It’s a great time to be a Marvel Legends Collector – Or rather, it’s a great time to be a Marvel Legends X-Men Collector. We’re at the era when articulation and attention to detail are just as important as the price of the item. It used to be that we were content holding a figure which had a passing resemblance to a super hero (remember the Toy Biz version of Rogue?), but now the characters in our collection look like they jumped straight out of the comic books!
Aside from the advancements in toy-manufacturing technology, there is also a resurgence in the X-Men related merchandise (we have the Disney-Sony business deal to thank for that!). Sure, the X-Movies are still hit or miss, but hopefully that improves once they enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe (I think the arrival of either the X-Men or Fantastic Four will cushion the departure of mainstays such as Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr.).
Lots of good things to look forward to, but lets focus first on the current Marvel Legends available to us. Whereas tons of Avengers characters used to dominate each ML wave, the more recent ones are starting to feature more and more mutants. We had the Juggernaut wave, the Apocalypse wave, the Sauron wave, and are now looking forward to Professor “Freakin” X in his iconic gold hover chair this year!
With what’s available on the market today, you can pretty much add any X-Team of any era to your collection (and that’s not even counting all of the awesome possibilities of customizing!). Do you want the iconic Jim Lee 90s blue and gold teams? Yup that’s easy. How about the modern mutant revolutionaries led by Cyclops? We got that too. Or maybe you prefer the darker characters from the Age of Apocalypse? Those are available too! With all the possible mutant teams, factions, and characters out there, I can honestly say that there is no better time to be a Marvel Legends X-Men collector than now. Mutant and Proud!!!
*Some of the pics are not mine so big thanks to the owners (and congratulations for a wonderful collection!).