Marvel Legends Retro Collection 3.75" Wave 3 Figures Official Images

They are mostly decorative for me too. My kid plays with them sometimes and it helps him identify some of the characters, but most of the time I have them on a bookshelf with Marvel Epic collections.

I have no interest in this line ( a friend did give me the Vision of course) but I think its appeal is the price point and the vibrant, comic accurate colors. They do look good. They'd be great on the desk at work. Still, I need my figures to have decent articulation. These make great stocking stuffers.

I like this line...its a guilty pleasure.

I'm only getting the X-Men though. Open one and display the carded figure on my wall. I dig the art work.

Obviously they're reusing the same bodies for almost all the characters butit feels like they went particularly cheap on thiswave withsimple repaints of Spider-Man, Captain America and Iron Man. That said,I really wantSilver Surfer, Storm, and Loki, and I'm sure I'll get all six.

OMG, I want the wave 4, saw them at Gamestop but just as a preorder....

I take them out of the package and either let my kid play with them or display them on a bookshelf. I have been keeping the packages for the card art, too.

I suspect these are more "keep MOC and hang on a wall display" than "pose them for ACBA pics/set up in an action figure display" since the card art is a huge part of the appeal. also of course for people looking to buy a gift for a kid (or a marvel fan in general) the $10 price point makes these a lot more enticingthan $23 ML figures.

On 6/26/2021 at 7:46 PM, Nosferatuman62172 said:

They look good. Wave 4 should be Thing, Dr. Doom, Wolverine and Thor.

Wave 4 is Silver Surfer, Storm, Loki, Spider-Man (black repaint), U.S.Agent, and Iron Man (stealth repaint).

Im guessing someone just liked what they saw of s7 reaction line and said lets try it. Its definitely not for me for the previously mentioned lack of articulation but Im guessing those that like the reaction stuff will probably like these. Some of them do at least look cool. Although Im with McHoganon the invisible woman if this pic is accurate.

On 6/26/2021 at 6:43 PM, McHogan said:

To each their own but action figures have come along way since rather dark days of 5 POA toys. Why anyone would want to go backwards to collect these is beyond me.these look cheap, especially that invisible woman. I was bummed when the Marvel Universe line started losing articulation and quality paint apps but at its worse, they were miles ahead of these figures.

somehow, this line has found a way to make this figure worse

I gotta agree, I just don't see why these would be wanted when the Marvel Universe couldn't keep going. I for one want my action figures to have articulation. But MU had the nerve to raise its prices to nearly what the 6" figures were, and on top of that cut the articulation. Still, for those who are into this, at least the price isnt over $10.00