This is Speed Demon; no, not the Amalgam Speed Demon ("Gone gone the form of man, rise the Demon Etrigan!), but the Superior Foe of Superior Spider-Man. The second figure I'm reviewing from the Absorbing Man of the BAF set, is he as flashy as his name implies?
Not going to spend a whole lot of time in the box. Let's just say, this is the next set called the 'superior foes'. Again they are adding some photography in their back cover.
Now as for the character itself, he's a pretty vibrantly colored guy. He was supposed to be an 'evil Flash' when Marvel came up with an evil version of the Justice League. Called 'Whizzer' way back in the day, Speed Demon is now better named and... he has a big head. I heard he's a bit of a douche as a character but as a figure, he has a big head with a douche expression. I don't really have much to say except that head just seem off. The mold is okay, does the job for this guy. Came from recent Spider-Man that we got a couple of waves ago. Again, the head does not match up as perfectly as it should with the rest of the lanky frame.
He comes with a pair of variant hands and then the Silvermane head, which ties in to the story arc of Superior Foes of Spider-Man. I am not sure what this is all about but I guess the head of Silvermane has some kind of valuable information of some sort. It's a nice little addition and the head is removable (which can be plugged in to another Ultron body like Shart's review). Of course the largest BAF piece for Absorbing Man.
It's a fun little add on. It definitely is not the deal breaker or anything, but it does have some merit to have something like this. It shows some of Hasbro's consideration to some of the comic book shout outs.
One thing that is really neat about this mold is that he can actually be articulated for running poses; a speedster like this guy needs to be able to perform some of those poses for him to have some fun factor. Some poses he can actually s and on one leg for a running position. Not the pose above but the ones below is a testament of that.
Really is a funny guy. Now I won't detail too much with his articulation. It's a familiar one.
Okay so the pose above is just for fun. Speed Demon is just one of those douches that remind me of a Ginyu Force member. Though sometimes all his articulating makes his body look awkward. It does not help that he has a pretty lanky frame and it looks odd at times.
All in all, I think this figure is pretty hilariously fun. It's variety and it adds to the growing characters of our Marvel Legends Hasbro collection. All in all, he is a must and I don't think he is that bad of a figure. He is not perfect and he probably will not be the highlight of this BAF, but he is mediocre at best. Not bad at all.
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