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#3752: Colossus

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COLOSSUS

MARVEL LEGENDS (HASBRO)

Though quite successful at the box office and rather ripe for merchandising, the first two Deadpool movies weren’t granted any direct merchandising at the time of their release.  The second film did get a handful of figures a year after the fact, as part of Hasbro’s celebration of the 20th anniversary of the first X-Men movie, so that was at least something.  However, Colossus, notable player in both films, was absent from these delayed tie-ins, which was certainly a bummer.  The third film, Deadpool & Wolverine has been granted a more direct tie-in, as well as a few “legacy” figures, which means we finally get a Colossus!  Yay!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Colossus is a single deluxe-sized Marvel Legends release.  He was designed to coincide with the release of the main Deadpool & Wolverine tie-ins, but he wound up hitting just a bit before them, which winds up actually making him a pretty nice bridge between the Legacy re-releases and the new figures.  The figure stands 7 3/4 inches tall and he has 32 points of articulation.  As far as Colossus figures go, this one’s actually got pretty decent articulation, with no real issues of restriction, a nice change of pace from the last few Hasbro’s done.  I did have an issue with his knees being a bit stuck out of the package, but they freed up without too much trouble.  This guy gets a brand-new sculpt courtesy of Dennis Chan, based on Colossus’s largely unchanging look from the three films.  It’s overall a very nice offering, with only one real complaint from me, which is that the arms are a tad too long.  Beyond that, though, it’s a solid recreation of his look from the movies.  In particular, I really like the head sculpt, which just feels appropriately Colossus-y to me (and, bonus points, it’s the same shade of silver and the same neck peg size as the 80th set version, so you can swap it to the classic body if you’re so inclined).  Colossus’s colir work is reasonable.  The silver is the same used on the 80th figure, and the rest of the application is generally pretty clean.  He’s packed with an alternate head, two sets of hands, and his pocket-sized X-Men rule book.  The alternate head has his teeth gritted and some slight damage, indicating it’s from his fight with Juggernaut.  The rule book has two of the rules actually written out so you can read them, which is a very fun little touch.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I was kinda “eh” on the first Deadpool (I know, sacrilege), but I absolutely loved how they handled Colossus, and enjoyed his expanded role in the second film immensely.  Him being left out of the first round of coverage really bugged me, so I was really hoping the third one might bring this guy around.  The Toy Biz Colossus remains one of my favorites from their Legends run (he’s maintained a spot over my desk in my office for several years now), and I was always a bit let down by how middle of the road the 80th figure was.  This one may be movie-based, but he’s the best Legends Colossus we’ve gotten from Hasbro, and I do love the extra cross-compatibility.  Even on his own, though, he’s just a fantastic figure.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3751: Superman – Our Worlds at War

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SUPERMAN — OUR WORLDS AT WAR

DC MULTIVERSE (McFARLANE TOYS)

