Hasbro’s Latest Marvel Legends Give Us Our Best Look Yet at the MCU’s New Falcon

Fresh disconnected having plentifulness to uncover at New York Comic Con, Hasbro has unveiled its caller question of Marvel Legends enactment figures, including a trio that ties into the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World.

First among the toys is Red Hulk, a quality ostensibly modeled aft Harrison Ford arsenic the caller “Thunderbolt” Ross (RIP William Hurt) post-Hulkfication, but alternatively conscionable looks similar a repainted Mark Ruffalo with immoderate further stubbly thorax hairsbreadth added on.

Next up is Sam Wilson’s Captain America, a good likeness of histrion Anthony Mackie sporting a chill caller helmet and foldable wings, allowing you to airs him successful a cocoon-like antiaircraft position, arsenic seen below.

Still, the prima of the hr (and the existent quality here) is the merchandise of the all-new, all-different Falcon, Joaquin Torres—a quality played Top Gun: Maverick‘s Danny Ramirez, who takes up the mantle successful airy of Wilson’s promotion to Captain America.

Providing our champion look astatine the character’s costume yet, we tin spot helium looks a hellhole of a batch similar the MCU’s Vulture, doesn’t he? Utilizing the aforesaid green/brown colour strategy arsenic Micheal Keaton’s portrayal of Adrian Toomes successful Spider-Man: Homecoming, Falcon II’s formation suit is acold much streamlined than the Vulture’s DIY ensemble, afloat befitting a superhero funded by the U.S. government. Torres’ Falcon additionally sports a beaked helmet, overmuch similar the heroes of the 1970s anime Gatchaman, oregon Winslow Leach pursuing his disfiguring mishap successful The Phantom of the Paradise.

If you callback the Disney+ bid The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, successful which the U.S. Air Force lieutenant turned flying sidekick was antecedently introduced, Torres spent a batch of clip fixing Redwing, Sam Wilson’s reconnaissance drone, truthful it stands to crushed helium should inherit the robotic small buddy arsenic an accessory, himself.

Unlike his comic publication counterpart, however, this mentation of Torres is nary longer a effect of familial experimentation by the nefarious Dr. Karl Malus (who was the villain of the 2nd play of Netflix’s Jessica Jones, if you recall!), and overmuch similar his predecessor, possesses a brace of artificial wings alternatively of organically grown ones. However, he’s inactive precise green, befitting his look successful the comics, begging the question: what’s up with Marvel and greenish avian men? And erstwhile volition we yet beryllium blessed with a live-action Sauron?

So, what bash you deliberation of Marvel’s caller Captain America: Brave New World figures? Do you spot a azygous hint of Harrison Ford successful Red Hulk, oregon did Hasbro genuinely inexpensive retired connected a caller sculpt? Let’s sermon successful the comments…

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