Hit-Monkey and Peely

Hit-Monkey and Peely

Marvel Legends - Hasbro

Fortnite - Jazwares

More Deadpool?  Yeesh!  But this one has a new, white suit! And a tiny, old Build-a-Figure repacked from the dark days of Hasbro’s Marvel Legends!  One full-sized figure, reused sculpts and accessories...and still priced at $40?!  Milk Cowpool for all he’s worth, whydoncha!  Luckily, people wised up, and I was able to grab this set at GameStop on discount for $18...now that’s more like it!

I missed out on the bizarre Hit-Monkey way back when he was a poor excuse for a BAF.  He has a fair amount of articulation in his arms and legs for such a small figure, but he should always have been an accessory pack in.  The original release had a black suit...that is all that has changed here.

Deadpool has a repainted suit body.  The head might be a new expression?  I can’t remember..there have been so many of him lately.  Anyway, I dig the white suits and the Miami Vice themed packaging.

The accessories are repaints from other ML figures.  The guitar from Punk Spider-Man, headphones from Star Lord, etc.  Headpool returns on a repainted, Silvermane RC car.

Around the same time I got this, I also picked up a Fortnite Legendary Peely figure.  Again, I have never played this game, but I love the bonkers character designs, and Jazwares is killing it with these highly articulated, full accessoried army builders.  A giant banana could always be a Joker goon, disguised bank robber, or a hero in some superhero parody like the Tick.

The Deadpool stuff is wearing super thin, especially with no new movie on the horizon any time soon.  Marvel doesn’t want him to cool, but Disney it still dragging ass.  Expect to choke on further figure variants, like blue DP, Pirate DP, and movie DP, before the year is up.

Squirrel Girl

Squirrel Girl

Marvel Legends - Legendary Riders

Hasbro

I know there is a cult following for Squirrel Girl, but is this the scraping of the bottom of the barrel for Marvel Legends?  I have no problem with strange and goofy character gimmicks, but did this have to be a deluxe figure with an inflated price tag?  Answers:  "Maybe" and "No."

I may be starting off a bit harsh, but I do like this figure and the essence of the character.  The sculpt brings her modern look into the third dimension pretty spot on.  While in most cases I would prefer "classic" figures, I would still take this one over her nightmarish, "Overly-Attached Girlfriend" first appearance if I had to choose only one.

Two gripes...the first is the tail.  While you do get your money's worth in plastic, it is solid, weighty, and makes the figure hard to stand in neutral poses.  It also makes her sit a bit awkwardly on her scooter.  It cannot be removed or rotated that I can tell.  A ball-jointed base with at least one segment swivel cut may have been too much to ask for, but I would have taken it over the scooter if it came down to cost.

The scooter is the same sculpt as the previous Deadpool Legendary Rider, except in blue and outfitted with a large "wooden" basket to haul squirrel buddies.  It has a kickstand that, so far, seems to help with balancing the weight of the figure and accessories.  Overall, it looks nice, but was this necessary?  "Legendary Riders" was already stretching the premise with Professor X in his flying wheelchair.  (A bit offensive..being legendarily disabled?)  I have no idea if the scooter is a staple of modern Squirrel Girl comics or shows or anything.  I guess it's fine having another six-inch scale vehicle that can work with any figures in my collection.  At least it's not plastered with Deadpool stickers...

Also, the horn tends to fall off easily.

Squirrel buddies!  Of course she needed these to demonstrate her power gimmick.  I think one shares a base sculpt with Squirrelpool (ugh), but the other two are all-new.  They didn't come with names, but Tippy-Toe is always depicted with a pink bow.  I guess you can create new squirrel personas for the others, or choose to name them after any of her former, deceased woodland pals.  I would have taken more squirrels in place of the scooter.  C'mon, Hasbro...two or three more squirrels, plus a slightly more articulated tail, minus the scooter would have been a win for everybody.  Oh, I forgot to throw in some more hands...she only comes with the one set.  Does she not punch anyone?  Or do the tree-rats do all the dirty work?

