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Marvel Legends Showdown is a collectible tabletop game in which the primary component is action figure

Action figure

An action figure is a posable character figurine, made of plastic or other materials, and often based upon characters from a film, comic book, video game, or television program. These action figures are usually marketed towards boys and male collectors...

s and cards. It was a collaboration between Upper Deck Entertainment and Toy Biz (Now known as Marvel Toys

Marvel Toys

Marvel Toys is the toy division of Marvel Entertainment, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company....

).

The was played on at least a 3x4 grid of Panel cards. Panel cards broke into two categories; Locations (Places in the Marvel Universe) and Plot Twist (Special events that occurred on that space) The goal was to move around the Panel card grid and knock out your opponents character with Punches, Kicks, or shooting them with an included projectile launchers. Once you did three damage to a character he/she was out. The more characters on each side, the larger the Panel grid had to be. (2 on 2 a 4x4 grid, 3 on 3 a 5x5 grid, 4 on 4 and 6x6 grid and so on)

It was released in 2005 with two starters and two waves of five boosters each. The set was renamed Legends Showdown to tie it in to the popular Marvel Legends

Marvel Legends

Marvel Legends is an action figure line based on the characters of Marvel Comics, initially produced by Toy Biz, then by Hasbro. This line is in the scale, with spin-off lines in the , , and scale.-History:...

figures. The first two starters and booster sets were re-released with the new name, plus 2 new starters, 3 rider packs, and two new waves of boosters (Though these two waves 3 and 4 had limited release, seen in comic shops and KayBee Toys shelves rarely). Toy Biz changed its name to Marvel Toys

Marvel Toys

Marvel Toys is the toy division of Marvel Entertainment, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company....

and then sold the rights to all Marvel action figure properties to Hasbro

Hasbro

Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...

. Marvel Legends Showdown was not one of the product lines that transferred over.

The Starters included 2 figures, 2 projectile launchers, 3 power cards for each figure, 12 Panel cards, and 2 dice.

Boosters included a figure, a projectile launcher, 3 power cards for that character, 3 random power cards for other characters in the set, and 1 panel card.

All characters had at least 6 Power Cards, but some may have had up to 10 or 12! (Spider-Man had 3 different figures, starter Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

had cards 1-3, Black Costume Spider-Man from the Booster had cards 4-6, and sometimes had cards found only in the boosters.)

Starter Wave 1

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

vs. Thing

Thing (comics)

The Thing is a fictional character, a founding member of the superhero team known as the Fantastic Four in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in The Fantastic Four #1...

Hulk

Hulk (comics)

The Hulk is a fictional character, a superhero in the . Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 ....

vs. Wolverine

Wolverine (comics)

Wolverine is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Born as James Howlett and commonly known as Logan, Wolverine is a mutant, possessing animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, three retracting bone claws on each hand and a healing...

Booster Wave 1

Berserker Wolverine

Wolverine (comics)

(chase)

Black Costume Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

Doctor Octopus

Doctor Octopus is a fictional character, a supervillain that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics since 1963. A highly intelligent mad scientist, Doctor Octopus is one of Spider-Man's greatest foes...

Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider (comics)

Ghost Rider is the name of several fictional supernatural antiheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Night Rider and subsequently to Phantom Rider.The first supernatural Ghost Rider is...

The Punisher

Booster Wave 2

Captain America

Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...

Dr. Doom

Human Torch

Human Torch

The Human Torch is a fictional character and superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, he is a member of the superhero team the Fantastic Four, debuting in The Fantastic Four #1...

Iron Man

Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...

Spider-sense Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

(chase)

Rider Wave 1

Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider (comics)

on Motorcycle

Namor on Hammerhead Shark

Wolverine

Wolverine (comics)

on Chopper

Starter Wave 2

Magneto

Magneto (comics)

Magneto is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the central villain of the X-Men comic, as well as the TV show and the films. The character first appears in X-Men #1 , and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby...

vs. Colossus

Colossus (comics)

Colossus is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Len Wein and illustrator Dave Cockrum, he first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1...

Mole Man

The Mole Man is a comic book supervillain that exists in Marvel Comics' main shared universe. He first appeared in Fantastic Four #1, and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.-Fictional character biography:...

vs. Mr. Fantastic

Booster Wave 3

Beast

Beast (comics)

Beast , Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy, is a comic book character, a Marvel Comics superhero and a member of the mutant team of superheroes known as the X-Men...

Elektra

Elektra (comics)

Elektra Natchios, usually referred to only by her first name Elektra, is a fictional character in publications from Marvel Comics.Elektra is a kunoichi – female ninja assassin – of Greek descent. She wields a pair of bladed sai as her trademark weapon. She is a love interest of the superhero...

Green Goblin

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Juggernaut

Juggernaut (comics)

The Juggernaut is a fictional character that appears in publications published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in X-Men #12 , and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby....

Silver Surfer

The Silver Surfer is a Marvel Comics superhero created by Jack Kirby. The character first appears in Fantastic Four #48 , the first of a three-issue arc that fans call "The Galactus Trilogy"....

