Hi, Ethan here! Welcome to Matthew’s Corner, where I’m collecting the mad ramblings of my 7 year old Matthew, who also likes to talk about action figures. What can I say, I’m sympathetic to his need to ramble about action figures. So, I’m just gonna let him take it away…
Hello this is Matthew. I haven’t been working on my reviews lately. But I introduce the Flash the fastest man alive. I was wanting to practice writing and I wanted to write and I did not want people to be bored of me. So here is the Flash. I hope you like it.
THE FIGURE ITSELF
Flash is from the DC Multiverse toy line by Mcfarlane. He is based on the live action show. The Color scheme is mostly red and a glimpse of yellow and skin tone for the face. The sculpt is pretty nice. The people who made the figure did good. There are 37 points of articulation. He is about 7 inches tall. The figure has 4 accessories. The stand and 3 accessories that are lightning things. The lightning things clip to him to show him going the speed of light. Also because it matches the lightning symbol on his uniform.
THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION
The story of how I got the figure goes like this. One day I asked my dad if he could buy me a Flash. When he got home he gave me a Flash. I was lucky because that was my first Flash.
Fun FiQ Fact #0029: This is the fourth time an Ahsoka figure has been justified as a separate release due to the addition of a poncho.
Do you ever feel like you’re seeing double? Well, okay, like, double, but with a poncho? Is that a normal thing? No. Ah, well. The point is, hey, here’s this additional Ahsoka figure. She’s real similar to another one I already looked at. Wanna read a review of it? I mean, you’re here, so I assume you probably do. But, you know what they say about assumptions….they make an Ahsoka out of you and mption? No, that’s not right. Ah, well.
THE FIGURE ITSELF
Ahsoka Tano is the first figure in the Ahsoka-tie-in assortment of Star Wars: Retro Collection. I mean, I suppose that tracks. Gotta have the title character. She’s based on her poncho-wearing look, which debuted over in The Mandalorian, and made a return for her own show. The figure is just under 3 3/4 inches tall and she has 5 points of articulation. This figure’s sculpt is the exact same one as the last Retro Collection Ahsoka because she’s just that one with a poncho as noted before. It looks as good here as it did the first time around. The paint work is the same basic layout as the prior release as well. It seems a touch sharper on my copy than the prior figure, but that could just be a case by case thing. Ahsoka is packed with the same two lightsabers as the last figure, as well as the poncho, noted many times previously here in this review of the poncho-wearing Ahsoka. It’s a nice piece, and definitely feels in the style of vintage Kenner figures. It also does change-up the look pretty sufficiently.
THE ME REMAINDER OF THE EQUATION
I was pretty content with the first Ahsoka, so I wasn’t sure I needed this one at first, but I wanted the rest of the set, and it didn’t make much sense to skip just one figure. I wasn’t expecting much, but I actually really like the figure’s general look, and the poncho is a fun extra.
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.
Fun FiQ Fact #0024: Delays in the production of the original Spider-Man movie meant its tie-in line had to be shelved, leading Toy Biz to create Spider-Man Classics to fill the gap, ultimately leading to the creation of Marvel Legends.
Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man was a pretty big deal for superhero movies, and proved perhaps the most influential film since Superman The Movie it terms of how the industry treated comic book movies. Though certainly a product of its time, without Spider-Man, there’s not really an MCU. So, it was certainly appropriate for Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker to show up in No Way Home, officially crossing over into the very universe he indirectly helped create. It was also really cool for me, because, much as I love Tom Holland in the role, Tobey Maguire is *my* Spider-Man. I saw all of his movies in the theater, and I loved them all (yes, even Spider-Man 3). A lot of my attachment to Spider-Man at all comes from those movies. And getting new toys based on the characters from them, especially Tobey as Spidey? Just kind of the best.
