{"id":32389,"date":"2016-02-02T00:05:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T06:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=32389"},"modified":"2016-02-02T00:05:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T06:05:47","slug":"absorbing-man-week-marvel-legends-speed-demon-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=32389","title":{"rendered":"Absorbing Man Week!
Marvel Legends Speed
Demon Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> “Y’know, I’m sick of you whining about what you can’t do… Let’s run like the devil and make Hell freeze over!”<\/em><\/strong> – Speed Demon. <\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t answer a question to why I\u2019m fascinated with Speed Demon. He\u2019s just one of those low-level Tier-X characters that catches your attention and doesn\u2019t let go. The funny thing is that I couldn\u2019t even come up with where I first saw him or that I even knew much about him. <\/p>\n

I do like speedster characters. I love the Flash and Speed Demon here is a Flash rip-off more or less. It\u2019s complicated though, so try to follow me here. SD first appeared as the Whizzer, a member of the Squadron Sinister, a JLA-knockoff conjured to fight the Avengers in the late 60s. It would later be established that the Squadron Sinister was also a knockoff from the Squadron Supreme from Marvel\u2019s Earth-712. So he\u2019s a quick Flash-knockoff in real life, but also a Whizzer-knockoff in continuity. The Sinisters then lose to the Avengers as villains tend to and ol\u2019 Dr. Strange mindwipes them all. The real Whizzer goes on to appear with the Squadron Supreme and James Sanders gets his job back and forgets his life as a villainous knockoff pawn. Things are good.<\/p>\n

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Then, the Spider-Man team is needing a new villain in the early 80s. Instead of making a new speedster, they return to Faux Whizzer here, give him a new name, a new costume, and set him off to join the MU. I found him there at some point, in some comic, but have no idea where or when. Somehow, I\u2019ve retained all this information about him though. Weird. The important thing now though, is that I\u2019ve got a figure. That\u2019s what matters. <\/p>\n

Thing is though, I\u2019m not 100% in love with the figure. It\u2019s not bad and it will definitely be in my collection for a long while, but it\u2019s just a little off. The first thing is that, while I appreciate Hasbro going with the leaner, Spider-Man buck (which we all know I love) here because he\u2019s a runner. I don\u2019t like it for him. He\u2019s been portrayed both lean & brawn, so it\u2019s not wrong, but I feel like he would look better on the next buck up. This buck is lanky & scrawny for Spidey and I\u2019m not sure it works on any thinner character. <\/p>\n

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The second part of this is the new parts \u2013 the head and the hands kinda look like they were originally intended for a slightly bigger buck. The running hands are a fantastic addition, but they are ginormous. They\u2019re even too big for the slightly too big head really. The head is probably not as big as I make it sound, I\u2019m going with slightly here, but it could also be that sculpt appears soft due to thick paint, but it just seems mismatched with the body to me. I love the smirk though. It makes him a fun figure to pose. <\/p>\n

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The articulation is the upside to the Spidey buck though and it makes for some fantastic running poses. We\u2019ve got the same setup as yesterday: ball-joints at the neck, shoulders, wrists, hips (well, most are well-ranged), & inverted ankles; swivels at the biceps, waist, & thighs, double-hinged elbows & knees, the ab crunch, and the extra lateral hinges in the shoulders. He can look like he\u2019s running which is something not many speedy action figures can claim unfortunately. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Paint is another highlight for the figure. The head could maybe use some work to make it blend in better and, actually, a metallic color on the visor would probably do a lot for that head. I may have to get out the brushes now that I think about it. Below that though, everything is grand. The red\/blue color scheme is spot on and delineated by sharp gold lines getting the costume exactly right. This guy ran off the page for sure. <\/p>\n

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SD didn\u2019t really have any accessories he needed, but he got a cool one all the same. In his recent appearances in Superior Foes of Spider-Man, a group of familiar Spidey villains team-up to retrieve the head of Silvermane. The book is clearly a fan-favorite up at Hasbro as it seems to have influenced recent figure choices \u2013 Boomerang, Beetle, & now Speed Demon (still waiting on that Shocker, Hasbro!). And now, thanks to SD\u2019s accessory, we\u2019ve also got Silvermane\u2019s head! On an RC car to boot. <\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll let you read Superior Foes to get the details, but it\u2019s pretty hilarious and awesome to get in toy form, even if the wheels don\u2019t turn. Duh. It\u2019s also cool because Silvermane\u2019s head is a spot on match for the recent Ultron body (itself a Beetle repaint) in Target\u2019s Christmas exclusive three-pack last year. It\u2019s not terribly comic accurate or anything, but if you\u2019re dying for a Silvermane figure, it\u2019s an easy swap out and you get Ultron\u2019s head on a little RC car\u2026 which might actually be funnier. <\/p>\n

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Overall, I\u2019m still not 100% satisfied with the lean body, but it works. It\u2019d work better if the head and hands were scaled down to match it, but I don\u2019t feel like getting that nitpicky tonight. It\u2019s a blast to get deeper into the villain roster and personally fun for me to get a figure of a character I care about for no particular reason at all. The articulation and paint put the figure over the top. And a little RC car that I can swap heads on is endless enjoyment, even if the wheels don\u2019t turn. Though, seriously, Hasbro? <\/p>\n

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