Marvel Legends BAF: Onslaught

Onslaught Series: Loki, Abomination, Pyro, Lady Deathtrike, Blackheart, Green Goblin

Toybiz came out with a BAF version of one of the most nefarious(and one of the messiest story line) Villain of the Marvel Universe and that is none other than Onslaught. Not to touch on that storyline or TOO much into the character's life line, I will say that in regards to my comment in my previous Apocalypse BAF Post about prudence and buying these figures while they were cheaper, well, Onslaught wasn't one of those. Again I only have a couple COMPLETE BAFs and sadly, only one was from Toybiz(well two now) and the other was from Hasbro. So Onslaught was a hefty price since a couple of the figures like Abomination and Green Goblin costed about a good $45 each. The six pieces total probably costed me about a good $100 more or less which is pretty damn frugal for an older BAF. But there is a reason as to why this said BAF was a bit on the cheaper side!

Compared to Apocalypse, he really is quite shorter. This was the controversy with this series. Honestly, I'm not griping about it because the figure itself is rather intricate in details and its accuracy(from what I remember) is pretty good!

BEHOLD MY MIGHTY HAND!

So for a BAF this guy has great articulation. Apocalypse has less pose-ability with his hands, feet, legs, and so forth. That and the way he is built alone isn't entirely your norm humanoid frame so he has a bit more fun factor than what the controversy is giving him credit for.

Side profile gives a bit more of a vantage point in regards to the details put there. I like how the gauntlets came out and the way his legs are just gives him a bit more of a nefarious like stance rather than the normal humanoid legs. Torso details giving him that 'deathly' stature but with all that armoring still makes him devoid of any sense of depletion in nourishment. And of course the backside is another unique part of this figure. His armor plating makes surprises from behind scarce... okay bad joke.

I do not jest you, Human! BEHOLD MY MIGHTY HAND RIGHT NOW!

Again what he lacks in height I think he makes up for in his details. He is just made to be a beast! He has a feral but yet a very regal presence to him. The bulkiness isn't something to shy away from since he is after all still exuberant in his villainous ambiance. 

I mean let's put him next to one of the most popular characters of Marvel right now. He may not look as daunting as the picture in my Apocalypse post with Wolverine being the said Pharaoh's adversary, but still! If anyone thinks that Onslaught will get his armored behind handed to him by Stark, well one is sadly mistaken. That and he just looks freaking mean.

Okay then how about that then? Mean enough for you? 

So the amalgam of Professor X and Magneto(yes, that is his story line in a terse few words) is now the 'leader' of my second bay of villains. One of these days if I keep up this BAF hunting, I'm going to have to consider using my comic book wall for more toy shelves. 

The Red Game Room

Seriously. Behold his mighty hand.

Other than that! I can't stress that this is a good find for anyone in the genre of BAF hunting. He is cheaper than most and even though he lacks in size, it still gives a good sense of 'completion'. That and the said details I have written down about him. That and if you are like me and lacking some villains, this series will force you to have a few on hand; six to be exact. 

Marvel Legends: Villains!!!

There is a slight change in my 'shelf one'. As a collector of this genre, I have recently rekindled my 'BAF'(build a figure) love. While I am not going to go all out and purchase EVERY SINGLE one that I seem to have touched base with because of certain characters I decided to buy have a piece of a BAF(Spider-Woman, Heroes Reborn Iron Man, etc etc).  Certain ones from the days of Toybiz do catch my Collector eyes(and pride) and perhaps I'll be tackling them when I have the means. As of right now though, I'm just going to flaunt some of my rogue of Villains from the Marvel Universe!

Abomination

I'm not going to claim I know EVERYTHING about these characters so I'll touch on the most important points that I know! With that said, Abomination is Hulk's rival. From what I can gather, he has equal strength for the most part. As to his other origins, well, that's where wiki will come in handy! He's green and looks like the creature of the black lagoon! Onslaught Series.

Blackheart

The son of Mephisto. He rules a certain part of hell and his powers seems to fall in the genre like all dark lords would! He controls evil minions, has deception on his side, immortal, and has the tendency to find himself hunted down by the magical forces of the Marvel Universe! Onslaught Series.

Green Goblin

So Norman Osborn is a man I am a bit more equipped to capsulize but I'll leave it a bit more terse. Spider-Man's greatest rival who has bestowed enough tragedy on the Wall Crawler's life that almost pushed him to the edge. Armed with advanced gadgets such as bombs, a glider, dangerous sharp blades , and able to omit beams out of his hand, this guy has more tricks than he has treats! Onslaught Series.

The Kingpin

Wilson Fisk has no super powers. He has strength and intelligence that surpasses your average man, however he is lethal enough that the likes of Spider-Man, Daredevil, Moon Knight, and Iron Fist fears fights him with caution. That is if these said heroes can even get  close enough to him with the amount of resources and henchmen that he seems to control on the whim. The Versus Series.

Lady Deathstrike

Yuriko Oyama! Somehow I am more enamored by her X2 aberration! But no matter. A woman who has the fire for Logan(good ole Canuckle head!); and what I mean by fire is, Vengeance! She resents him so much that she altered her whole body to make her into a cyborg! She got a really violent manicure suffice to say! Amongst other things. Onslaught series.

Loki

The Thor and the Avengers movie pretty much got the main points of Thor's brother. Let's see where the Dark World is heading to though... but enough of that. This figure(the variant) is awful. The 'crown of lies' makes him look so defective that I don't even have the will to talk about the character instead ridicule the damn figure! An honest mistake since the original version has a resemblance of his 'reindeer games' helmet. Oh well. It's the piece that counts. Onslaught series.

Pyro

I don't have a clue why he has 'bug eyes'. Perhaps he is trying to be a 'fire fly' or a 'fire ant'? I don't know. Regardless, I know VERY little about this character. I know he can control fire and whimsically make them into anything he desires! It's why he wears a fire apparatus maker on his back! Putting the character aside, this is my favorite figure from the Onslaught series! Vibrant! Great posing capability and rather hilarious as well. Onslaught series.

Taskmaster

He can copy any fighting skill and moves of any known hero just by watching them. So is he 'karate trash'? He can use a shield like Captain America! Shoot arrows like Hawkeye! Agile like Daredevil and Spider-Man! He uses a sword like... I don't know! Silver Samurai??? He shoots a gun like... Punisher. And why he walks around looking like a grim reaper with pirate boots? One can only fathom! Rider Series.

Well, that concludes this post. It is July after all and there will be a plethora of other toy posts coming soon! Just this post alone insinuates 'someone' coming! Anyways!!!