In the last section, I was a bit
critical of the Marvel Legends, so here is an assessment of the New
and soon to be released Marvel Universe line. This series by Marvel
and Hasbro is actually bringing a wide range of characters. The
first set I want to bring to you are the ones that should be out yet,
that may not have hit Chattanooga.
First one in this line is Hercules, the
second god of the Avengers. The basics of this figure looks really
good, but I do want to note two things that bother me with this
figure. For starters, the midsection looks odd to me. This could
just be from the figure in the pic being packed at an angle. The
second thing is Herc really needed his loin cloth. As it is at the
moment, Hercules looks like he may be wearing a thong.
The next one on the list is Nighthawk.
I like how he looks in his photos so far, and he is something we
haven't already seen in this or a bigger size scale yet. I know this
Defenders member isn't going to be one of the most popular in this
wave, but I do give Hasbro and Marvel credit for putting something
new out there.
Nova is next in the line up. I know at
the moment he is on the new Spider-Man cartoon as an Avenger. And
yes in the comics he has been (like so many others) a member of the
team. I think he is one of the best sculpts in the set, and that is
saying a lot since over all I think this wave is really nice.
If you know anything about Alpha
Flight, you got to know who Puck is. He may be small, but like his
former teammate, Wolverine, he is tough. This figure comes with a
small white bird (who I guess is suppose to be Snow Bird). This
smaller figure looks nice, but if I had to say anything about it, I
think Puck should have been packaged with another character. Even
with the small bird, paying full price for a toy even smaller than
the rest could leave some collectors feeling a bit cheated.
The final toy in this wave is Angel. I
think he looks pretty good, tho he isn't my favorite out of this set.
I know that this bubble is stuffed with those big wings, but am I
the only one that thinks he is packaged to look like he is doing the
old dance move called the robot? If this set has a variant, I would
dare say it will be with the Angle figure by doing his white and red
suite.
This next set is of figures that are
about to come out. Other than the Blastaar, this wave looks like an
X-men line up. Professor X does come with the gold hover chair most
of us remember from the 90's. I think it looks nice, tho if anyone
gets to see pics of this one loose from the box, the chair looks a
bit short. I hope to see this body get re-issued later down the road
to make a proper Tony Stark figure.
She hasn't ever been one of my favorite
X-Men, but her for the first time since some of the 90's lines is
Jubilee. Tho I don't really like her, the figure looks pretty good.
With this wave being made up of three figures and one variant, I am
curious to see if anyone will be asking for Hasbro to put out the
vampire version of Jubilee at any point.
Blastaar has a normal figure and a
variation where his arms are clear yellow for his blasting powers.
Tho they are giving he consumers a tiny figure in Puck, Blastaar will
be large compared to the several other figures in the Universe line.
He is someone that if they decide to put in the Legends line, I can
only hope he will be a build.
Three packs of Marvel Universe three
packs are new as well, tho I am not sure if these have hit the
Chattanooga area yet. The first one on the list is of The West Coast
Avengers. This one should be a hot one to get since it has War
Machine, Hawkeye, and for the first time in any size scale, Mocking
Bird. For those who come across this one, I suggest that you grab it
fast cause the Avengers are always a hot item, and this one has three
great characters in it.
The Uncanny X-Men pack looks pretty
good, other than the fact that another Wolverine is one of the
figures you get to add Longshot and Rouge to your collection. Tho
the X-Babies Cyclops is a fun added touch to this set.
The last one in these new gift packs is
the Inhumans. I don't know how this one will be greeted compared to
the other two. The pack has Karnack, Black Bolt, and Medusa. To be
honest, if anyone finds all three of these packs and had to choose
between them, I would put this one on the end of the list. The
figures don't look bad, but Black Bolt is the best one in it, and he
has already been released in the Universe scale.
I think that I can connect this page to
my phone, so like the TMNT toys, I may put up information of where
and how much these toys are if I should come across them. If you are
interested in these toys or any of the ones I have done a review of,
keep an eye on this sight just in case of information on where you
may be able to get these great figures.
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