“We’re here to negotiate your peaceful surrender.”
I still haven’t been able to see the recent Black Adam film despite absolutely wanting to check it out. I’ve been extremely busy lately with auto repairs (saved over four hundred bucks doing a job by myself), my son’s soccer games and practices, extended hours at work, and a whole host of other things. Thankfully the film has arrived on streaming services so I might finally see it this weekend. Until then, I’ve been looking at all of the toys produced for the movie. I’m not terribly impressed by the Spin Master line which, in all honesty, is a bit sad, but the McFarlane line has been much better overall. I’ve seen all of the McFarlane Black Adam figures in the wild with the exception of Cyclone and Sabbac. With so many decent figures to choose from, I threw down a little money on Hawkman since he’s one of my favorite characters from the comics.
Hawkman looks pretty nice. The figure’s color palette is a tad dull for my tastes as Hawkman’s costume is made up of gold, deep maroon, and what I see as dark olive. The detailing on the figure is amazing. His helmet is attached to his head but looks as if it can be taken off (believe me, I tried). The wings are detachable and can be expanded to varying lengths. The figure is also very heavy for a McFarlane figure. Hawkman’s articulation is pretty limited, especially by his armor. He does look great on display, however, and that’s pretty much all he’ll ever do as long as he’s in my collection.
Hawkman comes with the standard collector card and a DC base. Not counting the wings, Hawkman comes with only his mace as an accessory. The mace is very top heavy and will actually bend over time unless Hawkman holds it near the spiked ball. With his wings in place, Hawkman is also top heavy. You can use the mace to balance him out a bit, but you’ll definitely want to keep him on his base. The wings on his helmet also bend quite easily. As you can see in some of the photos above, one of the wings on his helmet was jutted way out of position. I’m displaying the figure with the wings on his back in a position that will hopefully fix the helmet. One other major thing that really bothers me about this figure (and a few others) is that McFarlane did not supply a flight base for the figure! Hawkman literally has wings! Why doesn’t he come with a flight base like Superman?!?!?!?
Hawkman is a pretty good figure. He’s a much better hero, however, and I hope to see McFarlane take another shot at this character, be it based upon a film, TV series, or comic, in the near future.
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