Apr 19, 2021

It came from the Toy Chest: Big Fat Caillou's revenge


 I am talking about the Kingpin of crime himself, Wilson Fisk. Not 100% sure if true, but I could swear Kingpin's VA from Spider-Man the Animated series was the "Ahh the power of cheese" voice... the only reason I'm mentioning this is because the Retro series Spider-Man wave Kingpin figure is bringing me late 90s flashbacks. Roughly around the time I went back to collecting and I was able to get pre Marvel Legends toybiz figures very easily because they were three for $10 at KB toys... and my orthodontist was located at a mall with a KB. This is mostly due to the 90s inspired card art and Kingpin looking a lot like his 90s figure but better.


I kunow, I already reviewed the Kingpin BAF. This figure is nearly the same as that one... but there are a few differences that required a little review.

You're tearing me apart Lisa!!


Articulation
Here there is no difference between both figures. For a fat guy he can be kind of poseable, he won't be doing any Spider-Man like acrobatics but for most of your Kingpin needs this figure is functional enough.
4.0

Paint and sculpt
Here we begin to see the differences between Kingpin and Shadow King. Let's face it that Kingpin build-a-figure was meant to be a Shadow King and not a Kingpin. Making the build a figure of Kingpin instead of Shadow King was a devious move. People ended up getting two of em in order to have one Kingpin and one Shadow King. Now with this more accurate Kingpin people are having a slight issue what to do with the third figure. I'll share some tips in the overall section.

Now that we got that little background story out of the way let me discuss the differences. The Torso is where most of the differences between Kingpin figures lie. Disfigure has the classic Kingpin ascot instead of a normal necktie. Of course the paint job is different from both figures. Sadly this skin tones do not match between the Kingpin figures. The Retro series Kingpin is a bit paler than the Builder figure.
5.0

Accessories
Like the previous Kingpin figure, the accessories are the same additional head and the cane. The screaming Kingpun head has some battle damage painted on similar to the Peter Parker head in the Kraven and black suit Spidey two pack.
4.0

Overall
Kingpin gets a 4.33 as his final score. Like the previous Kingpin figure before this one is decent and fulfills all of your Kingpin needs.

Now what to do with the extra Shadow King body that you might have:
If you have some black and white paints, some sculpting material, a fodder ponytail; you could make a Jimmy 6 Figure.

Or you could use some sculpting material to make a blond comb-over styled wig give him a hot hardly applied spray then look to his face and you can have former President Donald Trump. For more accurate results switch the hands from the build a figure to the retrowave Kingpin and boom!
Let's be honest current Marvel Legends customs of Donald Trump they look wrong.
The tiny body in a suit looks nothing like The Donald's body. I'm not gonna lie, the custom head has a really great likeness of The Donald, but the body looks very wimpy in comparison to the Actual Donald Trump.

Let's face it, he IS FAT... no, I'm not body shaming him or mocking him for his weight. I'm stating a fact as another fat person. As you can  see on this pic, he is bigger than Kim Jong Un. Therefore, the Kingpin figure creates the same imposing figure that a Donald Trump figure should have. Also, thhe Kingpin figure straddles the line between 1:12 and 1:10 scale.

Whether you like him or not, he can spice up your displays...

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