ML Absorbing Man BAF: Morbius

Morbius the Living Vampire! I often wondered what the heck that meant because Vampires are undead creatures; took me a while but I finally got it. If we are going off the animated series, Michael Morbius technically never died, he turned into a version of a vampire thanks to Spider-Man's blood... so he sucks plasma. What? Anyways, this is not the kiddy version of the Living Vampire. This is the comic book version of him and as a Hasbro Legends, let's see if he sparkles... or not! ha!

Well on a mishap on my part, I did not get the chance to take a picture of Morbius in packaging. So here we are while he is in the package from the standard retail pictures.

 

"Villains of the Night" as they call Morbius and his running 'variant', Jack. Would it not be convenient of Spidey had specific villains that attacked him during certain parts of his 24 hour run time? Like maybe Green Goblin would only kidnap Black Cat during 12-4pm and then Morbius would come out and play at around 6pm? And Sand Man only attacked in summer?

Morbius comes in two ways to display him and surprisingly, the little accessory that he does get changes how his dynamics work, least that's how I see it.

 

So his 'resting cape' position looks pretty good. Since we are on this cape, I want to talk about how this cape matches his overall paint: the glossy and dark black. As a vampire he gets the red lining that matches his collar and belt. Most of the figure is black minus his pale skin with the minor pain shade. The face is good and I don't have the past Morbius from Toybiz, but I say this one definitely is more human-ish and less gaunt. Parts of the mold is new with the collar going on. Other than that, he is not a bad looking figure. As for his 'extended cape':

 

This is more or less his 'flying' dynamics. The red lining still applies and I will most likely keep him posed like this since it adds more flare to him. The back of the cape does not match the rest of the shiny look, but it's alright. The funny thing about this is:

Makes it look like that he has a Batman shaped cape going on. Still, I do adore this thought Hasbro put.

I already talked about his cape accessory. Other than that, Morbius comes with a pair of Absorbing Man's arms, the one with the rock and concrete absorbed into him. I'll talk more about Absorbing Man, but he does come with some thought.

Morbius as a character is not the agile type of fighter, but being a villain of the night, aka a Vampire, Morbius is indeed fast, aggressive, and he does offer his own headaches for the Wall Crawler. As an articulated figure, he brings nothing new to the table in terms of his mold. He has all the basics and it is appreciated. It is nothing I will react despondently to because hey, it's better to reach the standard than fall below. An additional head would definitely make him feel more versatile that's for sure.

I need more Pla... BLOOD! DAMN YOU BLOOD! 

As a figure that holds a variant pair of arms, Morbius can technically be skipped in this wave. Should you? If you want to complete what Absorbing Man has to offer, then no, you should not. Will this figure be worth it? Well, he is the second "Legends" status figure we have had of Morbius and honestly, this one is the superior one. He is not bad, he is not great. He's a cool enough character to have in my rogue of villains. One cannot be disappointed with this guy, though I doubt anyone will be highly elated to have him.