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.
