Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Review: Hasbro She-Hulk

Avengers month continues with a review of a new Avengers figure, the Hasbro Marvel Legends She-Hulk!

She-Hulk is a great figure, and a real coup for Hasbro to produce. Great sculpt, great articulation, well done all around. She was probably the most prominent missing Avenger, although I’ve had the Marvel Select one on my shelf (in the back) for a while now.

OBQ (Out-of-the-Box Quality): 4 out of 5

I would have preferred a waist joint, and something else going on with the hands. Otherwise it’s a perfect figure. The Hasbro elbows work, and the sculpt is great. This line makes you treasure good female face sculpts, and She-Hulk doesn’t look like a man or really old. How did you do it, Hasbro?

CP (Customizing Potential): 4 out of 5


Well, how often will I need an amazon woman base? Probably not frequently. But when I do, She-Hulk will be the only choice. It’s the only base built to this scale with this posability, and that makes it extremely valuable. True, the colors don’t work for much more than another She-Hulk custom. But If I’m willing to repaint, I can get a lot of utility.

She-Hulk gives me the following customizing ideas:

• She-Hulk in the Fantastic Four! No need to do the Savage look, I think.

• Titania, the second Ms. Marvel, Thundra, Valkyrie, and other tall Marvel women. Maybe not Valkyrie, she’s 6’3” in my OHOTMU, and She-Hulk is 6’7”.

• Asgardian women, like Enchantress and Sif. Yeah, Sif!

• She-Dragon… although I wouldn’t want She-Dragon to be taller than Savage Dragon. I’ll have to wait until the first Legendary Heroes wave to come out.

• Big Barda… will need a lot of work whatever base I use. But Michael Chabon thinks I should do it.

• Which begs the question: Would She-Hulk work for Wonder Woman? Here’s a height comparison:

No, probably not. But maybe a Darwin Cooke Wonder Woman… which DCD made...

• Fairchild from Gen 13. The new version even wears pants, taking out the problems with knee paint rub!

That’s plenty. I would make an F4 She-Hulk, Titania, Sif, Barda, and Fairchild. She-Hulk is officially a great base.

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