Once Kitty Pryde was announced at the Toy Fair to be part of the next wave of Marvel Universe toys, I went crazy looking for it at Target every other week.
Then I gave up and one day at ShopKo, there it was!
She is the 17th action figure made in the line, that’s pretty impressive!
When Wizard was still printing Toyfare, in fact, in their very second issue, they offered an exclusive Kitty Pryde action figure in her classic blue uniform. I knew I must own it and in April 1997, I probably had to ask my mother for the money and she agreed (she’s supportive like that) and a few weeks later this came in!
http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/Index/CoverTitle.aspx?id=fa5e5bf9-10ee-4fcd-8557-80f5dc797a04
For anyone else who may be interested in the other exclusives that they offered.
Can’t believe they started out with Molten Man of all characters.
I want this so much! Look how great Lockheed is too! Apparently these have been available since June 1, 2016 but I can’t find them at Target, Hastings or Wal-Mart. I keep looking, apparently she goes for $20 so I’m saving up.
I don’t quite understand why there is a Magneto / Onslaught helmet packaged with her.
I own this!
Apparently, at one time, they made a New Mutants line of action figures – a glorious era. So Magik finally got an action figure (and prior to Kitty Pryde too!). I like how it came with a Lockheed, what I don’t like is that it is a giant Lockheed that isn’t to scale to Magik so the two toys will never be able to ‘play’ together.
Lockheed, also getting an action figure, prior Kitty.
He gets to spit hot fire which I rarely do but it is fun for nephews to do it and launch the flame behind a couch or otherwise hard to reach area.
Apparently, you can still purchase this through Amazon and only for $17 – which seems to be a deal!
http://www.amazon.com/Shooting-Lockhead-Dragon-MUTANTS-Action/dp/B000CDUBAY
This is Illyana’s only action figure to date (outside of Heroclix) so sometimes it doesn’t pay to be first.
I own this, from the Critical Mass set
I own this! He’s from the Giant Size X-Men collection.
I own this, from the Sinister collection. At one point, this was the only Kitty we had in the game. She wasn’t given much love with the paint job.
I got this for Christmas, from the Wolverine and the X-Men collection. They made her removable from the base so that she can be included in the Excalibur set.
I own this and I’m pretty sure that this was my first Heroclix that I bought. I went a little nuts, buying all my favorite characters – it got pretty expensive.
A great website to buy Heroclix is :
I just found out that at San Diego Comic Con 2014, that this box set is being offered! Hopefully I can get one of these through a proper purchase down the road as it will be super expensive to buy a con exclusive.
I really like that cover homage too!
 | Luke Petersen on Bounce Patrol |
 | John Klein III on Astonishing X-Men 15 |
 | MoxieMk5 on Astonishing X-Men 15 |
| Moxiemk5 on SDCC : New Mutants @ Home |
| John Klein III on Excalibur 39 |
Shadow and Flame with Magik 