The Avengers (Classic Comic) Marvel Legends Yelena Belova Black Widow (Puff Adder Build-A-Figure) Video Review And Images

On 3/4/2023 at 11:08 PM, Satam said:

It's her third. Toybiz comic Yelena, Hasbro MCU Yelena, Hasbro comic Yelena.

Didn't count movie versions but I totally forgot about Toybiz variant, getting old...

On 3/4/2023 at 12:57 PM, SpiderS said:

Head sculpt is solid but they easily could have given her double jointed elbows and alternate head, its her first ML figure after all, but I guess we will get short haired Yelena from early 2000s just in time for upcoming Thunderbolts movie

It's her third. Toybiz comic Yelena, Hasbro MCU Yelena, Hasbro comic Yelena.

Head sculpt is solid but they easily could have given her double jointed elbows and alternate head, its her first ML figure after all, but I guess we will get short haired Yelena from early 2000s just in time for upcoming Thunderbolts movie

Wondering if you can possibly do some parts swapping with the new Black Widow figure.....

On 3/4/2023 at 4:18 AM, Atlantis said:

Why is it harsh? Its truth. When they put out an old, over used and feeble figure buck like the one they used for Madame Hydra BUT still charge today's prices, they definitely regard the customer as marks. Shame that so many will still buy it. This is the kind of thinking that got them to try to sell that haslob joke of a car. A lot of fans don't want to be accused of "bad mouthing" and believe in brand loyalty. But there's no customer loyalty, demonstrated in the very reasons you gave. But the best way to correct all this is for customers to put their money elsewhere.

Hasbro's entire history has been built on re-use and economy.That's not an apology, it's just the reality.But such practises allowed Hasbro to carry it forward into building on existing tool libraries, which has always been how they expand a line.If a base buck works, I don't mind it being the foundation for a figure, or even a run of figures over a period of time ( Bucky-Cap buck, I'm looking at you), because......hey, it works. You can get good poses out of it and it looks good doing so. But if that's ALL a new figures offers, maybe with a new sculpt head.......then it's a sore spot and i feel cheated.I'd want, AT LEAST, extra hands.Extra effects pieces, weapons ....even if they are previously existing items. I want..........no, DEMAND that "bang for the buck" I pay out.All-new sculpts , all-new parts, are great and exciting, but I don't expect them.What I wince at is when new sculpts are soft or just not as crisp or strong as they could be ( Jimmy Woo and Baron Strucker, for example). Every figure should have, at least 2 portraits, imo.One neutral, the other expressive--and that's to give us OPTIONS.I want accessories, I want more stuff so I can do MORE with the figures I buy.That's really what my gripe is about.....not getting options and paying MORE for that "less"And, yeah, I AM buying less.......I'm cherry-picking more from ML, because it is offering less--even with characters/figures that would otherwise appeal to me.

On 2/23/2023 at 7:38 PM, TheArrow said:

"....I'm more and more frustrated with Hasbro and ML because of the skimpy offerings. Softer sculpts, fewer accessories and options, blind boxes, and higher prices, it's driving me away from the line.I feel like a mark being ripped off for his money---as harsh as it is to write that..."

Why is it harsh? Its truth. When they put out an old, over used and feeble figure buck like the one they used for Madame Hydra BUT still charge today's prices, they definitely regard the customer as marks. Shame that so many will still buy it. This is the kind of thinking that got them to try to sell that haslob joke of a car. A lot of fans don't want to be accused of "bad mouthing" and believe in brand loyalty. But there's no customer loyalty, demonstrated in the very reasons you gave. But the best way to correct all this is for customers to put their money elsewhere.

I received this wave from BBTS today. Yelena comes with a ton of accessories. It's a very nice figure - if a little plain. An alternate head would have been great but it's easy to see why it didn't get included when you see all of the other accessories. I'd definitely buy multiples of her if I found her at a lower price point down the line.

I agree with everyone this should have had a unmasked head, but I'm happy to finally get a Comic Yelena and I do love this look for her, I'm going to assume they didn't give us a second head because we might be in for a classic version sometime soon since she's in Thunderbolts, but hey I'm cool with this version of her, it's my fav look for her personally, my one real gripe is I'm not huge on that Smirk she has.

On 2/24/2023 at 12:55 AM, The Mad Bubbler said:

"Nice" crooked paintjob on the lips here, too. At least for me, it's bad enough that I would return it. With prices going up, I'm going to be pickier, even though quality control seems to be going down. Of course, if the boxes weren't solid, this could be prevented, and I just wouldn't buy a figure with crooked lips in the first place... Hasbro is making it less and less fun to collect. They seem to think they can't alienate hardcore collectors, but I've been collecting this line since the first ToyBiz series, and I am buying fewer and fewer figures at regular price, going down to one or two figures per wave, waiting on discounts for the rest, and many deluxe figures, multi-packs, etc..

the packaging is certainly putting them at a competitive disadvantage where it (debatably) matters most, in the toy aisles of Target and Walmart. Both McFarlane and Mattel figures pop out much more in the aisle since you can see their figures. Are there people who actually refuse to buy Mattel/mcFarlane because of the plastic use? I suspect the proportion who are that hardcore about environmentalism is pretty low. Maybe someday when their competitors move to plastic-free packaging this would make sense, but between lousy packaging, fewer accessories, and most of all higher prices, Hasbro seems to be doing all it can to push collectors away from this hobby.

"Nice" crooked paintjob on the lips here, too. At least for me, it's bad enough that I would return it. With prices going up, I'm going to be pickier, even though quality control seems to be going down. Of course, if the boxes weren't solid, this could be prevented, and I just wouldn't buy a figure with crooked lips in the first place... Hasbro is making it less and less fun to collect. They seem to think they can't alienate hardcore collectors, but I've been collecting this line since the first ToyBiz series, and I am buying fewer and fewer figures at regular price, going down to one or two figures per wave, waiting on discounts for the rest, and many deluxe figures, multi-packs, etc..