Quote Originally Posted by millhouse View Post
The original line was based off the failed pilot "Pryde of the X-Men", hence the figures looking nothing like the eventual cartoon (which I believe opened with the "Night of the Sentinels" episode(s?)).

As far as I recall off the top of my head anyway!
I think you're a little confused - the characters' costumes were comic-based, just not necessarily the ones they were still wearing at the time. (Storm's was the random exception, which looked more like Ms Marvel's torso, presumably in order to include its "Power Glow chest". The line began with Wolverine, Storm, Archangel, Nightcrawler, Cyclops, Colossus, Juggernaut, Magneto and Apocalypse, two of whom weren't in "Pryde", and some (particularly Cyclops in his X-Factor gear) looked strikingly different from their animated counterparts.