



After a brief break from the constant Legends blitzkrieg, Hasbro is back waging war on my wallet with two new waves! Not just this Fantastic Four wave, but a new Spider-Man wave just released. We'll start our look with those two brains and brawn college colleagues, Mr. Fantastic and the Ever lovin' blue eyed Thing.





Packaging:





The boxes are the normal greatness we expect from Hasbro. They give a nice look at the figure and contents, and have the art and bios on the back. Nice work all around.





Sculpting:

This wave is based on the new black and blue FF costumes, and largely consists of retooled and repainted versions of the Walgreens figures. I expected this, so I'm not complaining, just observing.

The build works great for Reed, lean and wiry but still muscled. His head sculpt has some great work, especially in his hair and beard. It's not just reused from the earlier figure, but brand new.





This Reed has some new sculpted bits, most obviously his brand new bearded head, which is an excellent translation of the comic art, and tweaked boots with cleat spikes on the sole. It's nice attention to detail that makes him more than just a repaint.

Since they share the same build, the heads can be swapped, and this new Reed even has the same detachable arms as his Walgreens cousin. The color won't match, but you can give him the stretchy arms.









Thing, naturally, has a much more involved, textured sculpt. His rocky build looks great, lots of intricate plates and nicks on the stones. He's also much bigger then the other guys, but not as big as somebody like Hulk , which is nice.





Like Reed, Ben is largely reused from the excellent Walgreens figure, with a few new things (lol) added. He has a new head, with a thick neanderthal brow, and a swanky new belt. Very nice touches.





The parts can swap between them, so the heads and hands can be traded if you'd like.





Articulation:





Reed's sculpt, at it's core, comes from the Hobgoblin wave Spider-Man, so he retains much of that articulation scheme. He has: A ball jointed head, ball shoulders, cut biceps, double pin elbows, pin wrists, an ab crunch, cut waist, ball hips, cut thighs, double pin knees, and rocker ankles. Everything came out secure and flows great. No complaints here.









Thing is impressively posable for a big rocky dude. He has :A ball jointed head, ball shoulders, ball elbows, pin wrists, an ab crunch, cut waist, ball hips, cut thighs, double pin knees, and rocker ankles. You can put him in lots of great clobberin' poses, and he's tons of fun to move around.





Accessories:





Ol' Stretch comes with Super Skrull's right leg, and two personal accessories, interchangeable stretched hands. They look a bit goofy, but it's nice to get a way to show Reed's abilities, especially with a brand new accessory. It would've been great if they repainted the extended arms from the earlier figure, but that might've been too much plastic to fit in the box.





Thing comes with two heads for Super Skrull, and exactly nothing else. Not the gritted head or open hands from the older figure, nothing. This is the biggest drawback to the figure, he looks great and his sculpt is still outstanding, but he feels lesser than his older counterpart, due to missing the great accessories that came before.





Paint:





Reed's paint is interesting, since most of the elements of his new costume is painted on rather than sculpted. It looks great, all clean with no slop between the blue and black sections. His head has the most impressive paint, with his eyes, beard and hair looking great. His famous grey temples came out excellent.





Thing is another interesting case, his paintwork is technically less detailed than the Walgreens figure, due to the plate outlines missing on this guy. That said, he's not lesser, just a different take. He still looks great, with yellow section that bring out the detail in the sculpt. Ben's face is also great, especially his famous blue eyes.





Overall:

These figures live up to the Legends standard, with the Fantastic paint, sculpting, and articulation we've come to expect. They're also a great asset if you missed out on the Walgreens offerings. But, as someone who did buy those, these guys aren't terribly thrilling to me. It's not anything wrong with these figures, just a matter of preferring the first offerings. Your opinion will certainly vary, but for me, I'm going to stick with the earlier figures.





Gallery:

































Council of Reeds











