Marvel Legends Series 13 Crown of Lies Loki Action Figure
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at
11:42 am
You wanted the worst, you got them: the most evil villains in the Marvel Universe have taken over Series 13 of the best-selling Marvel Legends series, bringing their own brand of menace and mania to your collection! This series is scheduled to include: Pyro, The Abomination, Green Goblin, Loki, Blackheart, and Lady Death Strike! And best of all, because sometimes even the boss doesn’t need to get his hands dirty going after the hero, each villain will come packaged with a bonus henchman figure! Blister card packaging. WARNING: contains small parts not for children under 3 years…. More >>
Marvel Legends Series 13 Crown of Lies Loki Action Figure
Loki. What can you say? He’s an absolute must have for any Thor or Avengers fan out there. He’s Thor’s evil half brother and he was the reason the Avenger’s joined as a team in the first place. I’m surprised it took him this long to appear in the Marvel Legends line up. This figure has great details and is articulated very well. He has a removable, plastic cloak. It’s pretty stiff, but looks nice when you are displaying him. He has the variant, “Crown of Lies” helmet, knee/forearm/shoulder armor, and a sinister look on his face. He comes with a sword that has ancient Norse writing on both sides of the blade. Either of Loki’s hands could hold the sword, but his right hand seems to be specially made and jointed for holding it. His left hand is sculpted so that he could hold a staff, or scepter very well–just like he’s doing on the cover of the comic book that he comes with. The comic is a reprint of Journey Into Mystery #116 from 1965. It’s excellent for seeing Loki at work employing his evil tricks to defame and destroy Thor. I’m not too crazy about his costume, though. It’s not the “classic” Loki costume, his boots are mostly brown, his helmet is NOT removable, and the shoulder armor greatly restricts his arm movement. His classic costume wouldn’t have had these problems and ToyBiz has made other Marvel figures with removable helmets. But, since he’s mostly a plotter instead of a fighter, I can get past this. There is another version of this character available, too. The head sculpt shows Loki with his long horned helmet instead of these shorter horns. It’s the same figure with a different head sculpt–and it’s easier to find. Marvel Legends continues with its “Build A Figure” campaign. Loki comes with a piece of a larger figure that can be assembled when the other figures–and their respective pieces in the series–are purchased. When completed, this series builds the X-Men villain, Onslaught. Onslaught isn’t as big as the past characters (Galactus, the Sentinel, Apocalypse, or Giant Man), but he still looks fine and is nicely detailed. Onslaught is a great character and has good articulation, but the characters in this series sell themselves and I would have bought them regardless of the Onslaught figure. This series of figures also includes a character-dedicated diorama, or backdrop, that Loki can be posed in front of for display purposes. This version of Loki is in short supply. If you happen to find yourself with a chance to buy it, then go for it. I highly recommend this figure to Marvel Legends/Avengers/Thor fans.
There’s no picture at the time I’m typing this, but the ordering link for this particular figure is for the “Crown of Lies” variation of the Loki figure. The standard version of the figure is the “long-horned” version, NOT this one.