He's smaller than the average Legend? I thought these were in that weird Movie Maniac scale range of not-quite-6".
Hmmm.
TALLER. He's about half an inch TALLER.
Received Cyclops today. As expected Todd did not bother to fix the coloring issue on Cyclops' forehead, despite it being quite clear on the box art and the included card that Cyclops' forehead is not blue. The shading on the figure looks good, the gold colored plastic for the yellow is more a dijon/gold amalgamation. Overall the sculpt is nice, the hair looks great. But I could have done without the frosting on the optic blast flare if they had just painted the d@mned forehead correctly. The bases interlock between the back of Wolverine's and the front left side of Cyclops', so they're pretty spaced apart in the overall diorama look. It'll be interesting to see how they handle Iceman since he was way in the background on the cover, or if Todd will just forget he was there and not include him. I'd assume next would be Gambit/Psylocke/Colossus. Hopefully we get greater attention to detail on those, as the blue forehead for me was such a bummer. I'm glad I got it on a discount via some store credit I had. If there are any customizers/painters reading this who end up getting this "statue", please let me know what color of fleshtone would likely match best for Cyke's forehead, as it will be tenuous painting under his coifed hair, but I'd still make the attempt to fix this glaring issue.
OK... finally got my first of these McFarlane cover statuette thingies.... I was tempted by a couple but honestly the overdone cross hatching paintwork was a real turn off for me and I couldn't pull the trigger. But I couldn't pass on Strom and I have to say I really like her in hand. She doesn't suffer from the over-detailed painting issues that made me pass on the Layton Iron Man and Zeck Captain America previously. It's a fun pose and great piece. It fits well on the shelf of X-Men statues I have and I am satisfied with the purchase.
Of the new items shown off this weekend, and coming off my satisfaction with Storm, I definitely want the Beast. I do like that there was less shading paint on all of the new pieces, though I dont care at all for the style of Iron Man they chose to do. The Thing looks good but isnt for me. Not sure if I need Deadpool, but maybe.
Oh forgot to comment on the most disappointing reveal.. Black Panther. My favorite character gets an absolutely garbage design. They could have gone with the iconic John Byrne image from Jungle Action 23. Or maybe one of Sal Velutto's iconic covers issue 27 or 43. This figure looks terrible, but its Black Panther so I will buy it.
This line almost tempted me with the announcement of the Thing. But I will continue to pass. Didn't see Beast? Is it from the Jim Lee cover like Wolvie and Cyke?
Yes, its Beast from Jim Lee X-Men 1. But unlike the others they've done so far it isnt splashed with black paint everywhere.
Beast might be a good fit for an Avengers display, despite his very 90s head. But hey, any way that isn't expensive to add Beast to shelves at this point is welcome.
The only problem with that would be the giant "X-MEN" logo emblazoned across the bottom of the piece - that doesn't fit as well in an Avengers display.
Hopefully the figure and base can separate - I know Spider-Man separated (which was a surprise to me because mine fought when I tried), but have others?
Otherwise, just picture him leaping from the X-Men to the Avengers.
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