Marvel Legends Infinite Series Build a Figure Thanos Wave Hulk

I picked up Hulk from the Thanos BAF wave recently as I loved the look and size of him in packaging and I had about enough money to buy one of the wave!

This wave offers:

Hulk (Age of Ultron)
Captain America (Age of Ultron)
Iron Man Mk 43 (Age of Ultron)
Batroc (Comic)
Hellcat (Comic)
Spider-Woman (Comic)
Thanos (BAF)

Out of all of these, other than Hulk, I'd like Cap and Spider-Woman - and probably Thanos, but as he's the BAF I doubt I'll see him.

But Hulk does come with Thanos' right arm, which is about all else Hasbro could squeeze into the packaging.

Out of packaging and Hulk is exactly that: a hulking big figure. I'd seen some earlier figures where Hulk's torso was a completely different green compared to the rest of his body. Thankfully this seems to have been rectified as mine is only a slightly different shade compared to the rest of him.

The only other colours used on Hulk are on his tight pants. These are a purple/blue colour with a red/purple stripe and the Avengers A on the side. The detailing in these is a nice touch as the rest of the figure is so smooth.

And here is the emerald giant out of packaging

Personally I think Hulk looks awesome. The only thing I'd change would be to give Hulk a darker wash over the green, just to make the detailing pop. I like his snarling face and hair sculpt a lot though.

Hulk's articulation is really pretty good. The head's on a ball joint, the shoulders are on a ball and hinge, there's bicep swivel, double jointed elbows, the wrists rotate and hinge, and there's an ab crunch.

Hulk's hips swing out and up, there's thigh swivel, double jointed knees, and his ankles hinge, pivot and swivel.

He looks like quite a simple figure, but with other Legends he looks great. I'm very glad I went for Hulk first in this wave. The only other figure I'd be really disappointed not to pick up would be Spider-Woman, but hopefully I'll be able to get her for a reasonable price in the next few weeks.

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Halo Megabloks Bravo Series Blind Bags

I so rarely see Halo Megabloks blind bags in stores now that I took advantage of finding a box of Bravo Series today and picked up 5 packets.

I've had a few from this series before but something I'd never realised is that these things were coded. I have tons of these and this is the first time I've realised. I know, I know.

So to recap this series, the figures available are:

NMPD Trooper (Common)
UNSC Spartan HazOp (Common)
343 Guilty Spark with Flood Combat Form (Common)
Covenant Storm Grunt (Common)
UNSC Marine (Common)
Skirmisher Major (Rare)
Elite Ranger (Rare)
Covenant Brute Minor (Ultra Rare)

So now that we've done that, let's get these opened!

First up, lets look at a couple of doubles that were in these bags. I won't go into much detail about these as we've seen them before...

The Guilty Spark and the Flood Combat Form (code A24094KF). Not so bad getting a double of these. The extra guilty spark will be kept in rage mode with the red eye and the Flood is just a nice extra for army building.

And next up I got an extra...

Covenant Brute (code A22094KF). Again, a nice little figure and a good troop builder.

The NMPD Trooper (code A15094KF) might be a common figure, but I'm a big fan of this guy. I think he looks great, love the gold visor, the NMPD shoulder pads, the badge on his helmet and the satchel/pouch on his back.

Next:

Again, another excellent common figure!! The Spartan HazOp (code A23094KF) is so cool looking, love the armour and how there's a knife moulded and painted separately on the chest. The helmet is really neat with a lovely gold visor. The best part of this figure for me though, is his sword. The translucent pink plastic and electrical looking effect just make this thing really pop!

The fifth and final bag gave me:

The rare Elite Ranger (code A16094KF) is a super nice looking figure and, for me, only has one flaw. That one flaw is the stand. I can't, at all, get him to balance. He's just too top heavy. Which is a real shame, but it does give me another of those nice clear stands for another figure.

Thanks for looking everyone! I've got a ton more Halo Megabloks I've been sitting on just waiting to get reviewed so tick around!

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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.

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Marvel Legends Infinite Series The Allfather Build a Figure Wave Sentry

I had to pick up Sentry as he finishes my Odin BAF with the arms that he comes with! But I was actually pleasantly surprised with how much I like Sentry.

Out of box Sentry is a big solid figure, but not without its flaws. My biggest gripe with it, is the cape. From the front it looks absolutely fine. From behind though...

I really hate that it doesn't match up with the paint and it annoys me that it pegs into the figure's back. The silver lining of course, is that I'll have this guy on display and the chances are I won't have him facing the wall.

I like the paint job on Sentry, I like how bright he is and I really like his eyes and belt; I think they look really good. The sculpt as well is pretty great with some serious musculature on show from this guy and he has the jaw of a hero!

The articulation is what we've seen before on Marvel Legends figures but being such a beefcake, there's not a ton of poses to get Sentry into.

His head is on a ball joint but is a little hindered by his long flowing locks. The shoulders are on a ball and hinge joint, there's a bicep swivel, double jointed elbows, and swivel and pivot at the wrists.

Sentry has an ab crunch but it's difficult to pose him with him bent forward or back due to him being so top heavy. There's a waist joint, hips are on ball joints, thigh cuts, double jointed knees and his ankles swivel, rotate and pivot.

