{"id":27579,"date":"2014-04-07T23:33:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T04:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=27579"},"modified":"2014-04-07T23:34:28","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T04:34:28","slug":"marvel-legends-infinite-series-captain-america-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=27579","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Legends Infinite Series
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<\/a> \u201cAs I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted\u2026\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Jack Paar<\/p>\n

I\u2019m back in the saddle today with a new review. I wasn\u2019t sure what I wanted to do for my first gig back. I have a couple ideas for a Truetorial or two. I figured I should start with a review. And while I have Hydron pics taken during my uh, exile, I decided to go with Captain America instead. We watched the new movie over the weekend. I won\u2019t spoil anything here, other than to say it was fabulous. I loved it. And I\u2019m not just saying that because Cap is one of my favorite Marvel characters. The movie is just good. A few plot contrivances here or there, but I was so entertained, I didn\u2019t care. I also have to applaud the folks behind the movie for the trailers \u2013 they did a great job reorganizing the movie in unexpected ways. It\u2019s a silly thing, but I appreciated even that attention to detail. Man, I need more toys from it.
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Luckily, I already have some. As evidenced by my Black Widow review, I have run across Wave 2. I only had funds for the Widow or the Winter Soldier and wisely chose to bring the Widow home, so I\u2019m still short on the Winter Soldier, but I\u2019ll score him soon enough. I was lucky though, the third figure from that wave hung around long enough for me to go back and snag it: Captain America in I guess what we\u2019re calling a Stealth S.T.R.I.K.E. suit, though the toy makes no attempt at doing so. <\/p>\n

Honestly, it\u2019s probably good they don\u2019t. Otherwise this figure would be called Marvel Legends: Captain America: The Winter Solider: Infinite Series: Stealth S.T.R.I.K.E. Suit Captain America. Whew. I\u2019m tired just typing all that. I better start diving into this review before I get too far gone. I hope you\u2019ll pardon me as I get my review legs back. Uh, forgive me if it goes astray?<\/p>\n

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While I will end up finishing the Mandroid, and I do love this particular iteration of Cap\u2019s costume (love the comic version too), I first bought this figure because I want a good Movie Cap on my ML shelf. The Avengers Cap just doesn\u2019t work ultimately. I loved that Avengers line, but the figures succeed at varying degrees. Cap was the low point (if you overlook that they skipped Black Widow). It\u2019s not entirely Hasbro\u2019s fault \u2013 the Marvel Film folks can\u2019t quite figure out what to do with Cap\u2019s costume and the first figure just might have been doomed from the start. Maybe if Hasbro had executed the articulation and details better, they could\u2019ve done something, but it just didn\u2019t work out.<\/p>\n

The new film uses a couple costumes, but the Stealth Strike suit figure will probably be the defining look, for that film at least. It looks fantastic and it gave Hasbro a leg up this go round. Even better, they almost nailed it. <\/p>\n

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The figure appears to be a 100% sculpt. It reuses nothing from the previous Cap, but I\u2019m not totally up on all my ML parts. I\u2019m pretty sure it has to be original though because all the details seem to be just right top to bottom. It\u2019s light years ahead of the Avengers release, and looking at Cap and Black Widow, I can only hope Hasbro keeps operating at the level. The sculpt on the body is fantastic and integrates really well with the articulation which I\u2019ll cover in a minute. Oh, I do have to point out some weird things going on at the collar. The neck is a seperate piece and attaches to the collar, but there is some leftovers from the render or something that made it to the mold stage. Oops.<\/p>\n

The only thing about the sculpt I don\u2019t like is the head. Which isn\u2019t to say it\u2019s bad \u2013 I actually love the sculpt itself. I prefer the included unmasked head because the helmeted head suffers from the being mold blue with the face painted \u2013 that just doesn\u2019t look as good anymore \u2013 while the unmasked is molded in flesh tone. Both heads are technically great, and they look like Cap. <\/p>\n

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But they don\u2019t look like Chris Evans. I almost might catch him in there somewhere, but I\u2019m starting to wonder if they have his actual likeness rights? Black Widow is amazingly spot-on, so why can\u2019t Hasbro do that well here? I still love the figure, but it could be that much better if they just got a great likeness on the two noggins. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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The aforementioned articulation includes just about every major point you want in a 6\u201d figure. Ball-joints at the neck, shoulders, wrists, hips, & inverted ankles, swivels at the biceps, waist, thighs, and boots, double-hinges at the elbows and knees, and an ab crunch with fantastic range. There\u2019s very little I want this figure to do that it can\u2019t. Maybe some side-tilt on the neck. That\u2019s basically it. <\/p>\n

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Paint is the one area where the figure shows weakness. The heads are painted pretty well, though mine does sport a dent in the eyebrow on the unmasked head, but the body is not as well. The silver paint appears to be really prone to flaking or scratching off the textured blue plastic. I had to look through a few Caps to find one that had the shoulder stripes and star this well-covered. The red & browns work great though and gives the figure a great finished feel. <\/p>\n

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What really brought this figure home for me though was the accessories. Yes, we get a Mandroid leg. And yes we get shield (which is a huge upgrade from Avengers as well with fitted straps instead of those annoying straps where I guess I need tweezers to pull them through the buckles. The extra head is great too. Yada Yada Yada. <\/p>\n

No, the prize is the hands! Cap has his fists. He needs those! But to alternate hands are included too: one for saluting (or doing an Alan Davis pose) and one for pointing. The pointing is surely more about an Uncle Sam poster, but it has turned my Cap into a finger-waving fool! I even double dipped on that joke in the pictures. Oops. <\/p>\n

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Overall, I love this figure. It could be better: an actual likeness on the face sculpt, the shield could fit on his back in some way (I do miss the threaded straps for that reason), and\u2026 well, no I only got two. The rest of the sculpt, the articulation, the overall figure is fantastic. It makes me just wish Hasbro would do more. We never got the Mandarin from IM3. And while I\u2019m stoked we finally got Widow, we didn\u2019t get Falcon! I\u2019d love to own Falcon \u2013 he basically had all the good lines in the movie. I have a whole new appreciation for the character. I only hope Hasbro keeps getting better \u2013 we could get some seriously sweet figures for Avengers 2 if that\u2019s the case. Ideally, that would include a great Chris Evans likeness\u2026 if I don\u2019t get that, I may just have to buy the Hot Toys one\u2026 Gulp. <\/p>\n

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