Booster Wave 4

Cyclops

Cyclops (comics)

Cyclops is a fictional character, the leader of the X-Men superhero team in the . A mutant, Cyclops emits a powerful energy beam from his eyes...

Daredevil

Daredevil (Marvel Comics)

Daredevil is a fictional character, a superhero in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Daredevil #1 .Living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood...

Invisible Woman

Susan "Sue" Storm Richards is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superheroine created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby. The character first appeared in Fantastic Four #1 in November 1961, and was the first female superhero created by Marvel in the Silver Age of Comics...

Thor

Thor (Marvel Comics)

Thor is a fictional superhero who appears in publications published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83 and was created by editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller Jack Kirby....

Venom

Venom (comics)

Eddie Brock is a fictional character created by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane. A comic book supervillain, Brock's earliest appearance is a cameo in Web of Spider-Man #18 before making his first full appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #299 as Venom...

Repaints and Variants

Beast's

Beast (comics)

Beast , Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy, is a comic book character, a Marvel Comics superhero and a member of the mutant team of superheroes known as the X-Men...

standard fur colour is blue, but the figure has a grey fur chase variant.

Daredevil's

Daredevil (Marvel Comics)

standard outfit is red, but the figure has a yellow and black chase variant.

Elektra's

Elektra (comics)

standard outfit is red, but the figure has a white costume chase variant.

Invisible Woman's

Invisible Woman

standard outfit is blue and black, but the figure has a blue and white costume chase variant, as well as a semi-transparent variant.

Mr. Fantastic's standard outfit is blue and white in the starter set, but the figure has a blue and black costume chase variant.

Wave 1 (Starter Wave 1 and Booster Waves 1 and 2)

P-01 360 Degree Vision

P-02 Acrobatic Dodge

P-03 Armory

P-04 Asgard

P-05 Base of Operation

P-06 Baxter Building

P-07 Blind Alley

P-08 Blindsided

P-09 Burning Mad

P-10 Cerebro

P-11 Daily Bugle

P-12 Danger Room

P-13 Dark Alley

P-14 Doc Ock's Lab

P-15 Earthquake!

P-16 Find Weakness

P-17 Flurry of Blows

P-18 Graveyard

P-19 Gust of Wind

P-20 Handy Weapon

P-21 Huge Target

P-22 Leg Sweep

P-23 Medical Attention

P-24 Mindless Attack

P-25 Muir Island

P-26 Mystical Transformation

P-27 Not So Fast

P-28 Outnumbered

P-29 Rejuvenation

P-30 Revenge Strike

P-31 Road Block

P-32 Stop Time

P-33 Super Punch

P-34 Teleportation

P-35 Victory Stance

P-36 War Room

Wave 2 (Starter wave 2, Rider sets, Booster Waves 3 and 4)

P-37 Absent Friends

P-38 All in Due Time

P-39 Armed to the Teeth

P-40 Avalon Space Station

P-41 Body Blow

P-42 Boulder Toss

P-43 Caught Off-Guard

P-44 Come to Me!

P-45 Desperate Measures

P-46 Double Trouble

P-47 Field Dressing

P-48 Genosha

P-49 Hostage Situation

P-50 Meditation

P-51 Mega Punch

P-52 Nerve Center

P-53 New Fantastic Four Building

P-54 Parry

P-55 Phoenix Rising

P-56 Pride

P-57 Reed's Underwater Lab

P-58 S.H.I.E.L.D. Base

P-59 Sabotage

P-60 Sanctuary

P-61 Smash!

P-62 Strength in Numbers

P-63 Surge of Power

P-64 Surprise Attack

P-65 Knee Strike

P-66 The Dojo

P-67 The Maelstrom

P-68 Uncontrollable Rage

P-69 Underground Base

P-70 Underwater Arena

P-71 Brute Force Attack

P-72 Weapons Locker

Beast

BST-01 Acrobat

BST-02 Feral Rage

BST-03 Super-Leap

BST-04 Genius

BST-05 New Perspective

BST-06 True Blue Friend

Captain America

CAP-01 Retrieve

CAP-02 Ricochet

CAP-03 Shield Bash

CAP-04 Leadership

CAP-05 Shield Defense

CAP-06 Tactics

Colossus

COL-01 Organic Steel

COL-02 Stand Firm

COL-03 Strength of Character

COL-04 Fastball Special

COL-05 Self-Sacrifice

COL-06 Transformation

Cyclops

CYC-01 Defensive Blast

CYC-02 Optic Blast

CYC-03 Surprise Attack

CYC-04 Leadership

CYC-05 Overload

CYC-06 Revenge

Daredevil

DAD-01 Baton Strike

DAD-02 Heightened Senses

DAD-03 Sonar

DAD-04 Amazing Agility

DAD-05 Man Without Fear

DAD-06 Swing Line

DAD-07 Blind Luck

Doc Ock

DOK-01 Dangerous Experiment

DOK-02 Tentacles of Fury

DOK-03 What are the Odds?

