![]() He’s built on the basic suited body, which is a sensible choice for Xavier, what with him tending to be a guy in a suit and all. The actual basic figure on his own stands 6 1/4 inches tall and has 30 points of articulation. The “rider” tag seems like a *little* bit more of a stretch for Xavier, but becomes more sensible when you take into account that Hasbro’s gone with the ’90s hoverchair version of the character. Professor X is the second figure in the third series of the Legendary Riders sub-line of Marvel Legends. Despite their usual knack for adding interesting touches to their figures, the original Toy Biz Marvel Legends Xavier, is one of his less thrilling toy entries, not doing much to move past his “bald guy in a suit sitting in a wheelchair.” He was also released 14 years ago, so it seems like a good time for an update, especially with all these X-Men Legends we’ve been getting lately! Fortunately, Hasbro was more than happy to deliver that update. It helps that toy companies have actually gotten pretty decent at squeezing some cool concepts out of his figures. I guess naming the team after yourself is a good way to make yourself essential to a line-up. Professor X is a character that doesn’t seem outwardly like he’d make for a lot of really good action figures, but he sure does have quite a few. “Professor Charles Xavier, better known as Professor X, is a highly gifted telepath and scientific genius who develops the Cerebro device to aid in the ability to control and manipulate psionic abilities.”
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