Marvel Legends MARVEL GIRL House of X X-Men Action Figure Review
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
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“Do you like your action figures to be poseable?”
Umm… yes?
lmao, they do look like a league or two better than hasbro and can achieve good looking basic poses, but complex ones just look awkward. Which is bearable depending on the character.
@@Kitbats there is trade offs, obviously.
"This figure has the potential to stand" that one got me god damn.
I like judging a figure's articulation on a case-by-case basis, depending on the character. Some like NECA's Frankenstein has enough articulation to make me happy because I don't expect that character to be super agile, but some like Spider-Man I expect top notch articulation. As a photographer, as long as I can get a pose I'm satisfied with, I'm a happy camper.
When it comes to big characters that don't move much like King Pin I don't mind limited articulation. With characters that are more agile, I want them to be able to pose more.
SOTA's Street Fighters had a great sculpt but could not put their hands together for Hadouken's and Psycho Crushers.
I buy female figures now but growing up I didn't even buy an April O'Neil for my ninja turtles to play with.
Now I collect female characters. There are a lot of cool characters that really kick butt. Also, the characters that are parts of teams like Power Rangers. They look good in displays.
I returned my Marvel Girl today. I had her for weeks, tried to like her, tried to overlook her lack of posability, but I couldn't do it. Got my $22 back. Same thing with my Moira. Making this the first X-Men wave that I completely passed on.
This man said that she was opposable statue I started laughing harder than how she falls
Twenty years ago when McFarlane was at his heyday and pumping out super detailed and awesome looking posable statues on a regular basis, I was completely fine with buying them.
Now that the times have changed, and we as consumers expect good sculpt AND good articulation on our action figures... no. Not having good articulation is a huge minus.
It's always a big yikes when they just don't sculpt boots and instead, we get boots that are just infused onto their skin.
Even bigger yikes when females wearing full body suits still have visible navel
No wonder this wave is just sitting there.
Also I hope as a follow up to this Krakoa wave, that we get a Hellfire Gala wave with people in their sick formal attire (mainly want Emma with the white dress, X hat/ headband thing, and maybe a invitation as an accessory haha)
Questions of the day:
I'm OK with posable statues, but this is an action figure and I fully expect it to be well articulated so we can get more dynamic poses. This figure has neither sculpt nor articulation.
Next, I WOULD buy female figures if they are done right. Most ML females are not done well and so I pass on them more often then I pass on male figures. Example, I will pass on this but I will get Deathstrike
Hasbro did what McFarlane sometimes do and nobody likes
She'd look great next to Cannonball.
Good one!!
I have a feeling Todd did something here 😂
Doesn't he use paint though?
Its a shame because some female characters get the work but others don't. The new Lady Deathstrike is really nice, but the fact Habro still doesn't give all female figure double jointed elbows and it feels like they just don't care if they can stand or not, is so unacceptable in 2021.
There's also some irony here; they won't give female characters diverse or curvaceous sculpts and the argument is that it may be demeaning to the character? But it comes off as an excuse to reuse molds and it actually takes away the proper characterization from many female characters.
Gotta keep those million moms and politicians looking for a cause to get behind on off their backs.
@@DuplicitousDark I hate busybodies so much. Always ruining other peoples hobbies that don't effect them in the slightest.
I collect female legends, as they are some of my favorite characters(storm, jean, rogue, psylocke, emma). They need to make them as voluptuous as they make the men, especially if jim lee, joe mad, and Andy Kubert art is the source material for the figures. Most of the women in the line look juvenile.
I might be wrong on this, but i think Marvel leans on them to not have shapes on the women. It's part of this weird trend where it's sexist to have "exaggerated" female bodies (even though real people have very similar figures) while you can do whatever you want with the male form.
This figure could have been fantastic, was looking forward to this one, Hasbro dropped the ball on this one.
This figure is doo doo. Why did they spend money on a new sculpt and new tooling just for it be unposeable. I don't understand
I collect figures of characters I like or have great design/are poseable, regardless if its male or female.
Passed on this one. I prefer mine possible.
