Friday 7 June 2013

Giant Man (Marvel Legends)

Marvel Legends BAF Giant Man
Action figure collectors and combiners like me would search every corner of the planet to become proud owners of the rarest of the rare or become champions of an ultimate toy hunt. Some toy hunts are effortlessly easy to accomplish while others are more of a challenge, but here's a build-a-figure (BAF) action figure that is easy yet costly to complete the fact that you gotta purchase 10 action figures that each come with Giant Man-body part. Fortunately, you'll get them all in eBay but with varying price tags; depending how hot the demand is regardless of whether it's new or used.


















For Marvel Legends collectors, especially the ones specializing Toy Biz Legends, Giant Man is undoubtedly a must have figure. I brand myself a "selectionist"- I choose and pick the best version created by either one of these companies because, honestly, not all of Hasbro figures or Toy Biz figures are great. But if I rank all the BAF figures out there, Giant Man would be like "2nd runner up" next to my all time favourite build-a-figure, Sentinel (by Toy Biz).


Giant Man's most beaming feature is actually not the size, but rather the head/face sculpt. I have to say that this almost turns out to be like a real face with the perfect size and symmetry. The grimace over his face is sculpted with precision, and it definitely doesn't have that cartoony look. The size and shape of the muscles of this athletic body type are sculpted sensibly as to what Giant Man would probably look like if he shrink himself down to Hank Pym. However, I find the length of the legs awkwardly long, and it's actually not in perfect proportion as per relation with his upper torso. Looks like Hank here got his daddy's long legs!


In comparison with Hasbro, the paint application done by Toy Biz with their action figures is way more phenomenal. As you look at Giant Man closely from head to toe, you'll notice, maybe 2 or 3 different colours applied together in some muscle areas, which basically had something to do with contrast. Just as the sculpt bares realistic features over his face, the application of shading on this area further enhanced it.


No other words to describe the articulation of this action figure but... fantastic! Giant Man got a ball-hinged neck that lets his head move all the way up and way down, and turn 360 to the sides. Each arm got ball-hinged shoulders along with these scapular joints, like the ones on ML X-Force Wolverine, that goes forward and back. Also, he got double-jointed elbows, wrist swivel, and individual finger articulation (except the thumb), which I am truly impressed with. Furthermore, these fingers don't have that knuckling joints which, in most cases, ruin the sculpt on the hand. His torso has an ab crunch, a waist swivel and a couple of ball-jointed hips. Then to his legs, we got our upper-thigh swivel, double-jointed knees, thigh cuts, ankle pivots and last but not its least, toe articulation.


Out-rivaled by the Sentinel's size, the Marvel Legends BAF Giant Man stands about 13-inches tall, and can go with any action figures from any of these toylines, Marvel Select, Marvel Universe or even those ML Icons Series, but I would rather have him being in the Marvel Legends group because that's where he belong ideally. Without any further advice, just grab this figure if you like Marvel Legends.


8 comments:

  1. I like this! I might have to find one for myself at some point.

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  2. This is one holy grail of Marvel Legends. Indeed a highly sought after and a hefty price. Good catch. Enjoy.

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    1. Thanks for visiting and commenting on this blogsite. I can see you also got some cool stuff on your blog. :)

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  3. Oh, I just left the Mego collecting and invested a couple hundred in my Avengers Legends line-up. Having bought BOTH MU Goliath's for nearly a hundred each, I was still on my hunt for 'All Things PYM', so I plopped yet another hard-earned hundred down for Goliath.

    Nahh, I wasn't going to chase parts down in a dozen auctions. GLAD I didn't.

    He's.. Worth.. Every.. Penny..

    Love his finger articulation. I can have him give 'ol Jim Shooter the finger each and every morning. He's a heavy mother, but SO VERY WORTH IT. The uniform coloring on mine isn't as bright as what you see here (must be the lighting..), he looks even more realistic.

    Seriously, don't wait on him ~ Plop down the cash and buy him today.

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    1. The good thing though is that Giant Man is a lot cheaper when you buy him complete with all the BAF body parts already put together. If I wasn't driven by my ego, I would have saved my time and money completing Giant Man.

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  4. I have a giant man from an boxed set of the Original Avengers. Iron Man in his gold armor and both a Wasp and an Ant Man. I wish that Legends Line would also offer Goliath and Arim Zola as stand alone figues. Build A Figure is so frustrating because I never get all the pieces.

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    1. I agree, especially those Build-A-Figure being released way back before "The Return of Marvel Legends" line; they're getting harder and harder to find.

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