Hasbro Gives Your Favorite Marvel Heroes a Retro Makeover

Vintage-style action figures seem to be all the rage in 2020, and now Hasbro's Marvel Legends line is joining the fray. Hasbro revealed a new wave of "Marvel Legends Retro" figures that look like they walked straight out of 1984. The Marvel Legends Retro figures measure in at 3.75-inches-tall, similar to the defunct Marvel Universe line rather than the current 6-inch Marvel Legends releases. These figures will be sold in sets of two, though each will be individually packaged on a retro-styled cardback. Get a closer look at the first wave of six figures in the slideshow gallery below: [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=hasbro-reveals-retro-inspired-marvel-figures&captions=true"] Unlike Hasbro's Star Wars Retro Collection series, which features near-exact reproductions of the vintage Kenner figures from the '70s and '80s, these Marvel Legends Retro figures aren't based on any particular toy line. They do seem to evoke the classic Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars figures from the mid-'80s, but the packaging and costume choices are a more general and Silver Age-inspired take on the Marvel Universe. Hasbro has yet to reveal whether there will be future waves of Marvel Legends Retro figures. That said, the fact that neither Wolverine nor Deadpool made it into this batch leads us to believe more figures are in the works. Each 2-pack is priced at $19.99 and will be released in Fall 2020. Pre-orders will go live on Hasbro Pulse on Friday, September 25 at 2pm PT. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/23/disney-has-delayed-marvels-movies-to-2021"] In other Marvel Legends news, Hasbro is going all-in on X-Men movie toys now that Disney has completed its purchase of 21st Century Fox. That includes both an X-Men 20th Anniversary series and other lines inspired by movies like Logan and Deadpool 2. Hasbro also recently held a successful crowdfunding drive for an enormous Marvel Legends Sentinel figure. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

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