Man, the McFarlane DC toy reviews are becoming an almost monthly occurrence here on the site.  Am I okay?  I honestly don’t know, guys.  Look, I like DC, and my collecting options are limited there, and Todd’s made enough figures that even with a low percentage of hits, there’s still a fair amount of okay stuff.  That being said, one figure that seems to evade Todd is a solid, basic Superman.  There jus always seems to be something off.  At best, there are some very dialed-in and specific looks, which is kind of what we’re dealing with today.  Yes, today’s entry comes of the early ’00s crossover “Our Worlds At War,” a storyline that was a big deal at the time of its release, but has generally had minimal impact moving forward.  I mean, I guess in introduced Imperiex?  You know, that guy that everybody loves?  He was in the second season of the Legion of Super Heroes cartoon?  Another thing that people consistently talk about?  Right?  Well, if nothing else, they made a tweak to Superman’s logo for a bit, and the toy companies do like reminding us of that.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Superman is part of the second assortment of “Digital” figures from McFarlane’s DC Multiverse line, released under the DC Direct banner, alongside Atom and “Longbow Hunters” Green Arrow.  As noted in the intro, he’s patterned on “Our Worlds At War,” or more specifically Superman’s altered look from the year following the event’s conclusion.  The figure stands 7 1/4 inches tall and he has 35 points of articulation.  As with a lot of the McFarlane figures, the articulation count may be high, but actual range is rather restricted.  The elbows don’t get a full 90 degrees, and the neck and mid-torso are also very stiff, so he’s mostly gonna be doing standing around poses.  Superman is largely making use of the DKR Superman mold, which is one that they keep returning to for some reason.  It’s based on Miller’s very bulked-up Superman, so it’s a very specific sort of mold, that’s not as all-purpose as they seem to think it is.  All that said, the two primary artists for Superman’s post-OWAW look, Ed McGuinness and Mike Wieringo, both depicted him as rather bulked up, so it’s not terribly far off.  Chalk it up to all that extra energy he picked up when he flew through the sun.  He gets a new head sculpt, which appears to be sort of an averaging of McGuinness and Wieringo’s styles.  They’re not completely incompatible, so it’s alright.  It’s definitely got McGuinness hair (or at least the front of it) and a Wieringo chin, that’s for sure.  He also gets a modified insignia piece, making it a little more classic and all-purpose than the more Miller-inspired piece from the original mold.   In terms of color work, he’s got a lot of molded colors, but what paint’s there isn’t bad.  The logo gets the black background, so it’s proper to the source material, and they’ve also given him a more artistic take on the shorts, being black with a red highlight rather than just red.  It honestly looks pretty decent.  Superman is packed with two sets of hands, a display stand, and an eagle.  The eagle is a re-use of the one included with Beast Boy, and notably has no way of interacting with the included figure, so you just sort of have to set him somewhere and hope he doesn’t fall over, which is kinda weird.  The figure also includes the weird NFT thing, but I ain’t messin’ with that.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I’ve been rather displeased with the McFarlane Superman figures up to this point, and have been looking for a good one.  This one didn’t look *awful* and was even better than I’d expected when I finally saw him in person.  Unfortunately, I hesitated on snagging him, and he sold, so I missed him.  At least, until I found him at Cosmic Comix while picking up my comics a month or so back.  My daughter Aubrey, still in the midst of her obsession with “Man” helped me open him, and she had a wonderful time flying him back and forth, which has certainly helped to cement him as one of my favorite Superman figures, even if he may not be strictly “standard.”

#3750: Spider-Man 2099

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SPIDER-MAN 2099

MARVEL LEGENDS (HASBRO)

You know what time it is?  It’s Marvel Legends time!  We can’t forget about Legends time!  Do you have the Legends time?  …because, it’s, uhh, it’s Legends time.  Look, what I’m getting at here is that I’m doing another Marvel Legends review.  And I had this bit in my notes for the review, and said in those notes I should come up with something better, but I opted to not do that because I was feeling a bit lazy.  So, there you have it.  I’m keeping up with the Spider-Verse theme today, taking a look another of the main characters from Across the Spider-Verse, Miguel O’Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099.  2099 made his first appearance at the end of Into, setting up Across in the process, and he’s also one of three Marvel characters portrayed by Oscar Isaac.  And now he’s got another figure.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Spider-Man 2099 is the fifth and final figure I’m looking at from the second series of Across the Spider-Verse tie-in Marvel Legends figures.  He follows in the footsteps of Punk and Gwen, being a figure that’s effectively a re-hash of the one from the prior assortment.  Given 2099’s role in the film, and also how well the standard version sold, another one’s far from a bad choice.  The figure stands 6 3/4 inches tall and he has 30 points of articulation.  The majority of this guy’s parts are re-used from the first version.  That means his articulation remains the most restricted of the bunch, but beyond that, it’s not a bad looking sculpt.  It’s a good recreation of the film design, with strong proportions and pretty sharp detailing.  The back has been retooled so as to remove the cape and where it was mounted, since he spends a lot of time without it in the movie.  He also get the cross-dimensional goober like Punk, Gwen, and Pavitr, though this one is obviously larger to fit his larger stature.  His color work is slightly tweaked as well, with the blue being darker this time, making the contrast on the costume a little punchier.  Otherwise, the paint masks look to be the same, and he still looks fine.  2099 gets the same sets of hands as the last release, as well as a new unmasked head sculpt, which is a good match for the source material, and gets some solid paint work.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

