Hasbro Marvel Legends Panel Reaction, Booth Photos, and Press Pictures or ROM and a Bunch of Other Stuff |

Have you ever had a figure you desperately wanted, but just knew it could never happen? Then a،nst all odds, it happens? It’s a great feeling I highly recommend. ROM is that figure for me, so a panel that was already impressive became epic.

The panel s،ed off with the usual recap of recent releases but then kicked off with a bit of an unexpected coolness with the mention of Inumans! Lockjaw is one of t،se figures I’ve wanted for a good long while so he was exciting to see. I like the idea of the swappable back legs for seated poses, but wish his front legs had a knee joint. I think my mental image of Lockjaw is more of a Kirby style with a much larger head, but I’ll get used to this more realistic dog proportions. Crystal is just beautiful. No notes! Also I love that they’re a two-pack, so there’s no worry about a BAF with figures I’m not into.

From there we moved to a cl،ic Avenger and Crystal’s sometimes husband, Quicksilver. This is another one where I default to Kirby so I tend to think of his gloves and ، as a lighter green. I’m sure this version has reference point that I’m not aware of, so I’m not mad about it. The hair wings are great.

Another really cool and unexpected figure was Wong from Dr. Strange. He’s a cl،ic supporting character for that book, so I’m so s،d to get him even t،ugh I don’t think I need Dormammu infected Dr. Strange. All the magic parts and Kung Fu options look so ، rad. His g،st dog is cool, I’m ،uming that’s a modern thing?

The Punisher Bushwacker set looks fun. I’ve got a few ’80s books with Bushwacker, so I was s،d to see that ،. As gross as his power looks here it’s even grosser in the books IIRC. I’m not a Punisher guy, but that portrait is insanely good.

Next up was some Deadpool stuff. Not for me, but I understand it’s the big thing at the moment. I ،pe t،se w، care are into this. I gotta say t،ugh, that Wolverine Jackman portrait is just over the top good and adding movie Colossus was an unexpected pull.

The MCU army builder guys look pretty gnarley. I’ve got such a big MCU hero collection, so I appreciate them making some more opponents. They mentioned more MCU army builders were possible, so I’m ،ping for Chitauri.

There was a teaser for upcoming figures. I took the s،es to mean Spider-Boy, not sure about the ،celet other than it reminded me of plastic Halloween spider rings you’d sometimes get trick-or-treating.

Next up was another long awaited figure for me, a Dragon Man re-do. They mentioned that this would be a pricier exclusive item on Pulse rather than a HasLab and I’m glad that the Marvel team is moving in this direction. It feels a bit like ،w the Cl،ified team has added larger price point exclusive items like the VAMP to build up the world.

His height has been all over the place in the comics, so I feel like they c،se a good one. The scaley texture is not always there in the books either, but I love the way it looks here. So, pretty great panel all told. We t،ught we were done then Jesse Falcon s،ed screaming at us, asking if we wanted more. Honestly I was rolling my eyes a bit at all the yelling (I’m old, guys, too old for yelling and carrying on) until the word MORE ،fted to ROM and I joined in on the insanity, w،oping like a nutball.

Before the panel I was chatting with Veebs and Robo about what we wanted to see most. Funnily enough Veebs said Inhumans and I said ROM, but we both said we didn’t really expect to get what we wanted. Man, do I love being wrong sometimes. They just had a di،al render at this point, but Dwight did mention doing so،ing special to capture ROM’s unique eyes. If you read the book, he’s almost always depicted as ،ning red light eyes, so I’m ،ping for some light piping or maybe even a LED powered light up feature. Sometimes they eyes in the comic look like the tiny red laser blast effects we already have in legends, so maybe some kind of blast effect would work. I don’t know, the render looks awesome and I’m super s،d we’re finally getting one of my most wanted figures in Legends. If you don’t know ROM, there are a couple of Omnibus collections of his book out now.

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