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File this under having a DUH Epiphany moment, but it really and truly occurred to me recently that while the X-Men and Doom Patrol both share a lot similarities, especially since they were billed as "The World's Strangest Heroes" by their respective publishers.



 No, what they really have more in common with is another popular Marvel group, the very first one actually, the Fantastic Four.

Yup, the good ol' FF.

If you think about it, it really makes sense.

• The Chief is Reed without the Love of Sue and a family, all ego and knowledge, and incredibly more manipulative. 
• Rita is Sue, the normal looking token chick in the group who plays the mother role to Cliff and Larry.
• Larry is basically Johnny, right down to the flaming form that flies. Except he's a prisoner to special bandages and his Negative Man. 
• Cliff is the gruff, but lovable uncle figure who's suffered the most due to no longer being human. A brain (what's left of his humanity and original body) buried deep in a metal shell, a monstrous looking sight to many. 

And yet for all their dysfunction, the shared way that they received their powers from horrible accidents and a penchant for attracting weird villains, they're a family.
A fucked up family, but a family nonetheless.

I will say, personally, I miss the Chief that was a bit of an asshole, but not a total manipulative son of a bitch who was revealed to ultimately be the guy who directly caused, or help cause, the accidents that made them the way they are now.

That seems to be another thing the X-Men and Doom Patrol have in common; they both have leaders/father figures that were later ret-conned into being evil. manipulative bastards.

Proof once again that not all retcons were created equal or worth creating in the first place.

Top 9: Jim Lee-Era X-Men Characters That Need To Be Released In The Marvel Legends Line

In case you haven't heard the news from the 2018 New York Comic Con, we're one step closer to completing Jim Lee's Iconic Blue Team X-Men. Let's face it, it IS pretty damn iconic. I mean who's costume designs were used for the FOX X-Men Animated series back in the 90's? Sure as hell wasn't John Byrne or Dave Cochran, or hell even Neal Adams.

                     Nope instead the studio execs went then current hot comic book artist, Jim Lee.


                                 I still love his Marvel X-Men Collection, 3-issue limited series.

Even though it's really just a stapled magazine version of the same Jim Lee X-Men cards. Basically.

But I digress.


Anyhoo, They just announced that the Jim Lee-era Jubilee is coming out next year, as is Forge, so yeah, we're getting there to an all-Jim Lee X-Men toy roster.

(Oh and Night Thrasher too! And not just Night Thrasher, but classic 90's Night Thrasher)

Who's left?
Let' see.....


10). Jim Lee Dazzler


9). Jim Lee Longshot

8). Maverick


7). Jim Lee's Beast

6). Shadow King

5). Jim Lee Colossus

4). Jim Lee Storm

3). Jim Lee Mojo

2). Jim Lee Banshee

1). ???????

I honestly have no clue who else to include because Jim Lee didn't design the Peter David-era X-Factor costumes did he?  Someone look into that for me, but I don't think he did.

So honestly, that's all who's left that would be considered a part of the Jim Lee-era as far as the Marvel Legend X-Men collection goes.

Top 10: X-Men Characters That Likely To Never Be Made

TGIT!!!!


Yup, just like the title says, today I'll be running down my list of the top 10 X-Men/X-Men-related characters that more than likely will probably never have an action figure made of them in the Marvel Legends line.

Here goes....

10). Unus The Untouchable





































9). Post

Let's be brutally honest with each other? Has there ever been and will there ever be, demand to see this walking reject from that Avatar movie ever immortalized into plastic?

Didn't think so. Definitely not the best-designed villain ever created or really thought through in terms of what he supposed to be and do, especially after the whole Onslaught storyline wrapped up. 

If he's not dead by now, he should be. Just saying.....

8). G.W. Bridge

Remember the old Toy Biz X-Force figure that came out in mid-90's?
I bet GW does. He should, and he should enjoy that moment because I don't see there ever being a repeat of one in the ML line. I just don't.

Poor GW.  He was technically the first Black Nick Fury.  Look it up.
#Truth


7). Sage 

Not that she has a bad look going, I just don't see the massive demand for her to get her own figure. Ever.


6). Rusty





































Nobody cares basically. Do they?



5). Skids





































See Entry#6


4). Cypher 

I just don't see either of his looks; both classic New Mutant and the more current X-Factor ones ever being made.

3). Joseph (Magneto Clone)

Magneto's already has a couple variations of ML figures based off  variations of his looks out there, but this one, of his clone Joseph just won't ever be one of them.


2). Amelia Voght 



1). Maggot 

Sure he's already had at least one figure made, back in the 90's by Toy Biz. You know, back when any and every X-Men or even remotely related X-Men character was being made into an action figure due to the success of the X-Men Animated series on FOX.

I just don't see him being made for the Marvel Legends anytime soon. If ever.....He's just not a high-profile character. I doubt he was when he first showed up.


