Some Toys that Aren't GI Joe!

Marvel Universe figures are awesome. I really feel like they are Marvel Legends hit with a shrink ray; I know in some cases the articulation doesn't quite match up to many of those larger figs, but at the same time, some of the Marvel Legends suffered from too much articulation. Some figures had some very funky arms with weird armpit ball joints that did not look good (two-pack Daredevil, for example), and some were so full of joints that they had perpetual hunchback. Many of the female figures, especially Psylocke, genuinely looked awful because they had so many joints built in everywhere. No such problem with these. To wit

The Good

The Bad

The Ugly

First and most obviously...make some more damn villains, Hasbro. I know they're working hand in hand with Marvel to make figures that are relevant to recent events in the comic but jeez. We've got Captain America, Iron Man (x2), Black Panther, Ronin, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Iron Fist, Wolverine, and the Silver Surfer. Opposing them? Green Goblin and Bullseye. This is a mismatch folks, pure and simple. Then, of course, there's the Hulk, and if Planet Hulk (best Hulk series ever, btw...check it out) taught us nothing else, it's that nobody can beat the Hulk. Nobody. But then, he's not really on any side, either. At any rate, I'm only going to tackle one figure at a time here on the ol' toyblog; that way I might actually get more done, AND blogging will fit into my writing priorities a little better. So we'll start at the top.

Captain America rules. Women want him, men want to be him. Plus he has a rockin' shield. Sure, he's dead in the comics (at least, when I stopped reading Marvel comics he was dead). Is he still dead? Did he come back with the Skrulls or what? I couldn't handle it anymore. This figure, based on the Ultimate Universe Cap is incredible in its detail. The shield, the boots, the gear on the belt...right off the page. Frankly I think this design is preferable to the one many of my fellow nerds are clamoring for, with the wings on the mask. Weakling that I am, I'll probably buy that too, at least to get the other character in the 2-pack. This figure is a straight up 10, no questions asked.

Cap is so awesome that if you are looking at this and you are female, you are pregnant. Fortuntately, since my readership appears to decidedly of the male, geek, personal friend of mine persuasion, we're probably safe. Unless the Official Wife reads this. Then, well...shit.

Only a few things could be more awesome than Cap. One of them, to wit: Cap with a machine gun.

Die Nazis!

Yeah. Awesome.

On a side note, I do plan to take some more pics of Cap with GI Joe figures, since he meshes so obviously with them. Who should be on Cap's team?