Hasbro is building the Astonishing X-Men team with their newly released Wolverine figure, which is inspired from the comic book of the same name that ran in 2004 – 2013. Wolverine joins Cyclops and Emma Frost, as they were released back in the Ch’Od build-a-figure wave. ToyBiz had also offered an Astonishing X-Men Wolverine figure back in 2005 and some of those early releases had some wacky articulation, some more points than the current run by Hasbro. It makes sense to get a modern update of this version of Wolverine in the 85th Anniversary line of Marvel Legends during Wolverine’s own 50th Anniversary.
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Wolverine is packaged in a window box with logo’s and comic book inspired artwork. He comes packaged in a plastic tray, and you can clearly see the accessories and the figure in the front now that the plastic-less packaging is done.
Wolverine comes in his Astonishing X-Men costume, which is yellow, blue, black, red and metallic silver. The X-Men logo belt buckle includes the red with the black X, with metallic silver on the sides of that and a black belt. The outfit is mostly yellow and blue, with nicely done crisp lines throughout where the yellow and blue meets, and he is given a lot of new tooling to give him a better representation of the source material, which I believe to be 100% new tooling. Some of these parts used look to be reused from some of this years Wolverine offerings, but if you look closely, all of this is new. This gives you a much more accurate figure compared to some reuse from other versions of Wolverine, which is also more appealing visually. The attention to detail and the quality given to Wolverine is also a key factor to just how impressive he is, and the enhanced articulation and interchangeable head and hands are also a new treat for fans.
Wolverine includes a masked, and unmasked head sculpt, each with their own unique facial expressions.
Wolverine also includes three sets of interchangeable hands (clawed, closed fisted, open and pointy finger).
The interchangeable parts allows for various poses and display options, which is always a nice addition to any action figure.
His articulation is also standard for the line, and includes a ball jointed head and neck, ball hinged shoulders, hinged shoulder pads, swivel biceps, double-hinged elbows, swivel-hinged wrists, hinged claws x 6, ball jointed torso, ball joined hips, swivel thighs, double-hinged knees, hinged and rocker ankles.
Here is a comparison with some of this years Wolverine’s action figures, and you can clearly see the differences here. Wolverine also joins Emma Frost and Cyclops, as they were offered in the Ch’Od wave.
Overall, Hasbro’s Marvel Legends Astonishing X-Men Wolverine figure look great to his comic book likenesses and are surely essential additions to yourWolverine and X-Men collection. I’m calling this an essential Wolverine to own, so, make sure to grab these figures now at BigBadToyStore for $25.99.
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