WOLVERINE 4TH EDITION — WEAPON X

X-MEN (TOY BIZ)

“A top-secret government project transformed the Mutant named Logan into the unbeatable warrior Weapon X. He was given unbreakable adamantium claws and a battle simulation helmet which created imaginary battle scenes that looked virtually real. Using these unique training weapons, Weapon X sharpened his combat skills to perfection. The ultimate secret agent, Weapon X later used his high-tech training to become the heroic X-Man Wolverine!”

Sometimes, I still get the oddest nostalgic twinge for some of my “Day of” bulk reviews, and I think about revisiting the idea for a fourth go, but then I remember how viscously exhausting they are, and decide to leave well enough alone and just remember the joy of thinking back on it as a done thing.  One of my favorite “Day of” sets to revisit is “The Day of the Wolverines,” where I bought, and then reviewed, a huge chunk of the Toy Biz 5-Inch Wolverines.  I do occasionally pick up new Wolverines, not in that set, including some of the variants of figures from that batch.  The first entry of that day took a look at Weapon X Wolverine in his standard colors, but today I’m looking at his first color variant!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Wolverine 4th Edition — Weapon X was released in Series 2 of Toy Biz’s X-Men line in 1992.  The initial release was with brown shorts and green cables, as reviewed on The Day of the Wolverines, but as with other releases around the time, KB Toys got its own paint variant, unique from the standard release.  The figure is just over 5 inches tall and he has 9 points of articulation.  The mold is identical between releases.  It’s a nice one, and kind of a step above the other Wolverines in the same assortment (and honestly the Spy Wolverine from Series 4, as well).  It’s a very technically impressive sculpt, with decent balance on the proportions, and sharp detailing and smaller detail work. The change-up in the paint work that makes up this figure’s selling point is, admittedly, rather minor.  In place of the brown shorts and green cables, he instead grey shorts and red cables.  The exact coloring of such things varied in the comics, so this is really no more valid than the standard.  Like the standard figure, Weapon X includes his helmet, cables, and harness.  Like the core figure, the colors are altered a bit.  The helmet’s visor is purple instead of blue, the cables are red instead of green, and the harness is a medium brown with light green gizmos instead of tan with yellow gizmos.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

As a kid, I had the standard Weapon X sans accessories, and when I got a complete one, it was another standard.  I wasn’t sure about needing all the colors, but this one was mixed into a much larger batch of loose figures I picked up online a little while back.  Much like the Olive variant Spy Wolverine, I do find myself oddly fascinated by this KB Toys-exclusive color scheme.  Maybe I’m just a sucker for KB? Probably.  I do really think this guy’s neat, though.