One of many comics I had and reread 1,000,000 instances as a bit of child was Marvel Crew Up #37 the place Spidey groups with Frankenstein’s Monster to combat Man-Wolf. In many of the tales I learn, Man-Wolf had that form of yellow romper, so that will have been my most well-liked model, however the Stargod model is fairly cool wanting in a ’70s comedian guide character manner. Let’s check out the Marvel Legends Man-Wolf!
The packaging is a bit of new since that is a part of the Magic: The Gathering collaboration. It has an enormous window up entrance the place you may see the cardboard and the determine and an precise cross-sell on the again for extra of the wave. The artwork on the facet of the field is from the cardboard and is kind of good.
He comes with the cardboard, a quiver, some arrows, two further arms, a sword, and a bow. The cardboard means lower than nothing to me, however the artwork is sweet and the foil impact seems fairly cool. I’m fairly unaware of the sport, so I don’t see why including this card to a primary Legends determine justifies the worth bump from a $25 determine to a $40 determine as packs of Magic playing cards run you 5 or 6 bucks. However once more, I don’t perceive the economics of those card video games in any respect.
The sword and bow appear like re-use from Taskmaster and Hawkeye respectively. They work for the look of the weapons in his first look as Stargod in Marvel Premiere regardless that there was a wolf head on the pommel within the comedian that’s not right here. The sword matches in a loop on the belt. I might have most well-liked a full sheathe, however that is fairly good. I just like the silver paint on the sword and the gold plastic is fairly successfully shiny.
The arrow pack fills the quiver properly and you may as well put the free arrow in there. I’m not a fan of the bows with a plastic string, they only don’t look convincing to me in any respect pulled again, although this determine doesn’t actually have a hand that may nock an arrow anyway so it’s obtained restricted utility as an adjunct. I do want they might both depart the bow and not using a string or do two bows with plastic string, one nocked and one impartial. The alternate arms are good choices for a wolf-man with punching and claw choices. As soon as accent I do miss is the thigh knife that Stargod had within the authentic Marvel Premier books.
Sculpting is fairly nice on this man. I’m not seeing quite a lot of components re-use and there’s a pleasant refined furry texture to the limbs and the scale-mail seems very detailed. I just like the proportions quite a bit, although it seems a bit long-limbed when standing straight.
The unique Man-Wolf determine from Legends had a little bit of a bizarre head which I attributed partially to the jaw opening perform, so I used to be a bit of involved in regards to the opening jaw right here. I feel it really works fairly properly and appears good with the jaws clenched or extensive open.
The wolf portrait has quite a lot of character and I additionally like that the little gold cap sleeves are separate items that don’t impede motion. The articulation is just about Marvel Legends commonplace, however the neck has particularly good motion on the ball joints. I feel this as a result of they lower out a little bit of a notch in the back of the ball joint the place it connects to the physique permitting the determine to search for properly. There’s additionally a very lengthy barbell which is roofed by a furry sleeve which permits quite a lot of motion.
The paint is first rate and I really just like the gold plastic right here once I don’t normally. There’s additionally a slight metallic to the chest armor which is sweet, although the brilliant white of the fur may in all probability use a wash to convey out that element a bit.
Total, this can be a very good determine of an obscure ’70s Marvel character who was an excellent bizarre mixture of sci-fi and fantasy in a really proto-Masters of the Universe manner. Jameson was in all probability most frequently depicted in that yellow onesie, however the fantasy impressed Stargod model is the cooler look for my part. This type of factor is true up my alley, however not terribly widespread with the mainstream, so I’m wondering if this one may need been higher to gamble on clearance costs later. As it’s, it’s an ideal and enjoyable determine to mess with, however I overpaid for it.
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