Mezco One:12 Superman

Mezco One:12 Superman

Mezco One:12 Superman

IT’S HERE! IT’S HERE! IT’S HERE! It’s new One:12 day at MUReview!!  Today, we get our hands on the figure we have waited the whole year for. Classic Superman!!!!  This old chum has gone through a few minor tweaks and costume changes since we first saw him, heck, even since we first pre-ordered him.  Now that he’s finally in our hands, what do we  think about him?  Well…it’s a good thing you asked, and a better thing you are here, because I’m gonna tell you!

The Good | The Bad | The Rest | Availability | The Pictures

The Good

  • His outfit, let’s start there, I love the fabric color on the blue, the red, the yellow, all pops off of each other.
  • Fit of outfit looks great!
  • Amazing head sculpts on both main and alt heads, Kal-El face perfect lines and depth.  
  • The black hair curl is outstanding. 
  • Cape, his cape is long, flowing, it is plenty of cape to allow for it to be used well with the included cape stand prop.  
  • His S Shield looks, just…amazing.  The way the bullet effects stick to it magnetically, very, very clever.  Looks great!
  • The yellow S on the back of his cape, perfect.
  • Boots, look at the freakin boots!  Shiny just like in my imagination!
  • Included Kryptonite…it looks so good I feel uncomfortable putting it near him.
  • Included chains are flexible and allow for some really cool “break these chains” poses.
  • Included city of Kandor looks, pretty much exactly like what you’d expect it to look like, and exactly what it should look like.
  • With Superman probably more than any other One:12 figure, I’m gonna get a heck of a lot of mileage out of the included flight stand.

The Bad

  • The figure is gorgeous, he’s near perfect for me, but I do have some unfortunate complaints that all seem to be QC related.
  • Supe’s eyes, they are positioned north of center, so he looks like he’s looking up all the time.  
  • The left side of his cape, where it connects to his costume, seems like it’s there tenuously at best.  I’m definitely concerned it will separate and I’m garbage with a needle.  I’m going to have to be careful, and that carefulness lead to playing it safe in review shots unfortunately.  
  • I was hoping for a little more in his neck / head look up range.  It’s good, but I’d like to be able to do the look straight up flight pose that I’ve always dreamed of, but have never achieved.

The rest

Kal-El was 100% worth the wait.  Mezco has delivered big on this One:12 figure and if you pre-ordered, you are getting a package of joy on your doorstep soon if you haven’t already.  Everything about this Superman brings me back to my Superman, the one I grew up with, the one that lives in my head.  Bright colors, curled piece of hair, a mix of Christopher Reeves and the comic Superman of the late 70s / early 80s.  I can’t wait to get him to work, into my Mezco display so that my Marvel Vs. DC setup gets a little more balanced.  As of now it’s Spidey Punisher, Cap, Daredevil, X-Men Deadpool, and Commander Steve against The Flash and The Green Arrow.  Superman is fixin’ to even the odds quite nicely in the battle for Frankenstein’s monster’s treasure.

Availability

Superman has long since gone up and down for pre-order at Mezcotoyz.com.  At this point, if you want Superamn and did not pre-order him, you are going to have to explore aftermarket options.  Amazon has him for just north of $130 and it ships today.  Our friends at BigBadToyStore.com are already sold out on this gorgeous Last Son of Krypton.  Let that be an indicator to you, if you want this figure, get it done now before values surge!

The Pictures

 
 
Ragnaweek – Marvel Legends Marvel Thor Ragnarok 2017 Wave: Ares

Ragnaweek – Marvel Legends Marvel Thor Ragnarok 2017 Wave: Ares

Thor | Loki | Hela | Ares | Odinson | Jane Foster Thor | Gladiator Hulk | Group Shots Ragnarok Role Play and Action Toys

Marvel Legends Marvel Thor Ragnarok 2017 Wave: Ares

Welcome to more of MUReview’s Marvel Legends Thor Ragnarok 2017 wave coverage!  We’ve been waiting to get our hands on this wave…and in particular this figure, the figure far longer than the wave, but still, we love new toys and we hate waiting, so I’m excited to be able to share Ares with you today.  Ares has a little bit of a story.  He was until this point, one of the most sought after Build a Figures in recent memory.  His wave came out in 2008 and featured some of the hardest to find Legends to date including Vision, War Machine, Ben Reilly, and Kang.  This scarcity served to drive up prices on the aftermarket for Ares exponentially.  Now though, in like a champion comes Hasbro to give us Ares as a single card figure in 2017, and all things being equal, he’s even more awesome as a single card figure than he was as a BAF…at least, that’s what I think.

The Good | The Bad The Rest | Availability  Photos

The Good

  • Ares includes a long sword and battle axe, both fit well in his hands and look evil and awesome.
  • Ares helmet is removable, pop it off to show shadow / smoke detail around his eyes.  Helmet looks great on and off and fits the figure very well, I could flip him upside down and had no trouble keeping it on.
  • Paint application here is crisp, very clean, nothing stray to complain about, black is deep and solid, skull and crossbones has good detail, very sharp.
  • Ares jerkin, through paint does a good job of looking like it’s made of a different material than his pants.
  • Paint wash on his boots ably achieves the look of worn and weathered metal.  
  • It’s attention to the little details on this figure that really make it stand out, the spiked elbow pads, the brown leather under his jerkin, his left arm guard, all look great.
  • Ares comes with a dagger that can be holstered on his right leg.  This also fits well in his hand.  

The Bad

  • Look Up movement of his head is pretty much entirely not possible.
  • He’s missing some more modern articulation, double-jointed elbows, swivel calves.  The elbows I think may have been a sacrifice for the sweet spiked elbow pads look!

The Rest

So many Marvel Legends collectors have waited for so long to pick up Ares.  So many others paid insane prices to get him in secondary markets as a build a figure.  Beyond the fact that this figure is only $19.99 as opposed to folks charging in excess of $100 for the 2008 build a figure, he’s improved from that time period in more than enough ways to justify the purchase, even for those that may have picked up him up on a secondary market.  Ares comes with one of Gladiator Hulk’s arms, and his war hammer, so if you are planning to build Hulk, you have to pick up Ares.  You really should pick him up regardless, fantastic figure, excellent detail, addresses a character that many don’t have in their collection…and what an awesome helmet!!  

Availability

Photos!

MUReview received these figures for free for review purposes from Hasbro