Given that some collectors were still paying upwards of a hundred bucks on eBay for the original BAF iteration of this figure, I don’t think it takes a genius to realize that this easy-to-get reissue with the exponentially more popular color scheme and design is going to be a hot ticket. The Marvel Legends Venom deluxe figure is now up for order, and will ship out in March 2020. I think the head sculpt still works well enough for this variation of the character, but I don’t think the claws are ideal for Eddie Brock Venom. Sadly, we don’t get a new head or hands, though, which is a bit of a bummer.

The Eddie Brock version of Venom has shifted in size and mass numerous times over the years, so the bulky proportions of this figure aren’t an issue at all.

What we have here is a Marvel Legends Venom Build-A-Figure variant in the recognizable black and white color scheme, with the paint deco now giving us the iconic symbol for the character and not the outdated “modern” look. Even before the wave hit circulation, a lot of peeps were crying out for a more classic-styled repaint down the road.Īnd lo and behold, in a movie year, Hasbro is delivering with basically exactly what those fans asked for (and nothing more, really)! As you can see in my old review photo above, the original release of this figure was super-cool in its own way–but I think this new version (below) is what more people have in their minds’ eyes when they think of the Lethal Protector… While I thought the oversized figure was actually pretty fun (he got a B+ review from me, and I stand by it), the iridescent purple paint and stylized modern deco on that version of Venom were not for everyone. When the inaugural Marvel Legends Venom Series of figures hit stores about a year and a half (I say inaugural because it’s a virtual lock that another wave will be out later this year), fandom was a little bit divided on the “Monster Venom” BAF that was the carrot collectors got if they bought all six figures in the wave (including that groovy Spider-Ham).

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