ML AoU Ultron: Wasp

One of the five original Avengers comes into Hasbro's Marvel Legends line up! Ms. Janet Van Dyne aka the Wasp! Sporting the outfit that probably stuck more than any of her irrelevant costumes, this Wasp should be recognizable to all comic book fans(Marvel/Avengers fan that is). So, how did Hasbro do this round? A great replacement for the one we got way back in the MODOK series? Let's check her out.

A standard Marvel Legends box. We should all be familiar with this by now with how much we have gotten this year.

As for the figure and her details, well, let's just say there's nothing complicating about Wasp's costume so the figure follows suit. Mostly an all black figure, the gold paint, especially on her front is well done. The minor gold on her feet and hands match the over all scheme. The face is meh, but still way better than Toybiz's female depiction way back when. Now for the wing... well, it's well done! IT's actually her main highlight as a figure. While it's not much on paint detail, the transparent plastic, and the wing details made it worth while. Not to mention, she technically has 4 wing all together! The wings also has decent articulation, which we'll go over here here pretty soon.

Though the wings and Cinematic Ultron's torso is the only accessories that comes with Wasp. I will not be collecting Ultron any time soon for a lot of reasons, but I will say that it's a pretty hollow torso.  Light weight. Again not shocked with the amount of 'accessories' that came with Wasp. It is what it is.

Now the articulation isn't something we should be shocked and awed about since it's the same one we have seen so many times this year with this voluptuous female body mold. My favorite Legends of this Year, Ms. Jessica Drew came with this mold so I won't go in depth with the articulation. However, Janette's wings adds a bit more flare to her that I'll go a little more in depth with that side of this figure. As some of the pictures have depicted, the wings can either be 'made' to look as if she only has a pair, quad... the swivel of the wings really allows for that kind of 'display' option. Wasp also has 'flapping' motion, which again, allows for more flying posture. But once again, the fact that she is in the same mold, we have the same hinderance. While Wasp has never been the agile character, she is a bit limited on how she can pose flight wise, and the lack of choices for her hands doesn't allow for more options. And luckily I have an extra figma stand to really capture some of Wasp's flight poses!

And here's Wasp next to the original Avengers line up. Iron Man, Wasp, and Thor may be a bit out of their original outfits, but hey, close enough!

I just felt like I had to get her to update my Wasp figure in my Avengers shelf. She's an alright figure; definitely a peg warmer for sure in my local store! For a female figure, that's pretty insane. Her and Hellcat, actually. But with the addition of the wings, she's a little step up from the casual molds of the Marvel Women Legends. If you're a big time Wasp fan and like this costume, this is a must. For those who want to build Cinematic Ultron, she's a must. Other than that, another mediocre Legends in my collection!

Bandai Tamashii Stand (act 5)

It took a bit of time for me to give in into finally purchasing one of these. As a collector who is very fervent about displaying my collection, sometimes the dull 'standing' pose gets boring no MATTER how articulated the figures are so sometimes depending on stands is a given. So this is my VERY first purchase that is just a stand(pun) alone Display stands. From Bandai, this Tamashii display stand is more or less directed for imports. Suffice to say, there was a bit of a gambit when I decided to get it for the sake of my Marvel Legends. But that gamble paid off well enough and for the price, it comes with three so more or less the purchase is a success.

While there are a lot of characters in my collection that possess the ability to fly, certain ones can stay in the 'standing' pose because they are stable and articulated enough. For the 'flying' ones that just don't comply to the way I want them to or is just plain and ridiculous without flying(Wasp is one), then this stand came in handy! Sadly, it IS as transparent as it can get unless I have a dull white background. Suffice to say, it works well enough.

As I was saying earlier, it's more or less directed to imports so figures like Revoltech and such usually have a lighter frame to them. Luckily for the purpose I wanted it for, these stands came with two optional grip! That and their joints that are articulated are sturdy enough to hold the weight of the One I initially had in mind(Jean Grey). Wasp was also in mind to begin with but since I didn't really like the character or the toy THAT much I really contemplated whether or not she was going to get one of these stands... my decision came to the fact that Wasp has wings and well... she kind of needs to fly. I didn't bother trying them on a heavier ML like Iron Man or what not since I have this feeling it won't bode too well. Perhaps I should just to see though.

