It looks like the impending Ms. Lion appearance in The Pet Avengers isn’t the only recent reference to the retro cartoon that aired from 1981 – 1983 (with repeats airing from 1984 – 1986). Marvel Legends revealed prototypes for action figures of the Spider Friends (as Spiderman, Iceman and Firestar were known). The trio has seen recent resurgence in Marvel’s Ultimate Spiderman but Firestar is longtime supporting Spidey character Liz Allen instead of Angelica Jones.
Here’s the intro for you nostalgia buffs out there…
According to ComicsContinuum, Hasbro’s Marvel Legends: Nemesis Build-a-Figure Wave, is apparently due Wal-Mart stores this month – YAY!!!! Finally a Tigra to complete my Avengers display! Now if I could only get them to release that classic John Byrne era Storm (that they cruelly teased us with before giving us AoA Sunfire instead) to finish off my Marvel Legends X-Men. If anyone sees an extra Tigra – let me know, as there are no Wal-marts in the San Francisco city limits so I have to resort to ebay toy scalpers.
In addition to the 6-piece build-a-figure Nemesis (1 part per figure – but you don’t have to buy the varients too if you don’t want to – unlike previous non Hasbro ML series), the wave includes Astonishing X-Men Beast, Black Bolt, First Appearance Daredevil, Daredevil, Nova, Tigra, Punisher and Camouflage Punisher.
Here is the first installment of a new section. I’ve recently gotten interested in the custom action figure market. There are some amazing pieces out there. If you take the time to wade through all the paint covered toys people call customs, there are some beautiful works of art that have factory perfect paint applications and custom sculpted details and accessories. I’ll pass them on as I find them, and try to do so in time for y’all to bid.
I’ve seen a number of customs by Wanderer-X sell on eBay. His work is consistently beautiful and his choice of characters always interesting… His latest on eBay is Gladiator from the Imperial Guard by Wanderer-X on eBay
I couldn’t find a DDay linked up with that identifier. Giving up…
Here is an animated gif displaying some of his other masterworks… I can’t seem to find a website or official gallery for Wanderer-X, but click on the animation to see ALL his items currently for auction Please send any leads if you see one.
And no, I don’t know him. Wish I did, I could get him to make me Storm in her original Giant Size X-Men outfit, Dazzler, a decent Scarlet Witch and a Polaris.
Posted in Action Figures on 04/21/2008 04:02 pm by fanboi
I figure it may take a month if they reveal as much daily as they did on day one. It looks like despite the announced (on some web stores) cancellation of Hasbro ML series 4, we will still get the same lineup (yay Tigra!) by the end of the year at Wal-Mart. A new Target exclusive series with a Red Hulk BAF will have a lineup that includes black costume Spider-Man, black costume Wolverine, Union Jack, Savage Silver Surfer, Adam Warlock (with Infinity Gauntlet) and Spiral.
