{"id":13527,"date":"2011-07-20T13:11:07","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T18:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13527"},"modified":"2011-07-22T05:50:29","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T10:50:29","slug":"captain-america-the-first-avenger-captain-britain-new-excalibur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13527","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: Captain America
Captain Britain (New Excalibur)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>So let\u2019s take a break from the Mattycollector hullabaloo with another Captain America: The First Avenger review!\u00a0 It\u2019s day three of our Flags & Spandex week and we\u2019re going to make a jump over to the comic book side line with a look at Captain Britain in his New Excalibur duds.\u00a0 This line\u2019s for all patriotic heroes, even those from other countries.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a huge fan of Alan Moore\/Alan Davis\u2019 run on Captain Britain.\u00a0 Not only was the writing brilliant, but Davis\u2019 smooth and flowing art style really brought the characters and pages to life.\u00a0 He\u2019s one of my top five favorite artists and damned good writer to boot.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not familiar with his work I highly suggest you pick up The Nail<\/em> TPB from DC or even Clandestine<\/em> from Marvel.\u00a0 Both are fantastic stories that are well worth your time and money.<\/p>\n

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Oh yeah, so Captain Britain\u2026\u00a0 Ever since my first introduction I\u2019ve been a big fan of the character.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t just that he was written well though.\u00a0 I also really like how the character looks.\u00a0 In particular I prefer his second costume with the helmet, but even his first suit has a nice Silver Age appeal to it.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t always followed the character\u2019s books, but I have kept my eye on his costume changes throughout the years.<\/p>\n

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This particular Captain Britain figure is based on his design in the New Excalibur<\/em> book.\u00a0 I usually start out my reviews with the sculpt of a figure.\u00a0 But this time I\u2019m starting with the paint job because it\u2019s what really grabs your attention right away.\u00a0 The design is different but still very similar to his previous costume with mostly white pants and the Union Jack emblazoned across his upper torso.\u00a0 What\u2019s so striking about this figure is the use of a metallic paint for the red and blue colors.\u00a0 This not only makes his colored bits pop from the matte white and black, but it also gives his costume an armored look that\u2019s very impressive.<\/p>\n

Sadly, because this figure ended up in a movie line, the quality of the paint job isn\u2019t always reliable.\u00a0 This was the fifth Captain Britain I hunted down over a month long period whose paint was acceptable enough to buy.\u00a0 Even then, there\u2019s still a pinkish hue to some of his white stripes.<\/p>\n

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The sculpt of this figure is pretty good also.\u00a0 His body has a generic look with most of the sculpted details showing up on his gloves and boots.\u00a0 He\u2019s got a brand new head sculpt showing off the more armored version of his helmet, which I\u2019m a big fan of.\u00a0 He\u2019s also got a belt piece with plenty of pouches, although I\u2019m not really sure why he needs them.<\/p>\n

One thing I wondered about is why they decided to make him so short.\u00a0 In the comics he\u2019s usually portrayed as being particularly tall, even in a world of superheroes.\u00a0 His Marvel Universe figure reflects this and towers almost an entire head taller than this figure.\u00a0 Maybe the designers were going for a more realistic height since this is a movie line, and maybe they didn\u2019t want him towering over Captain America.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Unlike the previous two figures I reviewed from this line, Cap B\u2019s articulation is back to acceptable levels.\u00a0 His head and abs are ball joints.\u00a0 His shoulders, elbows, hips, and ankles are swivel\/hinges.\u00a0 He\u2019s got swivel cuts on his wrists and thighs, while his knees are double hinges.\u00a0 Basically, this figure\u2019s up to Marvel Universe standards in poseability.<\/p>\n

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Captain Britain comes with two accessories.\u00a0 First is a giant missile firing arm cannon, which I\u2019m pretty sure came from the Iron Man movie line.\u00a0 Weapons like this don\u2019t do much for me, which is fine because they\u2019re mostly for kid appeal.<\/p>\n

His second accessory is much cooler sword Excalibur.\u00a0 It has nicely sculpted details along the hilt and the blade.\u00a0 It was also given a metallic silver and gold paint job, making it pretty snazzy all around.\u00a0 These are the kind of accessories I love seeing.<\/p>\n

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If a Captain Britain figure is made, then I\u2019ll probably end up buying it because I\u2019m biased towards the character. \u00a0But even so, this figure\u2019s design and metallic colors make it my favorite Cap B figure of the Marvel Universe lines and definitely worth your money.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So let\u2019s take a break from the Mattycollector hullabaloo with another Captain America: The First Avenger review!\u00a0 It\u2019s day three of our Flags & Spandex week and we\u2019re going to make a jump over to the comic book side line with a look at Captain Britain in his New Excalibur duds.\u00a0 This line\u2019s for all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[169,26,34,10],"tags":[170,1108,2567,1109,1104],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/capbTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-3wb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13587,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13587","url_meta":{"origin":13527,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: Captain America International Patriots 3pk","date":"July 26, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This review was originally intended to wrap up our Flags & Spandex Week, but then Preview Night had to go and be all amazing, so we decided to hold off for a few days and start our Armchair Coverage early. 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