New Marvel Legends X-Men: Age Of Apocalypse Sugar Man BAF Wave Promo Pics

1 hour ago, LandoTucker said:

Has HoX/Pox been successful, though, Tarot? By the metric of selling mucho books, that is. I'm not saying you're wrong, because I genuinely do not know, and I haven't read them myself yet. So far, I've only seen geek-love & critical plaudits for the books, but that doesn't always translate to numbers (e.g. Grant Morrison's run).

I obviously don't have sales numbers, but I work in a field with a lot of comic fan crossover and I have an X-Men tattoo on my arm, which is obviously a magnet for certain types of small talk. I can say that, from talks with customers, House/Powers brought a lottttttt of people out of X-Men reading-retirement, and that hasn't seemed to slow down much in the Dawn of X.

12 hours ago, tarot said:

Anything from HOX/POX won't be for a while. These get planned a year in advance and Hasbro had no idea that it would be this successful so they probably haven't anything planned.

Has HoX/Pox been successful, though, Tarot? By the metric of selling mucho books, that is. I'm not saying you're wrong, because I genuinely do not know, and I haven't read them myself yet. So far, I've only seen geek-love & critical plaudits for the books, but that doesn't always translate to numbers (e.g. Grant Morrison's run).

Either way, I'm not opposed to HoX/PoX figures. Cyclops' new Tron colours would be a super-easy repaint; Scalphunter and Psylocke's new outfits are both snappy and Professor X (in his 'I've got the biggest helmet in the world' suit) - would all be cool Legends, but I can't think of many other X-Men from 2019/2020 that would.

As soon as they announced this wave I was in, AOA was so huge for me as a kid, it was one of the first book series I had to buy every issue for each week, I was hooked for some reason so these really resonate with me, I didn't know if I wanted the entire wave but after seeing Sugarman BAF I have to get the entire wave, Sunfire and Dark Beast are no question the stand outs however, if the BAF wasn't something I wanted I would probably just end up getting Sunfire, Dark Beast, Jean and Morph, I'm honestly tired of seeing so many Wolverines no matter how different they could be on my shelf, but sigh guess I gotta get it

Still deciding who I'm getting from this wave.

Jean? Sunfire? X-man? All three? One? Which one? Two? Which two?

1 hour ago, bashpics99 said:

I think there's been some speculation that the upcoming Rogue figure portends a HoX wave, but i'm not sure if the rogue costume is accurate to that storyline or not.

Nah, Rogue's wearing her old Jim Lee outfit these days. That "modern" Rogue costume is from around a decade ago. Basically everyone's costume in Dawn of X isa slightly updated version of one of their old costumes, so I'm not sure how likely they are to be released as toys. There are a few big departures, most notably Apocalypse, Xavier, and Betsy(not currently going by Psylocke). Cyclops has a different enough outfit to justify an updated toy, and I'd personally love a Wolverine. Most others we either already have a figure with their current look (see Rogue) or it's so similar to another of their looks that we're unlikely to get both (see Magneto or Rachel Grey).

These look great but this will probably be the first X wave I skip. I would love a sugarman and Beast and Jean look great but Im just not that attached to these and cant really fork over the monies to warrant a purchase. Pretty sick tho that we are getting at least one full wave of AOA stuff with chances of more to come. Sugarman was definitely a surprise and he looks really nice and unique.

They look so well made thatit almost makes me feel guilty I wont be getting full series.

Anything from HOX/POX won't be for a while. These get planned a year in advance and Hasbro had no idea that it would be this successful so they probably haven't anything planned.

1 hour ago, LandoTucker said:

Just bee-you-tee-full. If there's improvements to be made, or any weaknesses with assortment, sculpt or paintwork...meh. Because if five years ago, or ten years ago, or fifteen years ago, someone had said "There will be a full AOA X-Men wave, maybe two if it does well." I would have laughed and sadly remembered the AOA Weapon X & Sabertooth that came with TB ML Giant Man series. I've needed these figures for 35 years, and they will not disappoint.

It is curious though, that after being hyped through the roof, and being (so I'm told) the "best X-Men story ever" Jonathan Hickman's 2019 (but still ongoing) Power of X/House of X arc and subsequent X-Men universe reboot gets zero figures, whilst a 35 year old alt-reality story gets two waves. Makes you think, doesn't it?

BTW: Wave 2 - Colossus, Shadowcat, Cyclops, Sabertooth, Magneto, Husk, Exodus & Abyss as BAF. A Rogue/Gambit two-pack would be sweet too,

I think there's been some speculation that the upcoming Rogue figure portends a HoX wave, but i'm not sure if the rogue costume is accurate to that storyline or not.

Just bee-you-tee-full. If there's improvements to be made, or any weaknesses with assortment, sculpt or paintwork...meh. Because if five years ago, or ten years ago, or fifteen years ago, someone had said "There will be a full AOA X-Men wave, maybe two if it does well." I would have laughed and sadly remembered the AOA Weapon X & Sabertooth that came with TB ML Giant Man series. I've needed these figures for 35 years, and they will not disappoint.

It is curious though, that after being hyped through the roof, and being (so I'm told) the "best X-Men story ever" Jonathan Hickman's 2019 (but still ongoing) Power of X/House of X arc and subsequent X-Men universe reboot gets zero figures, whilst a 35 year old alt-reality story gets two waves. Makes you think, doesn't it?

BTW: Wave 2 - Colossus, Shadowcat, Cyclops, Sabertooth, Magneto, Husk, Exodus & Abyss as BAF. A Rogue/Gambit two-pack would be sweet too,