Hasbro’s Marvel Brand Team Dwight Stall, Ryan Ting and Dan Yun have been doing the social media rounds talking with fans after last week’s Hasbro Fan Fest event. I have gathered up the various interviews they did and highlighted below what I saw as possible relevant new info that came from each Interview. Each video is about 20+ minutes or so long, so you can watch them in full below if you would like.
ShartimusPrime - The Haslab Sentinel will start shipping to people starting in August. As for the next Haslab Marvel project, there will be an update before August.
They can’t stop making MCU figures based on concept art because they have to have movie product out on shelves in that prime movie window which is right before and during the movie’s release.
Hasbro is currently working on product for Thor: Love And Thunder
No way around marbleized paint on certain figures, especially with ones using metallic paints. This has to do with injected plastics.
They are always trying to look to ways to be innovative with their figures. Shartimus wants toe articulation. If they did toe articulation it would be limited to only certain characters.
Dwight has talked to Jesse Falcon about possible doing a Mangog figure and would like to see that happen.
Shartimus read a list of ten figures people wanted made and Dwight said at least one of those would become reality. The list was as follows:
1. Tobey Maguire Spider-Man
2. Classic Comic Book Dr Strange
3. Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider
4. True Classic Comic Lizard
5. Knull God Of The Symbiotes
6. Retro Wave Rhino
7. Red Suit Daredevil using Sunfire mold
8. Edward Norton Movie Hulk
9. More Fox X-Men figures (no specifics)
10.Avengers Endgame Final Battle Mrk 85 Iron Man
*Note, as we’ve reported on MarvelousNews, a final battle Mrk 85 Iron Man should be coming as a 2-pack with Thanos in the Infinity Saga line, so that is likely the figure Dwight was teasing.
MCUCollector24 - The Infinity Saga line will give them a chance to do characters not done or redone better from the MCU movies.
Dwight would love to do a Marvel Legends Role-Play Taskmaster helmet from the Black Widow movie.
Dwight before the interview started was looking at the first images they had gotten for whatever item was being teased with the Excalibur sword they showed the other month. He didn’t share those images or say what the product is.
The next X-Wave after the second Age Of Apocalypse wave won’t be themed on any particular storyline. It will be a mix of various X-Characters
Pin-less tech is the big reason why we are now seeing double-hinged elbows more and more for female figures. There is a clean arm female double-hinged elbow figure coming. They will be replacing the Silk buck with a new on that has the new seamless double-hinged elbow and knees. They aren’t announcing yet which female character will debut this new buck.
Dan Who? Reviews - They want to go back and do more 6” Toy Biz Retro cardback figures.
They see a lot of potential for figures from the Disney+ shows and while they might not get to every character right away, they will be looking to go back over time to do more.
Dwight purchased one Haslab Sentinel for himself.
They have already been brainstorming for a third Marvel Haslab item. They talked about how they had taken notice of the McFarlane Spawn Kickstarter in regards to possibly doing cheaper items for Haslab in the future.
For the next Haslab Fantastic Four item, it should cost in the same neighborhood as the Sentinel.
Don’t expect all figures to go pin-less anytime soon. It will continue to be something they pick and choose where they can use it.
They just got approved a new comic based female arm that will have double-hinged pinl-less elbow.
They also have an all new replacement for the BuckyCap buck. They aren’t revealing which character will debut this new buck, which should have the pin-less technology. They will be announcing this figure soon. It will have a cooler name than BuckyCap.
3.75” Retro Marvel Legends aren’t meant to replace the 6” Marvel Legends. Its just something extra they are doing.
Shield agents male and female, Doombots, Skrull foot soldiers, white and or black outfit Hand Ninja’s are all things they have looked at for possible upcoming HasbroPulse army builder figures.
They’ve talked about splitting Build-A-Figures up between 2 waves. But they also can do just larger figures as stand-alone deluxe type figures. (Note: We know there should be a MCU Iron Monger figure coming which will cost around $70 for the Infinity Saga wave. I am guessing this is the type of figure Dwight is referring to when it comes to doing a bigger character as a stand-alone.)
They’ve talked about doing a Punisher Van and Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider car, but those would likely be $100+ items. Dwight suggested maybe something for future Haslab projects.
Ryan has been pushing for accessory packs.
Boog_ACBA - They might bring back some Hasbro Pulse exclusives but no promises.
Omega Sentinel extra head sculpt was an after thought as something fun to add, but they didn’t spend a huge amount of time researching. No plans to re-issue it with updated paint apps any time soon.
No plans for the Dormammu figure to change from what we saw in the promo images. The flames will be red.
US Marvel Legends MSRP for regular figures is $22.99 now. Prices going up all around, not just Marvel Legends. Due to changes in the business and part of an overall US marketing pricing strategy.
They put as much as they can in every figure and usually make more than what costs allow them to include. Sometimes those things get added to reissues and such. Again accessory packs brought up that have been pitched by the team members, but no traction as of today for that.
They want to know what kind of accessories people want like weapons, heads, blast effects, ect ect. What specific accessories because the word accessories is a pretty broad term.
You should be able to swap the new Cannoball’s legs with the older one. This is not 100% confirmed, but they think you should be able to.
They have not seen any negative feedback on the new pin-less technology. They want to use it more and more but there will be times they can’t. They have costing limitations and there are tons of existing parts in their library of tools that they aren’t just going to stop using.
Repeating the Haslab Sentinel will start shipping around August. They can’t commit that there will be a Marvel Haslab every year.
The next Marvel Haslab project will be officially announced before the Sentinel starts shipping.
They’ve talked about comic themed waves for Avengers but nothing specifically planned right now.
Obscure characters the Hasbro team would like to do include Reavers Pretty Boy, X-Men Armor with armor. Blue Marvel and Isaiah Bradley Captain America.
