X-MEN '97 - Jean Grey - Figure Legend Series 15cm

Discover Jean Grey with this 15 cm articulated figure from Hasbro’s Marvel Legends Series. This new version is directly inspired by the outfit worn by the mutant in season 2 of Marvel Studios’ X-Men ’97, featuring a yellow and black uniform that is noticeably different from her previous blue and yellow costume.

Jean Grey is depicted with her long red hair, wearing a black outfit complemented by a short yellow jacket and several X-Men emblems. Fully articulated, the figure can strike numerous combat poses and use the two translucent effects included to represent her psionic powers.

The figure comes with a total of four accessories: two interchangeable hands and two blue psionic energy effects. It is presented on an illustrated retro blister card featuring the X-Men ’97 visual style.

Technical specifications

Manufacturer: Hasbro

Range / Collection: Marvel Legends Series

Licence: Marvel

Sub-licence: X-Men

Series: Marvel Studios’ X-Men ’97

Character: Jean Grey

Version: Season 2 outfit

Type: collectable articulated figurine

Height: approx. 15 cm

Scale: approx. 6 inches

Articulation: articulated head, arms and legs

Number of accessories: 4

Accessories included: 2 interchangeable hands and 2 psionic power effects

Effects: translucent blue psionic energy

Main colours: black, yellow, silver and red

Material: plastic; exact composition not disclosed by Hasbro

EAN: 5010996407641

Character background and universe (Lore)

Jean Grey is one of the founding members of the X-Men and one of the most powerful psychic mutants in the Marvel Universe. A telepath and telekinetic of exceptional calibre, she is capable of communicating mentally, reading or influencing thoughts, and moving objects with the power of her mind alone.

Hasbro describes her as an Omega-level mutant, a classification reserved for mutants whose abilities reach an exceptional potential.

Despite this immense power, Jean is traditionally characterised by her empathy and her desire to protect others. She is thus one of the X-Men’s main emotional pillars and shares a particularly significant relationship with Scott Summers, alias Cyclops.

Her story is also deeply intertwined with the Phoenix Force. After becoming bound to this cosmic entity, Jean has faced events capable of affecting not only the X-Men but also the balance of the entire universe.

X-Men ’97 picks up directly where X-Men: The Animated Series left off. In it, Jean is reunited with Scott Summers and the other X-Men as the team must continue to defend mutants and humans amidst an increasingly unstable political climate.

The first series also reveals a particularly complex situation surrounding her identity when Madelyne Pryor, a clone created by Mister Sinister from Jean, discovers the truth about her origins. As both women’s memories have been manipulated, even Jean cannot determine with certainty when the substitution took place.

Jean nevertheless retains a central role within the X-Men and continues to use her telepathic and telekinetic powers to protect her team.

This Marvel Legends figure depicts her new look, as seen in season 2 of X-Men ’97. The yellow and black uniform largely departs from the colours of her previous costume and adopts a more understated aesthetic, whilst retaining the X-Men emblems that immediately identify her as a member of the team.