The first 2099 was fine, but he never elevated beyond that.  I had high hopes and he was just a touch below them.  So, a new one wasn’t a terrible venture, and I like that they took the time to add more to this one.  If you already have the first one, it’s hard to say if the new parts truly justify buying a whole new figure, but I prefer this one overall, and think he’s just a generally superior product.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3749: Silver Samurai

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SILVER SAMURAI

X-MEN (TOY BIZ)

“The Silver Samurai has but one goal in life: to become the leader of the Japanese underworld! Trained in the martial arts and wielding a massive katana through which he can channel mutant energy, this honorless samurai has often come close to achieving his desire–if not for the interference of Wolverine and the X-Men!”

Hey, how about some more Toy Biz Marvel?  Would you like that?  Would it be good for you?  Well, it would be good for me, and it’s my site, so I’m doing it.  It’s more X-related stuff today, though it’s worth noting that the focus, Silver Samurai, wasn’t an X-Men character at the start, but rather a Daredevil villain.  These days, he’s not even really a villain, I suppose.  In the ’90s, when he got his first figure, he was a bit more straight forward, and was a recurring thorn in Wolverine’s side.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Silver Samurai was released in Series 6 of Toy Biz’s X-Men line in 1994.  Going by my records, he’s the last of that particular line-up I’ve gotten to reviewing.  The whole assortment was pretty odd-ball, being really light on notable characters, ultimately resulting in it being a rather poorly performing set, and Samurai was one of he worst sellers in the line.  He was, for unknown reasons, also re-packed in a two-pack with Robot Wolverine/Albert from the same assortment.  Because we needed more of him.  The figure stands about 5 1/4 inches tall and he has 6 points of articulation.  He’s exceptionally restricted on the articulation front, curiously having knee joints but not hips, making the knee joints effectively useless.  He doesn’t get elbows or wrists either, just neck, shoulders, waist, and knees.  The sculpt is rather stiff on top of that, so it doesn’t really help.  His helmet is removable, and also permanently attached to his shoulder pads for some reason.  Don’t know why either of those things is the case, but the piece doesn’t really stay in place very well, and also the underlying head is rather oddly shaped.  If there’s one redeeming feature to this guy, it’s the chrome finish on most of him; it gives a literal shine to an otherwise lackluster sculpt, and at least helps him stand out a but.  Silver Samurai is packed with his sword, which is partially chromed as well.  It’s rather prone to breaking, and also not really the proper shape for a katana, but there it is.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

It took me an exceptionally long time to get this one, all things considered.  I’ve seen a great many loose ones, always missing the helmet, and I didn’t want to bother with an incomplete one.  I finally snagged a sealed one while on vacation this past summer, which I took as something of a win.  Is he a good figure?  No.  Not in the slightest.  But, I do like the chrome.  So, you know, he’s a bit like Google that way.  Not great, but I do like the chrome.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3748: Obi-Wan Kenobi

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OBI-WAN KENOBI

STAR WARS: EPISODE I (HASBRO)

Welcome to draft 2 of today’s review, brought to you by me accidentally deleting all the text I’d written before saving!  Always remember to save incrementally, kids!  Otherwise, you’re gonna wind up writing the same damned review twice.  Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay……

