Marvel Legends BAF: Terrax

Terrax Series: Iron Man, Steve Rogers, Klaw, Hope Summers, Constrictor, Ghost Rider

Well I did say I was going to finish another BAF in this particular post, didn't I? Well, the next complete part of my BAF binge is going to be Terrax. There is something a bit special about this guy and that is the notion that he was the first BAF in a long time after Hasbro took a break. More so called: "The Return of the Marvel Legends" series rather than the Terrax series to his disdain, of course. Being a former Herald of Galactus, one must be a bit more prominent, right? Surprisingly, he isn't a well known character even to me. I've seen him more than enough times through cards and comic books, but his story is always obscure to me. Then again, a lot of the Marvel's cosmic and space characters are to me, but as a figure, he has his standings with me. He isn't the best BAF, but he does have some qualities that makes him rather enjoyable! 

One thing about Terrax from what I have seen is that he has remained consistent with his costume and Hasbro made sure to catch that consistency rather well. While it's not exactly the most outstanding costume for a former herald of Galactus, the almost infallible detail of the toy that adheres to the comic book designs is what makes it great. The 'axe' itself is generally the image of his weapon in the comic book. Colors are great, vibrant red and the skin tone grey with the devious grin is just fantastic to say the least. He also has the peoples' eyebrow going on(color of the eyes are close to a silver'ish deal; cool looking) and then the ever so symmetrical 'Abraham Lincoln' beard going on there. Again it is a comic book trademark, but still, it gave me a good laugh. And yes, I have a slight red paint smear on his neck.

His height is almost toe to toe with Iron monger from the IM3 BAF series. Doesn't make him the tallest one of the BAFs out there, but it gives him a decent height. He is bigger than the regular Marvel Legends which makes it better than the recent BAFs coming out(Hit Monkey???? Really?).

One of my biggest complaints about this figure is that he has a VERY lose grip on his Axe. It won't come off his hand when being put into a pose, however it doesn't sit in a taut manner where it would allow him A LOT of really convincing action scenes. Angling the said axe in a certain way can make it a bit more true to an axe wielding alien, but trying to get him to hold it up as if doing a 'Thor' pose is rather out of the question most of the time. But finding out form a certain reviewer(wonder who) that you can have a makeshift 'sheathe' for his axe adds a bit more postures. More or less.

Speaking of Thor. Wait, Thor as an axe too? Have to axe him if that is magical too!

So Terrax found a home in Shelf 2 and Ultron moved to Shelf 1. Decided to add another cosmic powerhouse in this shelf since we have Loki, Blackheart, and Apocalypse on the first shelf. Onslaught may be a juggernaut on his own right(pun) but there wasn't enough 'umph' in this shelf. Well, there is Terrax to add some power of cosmic in this one!

With characters like Klaw and Constrictor who are still somewhat shelf warmers in most retail stores, Terrax wasn't an expensive BAF. Still recent enough and again, having not so enamoring characters will make BAF purchasing rather easier. He is a good buy, I mean, he isn't my favorite BAF, but he is for sure higher on the ladder than Rulk or Iron Monger for me. But then again, I don't collect BAFs that I don't like. It's an expensive hobby and to frivolously collect BAFs with budget and space being an issue, well, it's just plain asinine! But Terrax, this guy I dig. 

Marvel BAFs: Asunder

BAFs: Terrax, Blob, Fin Fang Foom, Anihilus, Armin Zola

Collecting can vary with the myriad of genres that supply tangible trinkets for people to purchase and 'collect'. The crowd of collectors can vary from Jordan collectors, Autographs, China Set, Books, and while there are a dozen others out there in the waters, obviously I fall in the category of Toy Collecting. Even in Toy Collecting there are sub sections to delve into! Comic books, Anime, Video game paraphernalia! Then we can even scrutinize even further by splitting comic books into their respected companies such as Marvel and DC ... etc. So now let's go into the meat! Toy collecting... I won't go in depth details as to it, but as of right now I am VERY much into the BAFs collecting craze. With the collection I have right now, I take full pride when I complete a certain character with the expensive and time strenuous effort through store searching and internet surfing.

BAFs completed: Iron Monger, Rulk, Onlsaught, and Apocalypse.

But just from the picture above, some have laid dormant in my collection and may or MAY never ever see full assembly. There are a couple of other missing pieces from other BAFs that I KNEW I wasn't going to collect from the get go so I threw away immediately(Brood, Mojo, and M.O.D.O.K.). But for some reason, I kept a couple and the picture above are what I have. Makes me ponder if I SHOULD. Let's delve into the complete 'family' tree of these BAFs shall we?

