The Marvel Legends hits keep coming with another fanstream this morning showing off a gaggle of upcoming figures in the Marvel 85th Anniversary celebration line up.
First of the new reveals is Astonishing X-Men Wolverine. Well, sort of. He definitely has the costume details and the alternate head has very Cassaday styling but I don’t remember the yellow squares on the gloves and boots. They look sculpted so that might not be an easy fix too. It’s a shame because it looks damn nice with the other two Astonishing figures.
Wolverine is a standard $24.99 release and will be up 4/16 at 1PM EST.
Warbird will be a Target exclusive and looks like she’s got the improved mid-torso articulation with a rocker upper and hinged lower. She looks a little on the small side for my mind’s eye picture of this Carol Danvers, but that might be the Frank Cho of it all throwing me off. I am glad to see more new figures with the updated articulation and the head options are nice. She’ll go up at a later date.
Superior Spider-Man looks like a big improvement on that original release which, despite any inaccuracies, was one of my favorite Spidey sculpts at the time. This one has a regular swivel waist but hinged toes, so he’s a bit more articulated, but the waldos make it even more so. I like that they went with the even creepier webbing style on the costume detail too. I’m kind of surprised he’s go up for the regular 24.99 price with those extra arms (editor’s note, we received a press release after publication that indicates this will be $29.99)(new edit, I just ordered it for 24.99 from Amazon). Spidey also goes up at general retailers tomorrow 4/16 at 1PM ET.
There will also be a Skaar. I don’t personally care for Skaar, but I do like his emo hair. He’ll be a fan-channel release and $39.99.
A personal highlight for me is the Heroes for Hire Two-Pack of Luke Cage and Iron Fist. I’ve been wanting a classic Iron Fist re-do for a while and this one looks to include updated articulation and nice collection of extra hands. The modern Cage and Classic Rand seems a little incongruous together, but I’ve got a modern Danny and Classic Cage to match up with each so this works for me as an opener. The set is $49.99 and will go up 4/23 as a general release.
Finally, they saved the best for last with this amazing Danny Ketch Ghostrider. I’m not even that big of a Ketch Ghostrider fan, but the motorcycle looks excellent and I especially love the kickstand flame effect. I can’t imagine posing it any other way on the shelf, though the Akira slide also looks damn cool. This will be $99.99 which feels a little steep for a figure and bike set, but I don’t care. I’m getting it (editor’s note, we received a press release after publication that indicates the price will be $49.99). The pre-order will be up 4/30 at 1 PM ET at pulse and additional major retailers.
There’s also a little tease for a future figure. It looks like a solid hunk of plastic in the shape of maybe a piece of street that was ripped out of the ground. Nothing pops to mind for me other than that seems like something the Hulk would use as a weapon. Better than CRUSHED PIPE! I suppose. Well, this was another expensive looking showing for me, I think I’m all in outside of Skaar. Whatcha getting?