DOK-04 Easy Eight

DOK-05 Four-way Attack

DOK-06 Idle Hands

Dr. Doom

DRD-01 Plan B

DRD-02 The Power Cosmic

DRD-03 Reign of Terror

DRD-04 Decoy Program

DRD-05 Mystical Confusion

DRD-06 Mystical Fog

Elektra

ELK-01 Crossed Blades

ELK-02 Double Sai Strike

ELK-03 Waiting in Ambush

ELK-04 Concentration

ELK-05 Mystical Training

ELK-06 Group Tactics

ELK-07 Contract

ELK-08 Counterstrike

Ghost Rider

GHR-01 Chain Attack

GHR-02 Relentless Assault

GHR-03 Revenge

GHR-04 Burn Rubber

GHR-05 Penance Stare

GHR-06 Vengeance

GHR-07 Burning Mad

GHR-08 Road Warrior

GHR-09 Spirit of Vengeance

GHR-10 (Unconfirmed)

Green Goblin

GRG-01 Strike From Above

GRG-02 Flight

GRG-03 Pumpkin Bomb

GRG-04 Hostile Takeover

GRG-05 Inner Struggle

GRG-06 Paranoia

Hulk

HLK-01 Crushing Blow

HLK-02 Getting Angry

HLK-03 Super-Leap

HLK-04 Hulking Out

HLK-05 Hulk Smash!

HLK-06 Rush of Adrenaline

Human Torch

HMT-01 Flight

HMT-02 Heat Wave

HMT-03 Nova Flame

HMT-04 Cosmic Radiation

HMT-05 Flaming Aura

HMT-06 Nova Burst

Invisible Woman

IVW-01 Force Bubble

IVW-02 Flight

IVW-03 Enraged

IVW-04 Stealth Strike

IVW-05 Force Field

IVW-06 Invisibility

IVW-07 Shockwave

IVW-08 Psionic Blast

Iron Man

IRM-01 Focused Blast

IRM-02 Jet Boots

IRM-03 Power Strike

IRM-04 Recharge

IRM-05 Energy Shield

IRM-06 Wide Beam

Juggernaut

JUG-01 Flying Tackle

JUG-02 Mystical Energy

JUG-03 Smash!

JUG-04 Appetite for Destruction

JUG-05 Steamroller

JUG-06 Unmasked

JUG-07 Invasion

JUG-08 Reckless Charge

Magneto

MAG-01 Flight

MAG-02 Magnetic Personality

MAG-03 Magnetic Force

MAG-04 Entangle

MAG-05 Leadership

MAG-06 Twisted Metal

Mole Man

MOM-01 Bojutsu Strike

MOM-02 Burrowing

MOM-03 High Ground

MOM-04 Sewer Surprise

MOM-05 Sinkhole

MOM-06 Summon Monster

Mr. Fantastic

MRF-01 Brilliant Mind

MRF-02 Framistat

MRF-03 Stretch Attack

MRF-04 Far-Reaching Plans

MRF-05 Long-Range Grab

MRF-06 Twisted Dodge

Namor

NAM-01 Flight

NAM-02 Force of Will

NAM-03 Shark

NAM-04 (Unconfirmed)

NAM-05 (Unconfirmed)

NAM-06 (Unconfirmed)

Punisher

PUN-01 Extra Ammo

PUN-02 Outgunned

PUN-03 Punishment

PUN-04 Cover Fire

PUN-05 Dual Sidearms

PUN-06 Fully Loaded

Silver Surfer

SIS-01 High-Speed Turn

SIS-02 The Power Cosmic

SIS-03 Surf's Up

SIS-04 Cosmic Awareness

SIS-05 Molecular Control

SIS-06 Tireless Warrior

Spider-Man

SPM-01 Spider Strength

SPM-02 Web Shooter

SPM-03 Web Slinging

SPM-04 Alien Symbiote

SPM-05 Come To Me!

SPM-06 Spider Reflexes

SPM-07 Sticky Situation

SPM-08 Altered Genetics

SPM-09 Spider Senses

SPM-10 Wall Crawling

Thing

THG-01 Batter Up!

THG-02 It's Clobberin' Time!

THG-03 One-Two Punch

THG-04 Charge!

THG-05 Rock Solid

THG-06 Stomp!

Thor

THR-01 Divine Protector

THR-02 Hammer Time

THR-03 Mjolnir

THR-04 Flight

THR-05 God of Thunder

THR-06 Retrieve

Venom

VNM-01 Keen Senses

VNM-02 Rage

VNM-03 Web Slinging

VNM-04 Fear

VNM-05 The Symbiote

VNM-06 Tongue Lashing

Wolverine

WLV-01 Combat Reflexes

WLV-02 Healing Factor

WLV-03 Snikt!

WLV-04 Berserker Rage

WLV-05 Deep Wound

WLV-06 Nasty Surprise

WLV-07 Heightened Senses

WLV-08 Intense Training

WLV-09 Chopper

WLV-10 In One Swing

WLV-11 Shrug It Off

WLV-12 (Unconfirmed)

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