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(Image Source) Marvel's 2022 slate has wrapped up and overall another decisive year for Marvel with a lot of projects fans weren't as happy with, while others were great crowd pleasers! Phase 4 has come to a close, with phase 5 hopefully bringing in some tighter story telling and more satisfying projects overall. The Marvel Legends line has continued to run strong though, and while just about all of the projects on this list have had great representation in the toyline so far there are still plenty of new characters and designs from the MCU shelf of my display that I'm waiting to have fulfilled! Moon Knight: Arthur Harrow (Image Source) I could easily see this character being the next release in the Disney+ waves of figures from the Moon Knight tv show, which overall did leave a good taste in fans' mouths! We've to this point gotten Mr. Knight, Moon Knight, and Khonshu which are all fantastic figures, so it would only make sense to round out the display with Arthur ...

(Image Source) Andor has certainly been a surprising entry to the Star Wars universe with how great it has been! Consistently mature and outstanding story telling combined with amazing visuals and a whole cast of well fleshed out characters that make me honestly look at other tv shows I've been watching and wondering why they aren't as good! That goes for some recent Star Wars shows as well. Unfortunately, compared to the likes of Mandalorian and the recent Obi Wan Kenobi the offerings for this series have been slim so far but I'm hoping that picks up in the future and we can get some of the main cast members who have been excluded so far. I'm very excited for characters like Luthen and Vel to join the display, and with an incredible season 1 now behind it, these are my top 5 most wanted Hasbro Black Series figures from Andor! 5. Aldhani rebels (Image Source) I would take this whole team in a heart beat. I love team driven story arcs in the vein of the Aldhani mission a...

(Image Source) The final film of Marvel's 2022 slate and phase 4 slate overall has come out, and they definitely saved one of their best for last. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was an emotional journey honoring Chadwick Boseman and I think the film's exploration of grief and how we deal with it was fantastic. All of the characters were standout, and Shuri herself has no doubt been elevated ten times as a character fit to wear the Black Panther mantle! Hasbro's Marvel Legend lines gave us a solid offering of designs from the movie, checking off major characters like Namor, Ironheart, and Shuri herself in her Black Panther suit, but there's still a few more possibilities to round out the figure display for the movie... 5. Valentina Fontaine (Image Source) This character has been building up to something ever since she first appeared in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and I was glad to see Julia Louis-Dreyfus get to use more of her charisma for a larger role in this mo...

(Image Source) The trailer for the next big Transformers film is finally out and looking awesome. I cannot wait to see the further exploration of the new universe started in 2018's Bumblebee, not to mention the introduction of the Maximals! The trailer doesn't spoil much of the movie which I appreciate, but it does give us a lot of looks at the new characters and new designs for returning characters, and I have no doubt that Hasbro will be all over these designs for their Studio Series line! Hopefully we get these movie characters at a faster pace than we did the Bumblebee movie designs, which we only really started pumping through this year, and with my initial reactions to each of the designs we got to see these are my current top 5 most wanted Transformers Studio Series figures from 2023's Rise of the Beasts! 5. Wheeljack (Images Source) We really don't get a good look at Wheeljack in his bot mode aside from a shot at his backside, but we've gotten plenty of look...

(Image Source) Super7's line of Godzilla Ultimates! figures looks to be vying for one of the best Godzilla action figure lines of all time! The line up of monsters and designs so far have been epic, ranging from franchise favorites like Burning Godzilla and Destoroyah, to more surprising choices like Biollante's Rose form and the meltdown Burning Godzilla! The six figures revealed so far though share one thing in common and that would be that they all hail from the Heisei era of the Godzilla series, arguably some of the best films from the franchise! With wave 1 due to finally start hitting our shelves in the near future, here's the Heisei era figures I hope to see going forward in wave 4 and beyond! 5. The Return of Godzilla (Image Source) After the Showa era found solid footing in a more light hearted, heroic Godzilla, the Heisei era decided to bring things back to its roots with The Return of Godzilla! A darker, more aggressive Godzilla who was envisioned once again as a...

(Image Source) Over the course of three years Mcfarlane has been nicely putting together a Justice League Dark display and we have enough to this point to definitively had a team set up on the shelf, but there are so many more members to round out the key players. We've gotten characters like Constantine, Swamp Thing, Etrigan, and most recently Deadman, but the magical world of JLD is vast, and these are five characters Mcfarlane is so far missing out on.  5. Classic Wonder Woman (Image Source) I'm kind of amazed to this point that we haven't gotten a vanilla Wonder Woman with how many variations we have of her in the line! Even the next upcoming version of her seems like it will be a Flashpoint incarnation, leading me to wonder when we'll get a classic Wonder Woman since every other prime Justice League member have traditional looks in the line! Getting her in a standard look would nicely round out not only the Justice League Dark cast, but the core Justice League as w...

(Image Source) The newest animated show from Star Wars has hit screens, and it is right up my alley as it is exploring the Jedi and Force wielders from the Prequel era! Tales of the Jedi gave us a look at Dooku's turn to the dark side, as well as more history for Ahsoka. With other animated shows like Clone Wars and Bad Batch getting plenty of figures I'm hoping Hasbro will follow suit for this series, and these are the top 5 figures I want from season 1! 5. Ahsoka's mom (Image Source) Ahsoka's half of the series gave us a look at her first moments coming into contact with the Force, and with it we saw her family and in particular her mother who faced off against a gnarly looking beast to try and protect Ahsoka. My most wanted accessory for this would be baby Ahsoka herself, one of the most adorable things on screen since Grogu! 4. Inquisitor (Image Source) We did not get much time with this Inquisitor, but his grave voice and haunting appearance makes him a memorable S...

(Images Source) Jakks Pacific has really been knocking it out of the park lately when it comes to their Sonic the Hedgehog line of figures! Playsets like the Eggmobile are perfection, and a lot of my most wanted figures have been made recently like Big, Ray, Vector, Super Sonic from the second live action film, and while not formally revealed we did get a look at the upcoming Charmy Bee at a convention display. That leaves my list wide open for a refill, and this is part 3 of my most wanted Jakks Sonic figures! Honorable Mention: Chaos Eggman (Image Source) I'm not sure if we will be getting any more movie figures after that second wave of figures, but I hope at some point they can go back and give us the Chaos powered Robotnik from the end of the movie. It was a fun transformation for the villain with the black and green colors blending very well together. 1. Blaze the Cat (Image Source) A more modern addition to the Sonic world, Blaze has a very cool backstory and character desig...