Monday, May 23, 2022

Marvel Legends Series Darwin & Vulcan (Bonebreaker BAF)


A couple of former teammates, Darwin and Vulcan. 



Let's start with Vulcan as he is on a new body. Vulcan is the younger brother of Cyclops and Havok, and is the most powerful of the three. I believe he is an Omega level mutant. He has various abilities which include energy manipulation, energy absorption and psionic abilities. He's a badass who became ruler of the Shi'ar for a time.

Vulcan is on an all new body. This body is a little larger than the good o' Bucky Cap body. And it features butterfly joints which are always useful. The body has a good ab crunch as well. I think the legs are a little too long. It just seems a little bit out of proportion. There is a cut at the forearms. I initially thought he would have forearm swivel but they are just stuck on. I guess that would make it easier for Hasbro to change things when they need to. The muscle definition looks good. I have no complaints there. The arms and legs are pinless.

Vulcan is in one of his early costumes. He wore this before going into space. Majority of the red sections were cast in that colour. The elbows and the knee joints are of a darker tone which is a little annoying. The black section on his upper torso was painted. The belt is a separate piece. 



Vulcan has a nice head sculpt. He wears a serious expression on his face. He looks like he's about to unleash his abilities with his eyes being all gold in colour like that. The red outline adds to the intensity. His eyebrows were well done. His brown hair has some nice detail in it. 


Accessories. He comes with an extra set of open hands. The included BAF parts are the torso and an extra set of fists for Bonebreaker.


Next up Darwin.



Darwin is the ultimate survivor. His ability is being able to adapt to any situation he's in. Which makes him pretty much unkillable. He's an awkward looking character with a gangly appearance. I think the pizza Spidey body suits him well. The dark blue portions of his costume were painted on. There's a darker shade of purple design on his forearms. Click images to enlarge. The belt is a separate piece and has some nice detail on it. 



Good news everyone! Lol. I thought of Professor Farnsworth from Futurama when I first got the figure. There's not much of resemblance, rather it's the shape of his head. It's pretty elongated. Kind of like an alien's. Actually he does look like an alien, especially with his pasty skin and those big white eyes. The eyes are all white and there's some shading around them. His facial features were very well sculpted. The frontal brow bone is huge and extends over his eyes a little. His cheeks are sunken in. And there's quite a bit of facial lines on his head.  


Accessories. He only comes with an extra set of open hands. The hands are pretty big and longish. I'll use them more as they make him more awkward looking. Which is how he appears in the comics. The included BAF part is the right half of the tank body for Bonebreaker.


Articulation

Vulcan has a ball hinge neck, ball hinge shoulders, butterfly joints, bicep swivel, double jointed elbows, swivel hinge wrists, ab crunch, waist rotation, ball hips, thigh swivel, double jointed knees, boot swivel and ankle hinge and pivot. He can look up and down well.

Darwin has a ball hinge all hinge neck, ball hinge shoulders, butterfly joints, bicep swivel, double jointed elbows, swivel hinge wrists, ab crunch, waist rotation, ball hips, thigh swivel, double jointed knees and ankle hinge and pivot.

Here's how much Vulcan can bend forward. He can bend slightly lower compared to the rest pictured.  He can bend back a good solid click as well. 


And here's how much range his butterfly joint has. It can go slightly more if the arms were higher. But that will be too high in my opinion for say crossing his arms. The arms go back quite decently.



Now for the action poses.







Comparison shots.






Both are nice figures. The new body is welcome so we can have characters of more varied sizes. Someone who could use a new body is Blackbolt! Thanks for viewing!



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