Rejoice far and wide, Trevor fans! After being cancelled following first being shown way back in 2013, the Marvel Legends Mandarin pack had floated in limbo for years–right up until he reappeared as part of an Iron Man 3 Marvel Legends 3-Pack in the 10 Years of Marvel Studios Series that debuted at New York Toy Fair 2018. Tragedy struck double-hard when Toys R Us crumbled in the US and the set was apparently cancelled again, but the set has been rescued for us all: the Exclusive Marvel Studios Legends Mandarin, Pepper Potts and Hot Rod Iron Man set is now up for order in the United States!

Poor Trevor has the worst luck! Not only is his character (unfairly, IMO) one of the most critically-panned villains in the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe, but after having his 6″ Marvel Legends figure brought back from cancellation after half a decade, the store that was supposed to be selling his 3-Pack just had to go and implode. Alas, Toys R Us–you are missed.

But the future isn’t as bleak for fans of the Mandarin as some of us had feared–the third time appears to be the charm, and Trevor lives again: Amazon is now pre-selling the 10 Years of Marvel Studios Marvel Legends Iron Man 3 3-Pack as their own exclusive!

We’ve actually seen some of the tooling for the Mandarin used for other Legends figures in recent years, but the tooling on the figure looks dead-on nonetheless. And frankly, I’m just pleased to finally have the opportunity to own this long-awaited figure from one of my favorite Marvel movies (don’t judge me!) at all.

Mandarin comes with a 6″ Hot Rod Iron Man figure from the House Party Protocol (a 100% repaint of War Machine, but with way cooler deco–exactly as it should be) and the first-ever movie Pepper Potts figure.

I own the Hot Toys Die-Cast Hot Rod Iron Man figure, so this is a bit of a downgrade from that version, but it’s nice to finally get a six inch version after Comicave Studios/Play Imaginative never managed to get their own out.

We did get the cool (but imperfect) Rescue Pepper Potts comic-based figure a few years back as a Marvel Unlimited Plus subscription exclusive, but it’s Gwyneth Paltrow or bust for me.

Pepper’s end-of-movie “battle bikini” costume is definitely the version of her that I’d want for Mandarin-killing action (no, not this Mandarin–the other Mandarin), and I appreciate Hasbro giving us the interchangeable armored-up arm. Thanks, Hasbro!

The Amazon Exclusive Iron Man 3 Marvel Legends Pepper Potts/Mandarin/Hot Rod Iron Man set is now up for order, and is scheduled to be released on September 15th, 2018. This set has already started appearing internationally (and being scalped on ebay for mucho dinero), so I wouldn’t be surprised a bit if Amazon ends up shipping this trio out earlier than expected (and not early enough for me–I’ve been waiting long enough for that Mandarin).

The set is priced at $69.99, which is actually a decent price given that singular Marvel Studios Legends figures are marked at $24.99, with two-packs at $49.99. Now that the fated trio is finally available for order with a concrete arrival in the U.S., are you picking up this set, Marvel collectors?

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