THE FIGURE ITSELF
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is part of the retro-card backed No Way Home tie-in assortment of Marvel Legends. Previously, he was available in a Pulse-exclusive three-pack with Tom and Andrew. The two releases are identical core figures, with different accessories, which I’ll touch on in that section. The figure stands just shy of 6 1/4 inches tall and he has 34 points of articulation. His articulation scheme is pretty much the same as the Finale Tom figure, so it’s a slightly more restricted version of the Amazing Fantasy set-up. It’s still a little stiff, but generally not bad. Tobey’s sculpt is an all-new one (shared with the three-pack, of course), courtesy of sculptor Dennis Chan. While he’s billed as specifically No Way Home Tobey, the sculpt goes for a little more middle of the road for all of his movie looks. The masked head isn’t quite a spot-on recreation of his mask from the movies; the shaping of the eyes and the layout of the webs looks right, but the underlying shape of the head is off. It’s not terrible, but it’s not quite right. Admittedly, it was an issue on his figures from during his movie run too, with the super poseable figure from Spider-Man 2 being another prominent offender. The head also seems maybe a bit large relative to the body. The body sculpt’s pretty nice, though, and has a nice set of proportions, far more balanced than prior figures. The paint work on this guy is another area that doesn’t quite hit the mark. It’s not bad, but the colors seem a little too bright and saturated to properly convey Tobey’s suit. It results in the weblines in particular getting a little lost. The application’s still clean, though, so it’s less a technical issue, and more a design choice one. The three-pack version of Tobey got three sets of hands (in fists, open gesture, and thwipping) and a webline. For this release, he gains an unmasked head sculpt (handled by Daniel Salas), but loses the webline, the right open gesture hand, and the left fist. It’s a bummer that we lost one each of the non-thwipping hands, since they were already sculpted and all. The unmasked head is okay; something seems off about it. It’s hard to tell which Tobey it’s supposed to be, and it looks more like Tyler Hochlin than Tobey Maguire to me. Still, it’s not the worst likeness I’ve seen in this line.
THE ME REMAINDER OF THE EQUATION
Tobey’s return was the thing I was most excited about in No Way Home, and I definitely wanted a figure of some sort. I actually managed to get a good deal on the three-pack version *right* before the singles got announced, so I’ve have the figure for a bit and opted to upgrade to the single when he finally hit. This figure’s not perfect. In fact, I’d say he’s the weakest of the three Spideys in this line-up. But, I can’t help but love him, and I’m happy to have gotten him.
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.
“In another place–in another life–Alex Summers led a team of mutants in a battle against oppression. His methods were extreme, his tactics questionable, but–in his soul–he knew that he was fighting for the greater good.
Now that soul has been transferred to another world, and Summers, also known as Havok, has found himself living a lie, allied with a team of mutants who are sinister, parallel versions of his friends and family. It is to this dark, new place that Havok has come, where he stands as a man alone… a mutant alone. Alex Summers is Mutant X.
Fear him. Fear for him.”
25 years ago, Marvel Comics launched Mutant X, a Havok led X-spinoff. I recently came into a complete run of the series, and so now I’m going to re-read the series once a week, and you guys get to come along for the ride!
And we’re back, this week with an issue that I totally didn’t just miss when I was supposed to read…look, guys, the Annuals don’t actually have the cover date printed on them, and they’re not worked into the actual narrative, so it’s easy to miss them and not realize it. So, I’m gonna fix it now, and take a look at a Gambit and Bloodstorm-centric story. Oh goody. My favorites.
THE ISSUE ITSELF
The 2000 annual of Mutant X was “cover dated” April 2000. It has story and art by Howard Mackie, Colleen Doran, Scott Elmer, Andrew Pepoy, Rod Ramos, and John Czop.
Bloodstorm and Gambit break into a facility, as the captions set the timeline as shortly after Ororo left the X-Men. The two banter as they make their way through traps. They open a large door and discover The Fallen behind it. The Fallen reveals to Gambit that Ororo is a vampire, and introduces the pair to War. They do battle, and Gambit and Ororo get away, moving further into the facility. As they move forward, Ororo recalls her transformation into a vampire. They arrive at their goal, a room where two young children are kept in stasis. The Horsemen catch-up, and Gambit is fatally wounded. Ororo turns him into a vampire to save his life, and they escape with the children, ending the first “part.” In the second part, Gambit wrestles with his new vampirism, and runs off, after wishing Ororo had let him die. In the French Quarter, a pair of thieves attacks a young woman, who reveals herself to be a member of the assassins. It was a set up, and the other Assassins attack. The Assassins are taken out by Gambit, who then attacks the woman. Gambit reconvenes with Ororo and the children. Ororo departs, and Gambit meets with the man who hired him: Sinister. Sinister takes the boy, and orders Gambit to dispose of the girl. Gambit refuses, and takes her himself, while Sinister addresses the boy as “X-Man.”
