New Regular Retail 3.75" Marvel Retro Figures From Hasbro

2 hours ago, Glorifice said:

I think with the significant lack in articulation these become an automatic keep in box for me which I actually think is kinda cool because I always felt guilty tearing into the 6 inch retro line but I often needed thosefigures to complete line ups.

This is my sentiment exactly! The retro waves filled in the gaps for so many classic Avengers for me but it was a shame to cut on those cardbacks. I only want the ms marvel from this line and it'll just be hanging on the wall since she can't really do much anyway

I think with the significant lack in articulation these become an automatic keep in box for me which I actually think is kinda cool because I always felt guilty tearing into the 6 inch retro line but I often needed thosefigures to complete line ups.

Would be nice to see Hasbro revisit the Marvel Universe figures someday but these are a pass for me.

3 hours ago, The Mad Bubbler said:

The thing is, while there is nostalgia for those lines, they are not in scale with anything else, whereas there is a lot of love for 3.75"-4" figures. While there's less nostalgia for Marvel figures in this scale, specifically (Mego made a handful of 3.75" Marvel figures in the late 1970s.), They are also basing these very specifically on comic art from the 70s and early 80s, which is cool. As long as they keep a steady supply of interesting character/outfit choices, I can definitely see this line developing a following, especially at a $9.99 price point. I think they should include at least 1 accessory with most or all figures, though.-Also: What's with the 2 weird stripes, or suspenders, or whatever they are on the front of Magneto? I don't recall ever seeing him drawn like that.

Oh, I definitely understand the reasoning behind the scale as 4 inch is a lot more desirable than the bigger figures of Secret Wars or Marvel Superheroes. I just don't get why they don't follow the aesthetic of those.

On 1/31/2021 at 2:16 PM, JayC said:

The biggest saving grace with these particular figures, they are cheaper than ReAction figures at only $10 each. Also if you want something cheap and Marvel related for your kids to play with these have some appeal there as well.

That is why I like these figures right now. The card backs appeal to me, but the toys are for my son who is too young for more serious and expensive toys. But thanks in part to these retro figures he knows who Iron Man and Captain America are and he likes to hear Avengers bedtime stories.

I don't need to collect a hundred of these retro figures; to me they're gateway drugs so my kid can learn to appreciate the characters before he (hopefully) gets into the comics and movies.

Happy for those that want em but I just got into six inch and I can't start over again so soon

On 1/31/2021 at 1:43 PM, sentinelofliberty41 said:

You would think that they would have tried something in the vein of Secret Wars or the 90s Toybiz figures. I get that Legends do the retro waves but those are just cardbacks with modern figures. Why not mold these similarly to the old figures and fill in the ranks withcharacters that never got made and slap them on the retro cardbacks? That would have been a fun series of figures.

The thing is, while there is nostalgia for those lines, they are not in scale with anything else, whereas there is a lot of love for 3.75"-4" figures. While there's less nostalgia for Marvel figures in this scale, specifically (Mego made a handful of 3.75" Marvel figures in the late 1970s.), They are also basing these very specifically on comic art from the 70s and early 80s, which is cool. As long as they keep a steady supply of interesting character/outfit choices, I can definitely see this line developing a following, especially at a $9.99 price point. I think they should include at least 1 accessory with most or all figures, though.-Also: What's with the 2 weird stripes, or suspenders, or whatever they are on the front of Magneto? I don't recall ever seeing him drawn like that.

On 2/1/2021 at 2:50 PM, JayC said:

Cap and Spider-Man are also part of wave 1.

Cool! I have held off ordering any of the figures from Hasbro Pulse, because, especially with figures this simplistic, I really want to check out the paint jobs if at all possible- I was surprised to see Pulse later say that all of them were "Pulse exclusives," when I thought it was just the 2 metallic figures. Hopefully the other 4 figures will pop up in upcoming regular waves.

Cap and Spider-Man are also part of wave 1.

17 minutes ago, sentinelofliberty41 said:

You would think that they would have tried something in the vein of Secret Wars or the 90s Toybiz figures. I get that Legends do the retro waves but those are just cardbacks with modern figures. Why not mold these similarly to the old figures and fill in the ranks withcharacters that never got made and slap them on the retro cardbacks? That would have been a fun series of figures.

Yeah a continuation of some of the classic lines would be awesome