When I wrote this before, I had this whole piece discussing the Prequels and their merits, and the sliding nature of how we’ve all viewed them, as well as how online opinions and peer pressure can seriously influence how you take in media.  Well, I don’t wanna write all that again, so you’ll just have to take my word for it that it was indeed very good and very smart, and I made a lot of excellent and compelling points.  The long and short of it is that maybe we were all a little harsh towards The Phantom Menace.  I haven’t talked Phantom Menace a ton here, especially not its direct tie-in line, largely because I don’t still have much of it.  I do have a lot of the Obi-Wans, though, so here’s one of them!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Obi-Wan Kenobi was one of the three deluxe releases in Hasbro’s Star Wars: Episode I tie-in line, alongside Qui-Gon and Maul.  They were all released with the other launch product, but, at least from my observation, Obi-Wan seemed to be a little rarer than the other two.  Maybe he was just more popular, though.  At his core, he’s not a terribly different figure from the one in the main line.  He stands about 3 3/4 inches tall and he has 7 points of articulation.  He lacks the wrist swivels and one of the elbow swivels compared to the standard, and his shoulders are rather limited by the nature of the action feature.  The sculpt itself isn’t all that different to the standard.  He’s a little more pre-posed, and the hair braid is swept back, rather than sitting over the shoulder, but the end result is about the same.  There’s a button on the lower back that activates the action feature, but it’s pretty low profile.  The paint work is again pretty similar, with the most notable change-up being the slightly lighter hair color, which winds up being a little more accurate.  Obi-Wan is packed with his standard saber, which is pretty straight forward.  He’s also got a larger “control” saber, which hooks around his waist and activates the swinging feature, but also has its own telescopic blade for…reasons?  I don’t know.  It’s there.  Unless, of course, you’re talking specifically about my figure, in which case it’s not because silly child Ethan went and lost it like some sort of silly child who wanted to pretend he was Obi-Wan or something silly like that.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

The deluxe version of Qui-Gon was actually the first figure I got of the character, and I liked him more than the standard release.  My seven-year-old brain assumed the same would be true of the matching Obi-Wan, so I desperately begged my parents to get me one.  Well, okay, I don’t know how desperate it really was.  I probably just waited until I saw one in store and asked for it.  Wait, did my parents buy it for me?  I’m suddenly having flashes of my Grandmother buying it for me?  Maybe I desperately begged her for it.  She was the sort that would have actually specifically taken me out to get him (not that my parents wouldn’t; they just had busier schedules), so this tracks.  Huh.  Well, he’s not ultimately that special or unique or different, but he’s hardly bad, and in ’99 he continued my commitment to having all of the Obi-Wans from the movie.

#3747: Spider-Gwen

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SPIDER-GWEN

MARVEL LEGENDS (HASBRO)

Hey, it’s another Marvel Legends review. Alright, cool. Umm, well, if you were expecting something quippy, I’m not your guy on this one. I go more meta, but not in a social media way. So there. Today’s topic is Spider-Verse again, specifically Gwen. Spider-Gwen, Spider-Gwen, does whatever a spider cwen! Yeah, that’s the ticket right there. Onto the review!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Spider-Gwen is the fourth figure in the second Across The Spider-Verse tie-in series of Marvel Legends. Thus far, Gwen’s been represented in every Spider-Verse tie-in assortment, and she’s definitely the re-hashiest of the bunch this time around. Not that it’s ultimately a bad thing. Like the last time, the figure stands just under 6 inches tall and has 29 points of articulation. Generally, this is the same mold as before, but it’s not *identical*, and it’s actually more different than I’d expected. The one properly new piece is the wrist band goober thing, which most of them get this time around. It just slides on over the wrist, so you can also give it to the standard Gwen, if you’re so inclined. She also has changes to both of the included heads, granting them slightly different expressions. The mask has wider eyes, and the unmasked head has a more serious expression. I liked the prior heads just fine, but I honestly feel like these two are both just a bit stronger.  The color work on Gwen marks another slight change-up.  Like Spider-Punk, Gwen gets a re-deco based on her shifting color scheme from her home universe.  This one’s more purplish.  It’s not a drastic change, but it’s a neat one.  Gwen gets the same extra hands as her regular release, as well as a small figurine of LYLA, Miguel O’Hara’s holographic companion.  It’s not really so much an accessory for Gwen herself, mind you, instead just being an extra piece for 2099, but it’s still nifty.  It’s nicely sculpted, and a good match for the animation model.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I was happy with my Into Gwen figure, and wasn’t initially sure about the standard version.  But, I got that one, and I really liked her, and I felt like that was probably good enough.  I wasn’t really expecting another one, and this one initially seemed like one I could skip.  Then, of course, I saw she came with LYLA, and I didn’t want to miss out on a new character.  Honestly, I like the end result more than I’d expected to.  The colors are run, and I prefer the slightly changed new heads.  All-in-all, she’s a slightly oddball choice, but a fun figure.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3746: Cobra B.A.T.

