Hard to believe we would not have Hasbro 6" Marvel Legends or ANY Marvel figures today if it were not for the 1st humble Toy Biz 5" Marvel Super Heroes that arrived 25 years ago in 1990!
Yes the 1st Toy Biz Marvel and X-Men figures were crude and poorly sculpted but things turned around when Marvel bought Toy Biz and the sculpting improved in 1994 with Spider-Man, Fantastic 4, and Iron Man cartoon lines and better X-Men figures! There were SEVERAL Spidey and X-Men series and Hulk, Avengers, Ghost Rider, and Silver Surfer!
There were were other scales besides 5" like 10" Marvel Universe, Spidey, F4, X-Men, and Iron Man, some 12" cloth costumed, and Mego-like 9" Famous Covers!
There were all these great lines but they did not all fit together in sculpting, scale, and articulation that is until 6" MARVEL LEGENDS which has been going since 2002 except for a 3 years break for 4" Marvel Universe! There were also 12" ML ICONS!
I miss the Toy Biz Marvel days of the 90s which TB dominated I wished Kenner could do the same with DC back then instead of just Batman and a few Superman! *What if Toy Biz had held on to Batman and DC licenses past the terrible 1989 figures?
Most of my Toy Biz Marvel figures are gone now mainly sold off when I moved from Arkansas to St Louis in 2005. Marvel Legends is the collection I regret selling the most I had them all 2 of each. Remember when they were $7 each had a diorama or BAF piece AND a full size comic book reprint of a clssic issue of the character? Now ML are $20 each! *sigh* I long for $5 action figures!
*I wish Hasbro's Marvel license had not been extended to 2020 and give another company a chance. Maybe that way we could get $25 single carded Mego 8" Marvel figures!
Many have speculated when Hasbro's Marvel and Star Wars licenses end in 2020 that Disney will start making the figures itself. Disney was looking into BUYING Hasbro not so long ago to own GI Joe and Transformers, too! I want Disney to buy Time-Warner and merge DC and Marvel universes!
Yes the 1st Toy Biz Marvel and X-Men figures were crude and poorly sculpted but things turned around when Marvel bought Toy Biz and the sculpting improved in 1994 with Spider-Man, Fantastic 4, and Iron Man cartoon lines and better X-Men figures! There were SEVERAL Spidey and X-Men series and Hulk, Avengers, Ghost Rider, and Silver Surfer!
There were were other scales besides 5" like 10" Marvel Universe, Spidey, F4, X-Men, and Iron Man, some 12" cloth costumed, and Mego-like 9" Famous Covers!
There were all these great lines but they did not all fit together in sculpting, scale, and articulation that is until 6" MARVEL LEGENDS which has been going since 2002 except for a 3 years break for 4" Marvel Universe! There were also 12" ML ICONS!
I miss the Toy Biz Marvel days of the 90s which TB dominated I wished Kenner could do the same with DC back then instead of just Batman and a few Superman! *What if Toy Biz had held on to Batman and DC licenses past the terrible 1989 figures?
Most of my Toy Biz Marvel figures are gone now mainly sold off when I moved from Arkansas to St Louis in 2005. Marvel Legends is the collection I regret selling the most I had them all 2 of each. Remember when they were $7 each had a diorama or BAF piece AND a full size comic book reprint of a clssic issue of the character? Now ML are $20 each! *sigh* I long for $5 action figures!
*I wish Hasbro's Marvel license had not been extended to 2020 and give another company a chance. Maybe that way we could get $25 single carded Mego 8" Marvel figures!
Many have speculated when Hasbro's Marvel and Star Wars licenses end in 2020 that Disney will start making the figures itself. Disney was looking into BUYING Hasbro not so long ago to own GI Joe and Transformers, too! I want Disney to buy Time-Warner and merge DC and Marvel universes!
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