Marvel Legends ROGUE X-Men '97 Action Figure Review

[@LitchAzazel]

The animated series for some reason was very inconsistent with the color brown. Characters with brown hair often had red looking hair (This also applies to Rogue). Gambit and Rogue also had very greenish looking jackets in some episodes while in others it would be brown. My guess is that maybe the animators just didn't have brown? Lol.

[@CujoHyer]

yeah, brown was the most expensive color, so they had to use other shades to replace it. Her jacket and hair are supposed to be brown, but it's become confusing because of the cartoon and that little nugget of lore.

[@CesTorLop]

Rogue had a brown jacket in the comics by Jim Lee. In the Animated series she had a jacket with a "Green-ish/Brown-ish' color (I'm pretty sure this is where people get confused). She had a brown jacket in the "X-Men Vs Street Fighter" video game, and a green jacket in the "Marvel vs Capcom 2" video game.

[@CujoHyer]

Rogue's hair and jacket are supposed to be brown. Her hair was red and her jacket was green in the 90s cartoon because Brown was the most expensive color for the animators. It's the same reason Scott's hair is red too. Brown was always being kept in short supply.

[@chewymew]

When I first realized Hasbro figures started having pinless joints, I had the same reaction when I realized cars no longer have monopole antennas: "Oh, okay."

[@AnthonysCustoms]

lol

[@Spongemonkey26]

It's too bad you don't do Joes, they're so much better than what the Marvel team is doing.

[@themysteriousspeeddemon]

He does just not often.

[@TailsdollelZorroMaligno]

I think anthony is not into joes

[@vilebasterd5729]

He doesn't know squat about Joe's source material which makes a difference as a reviewer since he tends to criticize features that are actually accurate.

[@n_explosion8199]

I have six Joe's now and to be honest, 3 had qc issues like a fused elbow, wobbely legs or bad paint on the faces. Compared to my ML, there were a few issues on 50+ figures like stuck joints, but nothing that wasn't an easy fix.

[@themysteriousspeeddemon]

@n_explosion8199 not to mention joints that become very loose over time like the abcrunch on my snake eyes and spinny arms it has improved with newer releases though, and I personally will still choose Joes over ML for better articulation, and sculpts.

[@TheJonk98]

Most of the animated series she had a darker green jacket, but in some episodes or scenes it was coloured brown, inconsistent, but overall it green.

[@paulc1553]

Legit LOL at Rogue's faceplant at the start of the video. Needed that as I'm struggling with depression.

[@RetroTube1982]

By going for the cartoon looks, the overly simplified designs make these look like cheap children's toys instead of adult collectables. I think these are fine for new collectors who don't want to pay after-market prices for the older X-Men figures, but if you've been collecting for a while and already have these characters, I don't see any reason to buy the X-Men '97 figures.

[@Sky_crawler66]

Lol, that's the whole point, there cartoon figures if you guys want high quality stuff just buy hot toy figures lmao

[@gibberishname]

In the 1990's cartoon her jacket varied between a darkish hunter green look in daylight scenes (like her shot in the opening credits), to a browner dark olive drab, army green in night /shadows (like most of the show). But the Toy Biz 1994 figure's jacket was very brown with only a LITTLE green in it.

[@Flash-oq4gu]

@Anthonyscustoms I watch quite a few reviewers. You're literally the only one I'll binge watch. You're professional while low key funny. You know what youre talking about down to details of the details. Always entertaining while informative. Keep it up bro.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Thanks a lot

[@felipeguidolin1055]

A round of applauses for that intro

[@kunonabi]

It was green but sometimes it looked like a very brownish green. In the Capcom games it was a super light green. In both cases it was easy to see it has something other than green. Not a fan of this new rogue design but it should have been expected I guess. I'll stick with the new bishoujo rogue personally.

[@skabcat242]

This line could have used a bit more accessories.

