Yesterday we learned the
Devourer of Worlds was coming to
Marvel Legends in the form of a new 32" tall action figure as Hasbro's latest crowdsourcing
Haslab campaign was officially launched. In less than 24 hours that campaign has gotten almost half of the needed minimum
14k backers for Galactus to be 100% green lite. As I type this the campaign currently has 6,052 backers and people have until August 30th to make up their minds if they want to add this $399.99 action figure to their collection.
Besides
Galactus himself,
Hasbro said yesterday that if the campaign surpasses the minimum 14k backers before August 30th, a handful of unlockable tiered add-ons will also be included with the figure. The first will be revealed once the backer counter breaks 14k. During the
actual presentation by
Hasbro for this figure, the Marvel brand team didn't give us a lot of details about what those unlockable items will be.
Jesse Falcon teased the final one was his favorite and
Dwight Stall made some indication at least one of the unlockables might be something to army build.
However later in the day
Hasbro's Dan Yun let us know via social media that at least the first
unlockable item for Galactus will be a 6" action figure.
He went on to say in a response to someone on Twitter that it was a "
6-inch figure that will fit on one of Galactus’ hand"
The most likely assumption here is that
Hasbro will include at least one of
Galactus' Heralds. For those not familiar,
heralds are powerful beings who work for
Galactus. They get sent out ahead to find suitable planets for
Galactus to eat. The first herald introduced to readers and most recognizable is the
Silver Surfer which
Hasbro has already given us
Marvel Legends versions of multiple times in the past couple years. I suppose if Hasbro wanted to get creative they could give us a
Norrin Radd figure, Silver Surfer before he actually becomes Silver Surfer.
Of course
Silver Surfer is not the only herald
Galactus has had over the years, in fact the list is quit long. Other Heralds include characters such as
Firelord, Air-Walker, Fallen One, Terrax the Tamer, Frankie Raye (Nove), Morg and the list goes on and on.
Hasbro actually gave us a
Terrax figure early on in the line, but he could definitely use an update.
So will one of these characters be
Hasbro's first add-on for the
Galactus Haslab project? Or perhaps
each unlockable tier will feature one of his Heralds? We don't know. I suspect at least one of the heralds will be included with this project and for me personally I am hoping for
Firelord, but we will just have to wait and see.
I suspect with the way it's going Hasbro will reach it's 14k backers sometime over the weekend, so hopefully we will find out what that 6" figure is
Dan Yun is mentioning real soon. Which herald would you like to see included if any? Let us know in the
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