Hasbro Pulse-Con 2021 Marvel Legends - What Might We See?

Hasbro Pulse-Con 2021 Marvel Legends - What Might We See?


Jay Cochran - October 19, 2021
Hasbro's Virtual Pulse-Con event is just days away, and with that speculation on what we might be seeing has already begun to run rampant on the net. While speculation is always fun which I will be doing a little bit here, I thought it also might be a good idea to recommend some caution in setting expectations to high for how much new Marvel Legends product we will actually be seeing. Like this year, there is definitely a lot of Marvel Legends product in the pipeline for 2022, but how much of that will actually get revealed this weekend remains to be seen.

Before we go any further, lets first go over what we know 100% about this weekend in regards to what to expect for Marvel Legends. We know the Marvel Legends panel will be taking place on Saturday October 23 at 2PM ET on Hasbro's YouTube Channel. We of course will have full coverage of that here on MarvelousNews. Here is the official description of the panel:

The Hasbro Marvel product experts will discuss some exciting news around Hasbro’s ever popular MARVEL LEGENDS SERIES action figure line! Viewers will also get a sneak peek of upcoming, never before seen Marvel action figures plus some special surprises as well.

Panelists:

Jesse Falcon, Marvel
Dwight, Design
Ryan, Marketing
Dan, Marketing
Julia & Eric Lewald
Donny Cates
David Nakayama


The first four names on the panelists list are well known to Marvel Legends collectors and not surprising to see on the panel in any way. Julia And Eric Lewald when it comes to Marvel are best known for their work on the original Fox X-Men Animated Series.

Donny Cates is a Marvel Comics artist and writer who has worked on titles such as Venom. David Nakayama is also an artist who has done work for Marvel primarily specializing in comic covers. I know Nakayama did a variant cover for Cates' Venom #1, but I don't know if that has any baring on the two of them being on this panel.

Besides that we know there will be two Marvel Legends Pulse-Con exclusives going up for purchase. This includes the Marvel Legends Retro Cardback Spider-Man Animated Series Venom for $31.99 and the Marvel Legends Series M.O.D.O.K. World Domination Tour Collection set for $73.99. I know they will be offering exclusives each day (10/22-23) on the Pulse website. This will start at 4pm ET for premium members and 5pm ET for everyone else. It's not clear if all the Pulse exclusives will be offered on both days or be split up between the two days. For instance I don't know if these Marvel exclusive will be offered Friday and Saturday, or just on Saturday after the Marvel Panel. My feeling is both days, but again Hasbro hasn't made that super clear. I really don't think these will be that hard to get either way.

Finally Hasbro's Dan Yun seemed to be warning folks on social media to lower expectations for what will be revealed with a tweet saying "Your guesses...lower the expectations".



So what do I expect to see this weekend? While I don't have any insider info on specifics, I think we will see at least 6 new items revealed. Almost definitely more but at least 6.

I think the chances are high we will see the Marvel Legends 20th Anniversary wave fully revealed. We saw the Captain America figure for this wave revealed last week by Unparalleled Universe. The other 3 figures rumored for this wave include Iron Man, Hulk and a new Toad figure. These will be modern versions of the figures released in the first Toy Biz wave.

I don't know if we will be seeing any regular waves fully revealed this weekend. My feeling is we might be getting a bunch of partial reveals and teases. One reason for this might be due to all the shipping delays going on with the back ups at the ports here in the United States. Hasbro may be reluctant to open pre-orders for a lot of new product right now, and this goes for all their brands.

Another reason for not seeing any regular waves being fully revealed this weekend is that we continue to see Disney push back release dates for upcoming MCU movies as we reported on yesterday. I know there are planned waves for each of the movies mentioned yesterday, but I am not really expecting any kind of reveals for them this weekend. Maybe a few teases with some of the comic book based figures in the Dr. Strange wave. If so you won't want to sleep through that.

Of course there is the rumored X-Men and comic based Avengers waves I have reported on previously. I don't expect those to be going up for pre-order this week, but I do feel like there is a good chance we will at least get some of those revealed on Saturday.

