YES or NO would you buy this x men line

[DarthJoe]

wait.... isnt scarlet which the daughter of magneto

 

 

Yep. She is, so is Polaris. Doesn't anybody read X-Men anymore?

 

you do realise that ML doesn't only involves the present stories? it also has to include people from all the periods.

 

Yes, I do and frankly that's the problem. I think it's obvious that Marvel Legend's target demographic is adult collectors. The kiddies have their movie lines like Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Fantastic Four etc and frankly it's suited to them. I think it's also safe to say that of the adult collectors that aren't scalping on ebay, most of us are comic readers or at least comic fans. There are some characters that are popular enough that Hasbro can feel confident that they can release multiple (i.e. dated) figures and they will sell. Spider-Man, Captain America, Wolverine, Iron Man, and Hulk all fit this category. Some figures, however, are probably only going to be made once, and what costume they are wearing can go a long way towards making that character appealing. For example:

 

Bucky: Can I get a show of hands of anyone who wanted a WWII Bucky as opposed to a Winter Soldier?

 

Luke Cage: This throwback to the 70's made most people laugh or vomit, take your pick. Most I've talked to would've preferred the cooler badder Luke Cage in

the comics currently. Sadly because the 1st Luke Cage was such a joke in sales, I doubt Hasbro will waste their time.

 

Ultron: Did anyone like the ML11 Ultron? Especially when there is a cooler, meaner version rocking the pages of Anniliation: Conquest right now?

 

Havok: Here again most collectors wanted Havok in one of his more recent costumes (like that unreleased prototype we've all seen pictures of). Instead we got

the suck 70's costume

 

I just think that collectors will be happier and Hasbro will make a lot more money if Hasbro paid more attention to what is going on in current comics and used that to benchmark character popularity and what would make a MARKETABLE figure.

 

Actually, I was an avid comic reader back in the early to mid-90's, and still read older comics. The last time I picked up a new X-title, was probably '04 or so, and from what I could tell of the early 2000's X-titles sucked, IMO. The secondary mutations were ##$%$#ed, the mutant looking characters sucked (Beak? lol), the artwork wasn't very eye-catching, the stories were uninteresting...it was just all ##$%$#ed to me.

 

I think some of the best comic-style artwork came out of the early 90's...especially the Jim Lee art. It was just all very nice to look at, and still is...which I want translated in the form of the action figures I buy. If you mention an X-character, I guarantee 9 out of 10 people in the 20-30 range will first picture the character in their mind the way they were represented in the comics during the 90's era.

 

I'd also love to see all of the X-Force team from the 90's, but I know I'm probably a minority there, and it will probably never happen. @lol@

 

I could care less about current looking figures, because they mean nothing to me. Given a choice, I'll take an older look over a new one...and that's why I didn't buy anything from the X-Men Classics line...I already had those figures in MY most preferred style in the regular ML line.

 

On a side note...I'm only referring to the X-titles in my above statements. Some of the newer stuff, like New Avengers, I've really liked.

 

Anyways, if I could make an X-themed line, it would probably look something like this:

 

Polaris

Shatterstar

Jim Lee Jean

Warpath

Multiple Man

Stryfe

Silver Samurai

Jubilee

Domino

[Lemonhead]

I'd buy it just to round out my collection, but I don't really care for any of these characters...

#US1#

[x-66]

wait.... isnt scarlet which the daughter of magneto

 

 

Yep. She is, so is Polaris. Doesn't anybody read X-Men anymore?

 

you do realise that ML doesn't only involves the present stories? it also has to include people from all the periods.

 

Yes, I do and frankly that's the problem. I think it's obvious that Marvel Legend's target demographic is adult collectors. The kiddies have their movie lines like Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Fantastic Four etc and frankly it's suited to them. I think it's also safe to say that of the adult collectors that aren't scalping on ebay, most of us are comic readers or at least comic fans. There are some characters that are popular enough that Hasbro can feel confident that they can release multiple (i.e. dated) figures and they will sell. Spider-Man, Captain America, Wolverine, Iron Man, and Hulk all fit this category. Some figures, however, are probably only going to be made once, and what costume they are wearing can go a long way towards making that character appealing. For example:

 

Bucky: Can I get a show of hands of anyone who wanted a WWII Bucky as opposed to a Winter Soldier?

