Ep. 10: A Retrospective Look at Marvel Legends' Second Year in Production -- 2003! (Part 1)
An Oral History of Marvel LegendsShow Notes
The Marvel Legends line was released by ToyBiz with a bang, forever changing the quality and standards of action figure lines in 2002. Let's take a look at what figures came out the following year. Not just that, let's add a bit of context to what collecting was like back then.
This is part 1 of a two-part series on my deep dive into Marvel Legends in 2003.
My apologies about the sound quality of this episode, as I had some microphone settings issues that I didn't notice till after recording...
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