{"id":32526,"date":"2020-10-12T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=32526"},"modified":"2023-12-04T19:32:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:32:08","slug":"marvel-legends-x-men-the-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/marvel-legends-x-men-the-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Legends X-Men: the packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today's review of the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/xmowml_wolv.php\"><i>X-Men<\/i> movie Wolverine<\/a> action figure, yo briefly mentioned the packaging. Let's take a look:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mlegpack1.jpg\" alt=\"X-Men Legacy packaging\" width=\"170\" height=\"255\" class=\"alignright\">The comparison in the review to <i>Marvel Studios<\/i> and <i>Marvel 80th Anniversary<\/i> was apt, because this line is also sold in rectangular boxes, rather than the oddly shaped boxes <i>Marvel Legends<\/i> come in. It's simple design, with the X-Men's \"circular X\" logo represented in several places (behind the figure on the tray, outlined on the top and side, etc.) and even referenced to a degree in the shape of the clear window. So far, it comes in two colors: metallic blue for the X-Men themselves, matching the kind of cool colors seen in the depths of the X-Mansion; and red for Deadpool, with additional fake \"stickers\" covering the X's with his own mask logo.<\/p>\n<p>The sides and back of the packaging feature artistic silhouettes of the character within, with some small element picked out in pure white to make the design \"pop\":<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mlegpack2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mlegpack2-300x103.jpg\" alt=\"silhouette lineup\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frankly, it looks stunning. Though it still does nothing to help defray the additional 25% cost of the toys.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #71\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/09\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-71\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #71<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Spider-Man Marvel Legends: Black Spider-Man review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/01\/spider-man-marvel-legends-black-spider-man-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Spider-Man Marvel Legends: Black Spider-Man review<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Marvel Legends Squadron Supreme\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/04\/marvel-legends-squadron-supreme\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Marvel Legends Squadron Supreme<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"\"Secret Wars Battleworld\" and \"Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars\" #1 variants\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/05\/secret-wars-battleworld-1-variant\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\"Secret Wars Battleworld\" and \"Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars\" #1 variants<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Minimate Mini-Review #109 - Magneto &#038; Mystique\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/07\/minimate-mini-review-109-magneto-mystique\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Minimate Mini-Review #109 - Magneto &#038; Mystique<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today's review of the new X-Men movie Wolverine action figure, yo briefly mentioned the packaging. Let's take a look: The comparison in the review to Marvel Studios and Marvel 80th Anniversary was apt, because this line is also sold &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/marvel-legends-x-men-the-packaging\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,8],"tags":[123,88,99,74],"class_list":["post-32526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addendums","category-hasbro","tag-deadpool","tag-marvel-legends","tag-wolverine","tag-x-men"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32526"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41228,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32526\/revisions\/41228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}