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COBRA B.A.T. — COMIC VERSION

G.I. JOE: REACTION+

Last week, I took a look at the first of Super 7’s latest venture with the G.I. Joe license, ReAction+, a new line of vintage-style O-Ring construction figures. I kicked things off with Snake Eyes, who’s a good mark for the Joes. For my second entry, I’m switching to the opposing team with the B.A.T., a robot dude that’s there for robot dude stuff. So, let’s look at that robot dude and said robot dude stuff.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

The Cobra B.A.T. is, much like Snake Eyes, part of the four figure line-up that launched Super 7’s G.I. Joe: ReAction+. All of the figures thus far are comics based, which actually means a little bit more for the B.A.T. The figure stands 3 3/4 inches tall and has 16 points of articulation. He gets the same basic articulation set-up as others of this style, plus additional swivels at the forearms. The hips are notably less restricted here than on Snake Eyes, which is a definite plus.  The B.A.T.’s sculpt is a respectable one, and honestly a bit better than the work we saw on Snake Eyes.  It’s certainly more involved, with the more detailed outfit, and all of the intricacies of the robotic arms.  His torso plate is actually sculpted, rather than a lenticular piece like the original, and the comic styled, generally boxier head is really sharply sculpted, and also rather unique.  I also quite dig that both arms get the swappable forearms, as opposed to just the right on the vintage.  It’s an extra layer of versatility that kicks him up a notch.  His colors again lean into the comic styling, going for blue in place of the usual black sections.  It’s a nice shade, and makes him once more a little different from prior B.A.T.s.  Actual paint application is all quite clean and crisp, with minimal bleed over, and no slop to speak of.  The B.A.T. is packed with the usual three arm attachments (gripper, laser, and torch), a backpack to store them in, and a rifle.  That’s one more accessory than his vintage counterpart got, which gives him a leg up on Snake Eyes, who was down by one.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I knew going into this line that I wanted Snake Eyes, but wasn’t sold beyond that.  This guy looked pretty cool, but it wasn’t until I saw him in person that I realized how cool.  He really did wow me in-hand, and that was enough to give him a try.  I’m glad I did, because he’s honestly a better figure than the Snake Eyes was, and feels like an all-around more solid product from Super 7.  Still not certain about the direction of this line, but if they can do more figures like this, maybe it might have some legs.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3745: Spider-Punk

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SPIDER-PUNK

MARVEL LEGENDS (HASBRO)

Okay, let’s keep this semi-regular Marvel Legends reviews thing going a bit longer, shall we?  Last week, I jumped into the newest Spider-Verse related stuff, and I’m gonna keep that running here.  Since it’s been a bit of time between assortments and a lot of the other Spider-Verse product has largely disappeared, the latest set of figures has a lot of re-hash, in order to get the main characters back out there.  Spider-Punk wound up as the breakaway hit of Across the Spider-Verse, which has kept his initial Legends figure tricky to get, which I guess adds to the compelling reasons to do another.  Does it make it worth it?  Let’s find out!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Spider-Punk is part of the second assortment of Across the Spider-Verse tie-in figures from Marvel Legends.  This marks our third Spider-Punk in Legends, and the second one that’s specifically movie-based.  The figure stands about 7 1/4 inches tall and he has 32 points of articulation.  For the most part, the mold’s the same Arlen Pelletier sculpt as the first figure.  It was a very good sculpt the first time around, and it remains a very good sculpt still.  This time around, he gets a brand-new unmasked head.  It was a major omission from the prior figure, especially given how much of the movie he spends unmasked.  It fits well on the body and it’s also a solid recreation of how he looks in the film, so I definitely count it as a strong addition the the sculpt.  He also gets the little trans-dimensional goober wrist band, which was missing from all of the first assortment figures.  In the film, Spider-Punk change’s colors from shot to shot, making him look like an ever-changing assortment of punk-rock fliers and photos.  The first figure had his “standard” colors, while this one goes for an alt look, which is a monochromatic purple.  It’s a rather unique look with some decent pop to it.  The paint’s not bad; technically, there’s less applications than the standard, but what’s there remains pretty strong.   Spider-Punk gets the same alternate hand and guitar as the last release, but now in colors to match the new figure.  He also gets the same unmasked head that’s already on the body, but in standard colors, meant for use with the regular figure.  There is, however, no *masked* head for this figure, so he’s in a similar boat to the original release.  The mold’s already there, so it’s a pretty egregious omission.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