[@Zadestroyah]

Honestly got her because Rogue was one of my favorites from the '97 cartoon. Got her during Black Friday so definitely managed to score her below retail.

[@rodneysessoms8804]

After watching your review on this Rouge figure, I'm happy with my 2 Target exclusive retro carded Rouges and Gambit. I also highly recommend Diamond select X men Rouge figure. Thank you again for your review

[@Fuzzy_Barbarian]

Rogue's jacket is green in the cartoon. I didn't grow up with the cartoon, so when I started watching it after seeing the Jim Lee comic art, it's one of the things that immediately stood out to me.

[@duaneflint11]

As someone who does photography with my figures, their faces and paint job matter! To me, that face isn't Rogue and I'd think it every time I photograph it. These figures also aren't that cheap, so I'd expect more from the paint job.

[@zeta_noir]

I'm only getting this one because the head is the best one they've made in my opinion. Looks more stylized and I've never been a fan of realistic comic booky designs as they get boring. I'll take a more anime look any day!

[@pjbottoms9060]

I can't believe.. ok, I can actually believe- that they didn't put a calf swivel in under those really low and too-thin knee straps. Not for me, and I used too draw Rogue Every Day as a teenager.

[@starlord157]

Honestly bummed I missed out on this figure, her face looks way better than the other Rogue faces….

[@fre3kshow133]

Yeah, her jacket was green in the animated series. But it was more of an olive drab military green, closer to how it looks on the package.

[@asgads]

thanks for the neca deadpool giant figure tip

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Not sure what you're referring to but I'm happy to help

[@timas3128]

I always have her in mind with a brown jacket too

[@doctorgiovanni853]

Mister Anthony’s sarcasm was on a whole new level in this review. [😂🤣😅] Love and appreciate your objectivity, mate. The figure is not too bad, honestly. Second best after Bishop, certainly. But Hasbro Marvel Legends still have a lot of catching up to do - especially in terms of quality, accuracy, detail and, of course, paint. Thank you for sharing, Giovanni Marino, M.D.🇬🇧

[@mythicpeyote]

I’m so lucky I got the Jim lee version of Rogue.

[@greenman5229]

I'm surprised he didn't mention the missing ear

[@collegerebel]

I was so excited when I found this at retail. Then when I took it out of the package and she could barely stand, plus her shade of yellow being lighter than my other X-Men, I took her back the next and got my money back. Hasbro should've just given her the female feet they've been using up until now. They have three standard molds to choose from for fcks sake!

[@NOIDEDU]

Just waiting for a mafex rogue

[@TheMattTrakker]

I've also just started getting the Mafex figures for these X-men. Hopefully they do Cyclops and Wolverine 2.0 at some point.

[@Bladieboe]

In the cartoon her jacket was dark green, with hints of brown on it, but in the comic book she has a brown jacket.

[@wsugj]

I remember she had a brown jacket. She had on a brown jacket in the Xmen vs Street Fighter games, but had multiple colors in those.

[@zenquantum1246]

That last shot 😂

[@Abbraxes]

It's from a new show that supposed to come out soon apparently

[@AnthonysCustoms]

I know what it's from but thanks

[@413722bm]

That glove thing is kinda humorous

[@QuantumSurge64]

I am sticking with the previous retro-carded Rogue

[@ShutoStriker]

I still have it on card. That butch face though 😂 this face was an upgrade IMO

[@TheMattTrakker]

@@ShutoStriker Really? I hate these weird souless doll faces.

[@ShutoStriker]

The face is an upgrade atleast. Previous retro card one looks too butch IMO probably keep her mint on card (Her card art looks great) now that I have this new better one. Might have some bias as I'm a huge OG X-men fan.

[@ShinGoji1987Official]

I think the inside of her jacket was brown in the cartoon while in other adaptations, comics etc. it was fully brown. I have the Rogue figure from 2016ish which is great but this one is pretty mediocre. I see what your saying about the face, doesn't really look like her at all

[@radamesrivera4193]

I personally like this figure, it's my first Rouge. I think the face and the hair is fine, at least she's not ugly. I can definitely understand what he feels about it though. It looks good on the shelf with the rest of my X-Men so I'm happy

[@yangstaboi-uw2bi]

I'm curious about what happened with the rival collectables?

