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Dread it, run from it, there's no escaping the truth — Marvel movies are made to sell toys. Well, at least, they were back when the comic book company merged with Toy Biz in the '90s and started selling off the film rights to the most popular characters, in the hopes that blockbuster movies would help push plastic to kids across the globe.

Decades later, however, it's safe to say that the quality of Marvel movies — particularly those in the culturally dominant Marvel Cinematic Universe — have risen far above expensive toy advertisements. Fittingly, the toys themselves have also improved dramatically in terms of quality. Hasbro's Marvel Legends line in particular is a welcome addition to this ecosystem, managing to deliver detail

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