Marvel Legends Scorpion figure review – Build-A-Figure Molten Man review
I always liked Scorpion. He had a unique look among Spider-Man’s Rogues and fully played into the green is evil color motif. And as a Scorpio, I might dig his theme a bit as well.
With a new Retro Scorpion coming, I figured it was long past time to actually knock out this mothballed review to see if I need an upgrade. Let’s see if this one hits or just strikes me as a lackluster Hasbro effort.
Packaging: This is the normal Spider-Man Marvel Legends packaging with the grey and white web insert accentuating the figure while the red accents add a unique element to the Spidey wing of the line.
Scorpion’s portrait art looks great although it was funny that it featured him with his typical revealed mouth instead of the masked version shown in the figure.
His bio is fine and provides enough insight to newbies not familiar with his rivalry with Spider-Man.
Likeness: Toy Biz delivered a pretty great Scorpion that had some good size and thickness to show his formidability. The only problem was his tail wasn’t that flexible and it was gimmicked with a goofy action feature.
Like the Toy Biz figure, Hasbro actually sculpted the segments sections and just streamlined him, so he looks more like a guy capable of keeping up with Spider-Man in a prolonged fight. And of course, no gimmicked tail.
I really like the cocky head sculpt Hasbro opted for with Scorpion. He’s that overconfident type of character that could have the upper hand against Spider-Man and quickly lose it.
His tail does protrude from a pack in his back, but it doesn’t make him an immediate shelf diving candidate. Adding the left outstretched hand was a nice touch that helps in making Scorpion look more threatening.
Paint: Hasbro went with a metallic green that looks great. It really pops contrasting nicely with Spider-Man’s reds and blues.
The paintwork around his eye slots and mouth were key here and they nailed it. The dark green/black of his gloves probably could have been more pronounced though.
Scale: I can’t place the mold here and it’s possible this is mostly new. Puma seems scaled right as he’s taller than Spider-Man.
Articulation: Scorpion has exceptional movement. His torso articulation is different from the standard as it’s more side to side instead of the hinge in the abdomen. This is helpful in balancing the tail without having him topple over repeatedly.
And it also helps make for more dynamic poses in conjunction with the tail.
The rest is what you come to expect from ML with good range in the hips.
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His tail limits deeper stances, but I was able to get some fun poses out of him.
The tail takes a little effort to bend up enough to pose, but once it does it’s a great bonus that adds a lot of useful playability to Scorpion.
Scorpion has:
- neck
- ball-jointed shoulders
- bicep
- elbow (double jointed)
- wrist
- wrist hinge
- torso
- waist
- hips
- thighs
- knees (double jointed)
- ankles
Accessories: Scorpion doesn’t have any accessories. I would have liked him to come with an alternate head with the unpainted mouth area however.
He does come with the right leg of the Build-A-Figure Molten Man.
Worth it? Scorpion clocks in at $20. That’s the standard price and he’s well worth it. Eventually he could start dropping down in price with more waves coming through this year.
Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Scorpion needed a Hasbro update and they delivered a worthy replacement to the solid Toy Biz figure.
Where to get it? You can still get him from Amazon or just pre-order the retro version from Amazon or Entertainment Earth.
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