All pictures are from Marvellegends.net.

This was the first Marvel Legends that Hasbro produced that I came across with. Anihilus may have came first, but for some reason, I saw Blob first. Err... yeah no. And Movie Jean Grey? Wow. Atrocious.

I have Planet Hulk and Ultimate Iron Man. HAD Banshee... But as for the rest? White Drag Queen?! Err, I might've considered this guy, but seeing as I threw the wing of Anihilus away and we have a butch version of Emma Frost? Yeah No.

Now this guy! Hasbro made a lot of Legends BAFs and some of them are directed to certain characters. They made a FF BAF exclusive, a Spider-Man movie verse(yuck), and Hulk, which is where Fin Fang Foom omitted from. This Dragon is colossal! Probably the biggest BAF Hasbro has done. Suffice it to say, I'm not going to have Doc Samson or Absorbing man in my shelf or even SPEND the money on them. So... it may be a pass altogether.

The toy community raved when they announced Marvel Legends' return with a new BAF. With the exception of Klaw, these are all acceptable and enamoring characters! Thor doesn't come with a piece for some reason though so he is more of a fan service than a piece to build. Suffice it to say... this guy might see the light! (MIGHT is a very loose term for 'hell yeah').

Yup. So that concludes my rant in regards to this toy line. There are a few more coming out from Hasbro and ... believe me... I may have more problems with the lack of space in my room in the near/far future. 

The Return of Marvel Legends

Well it's no secret that I am a collector of toys! I've been collecting for some time now and I am beyond excited for the return of one of the my favorite toy line ups which are the Marvel Legends! What are they? Well Marvel Legends are different toys (sold separately obviously) that make up a set to create one big (or not) character. Of course its a ploy to make money because let's face it, Marvel or DC, not all characters are desirable to everyone. There are many characters in the past that keep the toy shelves stocked because a handful only adore the character so their sales aren't so high up, thus the surplus in the back stock for that particular character. So how do you sell a character like 'Klaw:

 Who isn't at all close to being cool villain or not? Well, let's put him in a series that make up one cool Character and line him up with some other badasses, and there you go. Toy sold. When Toybiz was the one in charge of Marvel Toys, they ended their days with Marvel Legends coming out with some Fan Favorite character to build with Popular and not so popular individuals that make up the set. I'm not going to post the whole set (If I even have the whole set) but just my favorite one from that series.

The Apocalypse Series

The M.O.D.O.K series (Sorry for the bad picture)

Toybiz came out with other such as the Sentinel series, Onslaught (Which made up of entirely baddies like Blackheart, Green Goblin, Abomination!), Giant Man, and so forth. Unfortunately or fortunately I was not able to touch all of them while they were in the shelves in your local store or toy store. Now most of them are at Ebay or Amazon for a non frugal price which I don't condone my wallet or myself to dive into that financial wrecking ball. Maybe one day! But not to digress.... After Toybiz, Hasbro came into play. They came out with their own Legends:

The Brood series

The Rulk Series 

Hasbro at first when they took over kind of put some doubt in my mind. I wasn't too fond of their toys, I felt it lack the meticulous detail and the selection of good characters (Emma Frost looked like a damn dude. That and X3 Beast as a choice with Jean Grey who also looked like a man?! Yeah.). However in the future that came they sure supplied with some really good line ups such as World War Hulk (all Hulk related toys), Ares series, and I can't think of anymore but a lot were impressive. Now the economy took a tank and I'm going to put my assumptions that that's why Hasbro stopped putting out the series. They turned to the more cost effective toys for both consumer and suppliers by coming out with the Marvel Universe toys which are small, thus less to make and half the price, which will still attract parents or collectors to justify the price. That went on for a few years, but finally, 2012 came and they rebooted the series with the main character to build is one of Galactus' former heralds: Terrax. and in their box it even mentions: "The Return of Marvel Legends". Now frankly, three out of the six are some intriguing characters that I like. I have two of them and here they are:

The box itself wasn't too impressive at first. It seemed kind of bland, but as I looked closer, it had a definite Comic Book feel. Not my favorite boxes, but I can manage and I grew fond of them. So my excitement for these toys to come out also reciprocates my dread of what it'll do to my wallet. But... everything in moderation should keep me safe! And like before, I will not be buying toys for the sake of the that one character (unless the character is well worth it). There is only one more character from this series and it is Hope Summers that I am planning on getting if she looks decent. But at any given rate... looking forward to the future of Marvel Legends!!! Hopefully some other collectors share my passion for their upcoming releases. Hopefully Spider-Woman will get a reboot as well!!!