Favorite Iron Man armors the team would like to see made - House Of M, Extremis, Modular Iron Man repait with more video game/cartoon type brighter colors.
Sounded like there won’t be any rider series figures released this year as they focus on Deluxe figures, but then because people have talked rumors of a Hawkeye on Skycycle coming, they joked about getting in gear to make it happen. Hard to tell how much of that was serious and or just spoofing on the rumors.
Modular Iron Man will be 2 per case in the Iron Man wave not the Guardsman.
The Fwoosh - They wanted to do a more classic Crimson Dynamo for the Iron Man themed wave Build-A-Figure but thought it was to soon after the Black Widow version. They also thought about doing Titanium Man but didn’t want to do that with DST getting ready to release a Marvel Select version. So URSA Major was the choice. Dwight hinted that a Grizzly will happen using parts from URSA Major as well as new parts.
They are aware of the demand for a new updated Toad figure. They know they have to get a new Toad out there in the line. Dwight also said a new Watcher needs to happen that he would like to see.
When the movies go cosmic that will give them more room to do more comic book based cosmic stuff.
Kastor’s Korner - The FF Carded 6” Retro Doom was originally intended to be released at the overseas conventions last year, which of course didn’t happen.
Hinted we might see a 6” Retro Iron Man themed wave sometime down the road.
Again they will be doing more Pulse exclusive army builders, and sounds like an announcement for the next one will be coming soon.
Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) from MCU should be possible if they ever decided to do one. Meaning there isn’t any red tape the Hasbro team is aware of that would prevent it from happening. Hogan came up because Kastor really wants one.
Toy Bro - Again a Retro Carded 6” Marvel Legends Iron Man wave is hinted as being possible. Again the Modular Iron Man figure re-done with brighter colors like from the Capcom video game is mentioned.
At one time Dwight said the URSA Major BAF wave was actually planned to be an Iron Man Retro wave but then they added the BAF.
Dwight would also love to do a Ghost Rider Retro wave.
They don’t have to be a purist with these Retro lines. Meaning they aren’t limited to just characters that were released in original lines the Retro waves are based on.
They started with 20 items for consideration for the second Haslab Marvel project which they whittled down to the one. The Fantastic Four anniversary is a major reason they picked the one they did. They also wanted to make sure it was something they thought would see enough demand for from fans.
Pixel-Dan - If they ever saw enough demand for reproducing the classic 5” Toy Biz Marvel figures, they might consider it,
They have talked about doing vehicles and playsets for the 3.75” Retro line.
Retro 3.75” figures should be available everywhere by the end of the month.
For the Haslab Fantastic Four item, they said they had seen some good guesses out there for what it will be, but then mentioned they might be throwing a curve ball. They want it to beat the Haslab Razorcrest which was the most successful Haslab project to date. They then joked they should make something that gets blown up, referring to how the Razorcrest was destroyed in the Mandalorian series shortly after that Haslab project ended.
They just got the deco approved from their Marvel partners for the Marvel Haslab #2 project and things are moving along nicely with it.
A magneto shield would be cool, and smash effect thing would be cool would work with many characters. Like an impact effect, could do a few different version of those. And some power blast effects like Thanos's or silver surfers could also work for a few different characters. These are"generic" cuzthey can work with many characters, so they should sell well.
An "invisible" shield effect (half sphere, dome, etc) would be perfect for the Invisible Woman or really any of the characters that use force fields. I'd also like a Gil Kane energy effect trail
Ok so during the Boog interview, which by the way I appreciated 'cause he got right into it, Boog brings up the color discrepancy for Omega (brown hair, white skin instead of black hair, brown skin).
The response (at 2:46) was that they "googled" the character and that was the first picture they saw so that was what they went with.
Not for a second do I believe they're designing Marvel figures off of Google's image section, but ok.
So, they based their Omega off of a picture. But then (at 3:29) after they're asked why Dormammu looks different from the pictureTHAT THEY POSTED (!),they say he wasn't ever intended to look like that, followed by some nonsense about renders and using disclaimers in the future.
So, this isnt the end of the world, what's done is done, Dormammu's coming out like that and I know Omega's already on the shelves. Its just a shame that laziness and hypocrisy can louse up an otherwise good line. The Legends line is increasing in quality and design and that's great, but we can clearly see for every step forward, now and then, they're gonna take a few steps back.
Yeah, I don't buy that for a second. Even if you were going to use a Google Image search, you would be able to see plenty of images and know which look and colours were correct.
I liked how it seems like getting accessory packs may be a real possibility in the near future. Would love different style blast effects for someone like Cyclops, better looking card throwing effects for Gambit, an awesome ice slide for Iceman, and a magnetic shield for Magneto to name a few.
A magneto shield would be cool, and smash effect thing would be cool would work with many characters. Like an impact effect, could do a few different version of those. And some power blast effects like Thanos's or silver surfers could also work for a few different characters. These are"generic" cuzthey can work with many characters, so they should sell well.
The Extremis armor was far too skinny to house an actual human male. So it absolutely needs to be redone. Its not my favorite suit of armor but as I've said repeatedly....Accuracy Matters.
And for the comments that the Blue Marvel is an "obscure" character....maybe they meant rarely used. I wouldn't call him obscure.
Red Wolf is obscure. Sunturion is obscure. El Aguila. Woodgod. Mauler. The Agents of Atlas. Red Rajah. Killraven. Arabian Knight. Mystery Men. All of whom, by the way, I'd love to get Legends figures of!
Please and thank you.
Extremis needs to be redone and blue marvel needs to be made. But when u said Arabian Knight...I would buy one no matter the cost. NO MATTER THE COST. He was one of the first characters I was introduce to in comic book form.
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