The whole purpose of an "action" figure is to pose it, an action figure should have the bare minimum points of articulation, depending on the character, but not over done to kill the sculpt and aesthetics.
I'm fine with minimally posable figures. But the sculpt and paint have to make up for it
The flower pot is a Krakoa gate. It grows and is basically a teleporter.
Figure looks too basic
Nice photo shoot at the end
Is it sad that knowing how bad this figure was, I was waiting with anticipation for this review?
I would be ashamed if I was the Hasbro employee who was responsible for this figure. I 100% agree with everything you said but I would've given this figure a 2.
Thanks for the review Anthony.
I think the mask covering the hair where its parted throws it way off from the front for me cause her head looks lopsided
Depends on the character, if it's a character like Spider-Man, Wolverine or Batman I want a lot of articulation ,if it's T-Pose Professor X or some character that doesn't move a lot I don't mind them having limited articulation
I prefer good articulation for dynamic posing and photos. I do wish they would update the female bodies to have some more curves and better range of motion.
dont know why planking Marvel Girl made me LOL so hard
man, i really wished i knew about you when this video came out! I.. still would have bought this, of course, because the costume is so goofy. I intended to customize her because she demands it. instead she sits in a box since it hard to find motivation to pimp out a bleh fig. double jointed elbows for everybody who constantly holds their forehead while using their (absent powers accessory) is kinda a must
I have a good chunk of female figures. It's possible that the bad sales of the female figures comes from or is at least reinforce by Hasbro not improving on the aesthetic nor the possibility for such a long time now. You summed it up greatly when you called them noodle people.
I was looking forward to this figure. It was supposed to fill that Jean grey void on my Claremont X-Men shelf. Alas the wait continues... I only got Omega Sentinel for this wave...
Even though this is not a great action figure, It is the only decent looking marvel girl jean in the market( in this scale ). Definitely a must buy if you are a fan. And lets be honest most of you wouldnt have posed this in a crazy action pose, if its articulation was better.
And that's how not to gain interest from people who don't "need" that particular look, but would have bought it if it was actually good.
@@theraven268 We both agree on that one. But my point still stands.
Wanda seems to be doing well.
1st question I personally want fully poseable figs
2nd question only if it looks good or just like the source.
it depends on the character, king kong and godzilla i don’t need great articulation, they aren’t very agile characters, maybe king kong but i’m ok with it, but that same articulation on someone like wolverine, spider-man, nightwing, hawkman, all agile characters who NEED really good articulation, it’s unacceptable. it just really depends who the character is
She seems to share some similarities with Myra's design from Aquaman (even though one is from DC and the other from Marvel).
Well that's unfortunate. I was looking forward to her (cause of the design). I honestly might buy her anyway but wait until it's discounted down go like 10-15 bucks
I like my action figures to be able to do action..that being said..Im not an articulation snob either. Like I don't need double jointed elbows if the elbows can reach at least 90 degrees or even 45 degrees. I also dont need a butterfly joint and personally I dont really like them much cause they never seem to work well enough to justify messing up the sculpt. I am willing to sacrifice some movement if the sculpt is really good. Think Mythic Legions..they have amazing sculpts and the articulation is there to pose them enough..they are just not super poseable and thats fine with me.
And yes I love female figures but Hasbro refuses to use their good molds for them. The Moonstone body should have been used way more. I dont buy the super skinny figs anymore and only try to get the ones with better proportions. Vote with your wallet. Luckily other companies like Xesray and Loose Collector are making awesome lady figures.
I guess i'm an articulation snob?
im literally .01 seconds in and im already laughing. I LOVE YOU hahahahaha
Love the pics at the end. I understand most of the collectors who bought her keep her in one of those poses 😂 great video Anthony
I do buy fewer female characters, but a lot of that is because many of them are really poorly done or I just don't need a 9th black widow.
"this thing's a piece of crap, but put it with other marvel legends and it'll look ok" XDD
The name in the the thumbnail should've been "Brick", because that's what this figure is, a brick.
