Action Figure #777: Marvel Legends Hydro Man

 And number 777 is.... Hydro Man? Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

 I have strayed far from my roots. Originally I only wanted Spider-man Variants. Then Spider-Man villains. Then characters I saw Spidey interact with. Eventually it evolved into the whole Marvel universe, so I forgot about some key players, particularly from the 70's and 80's Spider-man, some of my favorite Spider-man content, characters such as Hydro Man.

 He looks nasty! No, really, the cocky grim they gave him suits him so much. He reuses the same buck as Sandman, which is very fitting considering that one time they fused together. What is completely new on him are his water-arms, which look phenomenal. Molded in a beautiful translucent blue plastic, the sculptors managed to give the illusion of torrential water with the texture they gave his arms and hands, which I think is nothing short of amazing. It's a bit of a shame you can't take the water off, so he will always have to be posed with his watery arms, but I'll take it. Originally he came with two watery platforms for his feet, which would've been welcome since he is very top-heavy, but I got him loose and very cheap, so I can't really complain.

 Alright, so the articulation is were things go a bit downhill for him. The basic body is fine, he has a very limited hinged ab crunch, swivels on his waist and thighs, and double jointed knees. But what you really want to know about are his arms. Well, they are single jointed mid-way through the biceps, and since these are single joints, you can turn them 360 degrees around. While these are joints, the range on them is pathetic, so you might as well forget about bending his arms. At least both of his hands are hinged, so you can turn them around, and bend them forward and backwards, which should allow some leeway in how you pose his arms. It's not perfect, but you can work with it.

 This is the extent of the arm bend. Since you can't probably tell, his right arm is bent, but the left arm is straight. Pretty pathetic, but I guess it's better than nothing. Maybe. he is slightly taller than Bucky Cap.

 Despite his very glaring limitations... I think he is a fine figure. They did a fantastic job with his watery arms, although I'm sure that they could've found a way to give him some way to bend his arms. Still, I appreciate the work on the sculpt, and you can get some good poses using all his other joints. It's not the best, but it's good enough.

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