We can expect more Disney+ stuff to come in 2022, but I don't expect there to be much emphasis on any of that this weekend., I would say if we see anything it might be something teased for Hawkeye.

Spider-Man is going to be celebrating his 60th Anniversary in 2022, and I am expecting Hasbro to be releasing product for that which is something I could see them possibly starting to tease this weekend.

I know there is at least one more 3.75" Retro wave coming, so we might start to see that as well as more role-play replica items.

Then of course there are store exclusives. We know more are coming, so I definitely wouldn't be surprised if we some kind of reveals on that front.

So that's all I have for now. Again I think keeping expectations for the amount of new product revealed this weekend on the lower side is good advise. That way if they show more than expected, we will be pleasantly surprised as opposed to feeling disappointed.

Of course as I mentioned above, speculation is always fun, so let us know what you hope to see in the COMMENTS SECTION below.
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abnuggler - 2021-10-23 @ 5:17 am
On 10/21/2021 at 7:55 PM, Ironspider428 said:

That's not usually how anniversary lines are divided up, though I suppose anything's possible. We're almost certainly getting another wave for NWH, but I doubt that'll be included in the 60th anniversary lineup, especially since it'll probably hit in early spring instead of late summer when anniversary stuff usually hits. Here's my wishlist:

1. Classic Spidey (Retro body with lighter blue, maybe a new head, some web accessories, hands, etc.)

2. Superior Spidey and Overdrive 2-PK

3. Deluxe Madame Web with some version of her chair

4. Riot, Agony and Omega Red body Venom 3-PK

5. Carrion and classic Carnage 2-PK

6. Retro deluxe Rhino

7. Retro deluxe Lizard

8. Retro Scorpion (lighter green paint with flesh colored chin)

9. Raimi Spider-Man and Green Goblin 2-PK (Repack of Tobey from NWH wave 2, brand new GG mold)

10. Raimi Symbiote Spidey and Sandman (Repaint of Tobey, retool of Retro Sandman maybe)

11. Raimi Venom

12. Raimi New Goblin

13. Raimi deluxe Doc Ock

I doubt they make venom and 2 goblin figures, but as you said we never know with hasbro but I doubt theyll make figures of characters that are not appearing in the new films so I dont think Venom, Harry Osborn Goblin and ASM 2 Goblin will make the cut. I know there are a lot of people that dont care for the ASM movies but all sings point that at least Garfield and Electro will be part of the multiverse (there were rumors that paul giamati's rhino was also in it) so im sure if hasbro is making figures from the raimi movies theyll also make figures from the ASM at last the characters that make it into ANH.As for the comic figures I like your picks but I think well eventually see a venom wave with Venom and Carnage from the movie and there we'll see comic versions of Riot, Agony and Carrion, we might see a movie morbius in this wave as well.Im sure we'll see a classic comic spiderman on the lighter colors and new heads, Rhino Deluxe and or Lizard Deluxe figures are also almost certain, and we'll eventually see a redeco of scorpion, I like your idea of Madame Webb and the Superior Spiderman and Overdrive 2 pack (hopefully spidey will have his waldos this time)Id also add a Iron Spider deluxe figure with waldos to the list.

Dabboi - 2021-10-23 @ 12:09 am
On 10/22/2021 at 7:25 PM, mako said:

The market's in a bad place right now, it's entirely possible Hasbro took that into account in lining up new product.

Personally, I don't expect much, and most of that will probably be Spidey-centric. Hasbro's not about to let a movie tie-in go to waist. They MIGHT show a couple hints for the new anniversary stuff, but even that is a long shot.

Hopefully, we'll all be surprised.

On top of the market being awful right now, the movie delays probably hampered some of their release plans for the next 2-or-so years.

I'm thinking, we'll probably get a tease for the wave after Armadillo, and maybe some of the anniversary figures. As a long shot, they might be intentionally downplaying expectations; in which case, I could see a couple of repaints/retools just to fill release slots (Cap tooled into US Agent, Vision into Vostok, and things like that)

mako - 2021-10-22 @ 11:25 pm
On 10/22/2021 at 2:05 PM, Jmacq1 said:

If tomorrow goes like today, they'll reveal no more than a handful of figures. Then again, Marvel has been the "star" of a couple of these virtual conventions so maybe their presentation will be a bit beefier than the other brands. Transformers and Star Wars seemed pretty lackluster.

