Forgive the mask, she is a bit shy!
Now that I'm done glazing Crossbones, comes the actual reason I wanted to buy this pack,
Madame Masque as I've been waiting for a long, LONG time for get to get a figure. I first discovered her through the animated Iron Man TV Show, I've since come across her a few times through my Spider-Man adventures. So, yea, she was a
necessity in my collection.
She is built on a slightly retooled Shriek mold, as she has the zipper on her upper torso actually sculpted onto the figure. I don't mind the reuse, it works for her. She share the case, the smoke effects, the blaster effects and the ground explosion accessory with Crossbones, but she gets to open hands, two trigger finger hands, two golden guns(One with a silencer) and an alternate head. First of all... why the open hands? Those don't suit her at all, they
should've been fists. That aside, I think she looks really nice, and while I'm more familiar with the classic look of the character... this is
close enough. That said... much as it happened with Crossbones, the art the chose for the box doesn't match the figure, although she is much closer than Crossbones, for you see... the fingers should be black, not white. It's a nitpick, sure, but still.
I'm also not familiar with this more modern mask of hers, but in the figure it looks like a domino mask... but if you look at the very same art the chose for the box, this is supposed to be a transparent mask of sorts with a golden domino mask. The effect is completely lost on the figure, in fact,
they didn't even try. I mean... come on, Hasbro, when you try to can make the most amazing figures!
One thing to keep in mind, while I put the blaster effect on the silenced gun... I broke it, it bent hard ans stressed the plastic, so
be careful.
Another bit that
disappointed me with her is that her arms are rather gummy. I hate it when the shoulder pegs get stressed like this.
While she is not built on the newer female buck, the Shriek buck is good enough. Double jointed elbows and knees, bicep and thigh swivels, with a ball jointed ab crunch. It's not the best ever, but it's
good enough. She is about as tall as Bucky Cap.
She was my biggest determination factor in getting the two pack, and, mind you, she is a decent figure, but... Crossbones was the real star here.
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