Action Figure #379: Marvel Legends Black Winter(Thor)

  So it's not Winter that's coming, it's actually Thor who's coming?

 Who is Black Winter(Thor)? I do not now, but he came with Zabu's head, so I needed him. For such a Thor hater I sure do have a lot of Thor-related figures, eh? 

 This one is a reuse of the 'Thor(Herald)' figure that I do not own and I do not plan on getting, ever, but painted in black and blue. So he looks rather... simple and lazy, but if you look at the art on the box... he is supposed to look like this, so I won't fault them for it. Besides, he makes up for it with an intricately sculpted hair, I mean, look at all those flowy strands! While he is a reused sculpt, the body is very detailed, completely black, but very detailed. He also has a very detailed tattered cape that is semi translucent. Very much despite myself, I think he looks kinda cool. But just kinda. His hammer comes with a removable black flame effect that looks really nice too.

 He comes with two alternate hands, so that he can either punch people or hold his hammer or his enemies. His wild tuft of hair also means that he is a bit top heavy, so you might have to play around for a bit before he decides to stay up.

 The articulation is Marvel Legends standard, but no waist swivel and just single jointed elbow, albeit they have enough range on them so as not to be an issue. What I did have issues with were his right appendages, namely, the arm and the hand. The right hand comes off very easily, I think it's because they made the gauntlet piece a bit more gappy than the left one so that he has range to flick his wrist with the hammer. But the end result was that his hand comes off easily. But more surprisingly, while playing around with him... his right arm ALSO came off very easily. I pushed into the socket with all the strength I could muster, but even now I still feel like it could come off easily.

 He is quite a bit taller than Bucky Cap.

 Not the most interesting character or concept, but he's not a bad action figure to own I guess. That said, I wouldn't have bought him if he I didn't need him to complete Zabu.

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