![]() “Cause he is like, ‘No, no, you picked the wrong thing. “ had a lot of ideas, and he helped me redo the whole interior,” Stall says. Collaborating with this designer helped make the car not only in line with the Marvel brand, but also authentic to its era. ![]() For this reason, both the Marvel Legends team and Hasbro’s newer HasLab team worked to develop the car, and Hasbro brought on a car-enthusiast designer to assist. Making the move into vehicles wasn’t without its challenges for a team that had previously focused almost entirely on action figures. We wanted to do something that was still impressive, but, you know, at kind of that entry point for a full-size vehicle.” “So fans are saying, you know, a Black Bird jet or, like, a Punisher Van. “You kind of need to walk before you can run,” he explains. Two angles of the vehicle in Hellfire mode | Source: The Pop Insider The car’s size also made it a logistically smart option for the brand’s first vehicle, says Marvel Legends Senior Manager of Products Ryan Ting. The cool factor is always important, and this thing has cool factor in spades.” “I mean, it’s a flaming muscle car,” Stall says. The team chose Ghost Rider as the test drive (pun intended) for a few reasons - Not only is this year the character’s 50th anniversary, but the car is simply, as Stall describes it, awesome. The 1:12-scale vehicle - inspired by Marvel Comics‘ All-New Ghost Rider (2014) - comes with a Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider 6-inch-scale figure and has a variety of features, including six flame trail effect pieces, 20 LEDs for Hellfire effects, and the ability to transform between Hellfire mode and Street mode.Īccording to Principal Designer Dwight Stall, the Marvel Legends team knew they wanted to make a vehicle for the Marvel Legends, especially because fans were very vocal about wanting one. This crowdsourced project launched last month, with a goal of getting 9,000 backers by Oct. ![]() One of these projects is the new Marvel Legends HasLab Engine of Vengeance, which is on display at the Marvel booth. Hasbro may not have a booth at New York Comic Con ( NYCC) this year, but the collectibles company still has a presence at the show, displaying both of its current HasLab projects for the first time. The Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider and the Engine of Vengeance in Street mode | Source: The Pop Insider
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