Legends line. You may remember taking a look at the first two figures in this line when we did the Powet Toys: Civil War edition.
The New York Comic-Con reached the end of its first day, and there’s been a flurry of newsbits, largely focusing on World War Hulk for Marvel, and Countdown for DC. Here’s the rundown:
MARVEL:
World War Hulk will bring us a number of minis including World War Hulk (this being the main series)…
World War Hulk: X-Men, written by Cristos Gage, art by Andrea DiVito – In it, the Hulk hunts for Professor X, despite (because of?) the fact that Xavier wasn’t there at the meeting where they decided to boot the Hulk to space.
World War Hulk: Frontline – This will be very much like Civil War: Frontline, only I imagine the quality-of-storytelling gap between the two won’t be nearly so vast this time around. Again, it will be written by Paul Jenkins with an army of artists at hand.
World War Hulk: Gamma Corps & World War Hulk: Young Avengers are also announced, but lacking details.
The new Thor series will launch in July of this year. JMS is still on as writer, with Oliver Coipel on art.
As has been announced previously, a New Warriors book will be coming out, starting in June. Writer will be Kevin Grevioux, art by Paco Medina.
There’s really only 5 big points to hit on from the DC panel from today, and they can all be capsulated in image form. Images mirrored from Newsarama’s coverage.
All the toy companies gather in New York to unveil their plans for the coming year. The event doesn’t actually start until tomorrow, but information and pictures are already making their way to our little set of tubes on Inter-net. We’ll try and do one Toy Fair post a day and maybe one wrap up post for the event so as not to clutter the news page.
Read on for info on GI Joe, Transformers, Marvel Legends, and more!
Fans were distraught after hearing that the “Bring on the Bad Guys” wave of Marvel Legends was originally slated to each come with a henchman figure and that the sculpts had been made. When they were put on display at the past San Diego Comic Con as part of a display of things that never made it to production, fans made their voices heard. Until now, all that was said was that Marvel/Toy Biz were considering their options.
Well fans, the options have been considered and decided! Coming next spring in a two-pack via the Marvel Select line, the Brood figure and the Skrull figure will be making their debut.
“When these figures were originally cancelled, fans made their wishes quite clear. Since Toy Biz sculpts and develops our Marvel Select line, it was only natural to inquire about the availability of these particular goons,” says Michael Leavey, Marketing & Sales Coordinator for Diamond Select Toys. “So far the response has been great, and we’re definitely looking forward to similar opportunities in the future.”
I am a week or two late on this, but it still hasn’t hit most areas just yet. Marvel Legends MODOK series has begun to hit stores in some areas. This is the last wave of Marvel Legends from Toy Biz before Hasbro takes over and revamps everything. Be sure to get the figures you want when you see them because its not certain how long the figures will be on the shelves after the new year.
The wave includes:
Wasp (Modern Outfit)
Thor-Buster Iron Man
Beta Ray Bill
Captain Marvel
Spider-woman (Jessica Drew, Red Outfit)
Moon Knight
VARIANT: Wasp (x2, Blue outfit and Classic Red outfit)
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The New York Comic-Con reached the end of its first day, and there’s been a flurry of newsbits, largely focusing on World War Hulk for Marvel, and Countdown for DC. Here’s the rundown:
Fans were distraught after hearing that the “Bring on the Bad Guys” wave of Marvel Legends was originally slated to each come with a henchman figure and that the sculpts had been made. When they were put on display at the past San Diego Comic Con as part of a display of things that never made it to production, fans made their voices heard. Until now, all that was said was that Marvel/Toy Biz were considering their options.
