Feb 13, 2025

Marvel Legends: Maximum series: a Rant

 Hasbro is going to release a few heavy hitters in this style... $50.⁰⁰ figures with a bunch of accessories. Right now the price tag is a bit too high. I feel like $40.⁰⁰ would've been a better price... or add more web effects that hey already have.

The web effects I would have added are the face webbing and shoulder webbing effects to trap opponents. The web splats from Japanese Spider-Man would be another option. There are two missing heads: Half Peter Half Spidey Spider-sense head and Pizza Spidey's uncovered mouth head. All of these are pre-existing stuff. If they had added these extras, the $50.⁰⁰ price tag wouldn't feel that much of a rip-off.

Let's see if we can Make some "Maximum figures".

Hulk:
The problem with Hulk is that there is not much to do with him. Most of it would be alternate heads, hands and smashable things. Maybe a gamma clap effect. The problem will be that since Holt is already big, they will claim. They can't add much to him due to the $50.⁰⁰ price tag.
Personally, I would go for the smart Hulk Heads that were used in Marvel versus series as an incentive for people to rebuy another Hulk.

Later on, we toss in a Grey Hulk Variant. Even a Red Ross Hulk could be made as well.

Wolverine:
Angry Stabby Canadian would require a LOT to reach "Maximum" status". 
Most of it would be between heads and hands... and claws.
Thin metal claws
Knife metal claws
Bone claws
Claw slashing effects that plug to the hand without the claws on. 
Cowl hanging on neck
Probably the Muramasa blade.

For Heads we have:
Cowl
Unmasked
Battle damaged


I would like to go beyond that and do stuff that Hasbro/Marvel would say no to despite these $50.⁰⁰ figures aimed at adult collectors:
Cigar hands
Cigar head cowl
Cigar head unmasked
Half torn cowl with bloodied Logan half
Come on hands (as in the Wolverine comic cover)

Of course a Brown suit Variant would be released later on. But to me it feels kinda hard to reach that $50.⁰⁰ value.

Captain America:
It's hard to top the 80th Anniversary Cap. Aside giving him butterfly shoulders, tossing the accessories of ML's 20th Cap, the broken shield from Secret wars, plus a stand and various shield toss effects: 
-straight line vertical orientation 
-straight line horizontal orientation 
-ricochet vertical orientation
-ricochet horizontal orientation

Like Wolverine, it's kinda hard to make him worthy of the $50.⁰⁰ tag.

Switching torso and alternate head could make for a US Ahent repaint.

Iron Man:
Retro Iron Man with Proton Cannon  but with a Metallic paintjob but adding more effects like the repulsor blasts for the hands, and maybe the Jetpack from the MVC Iron Man Intro with a "jet thrust" stand (Think MODOK)

We can replace the Jetpack with the War Destroyer for the MVC War Machine repaint.

Venom:
He might need a new buck but we have a few heads running about. 
Web effects should be added in both white webbing and black symbiote, but what we really need is:

The ability to recreate: Venom's madness.

Honestly, I'm running out of folks to "Maximize". Ghost Riders get the short end of the stick because bikes and NO ONE WANTS A BIKELESS GHOST RIDER!

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