Marvel Legends Sleepwalker review – BAF Rintrah wave

Sleepwalker is one of those out there choices for a Marvel Legends figure. It’s great to get every armor Iron Man dreamed, but this is the kind of figure that makes the line so special.

He was a 90s creation, which meant every comic speculator grabbed his first two issues assuming he’d be the next Spider-Man. And subsequently pay for their mansion 20 years from now. Well, maybe they can invest that money in a Sleepwalker NFT?

While he’s not going to put you on Easy Street, let’s see if this Sleepwalker figure does take me to Dream Street.

Packaging: This is the standard Marvel Legends packaging. Sleepwalker actually had a creative logo and it would have been a fun nod to include that instead of the basic logo.

As has become the case lately, the package art offers a more fun portrait of the figure.

His bio is pretty useful for folks unfamiliar with Sleepwalker.

Likeness:  For his failure as a major player in the Marvel Universe, Sleepwalker has an inspired design. In another area that’s becoming too common for Hasbro lately, the figure doesn’t accurately reflect the usual portrayal of Sleepwalker in the comics.

There’s a lot of problems with the execution and I’m actually annoyed I went this deep into the Sleepwalker rabbit hole. For starters, his arm wraps come up to over his elbows. Hasbro went with reuse over accurate likeness as that would have required sculpting new arms.

Sleepwalker’s leg wraps vary in portrayal. They’re consistently also above the knee, but are just done as boots here. Hasbro did a half measure and added a semi-wrap on his leg.

These are the kinds of half measures that make it hard to just smile and pay $23 to $25 per figure. It’s not like Sleepwalker is going to get a redo, superior should have been released in the first place figure. This is likely the one and done take on him and Hasbro kinda dropped the ball on him for anyone who was very excited about getting him in figure form.

Final gripe. His expression is kinda…sleepy. It’s a bit too calm and serene for a character frequently portrayed with flared up eyes and a grimace/gritted teeth. I don’t hate the head sculpt as it’s a cool neutral expression, but he definitely needed a more action-oriented one as well.

On the plus side, this is how The Hood’s hood should have been executed so if nothing else you can take this and use it for him.

Paint: Sleepwalker has a very basic paint job. The wild thing is his colors nearly hide the fact he would really benefit from a wash. His pale green arms and head would be the biggest beneficiaries and the purple is a close second.

Given that there’s not a lot of paint applications here it wasn’t shocking that there weren’t any paint issues.

Scale: Sleepwalker uses the Bucky Cap mold so he’s about average height with the standard figure. In the comics he was much taller and lankier.

I won’t quibble over his height though it seems like the Darwin mold probably would have worked better?

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Articulation: Sleepwalker’s cape thankfully doesn’t create any limitations. The Bucky Cap mold is fine for articulation though it definitely feels dated at this point.

This would all be fine assuming Sleepwalker’s joints weren’t made of gummy plastic. He thankfully can stand in a basic pose without toppling over, but trying to do much else including a running pose and he’s falling over faster than you can position anyone else around him.

This was disappointing because it just goes against the basic fun of an action figure.

If they’re constantly toppling over due to weak plastic it’s more frustration than fun.

Sleepwalker has:

• neck
• ball-jointed shoulders
• bicep
• elbow (double-jointed)
• wrist
• wrist hinge
• torso
• waist
• hip
• thigh
• knee (double-jointed)
• ankle

Accessories:  Sleepwalker comes with swappable outstretched hands. That’s a good choice for him since he was frequently depicted reaching out for people. Again, adding another portrait would have been very useful here to give him a more dynamic expression.

Finally, he has the left leg of the Build-A-Figure Rintrah.

Worth it? Sleepwalker was the standard $22.99 price tag. Thankfully, Target had a sale so I could avoid paying too much for a figure likely to be on deep discount by the end of the year. Already the wave is a little cheaper at $18.69.

Rating: 6 out of 10

Sleepwalker is a cool figure to add to the collection, but the shortcuts with the wraps, the lack of an alternate head sculpt and gummy plastic hold him back.

Where to get it?  Sleepwalker is another member of the BAF Rintrah wave I haven’t seen on pegs with any consistency. You can grab him easily enough online from Amazon, which has him on sale now with a coupon, Entertainment Earth and Target.

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