 

Luke Cage: This throwback to the 70's made most people laugh or vomit, take your pick. Most I've talked to would've preferred the cooler badder Luke Cage in

the comics currently. Sadly because the 1st Luke Cage was such a joke in sales, I doubt Hasbro will waste their time.

 

Ultron: Did anyone like the ML11 Ultron? Especially when there is a cooler, meaner version rocking the pages of Anniliation: Conquest right now?

 

Havok: Here again most collectors wanted Havok in one of his more recent costumes (like that unreleased prototype we've all seen pictures of). Instead we got

the suck 70's costume

 

I just think that collectors will be happier and Hasbro will make a lot more money if Hasbro paid more attention to what is going on in current comics and used that to benchmark character popularity and what would make a MARKETABLE figure.

 

Actually, I was an avid comic reader back in the early to mid-90's, and still read older comics. The last time I picked up a new X-title, was probably '04 or so, and from what I could tell of the early 2000's X-titles sucked, IMO. The secondary mutations were ##$%$#ed, the mutant looking characters sucked (Beak? lol), the artwork wasn't very eye-catching, the stories were uninteresting...it was just all ##$%$#ed to me.

 

I think some of the best comic-style artwork came out of the early 90's...especially the Jim Lee art. It was just all very nice to look at, and still is...which I want translated in the form of the action figures I buy. If you mention an X-character, I guarantee 9 out of 10 people in the 20-30 range will first picture the character in their mind the way they were represented in the comics during the 90's era.

 

I'd also love to see all of the X-Force team from the 90's, but I know I'm probably a minority there, and it will probably never happen. @lol@

 

I could care less about current looking figures, because they mean nothing to me. Given a choice, I'll take an older look over a new one...and that's why I didn't buy anything from the X-Men Classics line...I already had those figures in MY most preferred style in the regular ML line.

 

On a side note...I'm only referring to the X-titles in my above statements. Some of the newer stuff, like New Avengers, I've really liked.

 

Anyways, if I could make an X-themed line, it would probably look something like this:

 

Polaris

Shatterstar

Jim Lee Jean

Warpath

Multiple Man

Stryfe

Silver Samurai

Jubilee

Domino

I agree with the other guy we need some new costumes the ones we continuously see time and time again are getting ridiculous. I've been collecting since 1991 and I've lost track of how many Wolvy tiger stripes I have. The thing that kills me the most is that they keep beating the crap out of these core characters but we still have not seen stuff like Jubilee or J.L. Jean Grey. Theres no reason why they can't try and finish the Morrison run uniforms Xorn has been done at least they

could slap a Cyke head on the thing.

About the goofy ass characters you are reffering to they were there for two reasons. The first: Introduce a slew of new characters to see which ones the fans like hopefully generating more sales when the mutant went to a new team or their own title. eg. X-23.

The second: they needed characters to kill off like the one from Gen-x (can't remember his name right now) and they needed a whole bunch of characters to mess with for crossovers like Extinction Agenda and so forth.

Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the old uniforms but that doesn't mean they can't slip in a few new ones every so often. The one I was looking forward to was Havok in his new duds, Toybiz cancelled it though.

Anyways, going back to the original question, I don't think I have any preferences for waves right now. The line is still in it's infancy and Hasbro didn't just sign a two year contract. They just haven't found the right formula to keep everyone happy yet. They will though, thats why they invest so much money into research.

[Storetrooper]

On a side note...I'm only referring to the X-titles in my above statements. Some of the newer stuff, like New Avengers, I've really liked.

 

Anyways, if I could make an X-themed line, it would probably look something like this:

 

Polaris

Shatterstar

Jim Lee Jean

Warpath

Multiple Man

Stryfe

Silver Samurai

Jubilee

Domino

 

Yeah, that's a really good list, I just wish it would see the light of day.

 

I like the original list that was posted, I just know Prof. X would be a peg warmer all over again.