Cook of the Sea
So there was this guy named Deadpool.
He's a pretty cool guy. Created for the Marvel Comics title X-Force by the notorious Robert Liefeld as a LUDICROUSLY obvious visual ripoff of DC character Deathstroke (Deathstroke's real name is Slade Wilson, Deadpool's real name is Wade Wilson), he was originally an extremely forgettable character. Essentially just Spider-man with guns, he made unfunny wisecracks while killing people for money in one of the worst comic book series of all time. Years after Liefeld was bothering with him, Marvel had someone tell him he was in a comic book. He quickly turned into one of the most popular comic book characters of all time, rampantly breaking the fourth wall and pissing everyone off but the fans, and generally being way, way funnier than he had any right to be.
Now, there is, or was, a long-running line of 6-inch scale action figures known as Marvel Legends. Highly detailed and ridiculously articulated (for the most part), the Marvel Legends line was originally produced by Toybiz, a subsidiary of Marvel, and was later taken over by Hasbro. Their main goal was to make iconic Marvel characters with modern toy engineering while sticking primarily with classic costumes and looks for the characters. In the line's sixth wave, they made a Deadpool. Not only was it very popular because Deadpool was such a popular character, not only was it very sought after because it was the best Marvel Legend and almost certainly the best action figure at that price point ever made, but it was also ridiculously shortpacked, not even appearing in half of the cases shipped. I've never seen one in person, and they go for over 100USD out of box and hundreds in box on ebay.
Toybiz's run on the figures is generally considered to be far superior to anything Hasbro did, though this may be as much a result of rising production costs due to plastic becoming more and more expensive as any sort of corporate-level incompetence. Articulation, paint apps, sculpting, accessory count, size of Build-A-Figures, other pack-ins like comic books and display bases that we all remembered from Toybiz were cut back on or eliminated entirely. After a few years with the line, Hasbro discontinued it and chose to reboot the Marvel collection with 3 3/4 inch scale figures that persist to this day. They're not awful, but nothing compared to the original Legends. We collectors didn't lose out entirely, though. Hasbro continued the Legends in the form of occasional two-packs, the contents of which are decided to some degree by the fans. At a higher price point, we got some things back and really the figures are pretty good. We EVEN got another Deadpool.
Packed with Warpath, a truly forgettable character whose main purpose I suppose is to complete displays of the modern X-Force team, this Deadpool was a more modern design, the only difference in concept being the Y-shaped harness that Deadpool wears in recent comics. Apart from that though, the figure is a welcome release but ultimately not as good as the original Toybiz offering. There aren't as many accessories, the articulation suffers in some key ways and, well, that's it really. Articulation and accessories.
BUT.
It's a lot cheaper on the secondary market!
Not caring the slightest about Warpath, I grabbed a loose two-pack Deadpool for about thirty bucks on ebay and rallied my forces. I set out to make this Deadpool the best Deadpool a novice action figure customizer with a pretty limited selection of fodder figures can make. And here's some shitty photos!
The main articulation problem was that the ankles could no longer tilt from side to side to accomodate splayed poses; you can see that in the review of 2-pack Deadpool above. I replaced the ankle joints with some from a Halo 3 figure, and for the hell of it I replaced the already adequate wrist joints with similar setups from Halo Reach figures.
The accessories were where things started to get a little out of fucking hand.
That's 14 storable weapons and holsters for them from 15 different figures:
Deadpool leads!
Deadpool does machines!
Deadpool is cool but rude!
Deadpool is a party dude!
Deadpool will cut a bitch!
Deadpool uses aimhacks!
Deadpool dual-wields!
Deadpool emulates Dante!
Deadpool finishes the weapon lineup weakly!
Deadpool and his best friend!
EXCELSIOR!
He's a pretty cool guy. Created for the Marvel Comics title X-Force by the notorious Robert Liefeld as a LUDICROUSLY obvious visual ripoff of DC character Deathstroke (Deathstroke's real name is Slade Wilson, Deadpool's real name is Wade Wilson), he was originally an extremely forgettable character. Essentially just Spider-man with guns, he made unfunny wisecracks while killing people for money in one of the worst comic book series of all time. Years after Liefeld was bothering with him, Marvel had someone tell him he was in a comic book. He quickly turned into one of the most popular comic book characters of all time, rampantly breaking the fourth wall and pissing everyone off but the fans, and generally being way, way funnier than he had any right to be.
Now, there is, or was, a long-running line of 6-inch scale action figures known as Marvel Legends. Highly detailed and ridiculously articulated (for the most part), the Marvel Legends line was originally produced by Toybiz, a subsidiary of Marvel, and was later taken over by Hasbro. Their main goal was to make iconic Marvel characters with modern toy engineering while sticking primarily with classic costumes and looks for the characters. In the line's sixth wave, they made a Deadpool. Not only was it very popular because Deadpool was such a popular character, not only was it very sought after because it was the best Marvel Legend and almost certainly the best action figure at that price point ever made, but it was also ridiculously shortpacked, not even appearing in half of the cases shipped. I've never seen one in person, and they go for over 100USD out of box and hundreds in box on ebay.
Toybiz's run on the figures is generally considered to be far superior to anything Hasbro did, though this may be as much a result of rising production costs due to plastic becoming more and more expensive as any sort of corporate-level incompetence. Articulation, paint apps, sculpting, accessory count, size of Build-A-Figures, other pack-ins like comic books and display bases that we all remembered from Toybiz were cut back on or eliminated entirely. After a few years with the line, Hasbro discontinued it and chose to reboot the Marvel collection with 3 3/4 inch scale figures that persist to this day. They're not awful, but nothing compared to the original Legends. We collectors didn't lose out entirely, though. Hasbro continued the Legends in the form of occasional two-packs, the contents of which are decided to some degree by the fans. At a higher price point, we got some things back and really the figures are pretty good. We EVEN got another Deadpool.
