After a couple of years we FINALLY completed the Life Foundation Symbiotes:
Scream, Lasher, phage, Agony, and Riot. Also, we have a new Venom.
The LF Guardian Symbiotes are a group of Symbiotes forcibly spawned from Venom. These symbiotes were originally attached to members of the Life Foundation Security team. These symbiotes have had multiple hosts throughout their lifetime. The figures are supposed be based on their fusion to their fist hosts. The set only has Agony and Riot, since Lasher, scream and Phage were single releases.
I'm mentioning the past releases, so if anyone wants to complete the LF5.
Now unto the figures:
Articulation
Riot is based on Monster Venom, so all of its flaws are repeated here. Though his back doesn't pop off as easily as Monster Venom.
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| Venom: Parker! We NEED your help!! Spidey: Can you let me go, Brock!? Venom: Only if you swear you won't double cross us!! Spidey: Only if you don't commit crimes!! Brock: My other's Spawn... Spidey: Spawn? That's a Todd McFarlane thing! Brock: No, you idiot!! The Life Foundation Symbiotes are back!! Spidey: No Carnage? Venom: No Carnage, just the other 5. Spidey: What 5? Venom: the ones from separation anxiety... Spidey: Maximum Carnage was better. |
Agony is based on the recent female buck with double elbows.
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| Venom VO: We were burning out the effects of a foreign chemical that bulged us like steroids do to normal humans when we stumbled upon Riot. Riot: Da-daddy? Venom: What the Hell!? Riot: Wait until my siblings find out that Daddy is in town! Venom: Who ARE YOU!? The only kid we have is Carnage and right now We're not even sure if he's our son anymore, since Cletus has corrupted enough Klyntar and made multiple Carnages... Riot: Life Foundation... Venom: Oh! Didn't y'all go Voltron and become Prius or something? Riot: I need to tell the others Venom: and he's gone: Venom VO: That's pretty much it. |
Phage, I believe is in the Cyclops Body, which is decent, but I would've preferred one with butterfly shoulders, since he has a bladed alternate hand.
Venom is no longer on the Hyperion body and is on the Omega Red Body. This gives him them a bit more size and butterfly shoulders.
Riot: 3.5
Agony: 4.5
Phage: 4.0
Venom: 4.5
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| Phage: Oh look! If it isn't Daddy and Grandpa... Spidey: Yellow symbiote said whuuu? Venom: Since you were our first and then we got our eggs fertilized in vitro... Spidey: It doesn't work that way. The only way I could be a grandfather is if you were my son, Brock and neither you nor the symbiote are my children! Phage: Hate to cut and run, but the rest of the gang need to hear about the upcoming family reunion! Spidey: Just no Carnage!! Venom: *whispering* What are you doing, Parker? Phage: Don't worry, Carnage is a douchebag! We don't need his redneck ass! Spidey: *whispering* It's working, Brock! |
Paint and sculpt
Phage is in a golden plastic with a few black accents. The only new pieces are the head, forearms, shins, and back attachment. Like I said, the body is mat likely the Cyke buck and carnage hands.
Riot is clearly Monster Venom with a new head and Scythe attachment. Didn't take pics of Riot wearing it, because for some reason I can't pop off his hands. He has purplish grey accents that are barely noticeable aside the one on his face.
Speaking of his face, for some reason he looks extremely concerned. I'm not sure if it's his eyes or his mouth that need to be redone, or if it's the combination of both that make him look not so menacing.
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| Scream: OMG, Phage! Daddy and Grandpa are coming!? Agony: I hope they bring belated Christmas presents. Scream: We should get a manipedi... Agony: I hope Grandpa sits me on his lap and plays horsey... Scream: This is NOT Alabama... but Grandpa has a tasty butt! Phage VO: Gag me with a spoon... |
Agony, like I said is in the new female buck, but with double shoulders, so she has a decent range of articulation from the neck down. Her head is severely problematic. The neck peg is too tall and the head fits in too tightly. I had to use a hairdryer and I'm in the Caribbean and the box sat for at least 2 hours with noon sunlight at 90+ degrees before I opened it.
Even if the head wasn't so tight and the neck peg a bit too long, which worries me if she were to shelf dive... she's a center-back of the shelf figure. But the real complaint I have aside the figure being more pink than purple and the lack of gloss or metallics. Phage, Scream, and Lasher have metallic accents. Something that is lacking on Riot and Agony. Also, why didn't she get Symbiote hands?
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| Venom: We can lick... Venom 2: WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU CAN LICK!! Venom: all the Ice-cream in a single flick... what where you thinking? Venom 2: That you can lock Deez Nutz! Venom: This is why Parker hates us! Venom 2: Yeah, it's totally that and not that we used to threaten his Aunt May or that we almost tentacled Mary Jane. Venom: Oh... Spidey VO: Brock! Wake up! We need to ambush the symbiotes... I have chocolate!! Venom: We need to wake up! |
Finally, Venom is in the Omega Red body, which is a bit better than the Hyperion body previous figures used. My only complaint is the tongue in his their full Venom head. It's far too long for my tastes. Even if the blacks don't exactly match, I might use the McFarlane era tongueless head for my "ultimate Venon". I lied, I have another complaint: the plastic on his knees is a bit too soft.
Riot: 3.0
Agony: 3.5
Phage: 4.0
Venom: 4.5
Accessories
Here's where these figures fall flat.
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| Riot: Oh crap! Grandpa' here too!? I didn't bring enough food and drinks! Lasher: Calm down, big guy! Phage: We could always order a pizza!! Agony: Spank me Daddy! Venom: We don't spank, we beat the crap of our unruly Children!! We are Venom! Spider-Man: Gee Kara know she shaw Spider-Man! Scream: What was that, grandpa? Spider-Man: I am the emissary from Hell, Spider-Man! Phage: Gag me with a spoon... Agony: Grandpa's a weeb! Ew... |
Riot gets a Scythe attachment that he can't use because I can't pop out his hands and I ain't gonna risk it. So in my case, he has zero accessories.
Agony on the other hand has a pair of fists. That's it.
Venom is the only one who got a better deal , because he's they're the bigger name in the setpait of fists and an Alternate mid-transformation head.
Phage is given the short end of the stick due to Venompool BAF stealing a pair of spots on his accessories slots. He could've used another bladed alternate hand
Riot: 2.5
Agony: 3.0
Venom:4.0
Phage: 3.0
Overall
Now we need to look at each figure individually and then take the ones from the 3 pack and do some Mathematics to find the value of the pack.
Riot:
He gets a 3.0 as his final score. The lack of metallic accents like previous LF5 figures hurt it a bit, not to mention the fact that mine has unintentionally unremoveable hands. But the biggest issue is the concerned face.
Agony:
She gets a 3.67 as her final score. The lack of proper Symbiote hands hurt her a little bit. The neck issues scare me more.
Venom:
Their final score is 4.33 for a couple of reasons. The lack of a head without a ridiculously loooooong loooooooooong tooooooooooouuuuunnnnnnge!!
Now we use some fancy Mathematics to determine the set's overall score, which is:
3.67 a decent score but, it COULD'VE been a bit better.
Mr. PHAGE, the lone figure that wasn't in a multipack gets a 3.67 as his final score.
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