The last annual focused on building out the universe a little further, and built up a handful of new characters. This one is a lot more retread. We get another look at Ororo in her early days of being a vampire, who seems to be pretty much the same as her present counterpart. There’s also some things that don’t seem to line up with her last flashback issue, since this one portrays her as being on good terms with the X-Men when she departed. What she and Gambit are doing is ill-defined, as is their relationship to each other. We get another appearance of the Fallen, who, like Bloodstorm, seems to be in about the same spot as presently. The story’s two-part structure is odd, because part two just picks up moments from where part one ended, making it feel like the whole separation was unnecessary. At the end, we get a clearer explanation of why Gambit is a vampire, and where X-Man and Raven came from…sort of. The coolest part of the whole thing are the “alternate history” covers we get at the end, showing off some events from prior to Havok’s arrival, but they seem jarringly placed at the end of a book that is otherwise very focused on one thing.
THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION
I had a lot of trouble getting through this one. It was equal parts boring and confusing for me. It certainly doesn’t help that Bloodstorm remains a character I just don’t get the hype behind, and that this is the second time in a year she’s gotten a flashback issue. The information provided by this story is minimal, since it’s dealing with stuff that we largely already knew, which makes me feel like it wants to be a character study, but there’s very little actual character growth or interaction. So, it’s ultimately an extra length story about how Gambit got turned into a vampire, and did we really need that?
I snagged this whole run from my usual comics stop, Cosmic Comix, so I want to give them a shout out here, because it was a pretty great find.
Fun FiQ Fact #0023: Tech is my favorite member of the Bad Batch‘s titular team (if you’re curious, the order I’d go with is Tech, Echo, Wrecker, Omega, Crosshair, Hunter. That’s right, Hunter’s my least favorite…he’s bland.)
Bad Batch is a show that I really enjoyed at its start…and then it just sort of fell off for me. I liked the more “impending doom, on the run” vibe of the earlier episodes, but once they settled into the “mission of the week” set-up, it kind of lost momentum for me. It’s second season kind of continues that, with the added bonus of also writing out the two characters I most cared about. But, hey, there’s more Hunter, right? Okay, in actuality, it’s a good excuse to give us updated versions of the team in their modified Mercenary gear. I’m not really down for buying the whole team all over again. But, for Tech, I’ll make an exception. And, hey, so I did.
THE FIGURE ITSELF
Tech – Mercenary Gear is figure 16 in the Bad Batch sub-line of Hasbro’s Star Wars: The Black Series‘s Phase IV incarnation. As with almost all of the Season 2 merch, this figure is a Walmart-exclusive, and hit in the fall of last year. The figure is a little over 6 inches tall and he has 29 points of articulation. Tech is largely built out of the same bank of parts as the first season Tech. Most of the figures in the set follow suit, since the Mercenary Gear looks are largely just minor re-skins of their earlier looks. Tech’s sculpt is one of the best the Batch had to offer, so I’m hardly hurt by the re-use. The one main change-up is actually a fix to the one notable issue I had with the first release: he’s got his goggles! In the show, whenever Tech takes off his helmet, he’s got goggles on underneath, but the first figure lacked them, which threw off his overall look. This figure has a modified head sculpt, which now has the goggles permanently affixed. The helmet, likewise, has been modified to leave a space for the goggles to slot in when he’s wearing it. It definitely takes a lot of doing to get the helmet on and off, but the end result looks better in both set-ups then the prior release. The other change-up to this guy is his paint work, which goes for a slightly more colorful look. It’s not bad; not drastically different, or anything, but it’s a little more vibrant. Like his prior release, this Tech includes a small blaster, three different tools, and a back pack.
THE ME REMAINDER OF THE EQUATION
I didn’t mind the choice to go exclusive on the Mercenary Gear Batch, since I didn’t really want them….and then I saw that they fixed the goggle issue on Tech, and suddenly I needed one. Thankfully, Max was there with the assist on this guy, and managed to snag me one after a bit of searching. He’s fun. I loved the first figure, and I love this one. Not sure what to do with two Techs, but there are worse problems to have.
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.
Fun FiQ Fact #0022: Tom Holland’s Spider-Man is one of the few core MCU characters to have all of their costumes covered in Legends form, starting with his homemade suit and ending with his…other homemade suit.
