Feb 1, 2018

It came from the Toy Chest: Two Illuminati confirmed

Speedo Namor and Tony Stank.
I've already covered Submariner before and commented that I've been dying to have a Speedo Namor version, which now I have.


Ironman, well... Industrialist, captured by terrorists, shrapnel near heart, armor is needed to survive, becomes superhero and creates the Avengers... Is also a massive dick to people.

Articulation:
Standard ML fare for them, minus the butterfly Pecs. Sadly, the thighs on Namor limit his Articulation a little bit and some swimming poses can't be achieved that well. Tony is a bit better Articulated than I expected, but is still very stiff.
Namor: 4.5 Tony: 4.0

Paint and Sculpt:
Namor is on a "naked buck" with the shins, crotch, forearms, and head being the "character specific" parts.
The gold's are a "metallic yellow" while his Speedo is metallic green. Very minimalistic, bit effective.
Tony's armor, I don't know... Mostly because I don't follow all the armors. Not sure if it's from the comics or a Black Panther cameo. This armor is giving me a bit of a Samus Aran vibe to it.
The gold's are a bit more golden than Namor's but look like metallic yellow. Very full. The reds seem to have a candy apple finish, which make him pop. But somehow it manages to feel underpainted...
Namor:4.5  Tony:4.0

Accesories:
Only Namor came with a BAF piece. He then has the Trident, extra bearded head, and a pair of swimming hands.


Tony has a Blaster, extra hands, two repulsor blasts and each is in two pieces. If you remove one of the pieces, they also function as jet boot propulsion effect.
Namor: 4.0 Tony: 5.0 


Overall:
Namor gets a 4.33 Tony gets a 4.33 and their failings are for different reasons, but their plusses managed to compensate. The versatility of the blast effects helped Tony compensate for his Articulation. The cool Sculpt on Namor compensated the lack of accesories... Dude really needs a stand for swimming.

It came from the Toy Chest: Duel of the Panthers...

Black Panthers that is... Could you imagine a duel of Pink Panthers?


This title gives you a hint of the figures I'll be reviewing: Killmonger and T'Challa.

Right out the bat, I have a complaint: The Marvel formula strikes again: Villain is a mirror of hero.
This is how Killmonger is supposed to look like. Yet we're stuck with Black Panther... But evil.
The trailers show Killmonger wearing a mask similar to his comic book mask. Why couldn't we have gotten that as an extra head... I know it's not "Movie accurate" but chances are slim for a comic version of Killmonger, so getting a nod would have been nice.

Normally, this is the part where I explain the Characters, but I'll let the upcoming movie do that.

Articulation:
Both have the same Articulation, even if they have different bodies, their ranges are very similar. My Killmonger has a loose left bicep though. I just wish their legs had a bit better range on their thighs. Being unable to do the splits hurts both panthers a bit.
4.5

Paint and Sculpt:
Here they different a bit. I already mentioned that the Sculpting is different on them. I'd say Killmonger looks more like his comic book version, while T'Challa looks more MCU-like. A few silver accents break the black in T'Challa. On Killmonger, the paint is a bit sloppy on his face, but the body has a few black spots on the deep brown coloring that makes him look badass. These subtle spots are very hard to see.
4.5 for T'Challa 5.0 for Killmonger.

Accesories:
Both have their BAF piece.
T'Challa has an extra head and hands
Killmonger has extra hands and two weapons.
I kinda wish that Killmonger had an extra unmasked head or the Comic Book mask.
Both get a 5.0

Overall:
T'CHALLA gets a 4.66 while Killmonger gets a 4.83 and it's odd. While I kinda dislike that Killmonger is a bleh, knockoff due to the Marvel formula, the toy scored better than T'Challa, who feels a bit vanilla.