Marvel Legends Snap Gamerverse Shanna, Rogue and Sauron review (2025)

Hasbro debuted a pleasant surprise for Savage Land fans with the reveal of a Shanna the She-Devil figure. Marvel Legends fans were less thrilled with the news she’d be part of a San Diego Comic Con exclusive set with a Savage Land Rogue and an updated Sauron.

This ML SDCC set was definitely one I hoped would be an easy purchase and thankfully I didn’t have to stress out getting the Snap Gamerverse Shanna, Rogue and Sauron. I like the idea of building out more of the Savage Land characters even if I would have preferred a few more regulars than Rogue in her cheesecake outfit.

I know all of nothing about Marvel Snap beyond that it’s a digital card game, which explains the more modern attires for Rogue and Shanna, but they’re close enough to the classic looks to warrant picking up. I’ve always had some issues with my original Sauron figure who was previously released as a Build-A-Figure but mine was particularly floppy.

Let’s see if this set will rule the land or be savagely scathed in this review.

Packaging: Of the various SDCC exclusive sets, the Marvel Legends one is the most uninspired. It’s largely the standard setup with a wide window showing off the three figures. The bottom section (and along the side) is more creative with images of dinosaurs and dinosaur skeletons along the die-cut image.

Over on the back is just images approximating the design of Marvel SNAP though this is not the actual art used for the game like this one featuring Shanna. Considering how extravagant the Star Wars Black Series Revenge of the Sith set, and the GI Joe Classified Series Cold Slither presentations were, this was definitely a letdown.

Likeness: Rogue and Shanna largely share the same mold with some minor design changes. Those changes are enough to sell the idea that these are different figures.

Shanna has a windswept hair sculpt framing a solidly intense head sculpt. I think the hair flow is more of an effort to improve her articulation though we can also speculate it’s just windy in the Savage Land. Instead of her teeny tiny bikini, she’s wearing a ripped shirt that just covers her chest and a portion of her left shoulder. Shanna is also rocking a loin cloth with a sheath loop for her knife.

Her attire is credited to the SNAP game though it feels like a safe way to avoid making Shanna in her more iconic (and revealing costume), which ironically was already done in a 2008 SDCC exclusive set. This is the frustrating deal where Hasbro makes a set more expensive and not available through retail partners, but still takes the onus to censor comic book accurate outfits.

Shanna has a wrap around her left wrist and an arm band and a longer wrap around her right forearm. And no, she’s not barefoot either as she’s rocking furry boots this time. Is this costume more practical for traipsing around in the jungle? Yes. Is it as fun a costume? Hardly.

Rogue is basically the same figure, but she does have some changes. The first is her outfit is the inverse of Shanna’s as her right shoulder is partially covered. She has two arm bands and instead of the wrist wraps, she has glove cuffs. Rogue also has a wrap around her right thigh and a claw necklace.

When the initial photos were shown, there was a lot of apprehension with Rogue’s head sculpt. The slightly open mouth expression made her look somewhat stoned.

In hand it looks much better although Rogue’s hair should be higher, and the visible section of her forehead is pushed back just a bit too much giving Rogue a little fivehead action. I wish Rogue had more of her pixie style boots instead of the furry boots Shanna used.

Sauron was originally released as a Build-A-Figure and was one of the more impressive ones through this Hasbro era so there is absolutely no issue with reusing that again. His Pterodactylus design carries over perfectly in figure form.

The sculpting detail with all of the reptilian scale texturing is incredible. His head sculpt actually does a great job of conveying the evil menace. Sauron’s wings were executed nicely with three segments to provide maximum articulation.

He’s got very expressive hand sculpts, which work for grabbing or focusing his mind-control powers. The biggest change from the original is his loincloth/shredded pants.

The BAF had pouches of various shapes and sizes, which are oddly absent here. There are plenty of reference images with Sauron without the pouches, so this isn’t inaccurate by any means.

Paint: Shanna has the least complex paint job of the trio. There’s a subtle light brown wash in her hair to provide some depth to the sculpt. Naturally she’s not wearing much makeup, but she does have a vibrant red shade of lipstick.

Her outfit is tan with a light brown interior that peers over with the ripped segments. Most of this application is clean with just a few sections sporting some of the tan overspray. Hasbro added a brown wash to help bring out the textured detail in her clothes. The furry boot tops are likewise just as clean,

Rogue is more complicated since she’s wearing an X-Men tank top shirt over her green bodysuit. The yellow is a strong shade that provides strong coverage until the fringe section where the green bodysuit meets it. The green is painted over the yellow plastic and there’s a few areas where the yellow comes through. Impressively, the red X tampo doesn’t have any fuzziness and was applied with no smudging.

