Reports have been coming in from all over the country for the last few weeks of collectors finding and sometimes being denied the newest Target Exclusive Marvel Legends Spider-Man two-packs locally, but that’s changed over the course of the past week, as Target is now officially stocking and allowing sales of its latest Hasbro Marvel Legends Exclusives: the Kraven’s Last Hunt Two-Pack with Kraven and Symbiote Spidey and the Homecoming Two-Pack with MJ and Academic Decathalon Spidey!

Sometimes I think I live in the most by-the-book stickler-for-the-rules area in the country as far as Targets go, as despite seeing numerous reports of products hitting shelves prior to the street date from one end of the country to the other, I don’t think I’ve seen an item show up “early” in years at my local Target stores.

And so, in spite of the many, many reports of other fans finding the new Spider-Man Homecoming and Kraven’s Last Hunt Target Marvel Legends Two-Packs locally (oftentimes with stores refusing to sell the Homecoming pack because of a street date), those box sets eluded me… until this week!

We first saw the Marvel Legends Kraven’s Last Hunt two-pack at New York Comic-Con 2018 in October, and it’s exactly what it looked like when Hasbro previewed it there during that event.

We previously had a Kraven in the Rhino series a few years back, but this is a more classic and much meaner-looking version of the hunter. I was taken aback by this at NYCC last year, as a new iteration of Kraven was nowhere on my wish list, but this has really grown on me.

Also, I’m a firm believer that there should be a Symbiote Spider-Man figure regularly available due to the massive popularity of the costume, so big thumbs up from me for Hasbro getting this reissued Spidey (with new beat-up unmasked Peter Parker head!) into circulation so soon after the Sandman series one.

The Homecoming 2-Pack is going to be a bit more of an acquired taste. While it’s a fun costume and all, I have a hunch that the number of folks wanting a 6” Academic Decathalon Spidey figure is somewhat niche.

I think an accessory like that yellow blazer makes a lot more sense as a removable Hot Toys item than as a molded-on ML piece.

However, the big selling-point of this set for most collectors is going to be the Zendaya MJ figure. To-date, MJ hasn’t been announced for a toy release in anything bigger than 2” by any company other than Hasbro, so they’ve got the market cornered on her at the moment.

While a non-powered civilian with only a couple minutes of screen-time isn’t the most riveting choice ever for the line, I think both Zendaya fans and MCU collectors will gobble this up. I think this set has a better chance of selling through at full price than the Kraven’s Last Hunt set does, honestly.

Both these sets are hitting Target stores nationwide now and the street date is officially past, so no one should be denied a set at the register. These are suddenly in plentiful supply at every Target I’ve visited today, so I don’t foresee any collector having trouble snagging one of these sets at retail.

Have you picked up either of these new sets, Marvel collectors? If so, what do you think? And how likely do you think it is that either of these will end up hitting the clearance racks down the road?

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