Here we are! Another Venom Hasbro Legends in the review! And who is it this time? Well, none other than 'classic' Venom himself, Mr. Eddie Brock! It's pretty obvious I am quite familiar with the Lethal Protector. After all, this figure is not my first rodeo; clearly. And Hasbro has supplied one or two Venom related characters... though sadly, I missed out on a couple of them. But with Eddie Brock Venom back in town, I could not miss this guy (or this wave). With that said, let's review this new Hasbro Venom Legend!
Venom is the only one on this 'series'. There is no running variant or what not. Venom is just Venom and again, the art work and the photography is impressive.
Standard black costumed Venom with the recognizable spider emblem. This guy is nothing to brag about when it comes to paint since he is just black with a bit of white for his emblem and hand patch (for webbing I think) so I won't go off on reviewing that. The mold is not my favorite since I have seen this one before on a couple of odd ball figures (Sentry and Drax to name a couple). It's the big man mold and honestly, it fits okay with Venom. Surprisingly, I actually can tolerate this mold on him.
Now he does have an alternate head and we will get into that. But I do wish that hole on the back is covered or we were given tendrils for special affects to at least give a reason for that dumb hole. Oh well, it's a good looking figure, I can't complain. Then again, Venom is hard to make ugly unless someone is trying.
He doesn't come packing with accessories, but a variant pair of hands and head is appreciated. And yes, Absorbing man has two variant heads which is awesome. As for Venom's mug shot:
This one is a unique Venom head because I don't have a smirking Venom just yet. It's always with the tongue lashing about with the green goop; something that is signature Venom all the way. This one is familiar with Todd McFarlane's depiction of the Lethal Protector way back when he was just a plain ole' villain.
His dental bills must be mortifying. Well, this is my favorite head out of the two since its is classic Venom look, but I am not displaying him with this variant yet. Too many tongue lashing Venoms in my symbiote shelf as it is. But obviously, this one has more paint details, more sculpting, and definitely more intimidating
The articulation is nothing to gape at or to feel disappointed with. Like the previous characters using this mold, Brock suffers from certain angles being awkward looking. Though surprisingly, Venom looks good in the angles I did get.
The fist and open hands along with the variant head makes it very easy to get some great pics. But again, Venom, as big and brute as he is, still requires some kind of agility adhering articulation. Venom is after all a Spider-Man based character so he is very nimble. Again, those legs lacking the proper acrobatic need takes away from some of the possible things we could have done with Venom's dynamic poses.
Here's Venom with Parker in the black suit. Looks a bit like back in black crime.
And of course some of the Symbiote crew! Most of it is Brock with a couple of different symbiotic hosts amongst this crowd. Of course Anti-Venom sticks out the most; my most recent Venom-y figure lately.
All in all, it's not the best Venom figure we've received in Marvel Legends scale, though it is nice to have an updated Venom figure in the mix. The thought that Hasbro put with putting two iconic Venom faces is definitely appreciated. If that's not something to enjoy, Venom does come with Absorbing Man's heads so... he is a must for the BAF at the very least. My opinion? It's a cool figure. Glad to have him in my collection!
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