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On today's episode of "random figures that I bought", I present to you the S.H. Figuarts Avengers: Endgame Thor figure, depicting Thor in his final battle look.
While I had seen this figure being solicited a while back (it finally released a few months ago) being one of those Exclusive figures, pricing for this piece was all over the place, and even worse here in my part of the world. So, I basically skipped it and thought nothing of it.
Then a random Facebook classified popped up with someone trying to get rid of theirs. Based on my math, I got this guy for probably the same as the Japanese preorder price shipped here (I swear I read 6,700 yen somewhere).
Thor features only the one head/face, has Storm Breaker and Mjolnir, and eight additional hands for posing/gripping and so on.
Clearly Tamashii Nations understood the proportions of the greatest Thor ever. While I can't say for certain he's 100 percent to spec, at least this isn't a thin body they just added random bulk to. The entire trunk of this body actually looks like it belongs to a fat guy - I've not seen that many (if any) fat guy Figuarts, so all this glorious visage might have been created for Thor and Thor alone.
I imagine the cost for including both Mjolnir and Storm Breaker resulted in only one face being included in the set (well that and a non desire to move up to a high price point), but at least it's a really good one. Speaking of the two, Mjolnir seems about the right size, but Storm Breaker seems tiny to me, or at least the length of the handle.
The hair has decent detailing, and has been made gold just like with Infinity War Widow.
It's a shame that Thor didn't come with lightning eyes or lightning effects parts, nor was there a deluxe set that I'm aware of.
Also, for the first time that I've personally experienced, a Figuarts has a soft cloth cape (or soft good), which after seeing the nightmare that is the Dr. Strange cap, is a welcome change. It looks great, is double layer, but sadly is lacking the posing wire.
From a posing perspective, the major points of articulation you expect (ankles, double jointed knees, hips with pull down, waist, mid torso, shoulders with compress, single jointed elbows, wrists, neck, head). Due to the bulk of the torso, Thor isn't as graceful looking when posed but, that's expected. I do wish Tamashii Nations had made the back of the head with more flexible material or something so Thor could look upward, useful for flying and some crouching situations.
Paint work is very good. The more obvious stuff, such as the face and hair, are very self evident. There's actually quite a bit of paint work on the body itself, which is not as obvious. I like the slightly glossier finish for the body itself, which reflects the presence of body armour, and there's the chain mail on his arms which are a grey/silver as opposed to the black of the body. Masking is sharp, though if I'm being thorough some paint apps are missing, such as the buckles on the wrist straps.
Build quality wise, its sufficient to put that everything is up to par with regards to finishes, joints, tolerances and so on. They've all been solid for a while now, and this figure doesn't break that streak, especially the Avengers ones.
Unsurprisingly, a very solid action figure overall. I love the cloth cape, faults and all, but would have really liked a few more parts with the set.
Bro Thor was an interesting, and controversial, take on a popular character (like Professor Hulk) but personally I loved both of them, and it's nice to add Thor to the horde. It's a shame that Professor Hulk didn't end up looking that great (nor does he come with much) but never say never, right?
DSC_1604
On today's episode of "random figures that I bought", I present to you the S.H. Figuarts Avengers: Endgame Thor figure, depicting Thor in his final battle look.
While I had seen this figure being solicited a while back (it finally released a few months ago) being one of those Exclusive figures, pricing for this piece was all over the place, and even worse here in my part of the world. So, I basically skipped it and thought nothing of it.
Then a random Facebook classified popped up with someone trying to get rid of theirs. Based on my math, I got this guy for probably the same as the Japanese preorder price shipped here (I swear I read 6,700 yen somewhere).
Thor features only the one head/face, has Storm Breaker and Mjolnir, and eight additional hands for posing/gripping and so on.
Clearly Tamashii Nations understood the proportions of the greatest Thor ever. While I can't say for certain he's 100 percent to spec, at least this isn't a thin body they just added random bulk to. The entire trunk of this body actually looks like it belongs to a fat guy - I've not seen that many (if any) fat guy Figuarts, so all this glorious visage might have been created for Thor and Thor alone.
I imagine the cost for including both Mjolnir and Storm Breaker resulted in only one face being included in the set (well that and a non desire to move up to a high price point), but at least it's a really good one. Speaking of the two, Mjolnir seems about the right size, but Storm Breaker seems tiny to me, or at least the length of the handle.
The hair has decent detailing, and has been made gold just like with Infinity War Widow.
It's a shame that Thor didn't come with lightning eyes or lightning effects parts, nor was there a deluxe set that I'm aware of.
Also, for the first time that I've personally experienced, a Figuarts has a soft cloth cape (or soft good), which after seeing the nightmare that is the Dr. Strange cap, is a welcome change. It looks great, is double layer, but sadly is lacking the posing wire.
From a posing perspective, the major points of articulation you expect (ankles, double jointed knees, hips with pull down, waist, mid torso, shoulders with compress, single jointed elbows, wrists, neck, head). Due to the bulk of the torso, Thor isn't as graceful looking when posed but, that's expected. I do wish Tamashii Nations had made the back of the head with more flexible material or something so Thor could look upward, useful for flying and some crouching situations.
Paint work is very good. The more obvious stuff, such as the face and hair, are very self evident. There's actually quite a bit of paint work on the body itself, which is not as obvious. I like the slightly glossier finish for the body itself, which reflects the presence of body armour, and there's the chain mail on his arms which are a grey/silver as opposed to the black of the body. Masking is sharp, though if I'm being thorough some paint apps are missing, such as the buckles on the wrist straps.
Build quality wise, its sufficient to put that everything is up to par with regards to finishes, joints, tolerances and so on. They've all been solid for a while now, and this figure doesn't break that streak, especially the Avengers ones.
Unsurprisingly, a very solid action figure overall. I love the cloth cape, faults and all, but would have really liked a few more parts with the set.
Bro Thor was an interesting, and controversial, take on a popular character (like Professor Hulk) but personally I loved both of them, and it's nice to add Thor to the horde. It's a shame that Professor Hulk didn't end up looking that great (nor does he come with much) but never say never, right?