I love Mythic Legions, but I do have a hard time dropping such a large amount money on pre-orders for action figures in one drop. I have a budget for this hobby, you know? Sometimes I have to make cuts and Hagnon was one of the figures I wanted that got the cut from my initial Advent of Decay order. Fortunately, I had the budget to get some more figures at the recent on-hand sale and picked this ghoul up. Let’s take a look!
Hagnon comes in the usual packaging and his bio has an interesting back story as he was a heroic soldier who is killed, resurrected, and forced to work for the baddies.
Hagnon comes with a shield, a sword, two alternate heads, shackles, a ball and chain, three wing attachment pieces, a weapons strap, and two removeable shoulder pads.
He is based on the standard armored Skeleton body from the first Mythic Legions line and has an all-new head sculpt. The new head is spectacular. It’s got a great, classic, ghoulish look.
It’s fairly zombie-like, but the exaggeratedly large eyes lend it an even more other-worldly feel. The alternate heads are also really nice, a skeleton with articulated jaw and a classic knight’s helm.
I generally love translucent figures, it probably dates back to childhood collections of Crystar figures, and this figure smelled exactly the old Crystal Dragon I had as a kid. At my age a direct transport to your youth is priceless. I do wonder if this guy would benefit from a wash to bring out the details on those beautiful head sculpts.
I’ve seen customs where people have painted the armor parts solid metal colors and one where somebody highlighted the teeth and eye sockets with black and it looks pretty cool.
The sword and shield are items we’ve seen before from the early weapons packs and they look good with Hagnon. I like that the paint on these has a couple layers for depth.
The back attachment pieces are functional, though I don’t think I’ll be using them much for Hagnon.
The strap is always nice to have, but I think I’ll leave it off as it sells the whole ghost thing a bit more without it and he doesn’t have extra weapons that need holstering. I think I also prefer him with the shoulder pads because they make the limbs feel a little more spindly in comparison.
Another highlight of the set are the ball and chain and shackles. The rings of shackles are split, so you could clip them on the figure’s neck or wrists, but I ended up popping off the limb in question so it was easier and I didn’t bend or snap the thin plastic shackle piece.
I like that the chains themselves are weathered and dirty and they overall add to the impression of a tortured and imprisoned ghost.
The articulation is ML standard, though there aren’t thigh swivels on the skeletons, which can limit posing a bit, but I’m used to the limits at this point, a dozen skeleton figures in. The figure is completely solid and sturdy. I know sometimes translucent plastic can be a breakage concern, but this figure feels stable.
Paint is minimal, but used well to weather the weapons and chains. I’m curious to see more custom paint jobs with washes on the body to bring out the details.
He is cast in a glowing plastic which feels a little weak in comparison to other glow-in-the-dark figures I have, so I didn’t photograph it. I tried to charge it with lights because that usually works well, but it didn’t here. I did really like the way the figure look when lit with a blue light. It almost makes me think of the ghosts in The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland.
Overall, Hagnon is really cool. Even though he’s mostly re-used skeleton warrior parts, the ghoul angle, translucent parts and chain accessories set off a unique look for the line.
