Jean Grey (Marvel Legends)

Marvel Legends Jean Grey

When it comes to beauty and sex appeal, I personally think Jean Grey got them both and that I could rank her as my number one favourite woman of Marvel. She is tall and skinny with the right curves around her body. Not that I think the rest of these women aren't sketched as beautifully as her like most we've seen in the comics, I guess her personality plus her long red hair also played a role in the making of an ideal woman. But as I tried to hold and look at this new Marvel Legends figure, I don't feel the Jean Grey inside of it. She seems like she's walking on a thin line between a fully grown woman and an average tween.














She is part of the Rocket Racoon BAF Wave and comes with Rocket Racoon's tail and body (without the arms). With the blue and orange colour scheme, this figure is the exact rendition of Jim Lee's Jean Grey and the one from the 90's Uncanny X-men Animated Series. We may or may not see the two running changes of this action figure but I really don't care as long as this version finally appeared.

Nothing special about the overall paint application other than having a nail polish that matches her long wavy hair,... and let's not forget Jean's lovely pair of green eyes, which are also incorporated on this figure.

While there is nothing really to complain about the paint, the body mold used on Jean doesn't really go well with her head. It seems like the head is kinda big to be on top of this skinny and almost anorexic body type which is, by the way, used by Hasbro on almost all their female figures. More worse, the right hand (or shall we call it the mind control hand) is slightly on the larger scale.
















The only thing I liked about the sculpt are the ones over her hair. Also, the pockets at the side of her legs made this Jean Grey a little comic book accurate at least. The arm bracers are made of a softer plastic material that can be plied, moved and rotated, which helps with the articulation as well as belt with the big X logo around her non-articulated waist is also made of the same material, which is not glued to her body.

Like most female Marvel Legends with this type of body mold, the articulation is more likely the same. Apparently, her head movement is hindered by the enormous length and stiffness of her hair. Shoulder movements are also unable to move to its full potential because of these shoulder pads right around it. Jean Grey's elbows and wrists are single-hinged that can flex and rotate. She got diaphragm swivel that lets her look and turn to the sides. Y-jointed hips, upper thigh swivel, double-jointed knees, hinged ankles with the ankle pivot.

Having her stand close to the Marvel Legends Hope Summers, they're almost of the same size with the same features; standing about 6 inches tall. As far as recommendation goes, she can be a great addition having her in the mix with some Toy Biz ML Classic X-men and so it would be advisable to get her.