The MCU Spidey suits have certainly had their ups and downs. The original Civil War design is a pretty nifty MCU-ification of his classic costume. Iron Spider grew on me, but wasn’t a basic look. I was actually a pretty big fan of the advanced suit from Far From Home, because I’m a sucker for the red and black set-up. I wasn’t so much up on its upgrade to the Integrated suit for No Way Home, but there have certainly been worse designs. It just was unfortunate that Holland wasn’t wearing one of his best looks when he teamed up with Garfield and McGuire, who were in their best looks. Thankfully, he moved onto his best look yet (which is admittedly just a pretty straight recreation of his classic comics look) for the film’s final swing. It’s been late to the merchandising game, but so has everything else good from the movie.
THE FIGURE ITSELF
Spider-Man, who is just called “Spider-Man” on the box, is part of the second No Way Home-themed tie-in assortment of Marvel Legends, which hit right at the tail end of last year/beginning of this year. As noted in the intro, this figure is based on Holland’s “Finale” suit from the movie. The figure stands just over 6 inches tall and he has 34 points of articulation. This guy is sporting an all-new sculpt, courtesy of sculptor Rene Aldrete. It’s got an articulation scheme that’s got pinless construction and follows a set-up similar to what we saw on the Amazing Fantasy sculpt. The range of motion’s not *quite* as good on this guy as it was there, but he’s still quite mobile. I just wish he had a slightly deeper motion for the ankles. The sculpt’s a pretty solid offering, with the appropriate svelte build for Holland in the suit. The details of the suit are slightly raised, which makes for a nice detailing pop. In terms of coloring, this figure is pretty bright and colorful, and certainly the brightest of the Holland Spideys, but if you want to get technical, he should be a little bit brighter. I mean, just a smidge. It’s not enough to ruin it, and the application is sharply handled. Spider-Man is well-accessorized, with a full selection of hands, in fists, open gesture, and thwipping. He’s also got an unmasked Holland Peter hand (a surprisingly rare occurrence for Holland Spideys), which is a re-use of the more serious expression head from the Peter and Ned two-pack.
THE ME REMAINDER OF THE EQUATION
I was looking forward to this release (because I’ve honestly dug all of the Holland Spidey Legends up to this point), but in-hand, after a lot of hype, I was a little let-down. At least at first. But, as I got the chance to mess with him for the purposes of the review, I came back around on him. He’s not a perfect figure, and sure, he pales in comparison to Amazing Fantasy Spidey, but most Spideys do. As an MCU Spidey, though, he’s pretty darn great.
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.
(Not So) Fun FiQ Fact #0021: I’m coming into this MotU review with an unfortunately re-ignited frustration towards the Classics era of the line…or at least some of it’s management. Thankfully, I’m not focusing on that era! Yay!
My introduction to Masters of the Universe was the 2002 re-launch of the brand, specifically the pilot movie to the cartoon, which aired during Cartoon Network’s Cartoon Theatre. I really loved it, and got a basic He-Man from the tie-in line almost immediately. The line was notoriously hard to find, though, so follow-ups to He-Man were on the trickier side. But, even during the original run, I did manage to snag He-Man’s alter ego Prince Adam, who in this incarnation was actually convincingly a different guy.
THE FIGURE ITSELF
Prince Adam was released in the third main assortment of the rebooted Masters of the Universe line from 2002. The figure stands a little under 6 inches tall and he has 12 points of articulation. He was notably smaller than the rest of the Heroic Warriors, accurately depicting the smaller stature Adam had in the cartoon. His articulation matched the rest of the line; it’s hardly super-posable, but it was an improvement on the vintage line, which was cool at the time. Adam’s sculpt was, like the rest of the line, handled by Four Horsemen Studios. Honestly, it’s one of my favorites from the line, just because it was different from everything else. It takes the core elements of the vintage Adam design, and translates them into something more in-line with the updated aesthetics of the line. There’s plenty of detail work, and it’s a pretty nice example of subtlety from the line. Adam’s paint work is decently handled. It’s largely on the basic side, but the application is clean. He could definitely benefit from some additional accenting, but that was really true of this whole line. Adam was packed with the “powered-down” version of the Power Sword, as well as a scepter thing, which originally included a missile launcher-style case, but I’ve lost that.
THE ME REMAINDER OF THE EQUATION
My dad had driven me around to a few stores when I was looking for a basic He-Man, and from that point on, he kept a pretty close eye on the line’s other releases. This one in particular he kept an eye out for, because it had all the markings of a particularly tricky to get release, and he wound up finding me one in a much shorter fashion than I think either of us expected. He’s basic, and kind of just a statue, but still definitely my favorite version of Adam.
