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Although I wasn’t exactly giddy regarding the lineup of the 2020 Marvel Legends Avengers GamerVerse figures series, four of the six figures with Abomination Build-A-Figure parts were comics-based and thus must-buys for me, so I decided to go for broke and ended up buying GamerVerse Iron Man and Ms. Marvel to complete the Build-A-Figure. The Marvel Legends GamerVerse Abomination BAF is selling for 60 bucks by his lonesome on eBay—but is he worth building or buying outright at all?
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One of the big problems with making toys based on characters from movies and video games is that toy companies—in this case, Hasbro—need a good 12-18 months to go from reference materials to a product on-shelf in time for the game or movie’s product launch window.
And so, with few characters revealed for the Square-Enix Avengers game when the work on the Marvel Legends GamerVerse series started over a year ago, Hasbro didn’t exactly have a ton to work with. But what they did have was the design for the Square-Enid Abomination, revealed publicly in June 2019! Did they do this game design justice in the manner they brought it to life?
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Well, based off the brief look that we’ve gotten of the Avengers game Abomination, I would say so. This is far (far) from my favorite look for Emil Blonsky, but I think this action figure is faithful to what we know of how he’ll look in the game. Accuracy-wise, this gets a thumbs-up (at least based off of last year’s artwork of the character).
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That said, I straight-up hate the design of the head for this figure, which feels way more “Ultimate Green Goblin” than “Abomination” to me. That’s not Hasbro’s fault (in fact, I think they’ve made a swell representation here), but man—this portrait is wart-covered-butt-ugly. In fact, the whole character design feels way too “Killer Croc” to me, personally.
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The articulation on this Abomination Build-A-Figure, however, is actually notably better than that if the two comic book versions that we got back in 2016. The butterfly shoulders and shin swivels give big ugly Emil a much better range of motion and more posing possibilities this time out than you’d expect!
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The complete articulation set includes:
- Ball-Hinged Neck and Elbows
- Butterfly Swivel Ball-Hinged Shoulders
- Swivel-Hinge Wrists
- Ball-Jointed Upper Torso
- Double-Hinged Knees
- Swivel Waist, Thighs, Biceps and Shins
- Hinged Feet with Rocker
For a bulky behemoth, he’s actually wonderfully flexible!
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The paint job on the Marvel Legends 2020 Abomination BAF is good as a whole, although I think a dark wash might have really helped him to excel. The tattered shorts look a tad plain totally unpainted, as do his lower legs.
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And as far as plastic quality goes, this guy is full of win. His arm joints are strong enough to hold aloft two other 6” Legends figures without a hitch, and his lower body is sturdy enough to support the whole thing. You really can’t ask for much more joint-wise than being able to pose stably while holding up two other action figures!
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I do think it’s a bit weird that this Abomination doesn’t even get one interchangeable fist so he can trade blows with the Hulk, but he’s large and sturdy enough that I think he’s a worthwhile BAF nonetheless.
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Overall: While I outright hate the Square-Enid Avengers video game Abomination design, I think that this is an awesome figure that does a fantastic job of capturing the design as we’ve seen it. Hasbro didn’t have a lot of time and options to work with to get us an Avengers GamerVerse Build-A-Figure ready for the game launch, but I think they’ve done a bang-up job making the most of the resources they did have.
A little bit more of a dark wash would have helped the sculpting details to stand out—and I wish to God a classic comic book Abomination interchangeable head had also been included—but this is an overall terrific figure with a solid heft, mostly impressive articulation and a well-done sculpt. Nice work, Hasbro.