June 2019 has arrived, and with it has arrived the month’s first new wave of Marvel Legends figures for pre-order! Hasbro has relentlessly released “most-wanted” characters this year, and that trend is about to continue! Most of this X-based series was revealed at Toy Fair in February, but the wave-completing X-Force Wolverine stands revealed: the Marvel Legends X-Force Series is now up for order, including Nightcrawler, Boom Boom, Sinister and more!

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We’ve been waiting ever since New York Toy Fair 2019 to find out what unannounced figure(s) would complete the lineup of this X-Force Marvel Legends set. And today we found out that, well… it’s another Wolverine variant. Womp womp!

But hey—in this instance, I think that’s actually A-OK! Because while we’ve had several X-Force Wolverine figures released in the past, it’s always been as some sort of store or convention exclusive set. Getting a mass release of this popular costume for the Wolverine X-Force fans out there sounds like a win to me (even if not the most exciting possible selection)!

While this X-Force Wolverine figure may look like a simple repaint, he’s actually got new boots and arms that set him apart from his predecessors. I really dig this costume for Logan, and I like seeing it get some love. Thumbs up.

Wolverine is one of two figures getting the double-packed (two-per-case) treatment in this series, which is always a good choice. But the other double-packed figure is just as excellent of a selection: the first new Marvel Legends Nightcrawler figure in many, many years!

While we don’t get a teleportation effects ring with Kurt (we’ll all have to scavenge one from the Caliban Series Blink), what we do get is three heads, a sword and a sword-holding hand (plus a Wendigo arm)! With three distinct heads, there’s something for everyone here. Awesome.

What may not necessarily be for everyone is the remaining four figures in the series: two classic X-Force members, a top-tier X-Men villain, and a dude with zilch to do with X-Force at all: Guardian.

While Guardian is arguably the most recognizable member of Alpha Flight, he’s never been one of the most popular dudes around among non-Canadian fans. Hasbro is slowly (and I mean slowly) building Alpha Flight in 6” form, so this should fare okay-ish at retail—but still most likely the slowest seller from the assortment.

Ordinarily I would have expected a new Marvel Legends Sinister figure to absolutely set the pegs on fire from how fast I’d expect it to sell through, but the response to this Mr. Sinister has been a lot more tepid than I had expected.

A lot of fans seemingly just don’t like the costume choice for this version or don’t like it as much as the old Toybiz version, but I imagine that there will still be plenty of folks ready to devour this after a decade-plus Sinister drought.

Finally, we’ve got two classic X-Force members getting their first single releases ever from Hasbro: Cannonball and Boom-Boom!

The New Mutants are absolutely my jam, and I’m jazzed to finally, finally get a Boomer figure after decades of waiting. Perfect costume choice, perfect bubble-great blowing alternate head, perfect time bomb effects and time bomb hand… this is everything Tabitha Smith fans could have hoped for. Mega thumbs up.

X-Force Legends Cannonball, well… I think he looks really neat, but fans have been quite vocal that they’re unhappy he doesn’t get any legs. If it came down to legs or blast effect, I would absolutely pick the blast effect… but that’s just me.

I think the gradient on the Cannonball blast effect “lower body” looks awesome and I think this is a very unique figure that will stand out well on a shelf. It really is a shame that poor Sam will never be able to… well, stand.

As expected, the X-Force Build-A-Figure is the Wendigo BAF that Hasbro revealed in Canada late last year. Basically, this is a repaint of Sasquatch with a new head and tail. I’m not entirely convinced that there’s a big appetite for this particular iteration of this character, but hey–he’s free if you want every figure in the wave (and I do). I’ll take him.

The X-Men Legends X-Force Series is now up for pre-order, and is scheduled to be released in August 2019. Despite being two-per-case, I suspect Nightcrawler may end up being a very quick sell-out (along with Mr. Sinister). Really, Guardian is the only figure from this wave I foresee being a really slow seller.

Having seen the official and packaged photos of them all, what do you think of the inaugural X-Force Legends series, Marvel collectors? Which is your “must-have” from this wave (if any)? Are you planning to pick up a whole set to build Wendigo or just cherry-pick favorites?

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