Over the last few years I think my track record of bringing you all information about upcoming
Marvel Legends figures has been fairly accurate, as I do my best not just to report on every rumor that crosses my desk, but take the time to confirm things as much as possible before I bring that info to you, even if it means I may not always be first to bring that info to you. However this year one figure in particular seems to have caused a bit of a blemish on my record.
Going back to February of this year I first brought you information about 8 figures being released as part of
Hasbro's 20th Anniversary subline. One of those figures I told you about was a new
Captain America figure of some kind. Then in May I updated you all to say that instead of
Captain America we would be getting a
Ghost Rider figure on retro cardback. Then
earlier this month I updated once again saying it looked like a
Cap figure was coming instead of
Ghost Rider, only to find out a few weeks later it was in fact
Ghost Rider, which of course is now available for pre-order at places like our sponsors
Entertainment Earth and
BigBadToyStore.com.
So what happened to that
Captain America figure I thought was coming? Well honestly I don't know. While I do feel fairly confident that at least at one time
Hasbro had planned to release a new
Captain America figure this year, I can't tell you why that didn't happen or if at some point down the road we will see that figure released. My gut feeling is that we will see it released in some way, at some point, but at this time I have not seen anything specific to suggest it will.
So for now I will have to except this blemish on my record as one I got wrong, and set this as an example of why I always emphasize these kind of reports as "
Rumor" until
Hasbro officially confirms them.
Now if your wondering what version of
Captain America I thought was coming (and maybe at some point still will). It was an
Isaiah Bradley Captain America which is a version of Cap that has never been done in the
Marvel Legends line.
On 8/30/2022 at 3:43 AM, tarot said:Don't believe that. People used to say the same thing about nightcrawler and others. Marvel has the full rights to the characters.
and Hasbro have full rights to make Marvel figures
tarot -
2022-08-30 @ 2:43 am
On 8/30/2022 at 3:39 AM, Hogun said:I heard that Marvel is having legal issues with Robert Morales' estate, the man who created Isaiah Bradley. So, if Marvel can/has resolved their dispute with the family, then I would love to see an Isaiah Bradley Marvel Legend.
Don't believe that. People used to say the same thing about nightcrawler and others. Marvel has the full rights to the characters.
Hogun -
2022-08-30 @ 2:39 am
I heard that Marvel is having legal issues with Robert Morales' estate, the man who created Isaiah Bradley. So, if Marvel can/has resolved their dispute with the family, then I would love to see an Isaiah Bradley Marvel Legend.
On 2/12/2022 at 11:24 AM, tarot said:Yes that is it . It just like the 80th Marvel anniversary, which celebrated Marvel as a whole not just the wwii days, the 20th xmen movie anniversary, celebrating xmen, the 10th and infinity saga.
This 20th line is celebrate Marvel legends as a whole.
I was really hoping that with the 80th anniversary, they would have made the original characters that kicked it all off from Timely. Without them there'd be no Marvel. The Sub-Mariner, original Human Torch, and Captain America. Just baffling that the golden age figures aren't done. Then there's Bucky, whose first figure was, frankly, awful, and really needs an update. And they could showcase more golden age characters like the original Vision, along with the Destroyer, Blazing Skull, Miss America, the Whizzer, and Red Raven, by doing a limited box set run on Hasbro Pulse or something like that. Baron Blood, Warrior Woman, U-Man, Tiger Man, Spit Fire....the 80th anniversary is the perfect theme to do these figures.
Satam -
2022-08-27 @ 4:47 pm
On 8/27/2022 at 12:09 PM, monron999 said:Yes, Isaiah Bradley is a must for our ML collections, and they will do one sooner or later. The thing is they better do the damn thing right and do their research. I swear if they put the damn thing on that ridiculous Sunfire buck I will loose my isht. The Reaper buck at the least or maybe even the Herc buck. He is a bit larger than Cap but the Reaper buck will work.
They wouldn't use the Sunfire buck. I think it's more likely they'll put Isaiah on the older Wolf Cap buck than anything else.
Yes, Isaiah Bradley is a must for our ML collections, and they will do one sooner or later. The thing is they better do the damn thing right and do their research. I swear if they put the damn thing on that ridiculous Sunfire buck I will loose my isht. The Reaper buck at the least or maybe even the Herc buck. He is a bit larger than Cap but the Reaper buck will work.
On 8/15/2022 at 11:03 PM, Lord_Scareglow said:"Yeah I feel you on that, I have been standing strong with everyone saying we need a diverse stable of female bucks, so many inaccurate female figures on the wrong buck, but I have some faith in the future since they stated that the Shriek buck was going to be one they planned on making basically the Bucky Cap of the ladies figures...."
May have been their stated plan but sure hasn't been executed. Or, they're sure taking their time on it. Binary, Madame Hydra, Invisible Woman, for examples- all of them wasted opportunity. I'm especially ticked at MH because she's been wanted for a long time and desperately needed a re-do. I've said this before, but they need to revisit virtually all of the female figures; there needs to be as much articulation and body diversity as the male figures, and they need to scale properly. At any rate I too hope they get it together; an accurate buck would go a long way on your American Dream,
On 8/16/2022 at 2:55 AM, Atlantis said:IF they were actually to make a female buck like this I could support it, but they have yet to do so. I just can't and won't spend any more $ on weak and incaccurate figures anymore. Its a shame because they have been doing a really great job on the faces ( yes, I know the Sue Richards was awful, but otherwise many of their female head sculpts have been fantastic...no pun intended).
Yeah I feel you on that, I have been standing strong with everyone saying we need a diverse stable of female bucks, so many inaccurate female figures on the wrong buck, but I have some faith in the future since they stated that the Shriek buck was going to be one they planned on making basically the Bucky Cap of the ladies figures, if they did an American Dream on the shriek buck I'd be pleased, but I'm also a sucker for a female figure and I buy em all really, since it's my biggest collection next to symbiotes, the ladies of Marvel, but I do agree they need more variety and let's hope they see that through.
On 8/14/2022 at 2:01 PM, Lord_Scareglow said:Yes This would be the one for me, but I kinda think they wouldn't dub it a Captain America if it was an American Dream, But I can hope
IF they were actually to make a female buck like this I could support it, but they have yet to do so. I just can't and won't spend any more $ on weak and incaccurate figures anymore. Its a shame because they have been doing a really great job on the faces ( yes, I know the Sue Richards was awful, but otherwise many of their female head sculpts have been fantastic...no pun intended).
Could Soldier Supreme be a possibility?
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