The first movie Spider-Punk figure was hands down my favorite figure in the initial assortment, and he was subsequently my favorite part of the movie when I got to see it.  I definitely missed the unmasked head on the first one, so a revisit certainly isn’t unwelcome.  I like the additional head for the original, but I’ll admit the missing masked head’s a real bummer.  Still, the figure remains a fun one, and I won’t turn down another Spider-Punk.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3744: Commcast

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COMMCAST

X-FORCE (TOY BIZ)

“A technological wizard, Commcast lets his keyboard do his fighting for him! Not only can he access virtually any information in the world within seconds, but this cyberpunk hacker has an arsenal of high-tech weaponry available via his computer! Disdaining physical combat, Commcast uses knowledge as his weapon of trade, usually allowing others to fight his battles for him, while overseeing the action from a safe distance. Still when the action gets too close for comfort, Commcast and his hover disc have taken down many an overconfident foe!”

It’s December, a month for looking back fondly with nostalgia, and what better thing for me to be nostalgic about that Toy Biz Marvel?  Wait, Comcast.  Well, I’m certainly not nostalgic about Comcast, and I’m happy I left them behind.  Oh, wait, it’s ComMcast, with two “m”s.  That’s not the communication company, it’s the X-Force character!  Admittedly, they’re about equally effective, I suppose, since Commcast never really did amount to much as a character.  He’s just one of the many, many, many ’90s X-characters introduced because they were so popular, who then fell into the background.  But, it was the ’90s, so he got an action figure.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Commcast was released in Series 4 of the X-Force spin-off to Toy Biz’s X-Men line.  He hit in 1994, which is a surprisingly quick turnaround from the character’s original 1993 appearance.  You’d think a character like this would be the most obscure part of the assortment, but Slayback, Killspree, and X-Treme all give him some serious competition for that spot.  The figure stands about 5 1/4 inches tall and he has 9 points of articulation.  His articulation scheme is pretty much the standard for the line, albeit somewhat restricted by the nature if his design.  His sculpt is also pretty standard.  It’s not a bad recreation of his comics design, which is itself surprisingly tame for ’90s standards.  The posing of the arms is a little awkward, and he’s a touch pigeon-toed.  Also, his holster is kind of ridiculously large.  That said, he’s a pretty cleanly defined figure.  Commcast’s paint work is a touch rough.  There’s some notable slop around the boots and gauntlets, and the coverage on the silver sections is a bit inconsistent.  The face isn’t bad, I guess, though.  Commcast is packed with a gun and a “Mutant Hunting Hovercraft.”  Honestly, the hovercraft is the coolest bit with its collapsable set-up.  It even got re-used for the re-release of Cyclops II.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

Honestly, the biggest thing that sticks in my memory about this figure was that he was the origin of the hovercraft part that came with my Cyclops figure.  I don’t really know anything at all about the character, and nothing about him every spoke to me in particular.  At this point, I’m trying to get a complete run of the Toy Biz Marvel stuff, which leads to me buying a lot of figures I wouldn’t necessarily buy on their own.  Commcast fits squarely into that set-up.  I wound up snagging a sealed one during my summer vacation this year.  He’s not a star piece, or anything, but I can genuinely say he’s better than I’d expected.