Oh and just to prove I'm not just picking on these guys, here's 5 more:



5). Moses Magnum 

I'm not saying he shouldn't, because that'd be cool as hell if Hasbro did, but I'm just saying I don't see it happening anytime soon, if ever. Shame really.

4). Morph


I just don't see this version or even the X-Men Animated Series version ever be made, even though I loved that one Morph figure that was made back in the day.



 Hasbro could definitely make a Morph figure since they just made a Multiple Man one. *SIGH* If only Jim Lee had drawn him in the comics.....

3). Kylun 


Remember this guy?I bet most of you don't. Don't feel bad, because I bet Hasbro's never heard of this guy either.  Toy Biz did, and believe it or not, this guy does have his very own action figure:

2). Lifeguard & Slipstream 


I'm including this pathetic brother and sister duo that I believe were mercifully put out of their miseries once someone other than Chris Claremont got a hold of them.

1).  Exodus 



He's another one who's a good character who had his own figure at one time, just not likely to ever  have one made in the ML line. Just don't see it.

If you had to make a list of loveable losers, who would you include?

Just Talking About Toys.....

While I've slowed down a bit in my collecting of Marvel Legends figures, choosing these days to cherry-pick what I want, rather than go all-in  on waves for the sake of completing BAF's, that doesn't mean I'm not still constantly thinking about them and the waves I've yet to see in stores near me, and all of the future waves yet to come, both this year and next.

So far I've yet to see any of the recent Spider-Man Venom BAF wave figures (Although I'm betting some of them are at Gamestop) in stores by me.




The same goes for the other Spider-Man Wave, The Lizard BAF wave.

I only have that Gwenpool figure because I bought her off Amazon.com, otherwise I'd still be waiting for her and her fellow wave-mates to show up.

And then there's yet ANOTHER Spider-Man wave out (You'd think 2018 was the year of the Spider over at Hasbro the way things have been going lately) with a Spider-Bot BAF wave.
We finally get a Cloak and Dagger ML figure (I can finally cross them off my wish-list now) , as well as a new Elektra, Shadowland DD, House of M Spider-Man, and a new, definitive, classic Doc Ock.

Then there's the other major subject for ML waves, the X-Men and their respective BAF waves that have come out recently, such as the Apocalypse BAF Wave, which gives us new versions of the older ones made back during the days of Toy Biz, with Tiger strip Wolverine, Jim Lee's redesigns of Sabertooth and Psylocke, a punk-haired Storm, recent red and black Magneto, a re-issued Gladiator figure, and for the first time ever, Multiple Man in his Peter David 90's-era costume. I fully expect most people to buy multiple Maddrox figures in order to faithfully recreate his gimmick.
Oh and we got a brand new Apocalypse BAF, which is a definite improvement over the last one from 2005.

Then there's the Deadpool Sauron BAF Wave:

Again I was forced to have to online just to buy the Deadpool/Madcap figure I just got since I know it'll be a good long while (probably by Christmas) before I see any of these figures in stores. 

Major props to the sculptors who created that Sauron figure because they damn sure knocked it out of the park with this one. Look at how faithful to the comic version he turned out:

 All these beautiful waves that I have yet to see in stores near me. That dear friends is why I'm forced to do must of my shopping online. Might not always be the cheapest option, but at least I'm guaranteed for the most part to get the figures I want sooner than having to being at the mercy of my region's beyond-shitty distribution schedule.

And I haven't even mentioned the exclusives yet, such as the Walgreens' exclusive Silver Surfer and Thing figures that have yet to show up here.

Now while I already have figures of both these guys, these newer versions really are THE definitive versions of those guys.....for now at least. All in all, despite the hate they unfairly accrued on the publishing and video game end, as far as figures go, the FF have been pretty well-represented, thanks to all of those Walgreens' exclusives figures.

Sadly, the Thing will be the last of the FF-themed figures. That's right, no new Dr. Doom, or even potential new figures that should've already been made that make sense now more than ever such as the Molecule Man, the Puppet Master (ok, that one might be a hard sell unless you're a die-hard FF fan) the Psycho Man, a new Super Skrull, Mole Man, or the Wizard.

Nope instead the X-Men will be the new subject for the chain, with the first exclusive being a re-issue of Magik, who first showed up in the 2015 Dr.Strange Eye of Agamotto SDCC Exclusive Box-set.

I have no idea who'll follow her, but hopefully we'll get a good mix of original and new remakes of popular X-Men characters.

Personally I'd like to see characters that either don't fit into certain BAF-themed waves or deserve their own separate exclusive figure they might not have gotten normally or deserve a remake.

My picks would be characters like Mimic (the original who could and should be a BAF himself to get the full effect) a new and improved Banshee figure, Destiny (To go with the upcoming 2019 release of a new Mystique figure) X-Cutioner, Maverick, Cannonball, Sunspot, Strong Guy( even though he'd also be better served to be made as an official BAF) and Wolfsbane.

Or something like that.


As for what's coming up next year, here's a small sneak peak:

The future looks bright indeed. 

What's that saying?

                                                                  Oh yeah. Dead on.