When Hot Toys made a T’Chaka Black Panther sixth scale figure one of their summer convention exclusives, it seemed like a pretty audacious and out-of-left-field pick. I mean, c’mon: half of collectors didn’t even remember T’Chaka wearing that costume in the movie, right…? Well, turns out maybe that pick wasn’t as crazy as it seemed–because Hasbro is following suit! As part of their SDCC 2018 festivities, Hasbro has announced Marvel Legends Black Panther Wave 2–including Ulysses Klaue, King T’Chaka and more!

Had Hasbro (and other toy companies) known that Black Panther was going to end up being one of the top four highest-grossing movies of all-time domestically, I’m pretty sure we would have seen a lot more Black Panther toys and figures released this year than we have. Alas, merchandisers didn’t have that crystal ball, so the Black Panther figures that we had to choose from ended up being a mite limited.

But hey, better late than never–and Hasbro has rushed to put together a second wave of Black Panther Marvel Legends Figures to close out 2018!

While it’s far from a new character or even a new mold, the new movie Black Panther 6″ figure easily has the best Chadwick Boseman head that we’ve ever seen from Hasbro. That new Chadwick Boseman portrait is a definite winner, and is going to make me drop 20 bucks for a new head for a figure I otherwise already own.

The other most boring figure in Black Panther Legends Wave 2 is easily the Marvel Legends Ayo figure. Hey, I understand: this gives Hasbro another chance to reuse the tooling for the Dora Milaje mold, while also facilitating Dora Milaje army-building. I think this is a solid pick and is gonna sell like gangbusters–it’s just not a particularly enthralling one.

The last two movie figures in this series (there will almost certainly be 2-3 comic based figures as well) are the ones that I anticipate being the most popular in a landslide: Marvel Legends Klaue and King T’Chaka Black Panther.

The Wakandan attire add-on on the preexisting tooling almost makes T’Chaka look like a whole new figure, and is sure to appeal to collectors who wanted the T’Chaka Hot Toys but didn’t have $200+ to drop on it.

Meanwhile, the Andy Serkis likeness on that Ulysses Klaue Marvel Legends figure is downright awesome, and I love that Hasbro gave him an amused expression and the pop-out arm cannon. I never expected we’d get a 6″ Klaue movie figure, but I’m psyched that we are!

Shuri fans, don’t despair: Hasbro has confirmed that a movie Shuri Marvel Legends figure will be released in 2019 (Avengers 4 Legends series, anyone?). I imagine that that figure required enough new tooling that Hasbro couldn’t rush it out for this wave. The wave will also have a Build-A-Figure which hasn’t been announced yet.

The Black Panther Marvel Legends Wave 2 figures should be up for order sometime in Q4 2018, and are scheduled to be released in December 2018. As this wave is coming quite some time after the Black Panther movie has left theaters and even long after the Blu Ray release, it’ll be very interesting to see if this series gets a lot of retailer support or ends up being tough to find in brick and mortar stores.

Are you excited to see an unexpected second wave of Marvel Legends Black Panther figures, Marvel collectors? What comic-based figures are you hoping for to round out this wave, and what are your thoughts on what the Build-A-Figure could be (M’Baku, please!)?

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