{"id":31433,"date":"2015-07-15T02:33:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T07:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=31433"},"modified":"2015-07-15T22:15:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T03:15:40","slug":"marvel-legends-ant-man-ant-man-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=31433","title":{"rendered":"Ant-Man Toy Week!
Marvel Legends Ant-Man:
Ant-Man Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> “No, I’m the Ant-Man!… I know, it wasn’t my idea.”<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Ant-Man, Marvel’s Ant-Man. (Cause even the movie’s gotta make fun of itself…) <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve not seen Ant-Man yet (obviously), but I\u2019ve gotten a wee bit obsessed with the toys. I\u2019ve already bought over a dozen items from Hasbro, Diamond, Funko, & LEGO. (fingers crossed!). Truth be told, its\u2019 not really about the movie though. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll like it, but it’s more that I just really like the suit. If nothing else, they really nailed a great overall look for the Ant-Man. Part of it, from what we\u2019ve seen in the handful of trailers, probably stems from them setting Hank Pym in the past a bit. The suit gets a great retro feel as a result and I’m seemingly fascinated by it. There’s even a children’s book I’m eyeing at my LCS… The suit looks great on the LEGO minifigures, particularly good on the POP Vinyls and Mystery Minis, but we’ll get to all that – today is about how it looks best on action figures proper. Looking it over, I think the only thing I don\u2019t like about the suit is that, if past Marvel movies are any indication, it will be different when he appears in Captain America: Civil War. I just hope they keep the changes simple. <\/p>\n

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Despite my myriad of purchases, the two main figures of Ant-Man I wanted to add to my collection are the eventual Hot Toy & the Marvel Legend. The Hot Toy just because it will be awesome, and the Marvel Legend because\u2026 it\u2019s kinda the ultimate Marvel toy line, right? Hasbro hasn’t conquered the MCU as much I want \u2013 we\u2019ve only barely completed the basic Avengers line-up and we\u2019re missing a ton of villains (let\u2019s just add Yellow Jacket to the list right now), but it\u2019s ML and I\u2019m hopeful Hasbro finds a way to work the major movie characters into the line sooner or later. We did get Coulson & Maria Hill this year, and the comic line-up has become amazing, so I have hope for some of more unlikely wants. <\/p>\n

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Ant-Man finally get his due with an all-new sculpt and headlines his own wave. It’s pretty cool! The rest of the wave was loosely affiliated with him \u2013 we did get a Giant Man & Wasp, Ultron was the BAF (though based on the movie design, Ultron will forever be associated with Ant-Man in the comics) and them some C-List villains rounded out the wave. Overall, it\u2019s a decently strong wave with Ant-Man & Ultron pretty much swallowing the tooling budget whole. It’s a pretty good wave even if I might sell off one or two now that I’ve built Ultron. <\/p>\n

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Since he got an all-new sculpt, we\u2019ve ended up with a particularly accurate figure that really looks fantastic. The details are found throughout the figure, front & back, and it really stands out on the shelf. The helmet looks great, the exposed face is probably the softest part of the sculpt, but it\u2019s decent enough. The only thing I would\u2019ve liked to have seen differently is some layering with the mask that would let the lenses be translucent. <\/p>\n

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Articulation is a high point for the figure. There\u2019s nothing missing that I really want! He\u2019s got ball-joints at the neck, shoulders, wrists, hips, & inverted ankles; double-hinge elbows & knees; swivels at the waist, biceps, and thighs; and an ab crunch. The hips could use a little more movement, but he can pose well with what\u2019s there and I\u2019m satisfied with the results. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Paint is another area where the figure really excels. The suit is complicated with an intricate design, but the paintwork is pretty much everywhere it needs to be. The back of the figure looks to be missing a few paint apps here and there, but it\u2019s nowhere near as cheap as the Avengers figures. I would like the helmet to be a little brighter, closer to the rest of the figure, but it blends in well overall. The orange on the lenses would appear to be a little off from the film, but they look great. <\/p>\n

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Ant-Man included four accessories if you include the the Ultron head. And those accessories are the kind of stuff that you usually see with Ant-Man \u2013 more Ant-Men! Included was a tiny version of Ant-Man geared to sit a top an included winged ant and a tiny version of Yellow Jacket (well at least Hasbro made one YJ!). All these pieces are fun and contribute to a hoard of different scales of Ant-Men <\/p>\n

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Overall, I don\u2019t like this review is as joy-filled as I want it to be! I\u2019m going to blame the late hour. I could nitpick here & there, but the planning & execution on this figure has really been great! The folks that designed the costume did a great job and Hasbro did a great job translating it down. The paint work is sharp and there\u2019s plenty of fun articulation. Even if you end up not liking the film, the suit still has a great 50s B movie vibe and the figure captures it well. It\u2019s a great piece to snatch up \u2013 and unlike previous waves, I\u2019ve seen this one just about everywhere. Kinda like ants. <\/p>\n

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For all our Marvel Reviews, check out our Review Index<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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