We 100% didn't need this.
The amazing android Vision commands unearthly powers and abilities to fight for humanity as a member of the Avengers.
It was only a few years ago that Hasbro made a regular Vision in their first Marvel Legends Retro Collection series, and this figure is, fundamentally, that. Again. It's a different body (the last one used the largest superarticulated body they had at the time, and this new one uses the largest superarticulated body they have now), but it's still the same thing we already had. This was an opportunity to finally make the single Vision costume they haven't yet; they've done the crappy Marvel NOW! costume, they've done the even crappier ANAD costume... this was their chance to do the '90s "reversed colors" costume, with the yellow chest and green cape. But no. Instead, the same thing that already existed. How exciting.
Like so many uses of this body, the figure includes fist and open hands alike. Given the direction Hasbro has been moving in the past year or so, it's frankly a bit surprising they didn't drop one of those, since they already had to make a new cape for him. The figure's head is also new, sculpted by hyper-conscious mind living a thousand lifetimes at once, Paul Harding. It would have worked as-is for Vihz's later costume. Fun fact: according to Harding, the sculpt was done for the Avengers 60th Anniversary line, but it got bumped and is just being reused here because it was the first place Hasbro could find to put it.
This figure is part of Marvel Legends Series 11, and so comes with a piece of the Void Build-A-Figure, something which is doing this reheated design no favors in the sales department. He gets the head, with its open mouth and silly little Beetlejuice legs sticking out of it.
The Retro Collection Vision came out in 2020 2018, so there were surely a few people who wanted to get it but missed the chance, but that's no excuse for releasing a functionally identical one today. This figure's fine, but there's nothing special, no above-average appeal to make it something worth tracking down, especially not at $25 and with real stores being unwilling to carry it.
Dude, this update is really cool for people who don’t wanna pay eBay prices for the old one. Not everyone has been collecting as long as you. So actually, we did need this
The Retro Collection Vision came out in 2018, not 2020! How do you make that mistake?
By looking up the oldest mention I can find of anybody receiving the figures and assuming they didn't wait two years to talk about them.
Regardless, the fact remains that no, we didn't need this. The 2018 one goes for about $25 on the secondary market - the same price as this one, and yet it comes with a bonus Ultron head as an accessory, making it a better buy. And since this series isn't carried in stores, it's no easier or harder to buy the older one than to buy this one, because you've still got to find a store that has it, and you've still got to pay shipping. Hasbro could have made this a 90s Vision, they could have made it a Young Avengers Vision, they could have made a Vision that's fading to clear to show off his phasing powers, but instead they chose to make something we 100% didn't need...
I’m not sure where you’re seeing that price for the 2018 one? Though, it’s pretty hard to judge since prices on the older one would definitely have gone down after this newer one released.
FWIW, before this new more good Vision was announced, that previous figure was going for way over retail price. Actually, that entire 2018 retro seemed to be way underproduced, with six figures going for a fair amount of money. The Scarlet Spider, Hawkguy, and Vision were particularly hard to come by, which is probably why those three have been released again in the same costumes, while the other half of the wave have also gotten new figures, but of different designs.
I agree with the others mentioning that the previous Vision wasn't actually obtainable for as reasonable a price on the aftermarket until this one was announced/released, so this one was good for people who missed out on the last one either way. I'd also say I never thought the body the previous one was on was a good fit for him, even when I bought him; at least proportionally, this one feels much better.
There is, however, still somewhat of a significant disappointment with this release: they didn't sculpt on the cummerbund/corset/whatever you wanna call it the way they did for the recent Hyperion, instead once again just leaving it as paint apps.
I think this is a great sculpt, but yes, the Young Avengers costume was needed /way/ more than tihs one was.