{"id":31461,"date":"2015-07-16T00:14:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T05:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=31461"},"modified":"2015-07-16T00:14:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T05:14:38","slug":"ant-man-toy-week-marvel-infinite-series-ant-man-ant-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=31461","title":{"rendered":"Ant-Man Toy Week!
Marvel Infinite Series
Ant-Man & Ant Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> “The suit has power, and you have to learn how to control it… and these [ants] are your greatest allies.”<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Hope Van Dyne, Marvel’s Ant-Man. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure exactly what to call this review. I was going to call it a Marvel Universe Ant-Man review, but it\u2019s really Marvel Infinite Series now? Even though the Legends Scale is also called Infinite Series\u2026 it\u2019s kinda like Star Wars Black coming in two sizes. I hope that\u2019s somehow useful for toy companies to sell to retailers because it\u2019s just confusing for collectors. Anyway, the other thing is that this particular Ant-Man figure isn\u2019t labeled as Marvel Universe or even Infinite Series. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s just \u201cMarvel\u2019s Ant-Man: Ant-Man & Ant\u201d. Regardless of the label on the box, this figure is intended to fit in with the other 4\u201d scale movie-based figures Hasbro has been producing since Iron Man 2. For the most part, I haven\u2019t bought many of those, particularly as the articulation went away, but the great thing about a character like Ant-Man is you can buy him in any scale and he\u2019ll fit right in. <\/p>\n

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The 4\u201d version is again an all-new sculpt and we can compare to it the Marvel Legend to see it\u2019s another really nice rendition of the suit. The retro feel is still there and well captured with the various costume details. The only real difference on the sculpt is something I failed to mention yesterday: the head sculpt. The 4\u201d version features a more traditional look with the helmet closed rather showing the open mouth. Since we haven\u2019t seen the helmet open the way the Marvel Legend showcases it (though I presume it can), this makes the 4\u201d version the more accurate sculpt between the two. <\/p>\n

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The 4\u201d figures does fall behind a bit in the paint department though. First, the simple comparison shows some missing paint apps, notably the silver piping on the front and a few other areas on the back of the figure. I understand the smaller scale is a bit harder to get right and there are cost considerations, but I don\u2019t like to see the paint apps missing. Luckily, I don\u2019t think the figure looks worse for it. The costume still looks sharp for what\u2019s there. <\/p>\n

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There are other paint nitpicks too like the dark grey areas on the helmet and the particularly bright red used for the suit. With those, I\u2019m just surprised that the different design teams at Hasbro don\u2019t work from the same material or to make the colors match. For me, I\u2019m buying this as a companion product to their 6\u201d figure and that would be better served if they matched up. It\u2019s not a dealbreaker, it\u2019d just be nice. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Articulation, though, is the one area where the figure falls apart a little for me. MUs and MIS (?) figures have slowly reverted away from some of the great articulation of year\u2019s past. It\u2019s just a combination of costs and what people are willing to pay, but there were a few parts of Ant-Man\u2019s figure that I found frustrating. There\u2019s still a lot here: ball-joints at the neck, shoulders, elbows, hips (limited), & inverted ankles, as well as a waist swivel & double-hinge knees. <\/p>\n

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It sounds like a lot, it is, but I was sad to see the lack of thigh swivels as that really impacts the legs. If the hips worked better, it wouldn\u2019t be such a big deal. The other thing I was surprised by was the lack of wrist swivels. They\u2019re not as crucial to posing as the thigh swivels, but the figure definitely lost some expressiveness when it lost the wrists. <\/p>\n

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As advertised, Ant-Man had one accessory: \u201c& Ant\u201d. On the surface, I love this idea! The ML comes with a mini Ant-Man riding this same ant. It\u2019s a cool thing to have the ant in two scales. And the large ant itself is pretty neat! It\u2019s a good size and I love the clear wings and sculpt. The articulation is actually pretty solid too: ball joints at the neck & abdomen, eight ball-joints in the legs, and the ball-jointed wings. Ant-Man can also sit atop it pretty easily. It should be a huge plus to the figure except it just doesn\u2019t stay together! The legs pop off constantly. The wings don\u2019t stay up and pop out when they give out and fall down. It\u2019s just a big mess. As cool as it is, I\u2019d almost rather have foregone the up charge for the big ant and just gotten the figure. <\/p>\n

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Overall, I\u2019m still happy with this purchase. The figure has a few flaws \u2013 a couple more paint apps and an articulation point or two away from being perfect, but it\u2019s solid for a 4\u201d figure. The only real heartbreaker is that the ant just needed to stay together, to feel a little more like quality piece instead of something you\u2019d find in the dollar store aisle. It look great, but it just needed engineered a tad better. Still the whole set for $20 is a pretty good value and it\u2019s cool to have Ant-Man in the two sizes right off the bat. <\/p>\n

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