As I mentioned I really like his eyes. They're whited out but have a nice gold outline which really makes them pop.

And his belt is also a really luscious gold, with the S cut nicely into it

Overall I really was pleasantly surprised with how much I liked Sentry and as you need him to finish building Odin, he's a nice addition to this Avengers-centric wave.

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Marvel Legends Infinite Series Allfather Build a Figure Wave Hawkeye

Classic Hawkeye! Instantly I was a fan of this figure even in packaging: I was drawn to the purples and dark blues of the classic costume, and how it works so well on this figure.

Half of the packaging is taken up with the biggest piece of the Odin BAF - the torso and skirt tunic piece

Hawkeye comes with 2, very obvious, accessories.

His bow

Which is a fine enough sculpt, but I really wish, if Hasbro had to make it a solid colour, they could have made it black.

He of course also comes with his quiver filled with arrows

Thankfully the arrows have a little colour highlights on the feathers, but again, this is a solid purple sculpt with a peg to fit to Hawkeye's back.

Hawkeye is a good looking figure, but not without it's flaws.

Firstly, straight out of the box he has really loose hips which means my Hawkeye doesn't stand particularly well. Hawkeye also had some very stiff joints, a hair drier sorted this out and it had the added bonus of softening the plastic armour over Hawkeye's shoulders which means it sits much more neatly now. My final nit pick with this figure is that the quiver doesn't plug all that securely into the hole in the back.

Hawkeye uses the Winter Soldier's left arm to give it an armoured look but this time painted purple to match the rest of his suit. Clint also gets some seriously spiffy purple buccaneer boots (which I love the classic look of), his mask has darker purples in it, and his detachable soft plastic armour tunic has different purples again. The majority of Clint's body is sculpted in a dark blue purple colour which contrasts nicely to the purple.

The paint overall is really neat on the Hawkeye I picked up with good applications in his eyes especially. The colour choice for his flesh on his face is also really nice.

Hawkeye has the standard Marvel Legends articulation, with his head looking up and down, left and right, his shoulders have ball and hinge joints allowing them to swivel and rotate up and out, he has double jointed elbows and his wrists rotate and hinge up and down.

Barton has an ab crunch which is unfortunately a little hindered by the soft plastic goods, his hips, while being really loose, also swing outwards and forwards and back. There's a thigh cut, double jointed knees, boot cut and ankle pivot and hinges.

If you're building a classic Avengers team, you'd be crazy not to pick this guy up - despite the flaws he is a great looking figure on display. Also, whether you want to complete Odin or King Thor, you're going to need a torso for him.

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Marvel Legends Infinte Series Allfather Build a Figure Wave Scarlet Witch

Firstly I have to say how annoying I find the "Maidens of Might" banner that Hasbro has put Scarlet Witch and Captain Marvel under. It's annoying enough that they don't get their own names on the box (similar to the "Avenging Allies" banner that Sentry and Machine Man have been placed under in this same wave), but there's something a little patronising and condescending about calling these characters "maidens". It's probably just me, and it's not the end of the world, but having their names on the box would make so much more sense.

Scarlet Witch comes with quite a few of the pieces needed to complete Odin: She comes with his head

Which I really like but I wish his beard and the horns on his helmet had a little more detailing painted on it.

His cloak

This is the same cloak that Thor is wearing in this wave but in blue.

And his staff is the last build a figure piece included

This is cast in a solid gold plastic, and sadly doesn't have much in the way of paint detail.

The Witch herself comes with 2 accessories for use with her

Pink, almost translucent, plastic Hex magic pieces that fasten around Wanda's wrists. These are sculpted really nicely and look fantastic when in place.

Scarlet Witch is a really nice figure. She comes in her classic X-Men suit; her red head dress, red cloak, long red gloves, red body suit and thigh high red boots. She also has pink tights covering her upper thighs. Her face sculpt is really pretty though and has some nice detailing with full red lips and neatly painted blue eyes.

My favourite details in Scarlet Witch's painted details are the shading and sculpt in her cloak, and the colour highlights through her hair.

Sadly a tiny touch of that paint used in her hair has hit her chin

As I mentioned, the Hex bolts clip around Wanda's wrists so it looks as though she's casting the magic straight from her hands.

As you can see, there are larger holes with small gaps for a bigger character - these will be re-used and cast in yellow for the new Doctor Strange figure that's coming in a future wave!

Wanda can look left and right but because of her hair and cloak she can't really look up or down. Her cloak also stops both her shoulders from coming up as much as they can or turning out and upwards fully. She has elbows that bend 90 degrees and her wrists swivel and hinge.

She has an ab crunch which is kind of useless as the cloak makes her so top heavy, her hips are on a ball joint, she has thigh cuts, double jointed knees, ankle pivots, swivel and rotation.

A real issue I have with this figure is her heels and heavy cloak combo. You can get Scarlet Witch standing without leaning her on her cloak, but really, it's just easier to lean her on it and from the front you can't really tell. From the side though...

I'm a big fan of this figure overall, I love that we got Scarlet Witch in her classic suit and those Hex bolts work incredibly well. If you're a fan of the character, X-Men, or are building your classic Avengers team, I'd thoroughly recommend this figure.

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