"Confound these wretched rodents! For every one I fling away, a dozen more vex me!"

This figure was a must-have, if only because my Legends Dr. Doom needed to be taken down a peg or two by being menaced by tiny rodents.  The scooter may be excessive to get to the $40 value, but the figure itself is great.  If Squirrel Girl does indicate the bottom of the barrel in character selection,  I hope Stilt-Man, Armadillo, and Swarm aren't far behind!  C'mon again, Hasbro...you just released the White Rabbit?  Where is my Nazi skeleton covered in bees?!

Cable and Domino

Cable and Domino

Marvel Legends Deadpool Wave

Hasbro

More Deadpool goodness in celebration of the "Merc with the Mouth's" big-screen sequel.  Marvel Legends brought out some comic versions of two character featured in the new movie:  Cable and Domino.  The X-Force roster is growing more and more as time passes!    Now, I'm not the biggest fan of Rob Liefeld designs, but their ridiculousness translates into some fun toys! Viva la 1990's!

I have a more modern Cable from a few waves back, but I just couldn't pass up this first-appearance take.  The oversized shoulder things, the over-used utility pouches, the giant guns, the gross color scheme...so cheesy-good!  The detail is great here, like he leapt from the pages of the comics.

"Your pouches...give them to me."

I like what they did here with the plastic, cybernetic eye thing.  Even that thing on the side of his head looks great.  What is that?  A giant  Bluetooth device from a future that has never come to pass?  Ah, time travel inconsistencies...maybe he's kicking butt while listening to the Cubs win the 2015 World Series?



 The Domino figure fairs a bit better in the style department with her modern look.  Like my previous review of the Deadpool/Venom figure, its hard to beat a clean black-and white paint job.  Unlike Cable's eye-thingy and his plated-arms, you have to use your imagination in play to show off Domino's mutant power of luck.  It sounds ridiculous, but "Deadpool 2" made sense of it in some pretty great sequences.

She does have some nice, metallic armor here an there for variety.  There are some good, battle-damage nicks and scratches in the detail.  I'm not sure if that's a comic-accurate thing, but the purple guns?  Whatever...a bit cartoony, but some variety at least.
























All in all, I am happy to add these figures to my growing Marvel Legends X-Family.  *SPOILER* - If you are a die-hard Shatterstar fan, you might skip DP2.  Wait...what am I saying?  Shatterstar "fans?" Does. Not. Compute. Go see DP2 now!

Deadpool: Back in Black

Deadpool: Back in Black

Hasbro Marvel Legends





Hey, you got your Deadpool on my Venom!  You got your Venom on my Deadpool!  Another needless crossover, but I do like the clean black and white paint job.  I picked this one up as a cheap Amazon Warehouse deal (damaged package...MIB/MOC collectors are lame).  Did I need it?  No, but "Deadpool 2" is hitting theaters now and I'm feeling the hype, baby!




















"Are you lookin' at my bum? Cheeky Monkey!"

It's got the same body build as previous Deadpools. Accessory-wise, he has some funky, translucent purple katanas and some symbiote arms.  The arms come together in the back, and port into a hole in the figure.  Both this and the swords are repaints/repacks from other figures.  The same goes for the hands.  You get a set of claw-like hands, but only one web-slinging hand?  Not sure who made sense of that...probably saved a fraction of a cent in production or shipping costs.  And just because you have alien powers means you don't need guns anymore?!  Pffft! Oh well, at least we got an alternate head.

Again, cheap (in price and concept) but fun, and...why the hell not...I've already bought my share of symbiote crap from the 90's onward.  What's one more on the pile?
 

"Ooo, scary! Now say "We are Venom" in the Bane voice!"



"Squad Goal: Color-coordinated costumes!"

"Because I needed to look more like Freddy Kruger..."

"GO, WEB, GO!"