I think the inevitable dilemma of any hardcore X-Men fan is "what is your favorite version of Jean Grey?" As arguably the most powerful of the core X-Men roster, she has been the epicenter of multiple iconic storylines and had numerous iconic costumes in the process. I personally love her in green and yellow. My favorite is her skirted costume with the domino mask from 1967-1976, but this X-Factor (1986) costume and her green Phoenix suit (1976) are close runners-up. X-Factor was a book with a great premise - the original five X-Men brought back as government mutant hunters who were secretly saving all their targets. In the beginning, they all wore these classic "X" costumes in bold colors. Jean's was classic green and yellow for the first 25 issues until she swapped it for the red and yellow costume (I fully expect this figure to be repainted in red someday). This figure was a Target exclusive in the Summer of 2025 and became quite the shelfwarmer. She's great though. Let's check out Jean below!
I have two complaints about this figure. Firstly, she's missing her yellow boots. This is especially frustrating since the X-Factor Cyclops does have his white boots.
Secondly, I think the grimacing face looks a bit odd. I would have preferring a stoic or relaxed expression for the fully masked head. The smiling head looks great.
Jean Comes with two heads, two set of hands, and an energy effect.
The energy effect can fit under her hair to look like her emanating telepathic and telekinetic powers.
Time for some Group and Comparison Pics!
Here is Jean with her 2014 All-New X-Men figure. I love her retro total-head mask.
Cheers!
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