Thor Comic Series 6" Loki

Have been looking forward to this Loki figure. The ML13 one didnt last long on the display shelf. I have limited space. His horns were long, the cape was too big and he kept falling so he had to make way. Even when I changed the display, for some reason, I always passed on him. Finally this major villain gets a spot on the shelf.

Not used to seeing him him in this outfit. He's a nice looking figure. Especially like the face sculpt. He's got an angry, pissed off expression. One thing though is that he is looking downwards a little. Like the fur details. The shoulder covers remind me a bit of Kraven. Like the arm detail and the black figernails. The knee joints on my figures are weak and I have trouble posing him. 

Articulation. The head can rotate. Shoulders have ball and hinge, he can only raise his arms till the fur. There's bicep swivel, double jointed elbows, wrists have swivel and hinge. Torso pivot. Rotating and hinge hips, sorry not sure what to call this. The whole leg rotates upwards, can't really do much with this. There's double jointed knees and ankles have swivel and hinge. 

That's as far as his arms can be raised.

A good thing is the fur cover can be removed...

... and maybe be used for a pillow.

The hips in action.

He's taller than ML13 Loki and Walmart Thor by around half a head, or by the back of his head.

He's shorter than the MS Thor by half a head and just slightly shorter than the movie Thor.

He'll look good on the shelf, but just in a standing position.

Thor Movie Series 6" Thor

Finally, some new Marvel 6" figures. No, its not available locally as far as I know.  

This is a really nice figure. Good proportions. The head may seem longish, but thats just the helmet. Its got a good likeness to Chris Hemsworth. Great detail on his armour and clothes. The patterned black areas on his torso look like chain mail while the bumpy blue areas look like tough hide. His pants are leather like and the seams and stitches can be seen. Paint application is pretty good, a minor gripe is he's got some flesh on his helmet. Would have preferred if the helmet was silver instead of dark gray. His boots are shiny black.  

Close-up of his head and torso. There's some hair underneath his helmet at the side of his face. The facial hair was pretty well done. My figure seems to have had a snack off screen though. You can also make out a little patch growing just below his lips.  The cape is stuck on better than the 3.75" versions. I feel that the bright blue stripes on his collar are out of place. Think a matching blue with his armour, red or black would have been better.

Like the flowy cape, but its pretty stiff and too long. Its touching the ground and it hinders posing.

Articulation. The head can rotate and look up and down. Shoulders have ball and hinge joints. There's bicep swivel, double jointed elbows and wrist swivel. Torso pivot, it can be rotated fully and he can bend forwards and lean backwards slightly. Hips have ball and hinge joints. There's upper thigh swivel, double jointed knees and ankles have swivel and hinge.

Not taking the helmet wings into acount, he's half a head shorter than the MS Thor and SDCC ML Thor. He's half a head taller than the Walmart ML Thor.

He's stands more than half a head above Iron-Man. I think its okay. Hulk needs to be taller.

Right, that's all for now, but before I go, here's an exclusive deleted scene from the movie.

Marvel Universe Fantastic Four 3-Pack (Standard & Variant)

A double dose of Marvel Universe Fantastic Four.

The packaging is the same for both versions.  

The figures of both sets are largely the same, the main difference are the costumes. And to make things a little easier, from here onwards, F4 refers to the blue costumed version while FF refers to the Future Foundation version.

Mr Fantastic looks better than the first MU version from the Secrets Wars pack. He's got a new head sculpt and has the taller, thinner body, which I think suits hm. I like the shade of blue on the F4, and also the logo which is strong and clear. The lines on his costume are painted on. The thickness of them are not consistant but they add some detail. I don't really like the short sleeves. I guess they can wear it in summer and break the long sleeves one out for winter.

I delibrately chose a pack where the costumes of the FF were more gray. Some of the figures I saw had some all white parts and it made the figures look awkward. Again, the lines and logo are painted on.  

There's some paint difference on his hair. FF possibly went to have his dyed.

Invisible Woman is the main the reason for getting this pack. I wish they had made a dark blue costumed one first to go along with the previously released Fantastic Four members. Anyway, both look great. Especially like the head sculpt. 

I like what they did with her hair, rather than using Black Widow's or something.

Both the Things are nice, but I can't seem to get either version to stand properly. F4 is barefooted while FF is wearing pants and shoes. I like the F4 Thing's shade of orange. I might mix him in with the standard costume Fantastic Four. The FF Thing is lacking his singlet. Can't just paint it on him. Going the animated style and just painting the logo on may be an option.

Some of the various Marvel Universe Thing figures. I always liked the trunks version. 

H.E.R.B.I.E. is included in the three-packs. There is no difference between the two from the packs. The legs are warped from the package and may have difficulty standing. He's got one point of articulation at the neck. He can rotate his head fully and look up and down.  

Both teams look good.

 

We still don't have a complete in costume Fantastic Four. Well, the FF is but its not the same without the Human Torch. 

 

This pack is a must get to complete the Fantastic Four. The costumes may not match but at least we now have all the orginal members. The easiest combination would be to use a flame on Human Torch with the F4. For local collectors, the Future Foundation pack is available in speciallity shops.

 

 

Disney Store Exclusive Marvel Select Classic Thor

Here's something I don't get very often, a Marvel Select figure. And it's a Disney Store exclusive too. 

I wanted a bigger Thor to replace my Marvel Legends one. I thought this figure looked impressive and so I got it. It's a pretty good figure, I just have a few gripes. His face is only okay to me, it looks flat and he's got a bit of a constipated look. His body looks disproportianate. The torso is too long, giving him a stumpy appearance. The thing I like most about this figure is his cape. Its big and flowy. It goes up then curves downwards and has a wider gap between cape and shoulders than most other Thor figures. The ML3 Thor had something like this but here it looks so much better.

Articulation. His head can be rotated and can be moved up and down slightly. His hair along with his cape hinders it though. His arms can be raised up till they reach the cape. He can also stretch his arms outwards. Elbows have swivel and hinge action. Wrists swivel. The waist can be rotated. His legs can be moved sidewards to a certain point. And rotated forwards but he will just look awkward. He's not able to do a running pose. It really needs a thigh swivel. Knees are double jointed. Ankles have hinge and swivel action.

The Mjolnir that comes with him is a little small. Its the one on the right in the following pic.

He comes with a rock base. It has some blue streaks in it. The effects of lightning perphaps.  

He stands almost a head taller than the Walmart Marvel Legends Thor. And he's about the same height as the SDCC Thor.

  

He's almost eye to eye with the 8" rotocast Destroyer. 

Thor is just a little too tall to fit in with the Marvel Legends figures. but its acceptable to me and he will join the group on the display shelf.

I will most likely stick with this Thor until a better one comes along. The next figure I hope to get a better one of is a Jim Lee Cyclops.