The market's in a bad place right now, it's entirely possible Hasbro took that into account in lining up new product.

Personally, I don't expect much, and most of that will probably be Spidey-centric. Hasbro's not about to let a movie tie-in go to waist. They MIGHT show a couple hints for the new anniversary stuff, but even that is a long shot.

Hopefully, we'll all be surprised.

Powerhouse37 - 2021-10-22 @ 10:31 pm

The only thing I'm getting my hopes up for is a reveal or tease of the some more 20th anniversary Marvel Legends and the two rumored waves. Gotta temper expectations so I don't get overhyped.

MODADDYDODOK - 2021-10-22 @ 10:24 pm
On 10/21/2021 at 8:58 PM, Legender said:

I'm afraid also this wish list is far from how anniversary lines works, in the Infinity Saga wave around 30% of the characters were repaints with some "new hat" ... I totally can see Spiderman (new body) in a lighter color with nicer eyes and Lizzard OR Rhino as Deluxe.

I think youre forgetting that 80th Anniversary brought us new Hulk, new Cap, new Iron Man, new Thor, new Colossus(?), new whatever else. That was the last best reveal show that I can remember. I had fun that day

GrtWhiteCustoms - 2021-10-22 @ 10:16 pm
On 10/22/2021 at 4:38 PM, Atlantis said:

To that end I hope we see Red Wolf, El Aguila, Equinox, Killraven, Deadly Nightshade, Gladiator, Blue Marvel, Dr. Spectrum, Firebrand, Firelord....those have never been done, best of my knowledge.

But I doubt any of these are on the horizon except for Blue Marvel and Firelord.

Man...thats a good list!! Especially Equinox!! One of my first exposures to John Byrne was in that Team Up mag!!

Atlantis - 2021-10-22 @ 9:38 pm
On 10/22/2021 at 1:05 PM, Ninjak said:

"...Hopefully Hasbro will offer up some characters that have never had a Marvel Legends figure before (or at least not a good one). Any classic villains or supporting characters would be most welcome...."

To that end I hope we see Red Wolf, El Aguila, Equinox, Killraven, Deadly Nightshade, Gladiator, Blue Marvel, Dr. Spectrum, Firebrand, Firelord....those have never been done, best of my knowledge.

But I doubt any of these are on the horizon except for Blue Marvel and Firelord.

Ninjak - 2021-10-22 @ 9:05 pm

I'll be interested in any wave that focuses on comic Spider-Man. So I'd definitely be down for any 60th Anniversary figures. Hopefully Hasbro will offer up some characters that have never had a Marvel Legends figure before (or at least not a good one). Any classic villains or supporting characters would be most welcome.

Ironspider428 - 2021-10-22 @ 8:15 pm
On 10/21/2021 at 6:58 PM, Legender said:

I'm afraid also this wish list is far from how anniversary lines works, in the Infinity Saga wave around 30% of the characters were repaints with some "new hat" ... I totally can see Spiderman (new body) in a lighter color with nicer eyes and Lizzard OR Rhino as Deluxe.

Not necessarily. Out of the comic stuff, only Madame Web and possibly Overdrive would need new molds, everything else is a straight up repaint with new heads and accessories. My assumption with the movie stuff is that wed get a Tobey Spider-Man figure in the NWH wave 2, so they could just repaint/repack him in the anniversary wave to balance out the new sculpts of the villains. New Goblin would use a combination of Luke Cage and movie Logan parts, and likely Sandman too.

tarot - 2021-10-22 @ 7:53 pm
On 10/22/2021 at 8:05 PM, Jmacq1 said:

If tomorrow goes like today, they'll reveal no more than a handful of figures. Then again, Marvel has been the "star" of a couple of these virtual conventions so maybe their presentation will be a bit beefier than the other brands. Transformers and Star Wars seemed pretty lackluster.

It like this every year. The rest of the line are lackluster but marvel generally has more stuff. Not much more but enough to satisfy most collectors.

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