REVIEW: Hasbro's Marvel Legends, Series 2: QUICKSILVER

For anyone who’s counting, this is Hasbro’s second series of Marvel Legends and for long time collectors, the 18th set of Marvel superheroes. Hard to believe that it’s been that many but here it is.

There have been nine previous build-a-figures so far, which makes BLOB, the build-a-figure for this series the tenth. There are eight figures needed to build the X-enemy BLOB.

-She-Hulk

-Thor

-Ultimate Wolverine

-X3 Jean Grey

-Yellow Jacket

-Xorn

-Quicksilver

-X3 Juggernaut

Six regular heroes and two from the films add to the variety making it harder to be picky if you want to build Blob.

Quicksilver is the son of Magneto and the twin brother of the Scarlet Witch.

Packaging: Hasbro has certainly made the transition into their hands known to the buying public. Gone are the clamshells and comic books, welcome back to the card and bubble. Fortunately for us, the cardstock used is THICK and with individually designed artwork for each character and bios, it’s a change that I’m most certainly okay with.

It is too bad that the comic books are no longer around, as I enjoyed browsing through those the most as if they were some sort of trip down memory lane. Hasbro at least has put some comic book art as part of the packaging as a good not do its origin. I’m still waiting for DC Superheroes to do something similar with their packaging.

Sculpt: At long last, Quicksilver is made in toy form. The sculpt is generally pretty good. The arms do appear somewhat long but that could be due to his hands being fully extended. Or not.

Paint: Quicksilver has the bare minimum amount of paint needed. You have the blues and you have the whites. That’s about it. That’s pretty much the costume.

The disappointment lies in the head. Everything applied is clean enough, but there’s certainly something lacking. First of all, the skin tone is way too pale. Second, the hair is just a glob of white. There’s no detail, no wash… just a very shiny white. Something extra needs to be done here.

Articulation: Quicksilver tops this series with 40 points of articulation. Toes and hands are really what pushed him over to what used to be the standard. Unfortunately, the leg joints only go so far, making the run pose a tad difficult.

Accessories: Zilch.

No comic, no base… just Blob’s left arm.

Value: These figures will run you $10-12, about $3-5 more than the Toy Biz versions were sold for. So far I’m really missing Toy Biz.

Overall: Quicksilver is one of the better figures of the series with a decent sculpt, the most amount of articulation (as of late), but is in serious need of some extra paint details. Perhaps a tan too.

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Review and Images Courtesy of David Yeh