Dark Phoenix and Cyclops
Marvel Legends - Hasbro
Toys 'R' Us Exclusive
I'm a little behind on this one, so if you're looking for this TRU exclusive on shelves now, you may have missed it. In fact, you may not even have a TRU any more with all the recent store closings. Makes you wonder why Hasbro would bother giving so many exclusives to a chain constantly on the edge of bankruptcy. Oh well, I got this 2-pack, and it was worth the trouble... if you love classic X-men stories and don't mind some character variants.
The Phoenix is the same body sculpt as the Juggernaut wave Jean Grey, but red in place of green. Makes sense, but needs something more than paint and some red eyes for a sale? Well how about 3 different head sculpts and fire effect? That's more like it! 
First, you get a calm, standard Jean. They could have just repacked the head from the green release, but you get an all-new hairstyle. The next head gets a little wild with the hair and her face has changed to a malevolent smile. The final head is the same sculpt as the previous, but with fiery eyes and translucent red highlights in the hair. Pretty neat little transformation they pulled off there. The firebird effect clips to her wrist.
Cyclops is era accurate and a step up from the old Toy Biz attempt. TB didn't do a bad figure... but his torso was a holdover from an old WCW Buff Bagwell figure that didn't have an ab crunch. As an update, its pretty damn good. They did a nice job with some black detailing in the lines of the blue suit. The only things missing that would put this from a "maybe" to a "must-have" would be an alternate screaming head and an optic beam effect.
$40 for some variants sounds steep, but these looks are iconic and will probably be my go-to versions of these characters on my shelf. They do not disappoint... unlike the first attempt to bring the Dark Phoenix saga to the big screen. I am 100% sure that these figure will top the next attempt as far as enjoyment. Skip the movies and buy these figures!
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