Alpha Flight

Alpha Flight

Hasbro Marvel Legends

Hasbro keeps piling on the Marvel Legends!  Not much else to say about that, or the basics of the figures for that matter.  Their articulation scheme set the standard for 6-inch figures, no different here with Alpha Flight.  Sasquatch (waaay back in the initial Deadpool wave) had a long wait to be joined by Guardian (recent Wendigo/X-Men wave), and then a few months more for the rest of the team.  Instead of one big retail wave, Hasbro delivers the goods in an Amazon exclusive 6-pack.  And who better to show off a good 6-pack than Bob and Doug McKenzie?

Bob:  Good day, eh!  Welcome to Canadian Corn...er...the Great White North.

Doug:  Today's topic is, like, great Canadian superheroes.

Guardian is joined by Vindicator in matching outfit, with the same pearlescent white.  I would have preferred a flat white, but maybe the shine was to add something to the power of their suits?  Not bad, but a bit bland...though most team leaders are!

Puck is a retool of a build-a-figure that got lost in distribution.  I think he came out when the economy was in the crapper...talk about downsizing!  He was joined by Hit Monkey and Rocket Raccoon in the disappointingly small BAF years.  Man, remember when a figure of this size would have been a bonus pack-in with a standard 6-in?  Anyway, I'm glad to have a re-release, one with an improved headsculpt at that.

Northstar and Aurora have great, pointy-eared headsculpts.   Beyond that, nothing new here.  More of that pearlescent white?  Would it have killed them to have thrown in some power effects to help them stand out a bit more?  Sub in the Wonder Twins, hosers!

Shaman could have also used some power effects to show off his magic.  His choice of colors at least make him stand out among his teammates.

Snowbird has the flat white I'm talking about!  Considering her name, they would have really botched it with any other deco.  Really makes the blue and blonde pop.  She didn't come with any alt. animal forms, sadly...lucky I have a few laying around from the Toy Biz 5-inch days!  I also have a blueish-white Sasquatch variant for her. (Sorry, forgot to grab that for the photoshoot.)

My newer Sasquatch is missing his head, (I wasn't buying another Deadpool variant) but the Toy Biz era was a decent transplant.  Other than that, the gang's all here!  "Wait a minute, bub!"

"How can you have a show about the greatest Canadian superheroes and not invite the cream of the crop?"

"I'm the best at what I do, and what I do ain't..."

"Oh, hey, we gotta go!"

"That's our show for today...so, good day."