These are the stands that I have that help create the 'magic' in my game room. From left to right we have the Revoltech Eva Unit 2 stand, The Toybiz Stand(War Machine), the new stand, and of course the Square Enix playarts stand.

Eva unit 2,  War Machine, Spider-Woman, Mai Shiranui

While the first three stands are indeed made for flight and action, the playarts stands more or less are the best for neutral 'standing' stance and some limited flying pose; or jumping. Well, that's my comparison and my review. For my opinion, the stand does good and as long as I don't OVER use it, I believe it will hold its own. Might get more of these later; for three in a pack, NOT TOO bad. Amazon sells it for a decent price. I recommend it. 

Marvel Legends BAF: M.O.D.O.K

Modok Series: Beta Ray Bill, Captain Marvel, Wasp, Spider-Woman, Thorbuster Iron Man, Moon Knight

So this particular character that Marvel has swings on just comical and somewhat nefarious looking in my point of view. He is a gigantic head with arms, legs, and a hover craft. I'm nowhere near joking in regards to this either because just from the picture on the right alone, it's pretty obvious that the 'profile' picture IS his whole upper torso! So with that said, out of all the BAFs I have finished this year, he is probably the MOST unique out of all of them. I mean, I'm not exactly exaggerating in the notion that HE IS just a big head with arms, legs, and a hover craft.

On face value(pun!) one can really say that Modok doesn't have a lot to offer in regards to articulation. Absolutely correct. His arms and legs have the basic bends and swivels, but still limited with the gigantic head. And the head itself has no articulation; would've been something if they gave expression capability, but not sure if that could've worked with details still intact.

Making him stand would be almost impossible so Toybiz was prudent by adding the 'jet fire' affect and allows him to stand like so. And again, it's all in the details, more or less.

I mean there is something aesthetically pleasing with his fire affect if just taken from the idea of design standpoint and nothing else. I mean as it goes with all these BAFs, taking them apart isn't entirely the best thing so once the fire affect is in, I would fathom it SHOULD stay in because wear and tear would be a factor to the toy's durability.

Stature wise, this guy stands up on his own within the range of 7 to 8 inches I say. Didn't do an accurate count but that is a more than astute assumption in regards to his height relative to Iron Monger over here. Honestly, he has some size to him; an average BAF of Hasbro these days I would say. Other than details, Modok doesn't have much to offer as I already pointed out with his posing capability. He is VERY limited in that aspect so don't expect a whole lot of posing from it default wise. Aside from the intricacy of his details, the series does come with some pretty good characters and noteworthy variants so he is worth the chase(Iron Man's variant is Destroyer; whom might I add is hell of a lot more expensive now since his appearance in Thor). If you are looking for an oddball character in the set, he is for sure a must that and if you are anything like me, the characters that came with him are appealing to REALLY build him.

And the new BAF pitches in to fill up my 'new shelf' that used to be Bishoujo owned. But there were and some more changes coming to my game room so... yeah. Until next time!

A given favorite that came with Modok. While the Thorbuster isn't my favorite armor that Stark donned, it still Iron Man and of course the lovely Spider-Woman(who was Veranke the queen of Skrulls at the time this action figure came out).

Hello September!

September! Finally the infamous Modok can be finished! The start of a new BAF figure(Galactus anyone?)! An introduction to another 3.75 addition! The Walking Dead season 3 is finally in my grasp! Oh all that elating news comes with a grip of reality: September is the last month for frivolous spending until the Holiday so... Hoping to get Galactus at least out of the way... otherwise it will be a Christmas present.

So what's in this month? Damsel of the Month, toy reviews, perhaps more cryptic posts and whatever.

Looking forward to this new Month! Here we go!