Havok was part of the Giant Man Series (Walmart exclusive) from 2006. I’ve reviewed this base figure plenty of times before (Captain Mar-Vell, Genis-vell) and I don’t have much to say about the base figure. He’s sporting the fantastic Bullseye upper body and those strange lower legs with those clown feet. The head is a new sculpt, and, depending on who you ask, it’s either spot-on great or horrible.
Havok is Scott Summers’ (Cyclops) little brother, or one of his little brothers. I think there is a third now? Nevertheless, he is a younger Summers brother. Havok emits some sort of plasma force from his body (always drawn as white circles emitting from his chest? hands?), and they do a lot of damage, just like Cyke’s eye laser beams (pew pew). Alex Summers (Havok) has always been a bit player; when he was introduced in Uncanny X-Men it must have been cool, and I’ll admit the all-black costume is pretty stunning to look at. But it wasn’t until X-Factor that Havok really became cool for me. He was leading the X-Factor team and was doing all right. His costume was a hot mess, but he was cool. And stayed cool. And then not so cool. Havok is one of those characters that suffers “Big Brother Syndrome” — he’s always overshadowed by his older brother who is the biggest drama queen ever!
Recently Havok got his own Avengers Team and he’s been doing OK. Granted, Captain America is having some trouble letting Havok take full reigns, but I think once Cap gets past it he’ll see that Havok has got the goods.
The Marvel Legends figure has Havok in his classic costume of black with the white circles logo and the fin thingies on top of his head. This is the classic look and it is a sharp look, and even the current comics’ look is based on this design. It’s not the big poofy leather jacket look of X-Factor, instead it’s a sharp, sleek, all-black suit.
As mentioned in the first paragraph, the sculpt is known and has been reviewed plenty of times before. I still love the original Bullseye chest tooling, same with the biceps — they’re sharp, seamless, and beautifully sculpted. The lower legs and feet never grabbed me (I like the newer Scarlet Spidey lower legs). The head sculpt is open to discussion. There are those collectors out there that like the open mouthed or action-packed faces. Others, well,we hate them and prefer the neutral expressions or slight expressions that don’t give too much away and don’t ruin the “vanilla-y” posed displays that cover our walls.
The articulation is also standard. Nothing new or different to report. Breakdown is as follows:
•hinged toes
•rocker ankles
•hinged ankles
•shin swivels
•double knees
•ball hips
•swivel waist
•hinged ab
•rocker shoulders
•ball shoulders
•swivel biceps
•double elbows
•swivel forearms
•hinged wrists
•articulated fingers
•hinged neck
•swivel head
This is a classic figure for your collections as Havok has been a solid B-Lister over the years and often a fan favorite. He completes your classic or modern X-Men teams and maybe even your current Avengers lineup, although I’d like to see a new release of him on the Black Panther base.
You can still pick up Havok on Amazon.com
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