Apocalypse and Archangel
Marvel Legends - Hasbro
Save for Gladiator (the lone oddity), I covered the Apocalypse wave a little while back. It was a great set all around, but made even better with this long-awaited update for the world's original mutant.
The Toy Biz ML series 7 Apocalypse was great. I didn't mind the wider, stockier take. He looked pretty close to his first appearances in the X-books. But when they released the giant-sized Apoc build a figure, it was like "Oh, that's how he should look," followed by "when do we get a shrunken-down version of that sculpt?" This new figure was a long time coming...
And he matches up with the big figure pretty well aside from shades of blue! He's proportionally tall and wide, lines and paint are clean, he's got all the movement he needs, and his cables are flexible and removable. He looks great, and I'm glad to say my old Apoc found a good home courtesy of Ebay.
Some accessories would have been nice. Something to illustrate his shape-shifting ability. Oh, hey there, Archangel! What's that? You've got the boss man covered? Poseable claw hand! Awesome!
And, hey, Archangel gets a fair amount of accessories himself. As a "deluxe" offering, he comes with three alternate heads (regular unmasked, crazy unmasked, Horseman Death) and, of course, his big-ass wings. The wing articulation allows for some great poses and his body is capable of supporting the extra weight, unlike my old X-Men Classics version.
Get these while you can, X-fans...it will be a longer time before these come around again, I imagine. Here's hoping that the original X-Factor lineup is headed our way!
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