The Brain and the Heart
I decided to do a twofer review of the Marvel Legends Iron Man Tony Stark (A.I.) and the Gamer Verse Civil Warrior for a couple of reasons. For starters, Civil Warrior creates his armor with the wreckage of a fallen Tony Stark in an alternate reality where the two faced off against one another and, secondly, the two figures are part of the Mr. Hyde Build-A-Figure line.
The Tony Stark figure is a relatively solid figure. The translucent blue head on the figure reveals the red knob that holds the head in place, but it still looks fairly nice. I actually prefer the A.I. Stark with his helmet on, but what’s the point of buying an A.I. Tony Stark if you can’t show off his blue noggin?
The figure comes with five accessories and Mr. Hyde’s right leg. The accessories are two pulses fired from Iron Man’s hands, two open firing hands, and a helmet. The pulses look pretty nice when attached to the firing hands. The hands don’t look so great without the pulses as they simply have a hole in the middle of them. The helmet looks great but, as I stated before, it defeats the purpose of showing off an A.I. Tony Stark.
The Civil Warrior figure looks great. I love the attention to detail given to the figure and his shield. The contrasting red, white, blue, and silver paint applications are clean and pop with color. I’m especially fond of the figure’s faceless Steve Rogers look.
The only thing lacking about Civil Warrior is the fact that he comes with only one accessory, the Arc Shield, and Mr. Hyde’s head. There are no additional accessories, not even a second set of hands. The shield is awesome and as I already mentioned, the paint apps look amazing. I just wish that at least one other set of hands would have been provided to give collectors more posing options with the figure.
Both figures feature the same amount of articulation as other figures in this line. There are multiple POAs at the head, shoulders, hands, upper torso, waist, hips, thighs, knees, calves, and feet. For some odd reason, my Civil Warrior figure was terribly stiff and both of Tony Stark’s shoulders were very loose right out of the box. Despite these shortcomings, however, I still like both of these figures.
I recommend grabbing both of these figures. If you’re an Iron Man fan (which I’m really not), definitely get this version of Tony Stark. If you love Cap (which I do), this Civil Warrior figure is a no-brainer. If you’re a completionist at times like myself and/or have finally decided to complete at least one Marvel Build-A-Figure, grab both of these figures to finish Mr. Hyde.
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