Fun FiQ Fact #0020: Toy Biz’s original Mr Sinister mold had three different color variations, as they desperately attempted to keep up with the character’s comic design changes.
Remember when I was talking about how I screwed up on my ID-ing of the Mr Sinister figures from Toy Biz? It was a week ago, so it shouldn’t be too distant in your memories. Well, there’s the three color variants, and I’ve looked at the original, and the late run repaint, but there’s one more, right in the middle, and I haven’t looked at him. I don’t like the dangling anticipation, so check it out! The last one! Now with beard!
THE FIGURE ITSELF
Mr Sinister was released in the 1993 repaint series of Toy Biz’s X-Men line. Last week’s Sinister was the way the repaint was shown off on the card back, but was actually released later, while this figure wasn’t pictured at all, yet was still the figure that shipped with the rest of the repaint series. Like the other two Sinister figures, this one is 5 inches tall and he has 8 points of articulation. It’s exactly the same sculpt as before. He’s still stiff, but he still works for the character. The color differences between this guy and the very first release are exceedingly minimal. In fact, the two are identical apart from the outlined lips and the presence of the beard. That’s it. That’s the whole change-up. Not even a minor palette swap. I mean, I guess it could be worse? It was enough to get me to buy it, so somebody won. I don’t know who. I mean, Toy Biz went out of business years ago, and I bought all of my Sinisters second hand, so not them. Was it me? Did I win?
THE ME REMAINDER OF THE EQUATION
It’s crazy that I didn’t have this guy on hand to do both repaints in one review last week, right? Like, what are the odds that I’d find this repaint right after reviewing the other one? Well, pretty low, because this one has been sitting in the backroom at All Time Toys since I got the other one. They came in at the same time, and I got so distracted by the more obvious repaint, that I missed that I didn’t have this one. Look, I try, you guys, but the Sinisters just confuse me. They’re my Toy Biz blindspot! Well, now I have all three, so no one can stop me now!
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.
Fun FiQ Fact #0019: In the comics, Drax the Destroyer is not an alien, but rather the soul of a human man, Arthur Douglas, bound to an artificial body. His daughter Heather Douglas has her own identity, Moondragon!
My direct exposure to Marvel’s cosmic side as a kid was kind of fleeting. I knew a little from the Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer cartoons, which was certainly cool and interest piquing, but I had to rely more on my Dad’s knowledge for the rest of things. As such, I have the appreciation that he gave me for certain characters, which results in me liking characters that I’ve only really ever known second hand, just because he did. That initially applied to Drax (though I knew him a *little* from the Surfer cartoon), but I’ve obviously gotten to know him better since the Guardians movies came out. It still kind of applies to Moondragon. Still dig them both, though. Certainly enough to buy this Marvel Legends set.
THE FIGURES THEMSELVES
Drax and Moondragon were initially a Hasbro Pulse-exclusive Marvel Legends two-pack, but they were rather quickly upgraded to a wider Fan Channel release. They’re part of a wider cosmic Marvel theme for exclusives from last year, which also featured the previously reviewed Ronan the Accuser, plus Star-Lord, and Yondu.
DRAX
In his initial appearances, Drax was more a tool than a character, designed to be the thing that took down Thanos. As he progressed, he changed, in characterization and in look. Early on, Drax wasn’t particularly large, but he grew in size over time, ultimately landing on the hulking behemoth look he’s got here. The figure stands about 8 inches tall and he has 32 points of articulation. Drax is built on the Caliban body, which is a reasonable choice for him. He gets two new heads, new boots, and add-ons for his cape, bracers, and belt. The heads give us stern and angry Drax options, which certainly makes for some fun variety. I personally lean more towards the stern, but they’re both solid. The cape is a little stiff, but not terribly so, and the other add-ons are pretty by the numbers, but still good. His color work is quite fun; the bright green and purple definitely gives him some really nice pop. It’s gonna be hard to miss him on the shelf. Drax is packed with two sets of hands, in fists and relaxed, as well as the previously mentioned extra heads, which is honestly pretty strong for a figure of his size.
