Hasbro's NYCC 2026 Marvel Legends panel confirmed Marvel's Polaris as part of the new X-Men '97 retro-card wave, alongside Death Gambit, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Marvel's Havok, and Marvel's Vindicator. The full six-figure lineup opens for pre-order October 21, 2026 at 1 PM ET, reported by Flickering Myth, Toyark, and LaughingPlace's NYCC coverage.
Lorna Dane has a complicated relationship to the X-Men's history, shaped as much by who her father is as by her own electromagnetic powers. That backstory is a big part of why this figure matters, even with a noticeably smaller accessory set than most of the wave.
Polaris ships with just 2 accessories, both alternate hands, making her the leanest figure in this six-figure drop. That's a real contrast to Jean Grey's 4-piece psionic effect set or Havok's plasma-blast FX.
Here's what's confirmed about the figure, why her powers and backstory carry this release, and what to line up before the pre-order window opens.
Hasbro's official reveal confirms a 6-inch scale, fully articulated figure with a poseable head, arms, and legs, detailed to match Polaris's animation-accurate design from X-Men '97.
The figure ships with 2 accessories: 2 alternate hands. There's no alternate head or dedicated power-effect piece in this release, making it the simplest accessory set of the entire wave.
Polaris's electromagnetic control closely mirrors that of Magneto, the pro-mutant extremist and one of the X-Men's most complicated figures, and that's not a coincidence; Lorna Dane has long been written as his biological daughter across Marvel continuity.
That shared power set gives her figure a kind of built-in narrative weight even without a flashy FX accessory. Displaying her near a Magneto figure, if you own one, tells a clearer story than the included accessories alone could.
Lorna's relationship with Magneto has swung between estrangement and reluctant alliance across different versions of X-Men continuity, and that tension is part of what makes her compelling even in a show built around a more unified team.
A 2-accessory figure doesn't give collectors much to physically pose beyond hand swaps, but her character history does a lot of the heavy lifting that a bigger accessory set might otherwise need to carry.
X-Men '97's second season leans further into the anti-mutant political tension that's always run through the franchise, and Polaris's own history of being distrusted by both humans and some mutants fits squarely into that storyline.
That context is worth keeping in mind when deciding how prominently to feature her in a display, since her role in the show reads as more thematically loaded than her simple hand-swap accessory set might suggest on its own.
At 2 accessories, Polaris sits well below Havok and Jean Grey's 4-piece sets and even Cyclops and Vindicator's 3-piece sets built around an alternate head. Only Death Gambit's 2-piece kinetic card effects come close to matching her lean loadout.
That makes her the wave's most minimalist release by accessory count, though her character weight within the show's larger story arguably outpaces that simplicity.
Like the rest of the wave, Polaris ships on a retro-styled blister card echoing 1990s X-Men animated toy packaging rather than a standard window box.
No individual price has been confirmed yet. Expect that detail closer to, or at, the October 21, 1 PM ET pre-order window across Hasbro Pulse, Amazon, and retailers like BigBadToyStore and Entertainment Earth.
If you're keeping Polaris sealed on her retro card, EVORETRO's clear acrylic display case for carded figures keeps the blister packaging dust-free without opening it.
For a loose display, especially one placed near a Magneto figure to lean into the family connection, EVORETRO's 4-step acrylic display stand gives her a tiered, elevated spot on the shelf.
October 21, 2026 at 1 PM ET through Hasbro Pulse, Amazon, and participating retailers.
2 alternate hands, the leanest accessory set in the wave.
She's long been written as his biological daughter across Marvel continuity.
Not yet as of this writing.
Polaris may ship with the leanest accessory set in this wave, but her electromagnetic power set and complicated family history give her a shelf presence that outruns a simple 2-piece loadout. Having a carded display case ready before October 21 means you can grab her the moment pre-orders open.
Pairing her display with a Magneto figure, if you have one, is an easy way to tell a bigger story than her accessory count alone suggests.
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