
The first wave featured the heroes of Iron Man, Captain America, and the Hulk, with Toad as the villain. It copied the clam-shell packaging and the included comic book that had shipped with the Spider-Man Classics line. The line initially began in 2002 as a spin-off of Spider-Man Classics, both produced by Toy Biz. This line is in the 6-inch (150 mm) scale, with spin-off lines in the 4-inch (100 mm), 8-inch (200 mm), and 12-inch (300 mm) scale. If you don’t have this Venom figure it’s worth picking up, but know that it’s a pretty basic figure.Marvel Legends is an action figure line based on the characters of Marvel Comics, initially produced by Toy Biz, then by Hasbro. That’s extra annoying given how Carnage has tendrils popping off arms and legs. They’ve thrown in a tendril neck piece, and the teeth are slightly different, but it’s the same body. The other problem I had is how similar this is to a previous Marvel Legends Venom released only three or so years ago.

Luckily I have that older version so I could swap the body out with this. That isn’t to say every figure will have this defect, but it’s worth looking for just to be safe. This figure’s emblem is blown out and looks damaged. My biggest issue with this figure was the white paint on the chest emblem. It’s a good thing I did too because this might be the saddest release of the bunch!Ĭheck out the unboxing below to see what I mean. I’ve already unboxed all of the figures in this wave which includes Spider-Ham, Carnage, Typhoid Mary, Scream, and Poison leaving the title character of the wave to last. Sadly there are no movie tie-in toys here, but it was a nice gesture at least. This is a wave that pretty much coincides with the release of the hit film out in October.

When I found out Marvel Legends was doing a Venom wave I got excited.
