Marvel Legends vs Marvel Select

Marvel Legends are a brand of 6” action figures based on Marvel characters, produced by a toy brand called Toybiz and then by Hasbro.

Marvel Selects are a brand of 7” action figures and are also based on characters created by Marvel. Marvel Selects are produced by Diamond Select.

Now that you know a bit about them both I will tell you why I prefer Marvel Legends.

Marvel Legends definitely have better articulation so you can get them in some very dynamic poses. This is great for doing stop motions. Although they often reuse the same body molds (for instance the Bucky Cap mold has been used on a lot of figures) in most cases it's alright because it suits the characters. You also get a bonus build a figure piece where if you get all the figures in the wave you get a bonus figure that you get to put together with all the build a figure pieces you have. You also have a way bigger variety of characters.

Marvel Selects on the other hand have better sculpts,  better paint and usually come with a base. They don't have very good articulation so they're more like statues than action figures. Although some of their newer figures have quite good articulation.

Marvel Legends 

Marvel Legends pros and cons:

Pros:

Articulation

Characters

Build-a-figure

Cons:

Reused body molds

Paint not usually as good as Marvel Select

Marvel Select 

Marvel Select pros and cons:

Pros:

Great paint detailing

Great sculpt

You sometimes get a base

Cons:

Not great articulation

So tell me what you think is better - Marvel Select or Marvel Legends? (It better be Marvel Legends.) It really depends on what you're buying them for, like if you want them for stop motions I would get Marvel Legends but if you want them for admiring all the details then I would get Marvel Select and if you want them for both do whatever you want. So have a think about that before you go spending your money.