[@Duomaxwell02M]

Had to take a backseat because of family stuff, and he's building a new room for his collection. Here's hoping it will come eventually.

[@quincysoares4314]

She did have a green jacket in the 90’s series. Since these figures are based on the new ‘97 show coming out, they probably gave her a new design.

[@sik7476]

We have indeed been "Mandela'd"...the first thing I said when I started watching the video was "what's up with the green jacket? It's supposed to be brown."...to which, my GF 100% agreed. But, I looked on Google and apparently, we are all totally wrong and it was always green. ...wtf ever, I call some Mandela BS on this one, for sure!!! Sik

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Lol. There are a few screens where it was brown but yeah... Predominantly Green.

[@sik7476]

@@AnthonysCustoms yeah, I found a couple, but as you said, almost all green. And, that's simply not what I remember! Again, the very first thing I noticed was the green jacket looking wrong. ...reality is a trip. Lol! 😆 Sik

[@tlk4554]

I let out an audible “Ew!” followed by laughter when you showed how sloppy her leg paint was. Premium deco, they claim…

[@mikepowers9486]

I only got her to repaint the head. Too much white for me and I like her with a little darker brown hair. Looks so much better without a huge chunk of white glued on top of her head. Never thought Rogue as a redhead.

[@smyers9052]

I think her jacket is green because it's going to be green in the new cartoon. I could be wrong, but I think they've made some adjustments to the character designs for this new run.

[@kaimengquek1952]

I'm hoping mafex will pick up the slack with rogue.

I started to buy the whole wave …and then I woke up from that dream .

[@faq421]

So I took out my fox kids VHS to see what color her jacket was in the show, and it was different from episode to episode. But it was either brown with a green shading or green with a brown shading.

[@Rebelxstudios]

Yeah it was color consistency with the animated series. Sometimes the jacket was a dark green sometimes it was a dark brown, and I could have sworn I remember an episode where the thing was black.

[@telephantasm4070]

2:27 In X-Men TAS? Yes, I remember the green jacket, just not that shade of green. I prefer the brown jacket with rolled up sleeves and bare forearms.

[@thedrunkenprime9374]

The jacket rotated between brown and green depending on the lighting of the scene.

[@WiGgYof09]

I assume they left the gloved hand on because of the little cuff piece, but then it should have been two fists in that case.

[@thewrestlingdiaries9142]

The new Rogue isn't bad, not great, but not bad. Question @Anthony. I read in a comment from a month ago that you were going to be selling/making more of the animated series Beast heads, if so, when can we expect this?? I'd love to get my hands on one (or two) because I missed the last time you were selling and they are truly spectacular! Also, are you still making them for the original Beast with the darker shading, or the lab coat version..or both? Thx in advance

[@AnthonysCustoms]

probably not until after I move next month. probably the lab coat version.

[@thewrestlingdiaries9142]

@@AnthonysCustoms Awesome, thank you

[@theextracrispycolonel9504]

This might sound like an odd question considering the video, but you wouldn't happen to be selling those Venom feet anymore right?..just got the Knull/Venom two pack on BBTS during a sale.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

not at this time. i might again in the future but they were deceptively hard to make so i cant promise

[@fastfoodtoybox816]

Isn’t this from the upcoming new show? That’s why the jackets green and new

[@AnthonysCustoms]

It's from the new show... I was asking about the old one.