MOONDRAGON
Moondragon’s had a few looks over the years, all of them kind of circling around the same concept. This figure uses a look that kind of averages them all. It’s not bad. This is only her second action figure (and the first was a Minimate), and her first Legend. The figure stands 6 1/4 inches tall and she has 27 points of articulation. She’s using the same pinless construction legs as Clea, with a bunch of newer, character-specific parts. The new parts are surprisingly in depth in terms of detailing, with sculpted elements on her upper arms and upper torso, rather than just a bunch of painted details. The head’s a solid recreation of her usual look in the comics. Like Drax, the cape’s a bit restrictive, but it does at least look pretty cool. Her color work is more subdued than her father’s, relying on some more minor changes in greens. It’s still a good look, and definitely feels well suited to the character. Moonstone is packed with two sets of hands. It’s light, but I’m not entirely sure what else you would give her.
THE ME REMAINDER OF THE EQUATION
I passed on this set as Pulse-exclusive because I didn’t feel an undying need to jump through hoops to get them, but once they got the wider release, the hoops were gone. Much easier to justify them at that point. I largely got the pack for classic Drax, because I really dig that look. He’s really fun, and exactly what I was hoping for. Moondragon is a little less thrilling on her own, but she’s hardly a bad figure, and it’s nice to finally get her in Legends form.
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.
Fun FiQ Fact #0018: There have been 14 versions of Din Djarin released in The Black Series, and 6 of those releases have been some variation on his fully kitted-out Beskar armor.
My investment in Star Wars: The Black Series has dwindled a bit more recently, because I’m honestly starting to get ever so slightly Star Wars-ed out at the larger scale. So, rather than get *everything*, I’m instead focusing a bit more on primary looks of heavy hitters. There’s a bit more revisiting there than you might think at first go, which is kind of what we hit with today’s offering. Early into the first season of The Mandalorian, main character Din Djarin upgrades to a full set of Beskar armor, which has been more or less the consistent look of the character since. It doesn’t make for a ton of variation with figures, I guess, but they make do, and there’s enough minor tweaks to justify it, right? Right. So, here’s another Din Djarin.
THE FIGURE ITSELF
The Mandalorian – Glavis Ringworld is figure 08 in the Book of Boba Fett sub-line of Star Wars: The Black Series‘ Phase IV incarnation. He’s based on Din’s ever so slightly tweaked look when he reappears in Book following a period going solo after handing Grogu over to Luke at the end of his own show’s second season, which is honestly a good look. The figure stands just over 6 inches tall and he has 33 points of articulation. We’ve had a general Beskar Din sculpt floating around in Black Series for a while, but it was kind of cobbled together and had a fair number of inaccuracies. This figure gets an all-new sculpt to replace that, which is a really strong offering. Of particular note, we’ve finally gotten a proper new helmet sculpt, after working with the slightly off one that went all the way back to the very first version. The new one is pretty spot-on, getting the proper shaping down, and sporting sharp, clean detail work. The articulation scheme is also tweaked, following the newer style; it works fine, but it does lean into the “no double joints” thing that Black Series has gotten into, which is at times reductive. His armor construction has a bit more overlay to it, with more free floating parts. Din’s cloak is also now a proper soft-goods piece, rather than the thicker rubber piece from the first release, which means he can finally wear the cloak and the jetpack at the same time, as he does in the shows. That’s a definite plus. Din’s color work is pretty solid; the paint application is all rather clean, with minimal slop and bleed over. The silvers in particular are nice and sleek, and they’ve also added in his appropriate blue accenting, which gives him a nice degree of pop. Din is packed with the Darksaber, his blaster pistol, and vibro-knife. The Darksaber sports a modified hilt, which now has a loop, so it can hang from his belt, as seen in the show. The knife is small, and he can’t really hold it…and also, there’s not really anywhere to keep it. Still, I guess it’s cool that they included it at all.
THE ME REMAINDER OF THE EQUATION
I was pretty excited for the original Beskar Mando…and then he hit and he was kind of a let-down, honestly. Still, I kind of pushed it off and called it a day on that look. When this figure was announced, I was initially planning to skip this one, but the more I looked at it, the more it looked like the figure I wanted the first time around. Simply put, that’s exactly what he is. He’s the best Din Hasbro’s done, and just one of the line’s better figures in general.
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.
Flash is from the DC Multiverse toy line by Mcfarlane. He is based on the live action show. The Color scheme is mostly red and a glimpse of yellow and skin tone for the face. The sculpt is pretty nice. The people who made the figure did good. There are 37 points of articulation. He is about 7 inches tall. The figure has 4 accessories. The stand and 3 accessories that are 
lightning things. The lightning things clip to him to show him going the speed of light. Also because it matches the lightning symbol on his uniform.
The Figure In Question 