Marvel Select "Venom"

It has been awhile since I have been inspired by a figure to write a review but at the moment I am. Just back from a fun shopping trip were I bought some comics and then got myself a new figure. This figure is the Marvel Select “Venom”. Venom is the first of the 7” scale figure that I have purchased and am I happy about that, this will definitely not be the last purchase of these.

These are not cheap purchases at all but you get what you pay for. In the box you get multiple pieces for customizing the figure to your liking. You get three variant heads to choose from; one is his classic teeth showing smiling venom, second one is the mouth open with his tongue extended and the last one is the half Eddie Brock head with the symbiote wrapping around him with the giant tongue hanging out of him. You also get two arm pieces that can connect to his forearms to give extra small arms to large muscular arms. You also get two closed fist to replace the claw hands. And the last piece that is the real impressive part of the figure is the back pack which clips on to his back and adds extra arms plus lots of smaller heads growing out of his back you are able to make them face in different directions. This backpack piece also connects without any pegs so there are no holes on his back or anything.

The figure has a great paint job on it as well, there is only one minor scuff on the figure were some white got on it were it shouldn't have been painted on. It is mainly been painted in black, white and some shading done with a blue colour. So you can have him looking like the different ways he has looked through his comic career, my personal favorite version is from when Todd McFarlane in The Amazing Spider-Man #316.

He has many points of articulation for some great posing. All the joints in the figure are tight enough that they stay in place when you position the figure. The only problematic parts I found was that some of the heads can be a little loose when you change them on the peg but I don’t know if that was from me not pushing hard enough on the peg. The little extra arms that connect onto his forearm, don’t clip on to tightly but this isn't a terrible thing cause these are more for show cause you could not never really hold onto anything with them.

If you are a Venom fan or a Marvel Select one, I would highly recommend you get this figure I know you can also get a special edition version only at Disney shops, this is based on the Flash Thompson Agent Venom. I want copy of this figure but at the moment he is hard to come by, hopefully this will change in the future. 

Thundercats 15cm Panthro figure

For my latest post I bring you the last of the Thundercats that I bought in the last while. The last one was Panthro, the loyal soldier to the king. Out of all the three figures he is the one who they have changed the most from the original figure. This version of the character is a lot broader and stockier build the old version that was much taller character. When it comes to this character, he gets the least amount of extra weapons and no extra hand parts. With Panthro you only get an open pair of nun chucks for him to hold in his hands, you also get a second nun chuck that is tied up that can be connected to his back of his belt. He is the only one that does not include any extra hands; this causes a lot of problem because it is very tight to get his weapon into hands. They kept some of the look character by keeping the spikes on the character but they also changed by adding even more spikes to the character, they are not just on his straps. He has the spikes on his wrists and shin guards. So he looks even more vicious then the older version.

Panthro comes with lots of articulation much like the other range of figures. He comes with over 20 points of articulation much like the other figures in this line. Out of the three figures, I found Panthro the loosest in places and also because of the size of his torso, he is a lot tougher to get to stand up and pose.  His hands have no articulation at all so you only have him with closed fists. This is very disappointing after getting the other figures were you get lots of extras that you could do lots of poses for the character. The colour scheme of the character is very much like the old version some minor changes but its more about the build of the Panthro that is different. They kept different grey tones and dark blue /grey tones.

At the moment, this will be my last Thundercat review unless I get a chance to order the set that came out only in the states. This is the biggest failing that this series had; they brought out to many versions of the character, ranging from different sizes and quality. They should have pick only one version or at least stick to two and then go from there after they saw how popular the line was then they could have created more. But sadly the toy line and the show have both been cancelled. I may get some of the smaller scale version of the other characters and if I do get more I will do more reviews on these but next I will be looking at some Marvel Universe figures.

Thundercats 15cm Mumm-Ra figure

Sorry it has been so long that I have got any new reviews upon the blog, but just had some personal issues that affected my ability to getnew write ups. My plan is to get more done over next couple months, I have some figures sitting around that I never reviewed and also some recently bought toys that I will try my hardest to put up a new one at least twice a month. So let's get to the point of this latest article.

This is my review of the Thundercats 2011 Mumm-Ra figure.This is based on the updated design from the recently cancelled series. They have kept some of the key features of the character, such as the grey colour scheme, the mummy wrapping flowing of them and the snakes on his chest and eventhe cape design coming off his helmet. Like the Lion-o figure he comes with many accessories. With this version of the character, before the Cats got the Sword of Omens, Mumm-ra had part of the sword himself. This is shown by his accessories such as the double ended sword of omens but also he has a smaller version of this sword and also the double ended sword can be taken apart to become a shorter sword. He also comes with one of the strangest shields as well, it has was can only be called tentacles that some how help defend him. He also much like Lion-o he comes with extra hands; these are an open hand and close variety for holding weapons.  Healso comes with a tattered cape that you have to connect to the helmet, this is a pain, and it’s very frustrating to put this under the cape because the instructions are not very clear. You need to remove the helmet and then connect the cape to the back of the figure but this is very loose and will pop off at the slightest knock.

The articulation of this figure is very alike the Lion-ofigure. It has 16 points of movement so you can you do all sorts of possibility. But the articulation also has some problems; the tunic that he is wearing hampers some of the movement of the legs so you can’t move the legs out that far.  The other problems that occur with the figure is the hands are a pain to stick the weapons to them, it’s alot easier to stick the sword into the hand separately and put them together inhis hand. The shield is also entirely to loose and it doesn’t stay on the arm.The paint job is actually pretty good with this figure. It perfectly captures the look and feel of the updated series. The grey looks smooth and also shaded too. I don’t have any real problems with the look of this figure. The only thing I wish that this character is missing and I think it was going to have them but they changed their mind or wanted to cut the cost of the figure.

If you have any of the others Thundercats but have not picked this up, I would recommend that you get this figure so that you have avillain for Lion-o to fight. It’s a fun figure with some slight problem  but all together a good figure.

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