Morbius

Once a brilliant Nobel Prize winning biochemist, Dr. Michael Morbius was afflicted with an incredibly rare and debilitating blood disease that left him weak and with a reduced lifespan. Desperate, Morbius rushed into a potential cure utilizing vampire bats and electroshock therapy, with disastrous results; Morbius gained enhanced speed, strength and senses, as well as flight and hypnotic powers - as well as an unending craving to consume human blood. Discovering that not consuming blood would leave him in a critically weak state, he took on the aesthetics of the race that his new powers closely caused him to resemble, become Morbius, The Living Vampire.

Morbius would frequently clash with Spider-Man, who eventually was able to help him through his darkest urges. While still trapped with a Vampire-esque affliction, he was able to regain his humanity and dedicated himself to using his powers to help others, at least until he is able to discover a cure for his condition; focusing on feeding only on evil and criminal elements. Morbius would aid the world as a member of ARMOR, The Legion of Monsters and even lead the Midnight Sons alongside fellow supernatural allies such as Blade and Ghost Rider for a time.

Spider-Man Classics Series 5 - Morbius with Fang Attack Action (2005)
Morbius made his 6" scale debut during the second run of Toybiz's Spider-Man Classics toyline, released as part of 2005's fifth series. As was the traditional structure for the Spider-Man Classics series, Morbius was packed one per case in a wave that included three separate Spider-Man variants, making him incredibly difficult to find in stores initially. To compensate for this, a Target exclusive wave was created that included only villains from the first several waves of the series, including Morbius. Aside from packaging variations, the two releases of this Morbius remain identical. There was a paint variation on the original release - with the figure only featuring his bright red eyes. Later shipments would correct the paint to include the thick black outlines around the eyes.

Morbius is an entirely unique mold, created with a slight pre-posed stance meant to have the character hunched slightly over, keeping him from naturally making many straight standing poses. The figure includes an action feature, the titular "Fang Attack Action"- the character's face and neck are made of a soft rubber and conceal a lever mechanism tied to a button on his back. When the button is pressed, the lever is pulled, stretching the rubber jaw downward and creating the appearance that Morbius is opening his mouth to bite a victim. In order to accommodate this feature, the figure's articulation is reduced below the standards of the time - forfeiting any range of motion from the head or upper torso. The figure includes two accessories - a pair of brown bats.

Fang Attack Action Morbius is notoriously difficult to keep in good condition due to the rubber pieces, which are known to heavily decay and warp over the years since release - with even perfectly packaged samples showing the rubber collapsing inwards or melting over time.

Villains of the Night (Absorbing Man Series) (2016)
Morbius' second figure in the scale and the first under the Marvel Legends name proper was released during Hasbro's second revival of the brand, The Infinite Series, where he was released during the Spider-Man themed Absorbing Man series in 2016. Morbius is one of the wave's Swap Figures, sharing the same box art and name as another figure in the wave, Jack O'Lantern, under the title "Villains of the Night", however unlike Hasbro's earlier Swap Figure efforts, both figures include separate Build-A-Figure pieces and were shipped as part of the same case together. This Morbius figure is sculpted to resemble the character's classic costume first seen in the pages of Roy Thomas' Amazing Spider-Man run, with the costume based on the artwork of Gil Kane, though his headsculpt is based more closely on modern interpretations of the character instead.

Morbius is a modified Bucky-Cap mold figure, featuring a new head sculpt as well as a remolded upper torso to accurately portray his draping neck line and exposed chest as well as his large collar. The figure ditches the normal hands of the Bucky-Cap mold and replaces them with a pair of clawed hands repainted from Black Panther, resembling his vampiric claws. The figure also includes two accessories - both variations on his cape, which can plug into a small hole on his back. The first cape is a neutral, downward draping cape that works best for traditional, standard poses. The second cape is flared outwards like wings for more dramatic flying or raised arm poses.

As part of the Build-A-Figure line, Morbius includes pieces to assemble the wave's BAF, Absorbing Man. Morbius comes with a pair of arms, just like his wavemate Ben Reilly- with both figures including arms with different sculpts and textures to represent Absorbing Man's powers of taking the form of whatever material he comes in contact with. Morbius comes with a left arm that is transformed into stone, and a right arm transformed into wood.

Morbius (Venompool Series) (2020)
Morbius returns to the Legends line in the late 2020 Venompool series, which was originally scheduled to tie into the cinematic releases of Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Morbius before the Covid-19 Pandemic resulted in the mass closure of theaters and both films delay into the subsequent year. As the delay occurred too late and too suddenly for the already produced figures to be delayed in turn, the Venompool wave was released with no film to tie into. This figure is based on his redesign in 1991 and 1992 from the Rise of the Midnight Sons storyline and his first ongoing solo title, Morbius the Living Vampire by Len Kaminski with art from Ron Wagner, featuring a new costume more resembling a full-length body suit made of leather, covered in straps and buckles, with a much more tattered cape.

In order to recreate this more detailed costume, Morbius features an entirely original dedicated sculpt, though several of the buckled straps are separate elements, allowing potential future reuse. His new headsculpt deviates somewhat from the style of art from the era the costume comes from, more greatly emphasizing his monstrous nature while sculpting the hair backwards in a dynamic fashion. The figure only includes a single accessory, his tattered purple cape which can peg into a small hole on the figure's back.

As part of the Build-A-Figure line, Morbius includes a piece to assemble the wave's BAF, Venompool. Morbius comes packaged with the figure's right arm and both hands - including an open palm clawed hand as well as a gripping hand designed to hold the Katanas included with the completed BAF.