



The new Fantastic Four series continues , with the second two members of Marvel's First Family, those sensational Storm siblings Sue and Johnny, in their spiffy new black n blue threads. Let's see if they measure up.





Sculpting:









Invisible Woman shares much of her sculpt with her prior Walgreens exclusive figure, with a few new additions. Most obvious is the new head, which has a new face and a different hair sculpt, both of which look marvelous.





I don't mind the reuse, it's a great sculpt. She looks beautiful, very comic accurate, and scales perfectly with the other FF members.

The other main addition is the boots, which are now wedges instead of flat, but she still manages to stand up just fine, which isn't always the case for figures sculpted in heels. (I'm looking at you, classic Black Cat.)





Since the sculpts are the same, you can easily swap the heads if you prefer one over the other. They pop on very nicely.













Johnny is, I'm pretty sure, the first ever Legends scale figure of a fully "Flame Off" Human Torch, and that alone is pretty remarkable. On top of that, he's built using the tremendous and underused PS4 Spider-Man body, which is essentially a bulkier and more articulated Pizza Spidey.

His head sculpt looks brand new, and it's perfect. The cocky smirk, the spiky hair, its Johnny Storm through and through.





Now, it's not a perfect transition from Johnny to Torch, but it's definitely believable that these are the same guy, and I have no qualms about using him in my FF display. Sure his suit is different, but you can just pretend that his costume needs to be specifically designed to be flame proof. Boom, justified it.









The flame pieces can swap on to Johnny for some cool transformation effects, and the faces even look close enough to be the same guy. I'm so happy to finally have a de-powered Human Torch, collectors have been asking for that for how long now?





Articulation:





Invisible Woman isn't exactly known to do sick karate poses, but her figure is jointed enough to if it strikes your fancy. She has: A ball jointed neck, ball shoulders, ball elbows, pin wrists, a ball midsection, half ball hips, cut thighs, double pin knees, and rocker ankles. It's all tight and sturdy, and she holds poses very well.









Johnny is crazy articulated, and can strike just about any stance you can think of. He has: A ball jointed head, ball/butterfly shoulders, bicep cuts, double pin elbows, pin wrists, an ab crunch, cut waist, ball hips, thigh cuts, double pin knees, boot cuts, and rocker ankles. Like his sister, all of his joints are solid and flowed perfectly.





Accessories:





Sue comes with Super Skrull's big purple torso, and one specific accessory. It is disappointing that she doesn't come with a translucent hand like the Walgreens figure, but what she does have is even better. A big, see through force field, that slips over her right hand. It looks fantastic (heh) and isn't a perfect circle, looking like it's made of unstable energy and not, say, glass.





It also fits perfectly on the prior Invisible Woman. It's so cool to have a force field to display her with, since those are such a big part of her character.









Torch comes with Super Skrull's right arms, both the standard and Thing versions, and a flame effect for it.

He also comes with four attachable fire pieces. The first two are recolored versions of the energy effect that came with Scarlet Witch and Hela .

They slip over his wrists very nicely, and give a nifty powering up effect.





He also has two alternate flame hands, which are reused from the Walgreens figure, but they're very appreciated, and look excellent with the wrist effects on.





Paint:





The paint work or Invisible Woman is phenomenal. The face is a real achievement, especially the minute detail they took in giving her detailed eyelashes. Also impressive is the costume, since most of the new details are painted on instead of sculpted, so all the different areas like the funky gloves and boots are all cleanly brushed and look flawless.













Likewise, Johnny has exceptional paint, with the same level of quality on his suit and face, and excellent attention to keep all the lines clean with no bleed or slop. Great work.





Overall:

These are some terrific figures. The quality is exceptional all around, and even though Invisible Woman could've come with more accessories, the one she does have is awesome. Sue might not be a must have if you own the Walgreens one, but in my opinion, Johnny is absolutely needed, and a long awaited addition. I have no reasons to not recommend them, they're, dare I say, Fantastic?





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