Sunday 26 April 2015

Marvel Legends Infinite Series Allfather Build a Figure Wave Odin BAF

We're finally getting around to looking at the completed Odin BAF from this Allfather wave. Over the course of five figures we've picked up Odin's arms, legs, torso, cape, head, and staff.


Honestly, putting Odin together? Not fun. I had to heat up the holes in both of his legs to soften them so that the pegs would go in, getting his head on was a little difficult and I didn't want to squeeze it too hard because of the soft plastic used. But my biggest gripe is probably his cape. It just pegs into his back, but it doesn't stay in well and it doesn't look great on his shoulders.

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Once he's altogether though, he really does look pretty cool. Odin's quite imposing and his staff adds to his regal and strong look.

The paint on the armour is the standout paint job on this figure for me. The worn, weathered effect of the armour is the only paint detailing on this figure, the rest is unfortunately very flat.


Even the blue cape of Odin's isn't shaded - this exact same cape came with Thor from this wave, was not pegged into his back, sits better on his shoulders and had a little shaded detail.


Articulation is sadly not perfect on my figure. It might be a one off with mine, and it's mostly in the torso. His torso doesn't feel like it wants to move and I'm worried that if I try to force it something in there is going to break.

The rest of the articulation isn't too terrible though. Odin's head is on a ball joint, his shoulders move up and outward and the shoulder armour is hinged so it moves with the arm and doesn't hinder it too much. The cape does hinder it though, and the cape will fall off. A lot.


There are single jointed elbows, wrists are on a hinge and ball, and I've already mentioned the torso - which also kills the waist movement.

The hips are on ball and peg joints so the swivel and turn upwards, there are double jointed knees and the ankles hinge and pivot.


Another issue: getting Odin to stand is a bit of a pain in the ass, but the look of his is pretty cool, and I liked so many of these figures before I even bought them, that getting a nice big Odin figure as well was a nice bonus especially as I'll only be using him for display.


Go Figure!

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