Intro:
Hey there
Cybertronians, we’re back, and today we will be taking a close look on one of
the most powerful Earth-based villains in the X-Men series, and the entire
Marvel Universe for that matter. His name brings fear to almost every Earth
heroes.
He
is none other than ONSLAUGHT.
Onslaught is a
being born out of the consciousness of two tremendously powerful mutants –
Professor Charles Xavier, or simply Professor X (one of the most powerful
telepath there is); and Magneto (the mutant Master of Magnetism). It took the
combined might of the X-Men, Avengers and the Fantastic Four to defeat him,
which ended with the self-sacrifice of all non-mutant members of the heroes
(although due to some oversight perhaps, Avengers members Namor and Scarlet
Witch are mutants).
Anyways,
Onslaught is one of the heavy-hitter villains in the Marvel Universe, and thus,
a collector favorite. There have been several Onslaught action figures out
there – most of them are very rare, at least in Malaysia – and yours truly only
have two of them. Today, however, we focus on the old ToyBiz Marvel Legends Built-A-Figure
(BAF) line Onslaught.
To collect all
of Onslaught parts, you’d have to purchase the entire Series 13 – Onslaught Series,
which consisted of Abomination, Blackheart, Green Goblin, Lady Deathstrike,
Loki and Pyro. The Onslaught Series was one of the last few series to be
produced by ToyBiz, before Hasbro acquired the right to produce Marvel-related
action figures.
I have been
hunting highs and lows for this figure, and eventually came across him from a
good friend of mine, who was looking to sell this figure off, that I never knew
he had it in the first place! So, there was no doubt I was going to going to
add him to my steadily-growing Marvel collections.
So here we are,
finally, with the review of BAF Onslaught.
Figure:
This
version of Onslaught is based on the Second Form version of him, not the more popular
buffed-up-Magneto-on-steroids version. As such, he looks scarier, meaner and
deadlier compared to his original look.
Onslaught
is a massive figure, although he is a distinct departure from most of the earlier
BAF figures, such as Sentinel, Apocalypse and Galactus. Probably due to cost
cutting factors, the subsequent BAFs were significantly smaller.
Still,
Onslaught is by no means a small figure, just that it’s waaaaaaayyyy smaller
compared to the other big guys in the series.
The
sculpting is incredibly detailed, and so is the paintjob. Onslaught is
predominantly red/ maroon and purple in color. I really like the slight black
washes on the red paints – it really enhanced the overall look.
The
face is fantastic – scary as hell.
Articulation-wise:
the head does have a slight articulation to it. The head can only rotate on a
horizontal axis, and can’t really look at any other directions other than the
front. The shoulders, which are somehow designed to look as if it is always
lifted, can only rotate on the horizontal axis. The inner joints look as if the
shoulders could move in more directions, but somehow they can’t, and I am too afraid
to force it.
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| Onslaught & Onslaught -- Both from ToyBiz |
The elbows are on soft ratcheting joints.
Onslaught comes with 6 fingers in each palm, with the last digit positioned on
the opposite side of the thumb. Each of the fingers is individually
articulated, which is always a welcome.
The
figure doesn’t come with any waist articulation, but it does have a really good
ratcheted abs crunch. The hips are on really tight universal joints, and so are
the ankles.
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| Onslaught standing at 8-inches tall, with fully-collapsed knees... and yes, he can stand perfectly without the stand |
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| Onslaught standing at 9-inches tall, with fully-extended knees -- stand for comparison |
The
knees are designed to be like chicken legs, and as such, Onslaught has 2 points
of articulations on each knee. And because of these two joints, Onslaught can
actually increase its size. When the knees are fully collapse, Onslaught stands
at about 8-inches tall. When he fully extends his knees, he gains a full inch
in height. However, this figure isn’t
really perfect. The figure can stand perfectly on his own, but once you apply him
in some fancy poses, that’s when balance loss. As such, he may need some sort
of a stand to assist him, which unfortunately he doesn’t come with any.
The
left shoulder, as well as the cape tends to fall off quite easily whenever you’re
posing him, particularly the left arm.
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| The easily-detached cape |
Other
than that, he’s okay.
Summary:
For fans of this
character, Onslaught is definitely a must have. I know a lot of fans have been wishing for an Onslaught figure that is based on his First Form to be released
in the newer Hasbro Built-A-Figure series, but since this figure was released
in 2006, there has been no rumors whatsoever.
I am happy with
this figure. Ever since I started collecting Marvel action figures, Onslaught has
been one of my holy grails. Since my Marvel collections mainly focus on 3 ¾”
figures, BAF Onslaught actually fits nicely with the rest of them.
Highly
recommended.
Final
verdict, 9.5/10.