[@Hilltopperpete]

@@AnthonysCustomsthe old Rogue jacket was drawn in brown with heavy olive green shadows/shading. But the animation from the 80s and 90s cartoons is incredibly inconsistent between episodes, and they are sometimes inconsistent from scene to scene. I would not be surprised at the appearance of a fully green or fully brown jacket depending on the light and situation (and budget in the later seasons). Here is a link to an animation cel of Rogue with the colors: thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0417/27/90s-marvel-men-cartoon-rogue-detailed_1_c18b1acf86855bbfe5ef07f41728bc02.jpg

[@AnthonysCustoms]

link no workie

[@DomitriCervantes]

it feels like that show is never gonna come out XD

[@edrianraneses5864]

If i did get my hands on that 97 rogue figure I'd be disassembling her for a proper Gwen Stacy figure for the most part but also using the new emma frost figure parts too

[@Sherdderworld]

Im curious as to what all youd use and where for that neither really scream gwen too me so i wanna know what the logic behind that recipe is

[@jssonclark3731]

She has a green jacket in the new 97 Xmen cartoon

[@joeguido2931]

It’s because it should be brown to compliment the green and gold. Your mismemory has good taste

[@joehodgson9217]

People are really saying this is the best in the wave? I know picking a best in this series is like selecting the best turd in the litter box, but I think the easy answer is Bishop. Weird, rounded, torso aside, he at least has the bulk I think a lot of Hasbro's super heroes are missing which goes a long way towards giving the figure some shelf presence. I really like the shade of blue too and how matte his complexion turned out. Paint is wretched and the gun is comically small and gummy, but that's what you get from Marvel Legends. This Rogue is your garden variety ML of 2023. It's fine, but hardly exciting. Face is way too soft, but for some reason Hasbro has a hard time with Rogue's face. I prefer this to the prior Rogue, though more because I just don't like that one and not because I do enjoy this one. Anyway, her jacket was indeed green in the show, or more of an olive drab. I always liked that vs the brown from the comics.

[@Radioactive457]

Wolverine is my personal favorite

[@AlphaProto]

It was more of an olive green with brown shading in the cartoon. Seeing it straight up green is odd.

[@OverBenthousand]

I remember it being brown too

[@WiGgYof09]

I remember the green jacket. It was close to a light brown, though. This may be the first time we got the green jacket in figure form. Too bad the fucked upnthe color.

[@TheStrscrm]

Her hair looks like melted marshmallow.

[@irvinfeliciano7473]

I bought this for 22$, you want a masterpice for that price?

[@AnthonysCustoms]

What does that have to do with anything? By that logic, there's no point to reviewing it in the first place. Also, 22 isn't the normal price

[@pants989]

This toy's face looks so Disney-esque... there's something about the combo of that face on this cheap toy body that makes it overall really unappealing to me. I'm not getting any Rogue vibes, either.

[@TuggernautCollectables]

love the impromptu intro of rogue falling (or was it planned?). "Stick around so I get that watch time" - genius mate

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Or was it simply the intro and not the time to go into it?

[@palpatine1975]

Marvel legends is going down the drain as compared to other lines. Unfortunately.

[@GlaciusX2]

You never mentioned that the figure has weird feet and cant stand for shit, any little bump and she falls over (i have mine attached to a stand)

[@benjaminwiseman6567]

Right, objectively, the face is wrong. I was wondering if anyone else felt that way.

[@THANATOS-PRIME]

Isn’t me or does it seem like the upper arm is far too skinny for the lower arms? Like a female Popeye.

[@Sherdderworld]

7:18 it doesnt matter to the carded collector. Im not here to put out my own personal bias. Proceeds to do so

[@AnthonysCustoms]

You seem very confused

[@Sherdderworld]

@@AnthonysCustomsyou legitimately pointed out that it wouldn’t matter to to several groups in the community and then talked about it like it was a big deal and then followed that by saying it isnt a matter of personal bias. How can it be something that not a whole lot of people would care about but then also something to complain that much about and not have it be personal bias

[@TheMattTrakker]

@@Sherdderworld I think he said it wouldn't matter to people that opened it, but it WOULD matter to carded collectors.

