First up, we’ve the return of the X-Males’s energy couple, Cyclops and Jean Gray, nonetheless of their traditional ’90s outfits. Not like Storm and Bishop, who’re each sporting new haircuts in “X-Males ’97,” it seems there hasn’t been a lot model change for Cyclops and Jean Gray.
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I am completely happy to see a number of head sculpts for various seems to be, however I want Jean Gray got here with some further equipment to visualise her mutant talents. Fortunately, Cyclops makes up for that considerably, as a result of Hasbro has included an optic blast FX accent to visualise the beam that he can shoot out of his visor.
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Additionally becoming a member of the roster is Nightcrawler, and very similar to Jean Gray, his equipment are pretty disappointing, with solely an alternate head sculpt and swappable palms. It could have been cool in the event that they crafted some form of visualization of Nightcrawler’s teleporting talents. Whereas making a full-on 3D “BAMF!” graphic accent might need been an excessive amount of, together with some form of cloud plume on a bit of stand would have been fairly cool.
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Lastly, with a complete new look, there’s additionally the revamped model of Magneto. In “X-Males ’97,” Magneto is now the chief of the X-Males, with Professor X having been taken away from Earth by Lilandra of the Shi’ar Empire, thus bidding farewell to his X-Males. In his new place, Magneto has deserted his earlier wardrobe, shedding the helmet and armor and changing it with a darkish purple swimsuit whereas conserving his conventional pure purple cape.