Not a very good brick
@@carman2899 I brick has a use, this doesn't.
I'm okay with this particular figure alone to have minimal action poseability as I feel like she doesn't need ab crunch that much...
I will sometimes file the feet flat(er) to help figures stand - shouldn't have to, but it's that or end up throwing it at the wall due to frustration.
Also, big yes to collecting female figs. If not, it's just a sausage party on the shelf
I collect the female figures more than the male ones. Outside of Wolverine, I find that the X-women characters in the comics are more interesting.
This figure literally falls off my shelf like at least 3 times a week
lol at the end
I am ok with limited articulation if the sculpt is really good. But for something as basic as this it's unacceptable. Then again I don't collect comic Marvel Legends so might be a bit biased.
I’m surprised you didn’t mention the fact that the upper torso seems to be designed for a regular adult size female figure but Hasbro decided to use the legs for a teenage female figure in the last minute.
That doesn't make any sense
I would buy more female action figures if they gave us better ones. I might be wrong about this but I feel a lot of comics are led by male characters so that's what toy companies produce and put effort into. If female heroes were given more spotlight, we could get much more cool female figures.
I collect only women action figures and I have over 200 and I will be getting more.
Not trying to bash or anything, just a bit curious. Why only female figures?
Last review he said Marvel girl was the best fig in the wave lmao
Sadly this was a disappointing offering of a look for this character that I've wanted for a while. All the "statue-ness," non-poseability, and the inability to stand aside, the biggest offense is the dead-eyed look of the character's face. Unfortunately, it's faithful to how she's drawn today where she's drawn like a dead-faced drug addict rather than the cute, lively faced girl she looked like in the 60's when this particular look debuted. As for the question of the day, I've never been one who's needed so much articulation that the figure can scratch their own ass, but the figure should stand up on their own. Screw these high heels. EVERYONE should get flats!
I'd rather they just figure out some way to make high heeled figures able to stand. If the design has heels it makes sense for the figure to have them.
Good articulation should be in every action figure but this one cannot be considered one. Do they really test these figures before release?
I like female figures but it's hard to find good ones, especially Marvel Legends. I'm so tired of seeing the same molds for every female that have the same issues. They can do good figures like Lady Deathstrike or Angela or the new She Hulk, but they choose to keep reusing the same crappy mold.
They don't try. I bought that new Scarlet Witch, Tuesday. I cant stand her, and im pondering returning her.
I collect female figures, and I lean more toward collecting them since the men are still the great majority, and all that testosterone has to be balanced somehow.
Her gloves reminds me of Dexter's mom
Wait She looks like Dexters mom on her teen or college years.
Debunked, Dexter's mom had a dumptruck of an ass, this figure has none lol
I like poseable figures more because they become more interesting with the amount of poses you can put them in, I would rather buy a statue than a figure with limited posabiliity.
Yeah, a real statue looks better than a badly posable figure. I'm just not into statues.
lmao he pose at the beggining reminds me of my ex gf, btw i do like how natural this figure looks like
Question of the day: Nope. That's why I don't buy Marvel Select figures anymore.
EDIT: Also yes, I do collect female figures. This one is terrible though.
I was disappointed in this figure too.
This figure could have been amazing, but they just shat on this.
An absolutely terrible figure! Its such a shame too, because X-men fans have been wanting a new and decent Marvel Girl figure for a very long time. I've never been more frustrated with a figure falling over. This figure falls over more than another figure I own or have owned. I treat my figures with such care. After she fell over for the seventh time in s row. I wanted to make her fly without a flight stand. I've never done that to a figure before. This one came the closest to being launched across the room. It takes a lot for me to get upset. Every time knocking all my other figures in the display over. Which drives me bonkers. We all have experienced that struggle. She's back in the box. Not like someone is going to buy her if listed.
Has a potential to stand lmaoooo
Love your reviews Anthony customs
I probably have more male figures than female, but only because they just make more of them. It's really no excuse that ML makes crappy female figures because they don't sell as well. If they made them better, we'd buy them more.
because it's so hard to pose, poor jean grey... now she's lying flat LOL
hi Anthony, great review as usual, u ever review the Mafex Supes?