[@Sherdderworld]

@@TheMattTrakker honestly hes the first person ive seen point it and I know who are carded collectors so it seems like they dont

[@Sherdderworld]

On a second listen you are right but honestly its such an insignificant thing to dedicate just as time than he spent on the pose-ability on something so minor

[@imp2247]

No cake rating?!

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Only on mcf figures

[@DanB.0]

👍

[@sonicboomerlouis]

Paying more for less... The retro card Rogue that came out in 2021 was much better.

[@tilmonr]

The last two rouge figures are better.

[@Duomaxwell02M]

especially the 1st version of the Jim Lee version.

[@kelsompinheiro363]

Very beautiful..

[@Jgetreched346]

I hate how realistic they make the face even though this figure is from a cartoon like why just why?

[@InfluenceFilms]

Say what you will about the Gambit and Magneto faces in this line, but this Rogue face is absolute garbage. The worst in the line. Hard pass. Her character deserved better.

[@lygonthereddragon]

She had a brown jacket

[@glennjthompson332]

Rogue won't stand too well.🤣😂😅😆👎

[@AlanDavidDoane]

This figure is a waste of money and plastic. The local discount store in my very small town had hundreds of Retro Rogues they bought from Target and they sold them for $12 each. So there are enough in the world of that superior figure that this one, which brings nothing new to the table and is actually worse face-wise, absolutely shouldn't even exist.

[@thorgotem]

Hasblo is a sorta of a new company. 😂😂😅😅😅

[@jamesd.whitaker1037]

You’re spot on. Horrible face and hair. That’s not Rogue. Maybe Manga or anime Rogue.

[@rabidhammer31]

This face doesnt look like anything

[@TheMattTrakker]

Wait, people like the face?

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Yes

[@Duomaxwell02M]

The face is pretty, but it doesn't match the figure. Its like looking at a Barbie version of Rogue.

[@bravehardy3870]

😂 did he lay her down.

[@Professorsoundwaves]

Brown jacket.

[@iLLWiLL173]

She looks like someone cosplaying as Rouge...the face just doesn't look right....I mean its cool fo those who like it but these X-Men 97 figures are just not MY 90s X-Men....the figures are ok for kids who will watch the new series and want those particular character designs...but it's not for fans of the actual 90s cartoon.

[@stevenbarron580]

It was brown....

[@mrs.romansdelight4091]

Agree to disagree I mean it’s your opinion but a little nitpicking but I agree brown bomber jacket and to much white hair. Still a nice review on a classic look

[@_nick_stark]

Missing an ear...

[@mikoswabe9754]

Damn That face is creepy. LMAO!

[@Fgall326]

U know that nerd that is always mad about everything?

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Are you him? Complaining about a KZbin video?

[@Fgall326]

@@AnthonysCustoms thats rude

[@chewymew]

Angry Videogame Nerd?

[@Fgall326]

@@chewymew I love that dude.

[@curseoffenrir]

This figure suck, green jackets suck, molded in boot details are ugly and suuuck and red hair… Rogue doesn’t have red hair, it’s brown…. Still it’s the only Rogue I have. A Rogue in the actual Jim Lee costume would be nice.

[@IAMTHESTARMAN]

Mandela Effect is bullshit. The only reason we remember brown is because the shading color for her jacket on the show was brown. No big mystery.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

The shading doesn't look brown though. It's just brown sometimes and green most of the time

[@roguecomics4775]

Why do none of you reviewers have stands? lol I just watched 3 reviews all with characters toppling over left, and right. lol

[@AnthonysCustoms]

It's not a display video. It's a review. A figure's ability to stand on it's own is relevant to a review.

[@roguecomics4775]

@@AnthonysCustoms Well I'll find someone to watch with enough sense to own a damn stand.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

that's probably a good call.

[@roguecomics4775]

@@AnthonysCustoms No shit.

[@nanonn56]

No the old school xmen 90s rogue looks better i have the better action figure this one is garbage 😂

[@nanonn56]

It's brown