Rogue’s green bodysuit scraps are all clean as they’re a flat green with no shading or wash. One area in the glamor shots that got some attention was the head sculpt paint. It seemed like they couldn’t fix a shaky head sculpt.

Again, in hand it’s a different story as the green eye shadow and faint makeup help accentuate the head sculpt instead of hurting it. Her skunk style hair would benefit from some shading with the pure white section and a dark wash of the brown segments.

Sauron’s original figure had a green-yellow paintjob for his main body. To differentiate it for collectors who had that one, the SNAP Sauron has a darker green with a lighter green wash along his chest and the inner portions of his arms and legs. This airbrushed-type effect turned out very nice and is actually more pronounced on this version.

His inner wings also have that fading, gradient look as well. Hasbro upped the paint work along his head giving the SNAP Sauron a more distinct lower jaw color while retaining the fading maize color around the top of his beak section.

My only slight gripe is his eyes are done up in a permanent hypnotizing effect with red circles in the iris. That would be fine for an alternate head sculpt but seems redundant given his accessory. His loin cloth is purple, which was one of his more common colors along with blue. The drawstring on the torn pants isn’t painted so that’s something I’ll have to touch up later.

Scale: Rogue clocks in at 5’8″, ironically the same height as Shanna making the reuse of bodies totally fine. Sauron is 7′ and stands noticeably taller than most characters in the X-Men realm except the 7’5″ Colossus.

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Articulation: Rogue and Shanna have the same mold, which allows them to have very fluid movement and achieve any basic life in the Savage Land stances.

The loin cloths do prove somewhat annoying for resting and sitting poses because of the plastic flap.

The BAF Sauron looked great, but his body was somewhat marionette-like. His torso had a perpetual lean and the right arm — at least one mine — constantly popped off.

Given the pop-in nature of BAF parts, you’d think that would be a more common problem, but it was certainly annoying for a character who flies. His head also tended to pop off depending on how far I’d position it.

Sauron’s articulation engineering was very solid however allowing for some excellent posing. The torso had great range, which helped him to hit an outstanding flying pose.

His hand sculpts also is terrific for grasping heads to pull in to hypnotize them.

Shanna, Sauron and Rogue have:

• neck
• jaw [Sauron only]
• ball-jointed shoulders (butterfly shoulders)
• bicep
• elbow (double-jointed)
• wings [Sauron only]
• wrist
• wrist hinge
• torso (rocker)
• hip
• tail [Sauron only]
• thigh
• knee (double-jointed)
• ankle

Accessories: Both Shanna and Rogue have a generous number of accessories — made easier since there’s so much reuse with their gear — while Sauron just gets one.

Shanna has the same spear that came with Ka-Zar only this time it’s painted a light brown with a beige colored wrap around the blade. She also gets the same knife with a brown wrap around the hilt. The re-use with Ka-Zar makes sense as there wouldn’t be a ton of other weapons at their disposal in the Savage Land and she’s been portrayed in the comics using both.

Additionally, Shanna gets two sets of swappable hand options — fists and fingers spread. These help with some variety in displaying her.

Finally, she gets a unique weapon that she’s also used in the comics — a rifle, which was previously used with Elsa Bloodstone. For the record, reuse is fine so long as it works with the character.

Rogue has essentially the same accessory load out. Her spear is the one used with the Black Panther Shuri figure with blue feathers and gold beads around the blade.

She gets the same knife and hand options though hers are painted green for her gloves.

Sauron was initially a BAF so I wasn’t expecting much from him though it would have been nice to have a head sculpt with non-hypnotic eyes paint. His accessory– a hypnotizing effect — is new with four layers of increasing size waves to simulate how that was drawn in the comics. That’s a fun extra.

Worth it?  This was a San Diego Comic Con exclusive, which means the price was going to be more than your standard three pack. This set was $90. For some context, on eBay, the BAF Sauron alone goes for anywhere between $50 to $70, which drastically cuts the price down on the other two figures. That makes this set a great deal for anyone who didn’t already own Sauron.

Rogue and Shanna would be $50 if this were a standard two-pack and a BAF/deluxe for $40 these days seems pretty reasonable making this set a fair value.

Rating: 9.5 out of 10

Shanna could have a more classic outfit and Rogue’s could be more comic accurate, but they’re well done. Sauron is a massive improvement over the BAF version making for a very worthwhile three-pack despite the hassle in acquiring it.

Where to Get It? This set was exclusive to Hasbro Pulse and for a brief moment more sets were available. If you want to add a Shanna to your Marvel Universe collection, Amazon still has that version as an option.

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