Packed with Warpath, a truly forgettable character whose main purpose I suppose is to complete displays of the modern X-Force team, this Deadpool was a more modern design, the only difference in concept being the Y-shaped harness that Deadpool wears in recent comics. Apart from that though, the figure is a welcome release but ultimately not as good as the original Toybiz offering. There aren't as many accessories, the articulation suffers in some key ways and, well, that's it really. Articulation and accessories.
BUT.
It's a lot cheaper on the secondary market!
Not caring the slightest about Warpath, I grabbed a loose two-pack Deadpool for about thirty bucks on ebay and rallied my forces. I set out to make this Deadpool the best Deadpool a novice action figure customizer with a pretty limited selection of fodder figures can make. And here's some shitty photos!
The main articulation problem was that the ankles could no longer tilt from side to side to accomodate splayed poses; you can see that in the review of 2-pack Deadpool above. I replaced the ankle joints with some from a Halo 3 figure, and for the hell of it I replaced the already adequate wrist joints with similar setups from Halo Reach figures.
The accessories were where things started to get a little out of fucking hand.
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WEAPONS Sniper Rifle --------------------------------------- Hasbro Marvel Legends Wave IV Punisher Uzi ------------------------------------------------ Cut from Rifle from Hasbro Marvel Legends 2-Pack Deadpool Uzi ------------------------------------------------ Cut from Rifle from Hasbro Marvel Legends 2-Pack Sharon Carter Sawed-off Shotgun ---------------------------------- Revoltech Dante Large Semi-Automatic Pistol ------------------------ DC Direct Hush Commissioner Gordon Small Semi-Automatic Pistol ------------------------ Hasbro Marvel Legends Wave IV Punisher Bo Staff ------------------------------------------- Mattel DC Universe Classics Deathstroke Katana x 2 ----------------------------------------- Hasbro Marvel Legends 2-Pack Deadpool Sai x 2 -------------------------------------------- Hasbro Marvel Legends 2-Pack Skrull Electra Nunchaku Piece x 4 --------------------------------- Segments of Bo Staff from Toybiz Marvel Legends Wave IV Gambit Nunchaku Chain x 2 --------------------------------- DC Direct JSA Hawkgirl Kukri ---------------------------------------------- Macfarlane Toys Halo Reach Emile HOLSTERS Sawed-off Shotgun and Sniper Rifle Holsters -------- Cut from Holster from Toybiz X-Men Classics Stealth Beast Uzi Holster x 2 ------------------------------------ Hasbro Marvel Legends 2-Pack Domino Belt Holster --------------------------------------- Hasbro Marvel Legends Wave IV Punisher Thigh Holster -------------------------------------- Hasbro Marvel Legends 2-Pack Deadpool Scabbard x 2 --------------------------------------- Hasbro Marvel Legends 2-Pack Deadpool Sai Holster x 2 ------------------------------------ Cut from Leather Strap from Mezco Hellboy 2 "Big Baby" Hellboy Nunchaku and Bo Staff Holster Assembly ------------- Soft Goods Belt from Toybiz Marvel Legends Wave IV Gambit DECORATIONS Belt ----------------------------------------------- Hasbro Marvel Legends 2-Pack Deadpool Belt Grenade --------------------------------------- Macfarlane Toys Halo Reach Emile Belt Grenade --------------------------------------- Toybiz X-Men Classics Stealth Beast Thigh Belt ----------------------------------------- Hasbro Marvel Legends 2-Pack Domino Thigh Grenade x 5 ---------------------------------- Macfarlane Toys Halo Reach Emile JOINTS Ankle Joint x 2 ------------------------------------ Macfarlane Toys Halo 3 ODST Wrist Joint x 2 ------------------------------------ One each from Macfarlane Toys Halo Reach Noble Six and Emile
That's 14 storable weapons and holsters for them from 15 different figures:
Code:
Hasbro Marvel Legends 2-Pack Deadpool ----- Rifle, Katanas, Scabbards, Belt, Thigh Holster Hasbro Marvel Legends 2-Pack Domino ----- Belt, Holsters Hasbro Marvel Legends 2-Pack Skrull Electra ----- Sais Hasbro Marvel Legends 2-Pack Sharon Carter ----- Rifle Hasbro Marvel Legends Wave IV Punisher ----- Sniper Rifle, Semi-Automatic Pistol, Holster Toybiz Marvel Legends Wave IV Gambit ----- Bo Staff, Soft Goods Belt Toybiz X-Men Classics Stealth Beast ----- Grenade, Holster DC Direct Hush Commissioner Gordon ----- Semi-Automatic Pistol DC Direct JSA Hawkgirl ----- Chains Macfarlane Toys Halo 3 ODST ----- Ankle Joints Macfarlane Toys Halo Reach Noble Six ----- Wrist Joint Macfarlane Toys Halo Reach Emile ----- Wrist Joint, Kukri, Grenades Mattel DC Universe Classics Deathstroke ----- Bo Staff Revoltech Dante ----- Sawed-off Shotgun Mezco Hellboy 2 "Big Baby" Hellboy ----- Leather Strap
Deadpool leads!
Deadpool does machines!
Deadpool is cool but rude!
Deadpool is a party dude!
Deadpool will cut a bitch!
Deadpool uses aimhacks!
Deadpool dual-wields!
Deadpool emulates Dante!
Deadpool finishes the weapon lineup weakly!
Deadpool and his best friend!
EXCELSIOR!
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