One of Alex Ross's most distinctive Captain America designs is getting an all-new Marvel Legends sculpt, with an unusual production story behind it. Confirmed via Hasbro's official SDCC 2026 panel and reported by LaughingPlace and Mephitsu, the Marvel Legends Earth X Captain America figure was revealed as an entirely new sculpt based on Ross's Earth X series design, with release date and pricing not yet announced.
This is a confirmed reveal without a locked release date or price, so here's what's confirmed so far.
Hasbro's official SDCC 2026 panel confirms the following:
The vendor's mistaken cleanup, and Hasbro's decision to catch and correct it, underscores how central the weathered, battle-worn look is to Ross's original Earth X design, rather than being an incidental detail that could be smoothed over without changing the figure's identity. It's also a useful, publicly shared example of how much quality-control oversight goes into a licensed figure before it reaches production, since a vendor working purely from reference files, without full context on the design's artistic intent, mistook deliberate texture work for a manufacturing flaw. Hasbro catching and correcting that before final production suggests a level of direct oversight on this release that collectors don't often get visibility into.
Rather than reusing an existing Captain America body with a new paint job, building this figure from scratch lets Hasbro accurately capture Earth X's specific armor proportions and scarred texture, details that a repaint alone likely couldn't replicate. Alex Ross's Earth X redesign of Captain America departs meaningfully from the character's standard comic proportions, with heavier, more ornate armor plating and a visibly weathered, battle-worn finish that reflects the story's darker, dystopian tone. Capturing that accurately requires new tooling built specifically around this design rather than adapting an existing body sculpted for the character's more traditional appearance.
Alongside the reveals of Elsa Bloodstone and Acroyear at the same panel, this Earth X Captain America suggests Hasbro is willing to commission entirely new sculpts for artistically distinctive character designs even when they fall outside a character's most mainstream, screen-accurate appearance. That's a meaningfully different investment than a simple repaint program, and it signals confidence that Alex Ross-style variant designs carry enough collector interest on their own to justify the additional tooling cost.
For a figure built around fine sculpted texture detail, EVORETRO's acrylic modular case keeps the weathering visible without dust buildup.
For a dynamic display pose highlighting the all-new sculpt, EVORETRO's 4-step acrylic display stand adds shelf presence.
As with other standard Marvel Legends figures revealed at this SDCC panel, Hasbro has not yet opened pre-orders or confirmed final pricing, so collectors should treat this as an early announcement rather than an imminent release. As with other standard-line figures shown at the same panel, a gap of several months to roughly a year between an SDCC reveal and an actual pre-order date is typical, so collectors shouldn't expect this figure to appear on shelves in the immediate aftermath of the announcement.
Alex Ross's design work across Earth X and related projects like Kingdom Come has become one of the most consistently referenced non-mainline aesthetics in Marvel merchandising, giving Hasbro a recognizable, proven-demand well to draw from whenever it wants to release a figure with genuine artistic distinction rather than a standard screen-accurate likeness. Earth X Captain America's armored, weathered redesign is one of the more visually striking examples of that influence, which likely factored into Hasbro's willingness to commission all-new tooling rather than adapt an existing body.
At Hasbro's official SDCC 2026 Marvel Legends panel.
An entirely new sculpt built specifically for the Earth X design.
No, pricing has not yet been officially announced.
A vendor mistakenly smoothed them out during development; Hasbro had them restored before final production.
Elsa Bloodstone and Acroyear were revealed alongside this figure as part of the standard Marvel Legends line.
It's based on Alex Ross's Earth X redesign, which features heavier, more ornate armor and a deliberately weathered finish reflecting the story's darker tone.
Elsa Bloodstone and Acroyear were revealed alongside Earth X Captain America as part of the same Marvel Legends SDCC 2026 panel.
This Earth X Captain America gives Marvel Legends collectors a genuinely new sculpt with an unusually well-documented production story behind its restored detailing, even with pricing and a date still pending. Watching for Hasbro's formal pre-order announcement is the clearest next step.
Having a case and stand ready means the figure will be properly displayed once it arrives.
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