Confession time: I like movie figures. I don’t mind them in waves with comic figures. Whew, finally, got that off my chest.
I’ve enjoyed all of the Marvel movies. I don’t get into tearing them apart and analyzing them bit by bit. If I’m entertained, if I’m distracted from the daily grind for 90 minutes, then I’m happy. That’s it, plain and simple. I don’t mind changes, even majors ones, that contradict my beloved comic stories. The comics have been doing it for years, so why can’t the movies? And if I don’t happen to like something, I don’t think much about it and move on.
I am a simple man with simple goals in my choice of entertainment and hobbies. Happiness and distraction. If I wasn’t happy with toys, then I would have quit a long time ago. Life is too short to waste time on things that make you miserable.
Whew, okay, enough of that. Let’s dive into the movie Ant-Man figure.
Package of cardboard, you delivered unto me my plastic treasure. You have done your job well. Rest easy.
You can definitely tell where the budget for this series went. Between the extra accessories and the detail-packed sculpt on a new body, Ant-Man got most of the monies. And the sculpt, whoa. The is a lot of piping and faux metal here. There is ribbing texture in places to break up the blackish gray jumpsuit. I have to say, though, the helmet is my favorite.
The paint is all nice and clean here. There isn’t any shading but the colors are where they need to be. The opaque eye lenses kind of throw me, but the orange does its job in making the helmet uniform. I say there isn’t any shading, but there is some drybrush to make the metal more metallic. I had a choice of two Ant-Man figures at the store, and there was a noticeable difference between the two when it came to the dark drybrush. I chose the one with the lighter application; it just looked less messy.
Add along all the standard Marvel Legends articulation and you have a worthy addition to your shelf. I go over all the range of movement in my video review.
I mentioned accessories, if you can call actual characters accessories. First of all, he comes with his movie nemesis Yellowjacket, even if it is a tiny rubber statue of a figure.
The paint actually isn’t too bad for a retail “figure” this small. Some silver and yellow/gold makes it recognizable as Yellowjacket. And he even stands on those microscopic feet. You have to fiddle, but I assure you he stands. It’s just a fun little addition.
And not to be left out, Ant-Man also comes with a tiny version of himself. Again, more paint than I thought there would be. But tiny Scott isn’t meant to stand — he needs his trusty mount. An ant. The ant is too large to use with the rest of your movie display, but if you want a fun little set-up off to the side of just these miniature characters, you can.
Best of all, he fits right into your movie shelf, if you’re into that kind of thing.
He’s smaller than Captain America and has fairly realistic human proportions. I totally dig it.
I know movie figures aren’t everyone’s cup of Pym particles, but really, it’s just one figure this time around. A figure with a tie-in movie that got both related comic figures that we needed and long-awaited limbo figures tailing in behind it. And to top it all off, Lang is a cool figure. I’m loving all the Ant-Man love. Love. And if nothing else, make him into a modern Paladin.
