Intro:
Welcome
back, fellow Cybertronians. It’s been a long while since I reviewed any
Marvel-related figures, so I guess it’s high time that we bring to you one.
The
Planet Hulk/ World War Hulk storyline was probably the most monumental
storyline in the history of The Incredible Hulk. It proves to the world that he
is truly the strongest one there is – or is he?
If you are a fan
of the World War Hulk storyline, you will probably remember the last panel at
the end of the World War Hulk comics. I remembered reading it and the goose-bumps
that accompanied it. We never expected it. For all we know, Sakaar was in ruins
and inhospitable and to see what appeared next was totally unexpected.
I must admit, I
didn’t know what was in store for us from that point onwards. Who was that guy,
or it? At first glance, he reminded me of Swamp Thing from DC. It was only much
later on that we were finally introduced to Skaar – the Son of Hulk with his
wife Caiera.
So when Hasbro
announced that they were planning to release this figure in the Marvel Universe
line, I knew that I had to have him. No Hulk collection would be complete
without. So I was on the hunt for this guy for more than a year – both on retail
shops, flea markets, eBay and wherever else I could.
It
wasn’t easy to find him, and even if you could find him, he was so darn
expensive!!!
It
took a lot of perseverance, but I finally found him on eBay at a price that I was
willing to fork out for.
Lo,
and behold, he was finally mine. Skaar was released in Series 3, #016.
Was
he worth the effort, let’s get on with the review.
Figure:
I
really like the artwork on the box. Skaar looks, well, scary…
Anyway,
the figure itself is huge!!! I have to admit, I had expected Hasbro to reuse
the World War Hulk mold for Skaar, and I was surprised that they hadn’t.
Instead,
it was clearly that he had a lot of Juggernaut/ Thanos template on him –
particularly the chest, upper arms and legs. The rest of his body parts are
either retooled of Juggy’s parts or new.
That
is not a bad thing. Juggernaut is a good figure as well, and I think they made
a right choice so that it would be easier to differentiate both figure.
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| Skaar - unarmed |
Skaar
inherits his father’s green complexion and black stripes/ tattoo from his
mother.
I
love the details on his body. Skaar comes with a sword and sheath, mounted on a
leather vest. The vest can be detached from the figure, but you just need to be
careful that you don’t accidentally break the straps.
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| World War Hulk and Skaar |
The
bracelet-thingy on his arms are separate pieces from the arms. The groin cloth is
made from separate piece as well.
The
head sculpt is really good and he is distinctively angry-looking. The head
articulation is theoretically good, but due to the design of the head, or
specifically the hair, it kind of restricts the overall movement.
The
articulation of the rest of the body is similar to Juggernaut. The shoulders
move in all directions; the arms rotate slightly below the shoulders; the
elbows bend; fists rotate; slight abs-crunch; waist rotate; hips are on ball
joints; legs rotate slightly below the hip; knees bend and the ankles rotate.
There
are hints that the ankles could tilt downward, but somehow they can’t.
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| The Sword |
The
sword is nice – way different from the one used by the Hulk. The sword looks to
be made from relatively brittle plastic. The pointy end is slightly softer, but
more likely because it’s thin. I wouldn’t dare to put too much pressure on the
blade for fear of breaking it.
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| Skaar and the rest of the Gamma-irradiated beings |
Overall,
it’s a very good figure.
Summary:
For
some reason, Skaar, like many other top-rated Marvel Universe figures, is
incredibly rare in this part of the world. So far, I have only encountered him
once on retail, and twice on eBay Malaysia, and it was running on highly exorbitant
prices on two of those instances.
I
really love this figure that it really goes well displayed beside his dad,
World War Hulk.
Fantastic
figure.
Final
verdict, 9.5/10.
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