Characters We Want As Hasbro Marvel Legends
Like most adults sprinting towards 40-years old, I have a vast toy collection.
Sigh. I’ve wasted my life.
But, in that sea of plastic and vinyl and most likely toxic paint, are a bunch of Hasbro Marvel Legends figures. These are generally recognized as some of the best in the toy game today—they have pretty cool sculpts, nice accessories, good articulation, pleasant paint jobs, and there is a pretty wide array of characters pulled from Marvel Comics (and films). There are still way too many versions of Spider-Man, Deadpool, Wolverine, and Iron Man, but I get it—that’s their bread and butter.
While they are constantly announcing new figures, I thought it would be good to put my wish list out into the world to try to manifest some change. Each group of figures (or “wave”) contains six individual characters and usually a seventh that can be built from parts included in the others (essentially incentivizing people to buy all six). I have dozens upon dozens of characters’ names written down on this subject, but here is one wave of characters I would love to see become Hasbro Marvel Legends.
Wave 1
1. American Chavez
This dimension-jumping badass will appear in DOCTOR STRANGE AND THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS, so it’s probable she’ll receive a figure then. But I hope it’s closer to the comic version of the Latin lesbian powerhouse who can kick through all multiversal barriers, fly, move at super speed, and punch stuff real good.
2. The Orb
I mean…come on! It’s a motorcycle riding criminal with an all red leather outfit who, oh yeah, has a massive eyeball for a head. Also, I think he has a cravat. Make this already!
3. Cardiac
Elias Wirtham is a physician whose brother dies due to the greediness of various medical companies. Dr. Wirtham replaced his own heart with a cool energy thingy and takes on criminals—mostly a lot of evil pharmaceutical, insurance types. He’s got a dope design, a cool staff, and a backstory that remains disturbingly relevant 30 years later!
4. Gertie and Old Lace
While the Runaways got a middling TV series, and Sister Grimm/Nico has her own Marvel Legends figure, Gertie still needs to be properly represented! She’s not the usual rail-thin looking female hero in the Marvel universe, has cool purple hair, is the daughter of time travelers, and has a psychic connection with her own personal velociraptor, Old Lace. Obviously, Old Lace would be included.
5. Chance
Chance’s abilities are pretty common for Marvel—he has rocket boosters and can shoot stuff from his hands. But his method is interesting (he bets on taking out his targets, only getting paid if he’s successful), and his outfit with its bulbous goggles, tubes, and bold green coloring, makes him look like a great rejected COBRA villain.
6. Armor
Hisako Ichiki is one of the younger mutants that joined the X-Men scene over 15 years ago, but was immediately beloved. She threw a lot of sass at Wolverine while her power to create a pink psionic shield that is almost unbreakable and makes her super strong is pretty dope. Think about how cool the translucent pink armor would look around the action figure.
Build-A-Figure: Bill Foster
Bill Foster was played by Laurence Fishburne in ANT MAN & THE WASP and referenced his Goliath days. But it would be cool to have this giant-sized hero in the mix, especially since there aren’t too many Black characters in the Hasbro line (it’s unlikely people would know Cardiac is Black). That being said, probably cool to just call him “Goliath” instead of his original name…”Black Goliath”.
As I said, I have literally dozens more such pitches. You know, like a cool. So watch this space for more of my pleas to Hasbro to make specific Marvel Legends figures!