Marvel Legends 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Wave 1: BAF Titus

Marvel Legends 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Wave 1: BAF Titus

Marvel Legends 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Wave 1: BAF Titus
I kinda love it when the Build a Figure is a big bad.  There will ever be a shortage of evil in plastic,  Titus, the Nova hunting tiger is not only evil in plastic, but did you ever in your life think that a character this deep in the catalog would be made real?  Astonishing to me, really. I now own it and I still can’t believe it.  I’m thrilled to have Titus, and I’m happy to report that Hasbro yet again did a fantastic job.  I’m a little sad though, because this is the last review of this wave that I get to do.  I love all things Marvel Cosmic, and this wave really ticked a lot of boxes for me.  6 all new characters to the Legends line, all Cosmic based…freakin’ amazing.  I’m thankful to have been able to review these for you, and very happy to have the opportunity to have all of these figures as part of my Legends collection.  I surmise that if you are here reading this, you will be happy to get hands on these too, let’s check out Titus.

The Good

  • Titus gets the benefit of living on largely, the same mold / pieces used in one of my favorite all time BAFs, Venom Space Knight.  The figure, because of this sports solid articulation for a character of this size.  Articulation includes:
    • Ankle Rockers
    • Double jointed knees
    • Ab-Crunch
  • This is another one-to-one replication of a character from comic-page.  I don’t want to oversell this, because Titus is a pretty simple character.  Big, limited in color, tiger head, rocket arm.  Hasbro didn’t have a mountain to climb here, but they did an excellent job.
  • Claw hand looks excellent.
  • Rocket arm looks and moves well.
  • The level of detail in Titus’s head is excellent, clean paint, well delivered.

The Bad

  • You’d hope Titus had jaw articulation, and by the way it looks, you’d hope that even more, but alas, no jaw movement here.

The rest

Titus is just awesome. Another character perfectly captured, and another really deep catalog character brought to plastic.  You should buy the wave to get this figure because the wave is amazing, this figure is amazing, and you like cool stuff right?  It just makes sense.  It should be noted, you don’t need all 7 figures in the wave to get Titus, only 6.  Star-Lord does not include a BAF piece, so you only need Vance Astro, Yondu, Drax, Angela, Darkhawk, and Nova.  That said, what’s next?  For Marvel Legends, all eyes should now be forward to the X-Men wave.  We are going to get a really pretty looking Jim Lee Cyclops, an awesome Colossus, Polaris, Old Man Logan, Dazzler, Sunfire, Shatterstar and the BAF Warlock.  In-hand images of these figures are already popping up on line, so hopefully we don’t have a long wait.  After that, we are getting another wave of Guardians with a 2000’s style Adam Warlock, a Death’s Head II and more.  2017 is shaping up to be a banner year for Marvel Legends, and Toy Fair is coming up in a day or two, so we will have even more great information to share with you.  Stay tuned!

Availability

To get Titus, you are going to need to get yourself a full set of figures.  Luckily, you can do that by pre-ordering today! . Big Bad Toy Store has it up for a reasonable price.  You can also go a huntin’ Walgreens and Target are said to have these things you need to buy, and you need to buy them. 

 

The Pictures

 

 

DC Icons Reveals Super Sons 2-pack

First seen over at Toy News International, with credit to their user Phedoraman, we get word that the fine folks at DC Collectibles have announced a new 2-pack in the DC Icons line.  I’m sure we will see more, hopefully in person this weekend at Toy Fair, but for now, i’m excited to share with you, the Super Sons 2-pack!

Marvel Legends 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Wave 1: Angela

Marvel Legends 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Wave 1: Angela

Marvel Legends 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Wave 1: Angela
I saved what I feel like is going to be the most universally loved figure of this wave for last (before the BAF of course).  Angela, winner of Hasbro’s Fan Vote in 2015 is finally brought to bare on the plastic loving community and she is glorious.  I’d like to take a moment to commend not only the inclusion of Angela in this wave, she is a Marvel Cosmic Force by herself, but the whole wave had a really solid focus on Marvel Cosmic.  They brought out 5 characters that the Legends line has never seen before, and stayed incredibly true to the them.  So with all these kudos to Hasbro, let’s look at the final single carded figure in the Marvel Legends 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Wave 1 (overall wave 2).

The Good

  • That hair!  I didn’t think Hasbro would ever top Medusa, but they did.  Perfectly sculpted, really nicely done.
  • I’m a broken record with this wave, but it’s a credit to Hasbro and culminates here.  Every character is just perfectly replicated from their comic page. If you image search a picture of Angela, you are going to find a bunch of images that look just like this, only they are drawings and this is plastic.  
  • Outfit is perfect here, from her winged helm to her oversized belt and armor pieces.
  • Included accessories, exactly what was warranted and appropriate, she comes with her Xiphos Sword of the Stars and Blades of Ichor, and they both look fantastic.  
  • Articulation is solid here, very few limitations due to character design (that hair does limit movement).
  • Angela is flat footed, no heels here, so she stands very well on her own.  Very appreciated.  
  • I kinda want you to just stop reading this and go pick up your Angela, she’s amazing but she’s going to be tough to find I think.  don’t waste any time! …but for real, keep reading and look at the pictures!

 

The Bad

  • I’m good here.  No wishes, no complaints.

 

The rest

Angela is an absolutely astonishing feat in 6 inch action figure making.  What Hasbro has pulled off here is a beautiful figure with a solid set of accessories.  There is nothing not to like here.  They took a fan vote winner and poured heart and soul into it.  And for real, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the fact that she doesn’t have high heels!!

 

Availability

I had a feeling Angela would be amongst the harder figures in this wave to get, that is already proving to be true.  She is sold out at Big Bad Toy Store.  You can however, pick her up in the whole wave or case, or you can go hunting at Walgreens or Target (Google the case DCPI and ask your Target store representative.  

 

The Pictures