After being preoccupied with work the past couple
of days, I'm back with another addition to my 1:18 Avengers ranks,
mainstream comics' first African-American superhero, Falcon. Cap will
surely be thrilled to have his partner back!
Time
is one luxury I don't have right now but I'll try my best to summarize
where this figure shines and where it doesn't. This one's gonna be
quick, but I hope it will still be full of good information. So, let's
do this.
I'll tell you right off the bat that MU Falcon is
not a perfect figure. The toy itself is very simple, there's nothing
breathtaking about it, but somehow, it works. The headsculpt is great
and I love the expression on the figure's face. Falcon reuses a lot of
old parts from Wave 5's Guardian figure and that translates to a few
issues regarding articulation which we'll cover a bit later.
The paintwork on my figure is a bit sloppy with
the red paint bleeding on to the white at certain spots. Another issue I
have is that they didn't paint the underside of the pelvic area red,
it's a bit distracting seeing white spots at the crotch since the guy's
wearing red pants. There's also a light blue wash on the white parts
that gives the sculpt more definition, but I'm not happy that Falcon's
mask has it too.
The base body used actually provides a good
approximation of the character's built, but I'm left craving for the
advancements we've seen on some of the new Marvel Universe figures. It
would have been awesome if the figure came with the fantastic neck joint
that can be tilted a great deal back which is perfect for flying poses
but unfortunately, we're stuck with a figure that can barely look up or
down. The rest of the joints are fine but movement of the arms is
slightly restricted by the wings, but that's understandable.
Falcon gets a pair of translucent red wings,
Redwing (his friend falcon), and a display stand for accessories. The
wings look amazing and I like how they attach to the upper arms. I'm
seriously thinking of getting some Microman stands so that I can pose
some of my figures in flight, but that's another story. Redwing can be
clipped to Falcon's arm but I'm a bit disappointed at how Redwing
accomplishes that. Hasbro could have given the bird a pair of feet
instead of an obvious C-clip to make it look more realistic, but they
didn't. On the plus side, the paint wipes on Redwing are absolutely terrific.
Marvel
Universe Falcon has a lot of flaws, but those flaws aren't enough to
totally ruin the figure. It's still a good toy, but knowing that it
could have been a lot better really bums me out.
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