



The X-Men start coming, and they don't stop coming. This recent Mutant renaissance continues, with today's look at the boxset depicting one of the biggest showdowns in Marvel, Colossus vs the Juggernaut.





Packaging:

The box is similar in style and design to the other 80th Legends sets, this one is the enormous version used for the Hulk set. It continues the trend of using comic art on the back and sides, and depicts the comic that inspired the set. That's an excellent touch and shows Hasbro's reverence for the entirety of Marvel's history.





Sculpting:





Colossus has always been among the burliest X-Men, and his figure here doesn't disappoint. His costume is recreated very well, with lots of small details, from his boot cuffs to his X belt. The metal areas are especially well done, with clearly sculpted plates showing just what his mutation does. I think the arms are reused from the Warlock wave Colossus, but the rest of him appears to be brand new tooling. If he is, thats a very nice show of effort from Hasbro.





Colossus is also big, very big. He scales well with other Mutants, as he should. Piotr is about seven inches tall, and he feels as big and powerful as he needs to be.









Juggernaut doesn't get as much new sculpting as Colossus, but he does get a brand new helmet. As expected, most of this new Juggy is reused from the BAF, with new paint, no belt, an a newly sculpted helmet. I'm not too bothered by this, since the first figure didn't have any major flaws to fix, his sculpt didn't need much tweaking. He's huge, hefty, and I totally believe he could break through a wall with his head.









The helmets on both are swappable, if you're interested. It's not a bad look, actually.

I do prefer the larger, more rounded helmet on this new one, but I do miss the dented metal look the BAF has. Hmm.





Articulation:





Colossus isn't the type of guy to do a crane kick or a backflip, so he doesn't have as much articulation as someone like, say, Spider-Man. What he does have is really well integrated into his sculpt, and works very nicely. Piotr has: A ball jointed neck, ball shoulders, bicep cuts, pin elbows, cut/pin wrists, an ab crunch, a cut waist, ball hips, cut thighs, pin knees, and rocker ankles. All of Colossus' joints came out secure and tight, and he's dang fun to pose and put into fighting stances.









For a guy as huge and beefy as Juggernaut, it's surprising how agile and articulated he is, kinda like Paul Blart, except a mutant, and evil, and not a mall cop. This analogy got away from me.

Juggy has: A ball jointed neck, ball shoulders, cut biceps, pin elbows, cut/pin wrists, an ab crunch, cut waist, ball hips, thigh swivel, pin knees, boot cuts, and rocker ankles. His joints all came out pliable and tight, and he holds poses very well.





Accessories:





Colossus isn't a guy known for any famous weapons, no magic hammer or shield for him. He comes with two alternate gripping hands. They swap easily, and look great. The recent trend of giving strength based characters, such as the aforementioned Hulk, a choice between fists and gripping hands, is an amazing one, and it's the perfect way to give us more display choices.









As an aside, if you have the bearded head from the Warlock Piotr, it fits nicely on this one. The metal color doesn't match perfectly, but it looks pretty cool otherwise.













Juggernaut does better than Colossus with accessories, coming with four brand new pieces. The first two are a set of alternate hands, a gripping right hand and an open palmed left hand. These look great, are scaled appropriately, and like Colossus, are a great source for more posing options.

The hands of the BAF figure don't seem removable, so they can't be used on him.









The next two accessories work in tandem, but are separate pieces nonetheless. First is an alternate helmet, thats been damaged enough that the metal is warped back like tin foil. It has some amazing detail, including scratch marks and ripped metal, and fits over the head pretty securely despite the torn section.





The second is a battle damaged, un-helmeted head, so you can see his ugly mug in all it's glory. The sculpting is great, with his sneer, missing tooth, and especially the black eye he's sporting, which even looks bloodshot. I never thought we'd get an unmasked Juggernaut head from Hasbro, and they knocked it out of the park.





Paint:





Colossus has an amazing paint job. The costume is excellent, clean lines, no slop between the red and yellow, and the hair is a sleek black. But the metal is where the true artistry is. It's chrome. Shiny, reflective chrome. It catches light, and looks great! It's much better than the gunmetal gray the Warlock figure had.









Juggernaut's paint is largely up to interpretation. On a technical level, it's great. It's got a cool retro, cartoony comic book look. If you're into that, you'll like him even more. If you prefer the more modern, gritty look the BAF has, you may not like him much. I think it's a great translation from the page to the figure, but your milage may vary.





Overall:

I'll make this simple: Buy. This. Set. These are the best figures of these two we've gotten yet. They're the heavy hitters of X-Men heroes and villains, and as such I consider than mandatory for any good mutant displays. The sculpting, paint, accessories, and articulation are all top notch, and they blow all the previous Legends versions of these guys out of the water.





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