



Current movie based waves of Legends usually have a mixture of cinematic and comic figures, but the second Endgame is an outlier, since only three of the seven figures are movie based. Two of them, Shuri and Rescue, will be reviewed tonight, while the third, War Machine, will be covered later this week.





Packaging:





The boxes are the standard greatness for Legends. They show the figure well, and have bios and character art on the side. No problems there.





Sculpting:





This is the actually the second Legends figure Rescue has received, the first being an incredibly rare exclusive for subscribing to Marvel's digital service. That one routinely goes for over 100$, so this one is a welcome alternative. She appears to be largely new sculpting, being more feminine looking and slightly built than other Ironman figures, and entirely different from the earlier comic based figure.





The suit itself is packed with details, like plates and rivets, that help it look like armor, and she's a pretty good representation of the screen version for 1/12 scale.









Shuri is making her Legends debut, and while I suspect some of her is reused from the basic Black Panther wave figure, this one has much more articulation and detail. She's authentically scaled, petite and short like a teenager, and her outfit has lots of great movie accurate details, like the skirt and the armor on her torso. She does have some unsightly plastic mold lines on her arms, but that's the only issue I have with her sculpt.





One of my favorite details is the decorative piece on her neck, which I'm sure has a proper name but I have no idea what to call it. Hasbro's face scanning tech shines again, and she looks just like Letitia Wright.





Articulation:





Rescue has a pretty good articulation scheme, although she's not as poseable as someone like Black Widow due to the armor. She has: a ball jointed head, ball shoulders, cut biceps, double pin elbows, hinge/swivel wrists, ball joint midsection, ball hips, thigh swivel, double pin knees, and rocker ankles. The wrists aren't terribly useful, since the design of her gauntlets extends over her hands, the wrists don't have much movement options. That aside, all of the joints came out tight, and I had no issue with posing her.









Shuri isn't exactly known for action, but she's still got a pretty good amount of posing options for a brilliant science prodigy. She has: a ball jointed head, ball shoulders, bicep cut, pin/cut elbows, pin/hinge wrists, an ab swivel, a cut waist, ball hips, thigh cut, double pin knees, and rocker ankles. The skirt is a separate piece, so it can be raised and repositioned for certain poses so it doesn't impede her movement. The torso articulation is a bit stiff, but it's still workable and you can get her in some good poses.





Paint:





Rescue's paint is amazing! She's largely a metallic purple, with great gold and silver highlights. It looks pretty movie accurate, and the purple would make her stand out excellently in an Iron Legion display.









Shuri's outfit is pretty complicated, but the paint apps do a good job of capturing it. The torso armor, neck piece, and arm bracers are all very well done. My favorite detail are the make up designs on her face, the blue eyeshadow and the dot pattern. They're very intricate details, and look great in person.





Accessories:





Rescue comes with the Hulk's huge green torso, and one personal accessory: An interchangeable jetpack with the wings spread out. It looks great, and is good for more action based poses. The interior dark gray flaps are also moveable, and hinged to be flat against her back, or raised. It's disappointing that she doesn't come with anything else, repulsor hands alone would up her pose options so much. They also could've included an alternate Pepper head, even reused from the Iron Man3 pack would be nice. There are collectors that've swapped that head onto Rescue, but I've heard the fit isn't perfect and needs to be modded, so keep that in mind if you want to attempt that.





Shuri comes with the Hulk's right leg, and two other inclusions: her energy-firing, panther head gauntlets, or as I call them "Kitten Mittens". They clip over her hands easily, and stay in place well. The swirly blue energy effects are glued in place, and won't come out unless you cut them off. I'm not sure what else Shuri could've come with, so I'm happy we got the option, especially since the gauntlets give her so many more posing choices.





Overall:

These figures have some drawbacks, like Rescue's lackluster accessories and Shuri's somewhat limited torso articulation. That said, they also have really great paint jobs, good articulation, and provide pretty great figures for some great characters. If you're a big Iron Man or Black Panther fan, I'd say these are mandatory to complete your display, and I have no major issues recommending them.





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