I decided to not buy it so i haven't reviewed it
@@AnthonysCustoms coolio, thx for the reviews
pretty much hate this figure. i collect female figures if they dont suck. i like alot of the 90s xmen figures we have so far. i would like a psylocke figure with the moonstone body. I have Queensblade revoltech figures...heh.
i also buy less women than men because i have more favorite men over favorite women, and they keep making figures of those favorite men and i’m limited on money lol
I collect female figures and this is just a travesty.One of the worst figures they’ve released and a total disservice to the character.It’s like the design team just do the bare minimum and go “that’ll do” some of the time.
❤buy female more than male figure.
Looks like she's begging for service. 😏
5 poa is not good these days.
Definitely want my figs to be poseable.
*poseable statue*
ouch
So let's sell female figures that lack the same basic poseable features of their male counterparts.
Let's also design them so they are really tiny because most women are of course 60% smaller then men.
Like do the bare minimum to make a female figure.
So of course I have no idea why they don't sell better.
Female characters as toys have been handicapped with the marketing pushing that boys should only play with male characters, otherwise they aren't "men".
Then on top of that they just designed female figures poorly as a cherry on top.
I got the Lady Jaye figure. I think it's one of the few if not only one with double jointed elbows.....something standard on all male figures.
Lower ab crunch is done on the Power Rangers line of figures. So why is that not standard on the ML figures as well? Or even the Gi Joe line?
It absolutely confuses me that Hasbro won't do the bare minimum. Todd Minimal Articulation Primus Mcfarlane gives the female figures the same level of articulation as the guys.
This figure specifically, how can Hasbro charge full price for that? This is a basic figure from their $10 budget line.
To me there is a basic level of articulation all these figures should have.
Some designs though (like a ninja/warrior/wizard) should have a higher level of posing if this is about cost.
But Hasbro does the same buck for all the female characters. They got a few for the guys.
Make a buck with the better articulation.
They aren't statues. If I wanted a statue, i'd buy a statue. If I wanted to keep it in the box, I'd print out a picture on card stock.
I was happy when I first saw that they were remaking Jean in this costume, because their last try, in the 2pack with Cable, was just butt ugly... a goofy looking, super flat face that always annoyed me. And while I'm no big fan of screaming faces (unless they give us multiple head options), the package art for this figure has her in this beautifully animated pose, where her face is full of life... but the figure inside just looks so bored... like she's watching an old episode of Columbo at 3am that she's seen 50 times. And apparently the boredom goes straight down to her toes. It's like Hasbro thought it worthwhile to sculpt Marvel girl as she would appear on a character study sheet. Disappointing.
0:10 Aha! The "Only Fans" pose ... because she can't contribute any other way to the collection lol.
Hasbro: makes shitty female figures
People: don’t buy shitty female figures
Hasbro: “I guess people hate female characters”
🤣
I mean it's how Hollywood (and others) operate. It can't ever be on them, it's always somebody else's fault.
It just makes zero sense. This figure is garbage i almost considered throwing it away no one is gonna buy it off me for anything more than $5. Might just use for fodder, but as I said makes zero sense. Lady deathstrike is awesome, fox mystique is awesome, retro rogue besides the neck joint is awesome. She hulk awesome. New 90's domino with the double elbows finally, so why can't Jean Grey, one of the main x-men characters in basically her classic costume as well as being modern get even a decent figure. No sculpt no articulation, lazy engineering lazy paint lack of accessories as usual, wtf hasbro
Should’ve come with knee pads as an accessory…
Ugh. Not the Marvel Girl figure I hoped for. No thanks.
Yes, I collect figures of female characters but they have to be comicbook accurate and poseable.
This girl not so marvelous afterall
Yeah very disappointed figure.....hasbro did it again.
The most disappointing Legends I have ever bought!
Marvel comics artists has been trying to convert women into blue hair manly looking women to match the mirror, seems the figures are going the same way.
this figure sucks