Marvel Legends Quake review – BAF Controller wave

Thanks in no small part to Agents of SHIELD, Quake has become one of the more popular named agents of SHIELD. It doesn’t hurt that she’s one of the rare SHIELD agents that actually has powers beyond being really good at listening to Nick Fury’s orders.

Despite Quake’s high profile — AOS lasted six seasons — it’s taken this long to finally get a figure of her into the Marvel Legends line, which is crazy.

Let’s see if this is a case of better late than never or if Quake shakes up the delicate balance of my slowly growing SHIELD ranks.

Package:  Sadly, this marks the last wave Hasbro used with the window packaging. There’s no way to sell that abandoning that was a good move due to the inconsistent nature of Hasbro’s paint work.

I’m not sure who did the side panel artwork for Quake, but I’m pretty sure Olivier Copiel’s art was used for the rear. It’s brief, but the bio does a good job of explaining Daisy, her powers and role within SHIELD.

Likeness: Quake has a sensational head sculpt from her spiky, layered hair style that flows really naturally to the calm, confident expression.

She comes with an alternate head of Maria Hill, Nick Fury’s right-hand woman and his successor as director of SHIELD.

Maria’s head sculpt is great with her short hairstyle — that helps sell that she’s not Quake with her hair slicked back. She also has a non-removable headset as she issues commands to her SHIELD agents. It’s easy to swap out the Quake gauntlets for the standard SHIELD agent look.

Quake mostly uses the new and improved Shriek female mold. Nice to see Hasbro actually using the new mold instead of retreads.

I love the detailed sculpting on Quake’s gauntlets. They look heavy and definitely helpful in helping Daisy maintain control of her powers.

Even better, they accommodated for the required new sculpted elements — the zipper down the chest of her uniform. She’s got the standard SHIELD gear with the shoulder harness, belt full of pouches, thigh bands and (non-sculpted) tall boots.

I do wish she came with a holster to place the sidearm though I understand why that wasn’t a priority.

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Scale:  Quake isn’t an Amazon so she’s well scaled being a smaller figure shorter than Nick Fury and the SHIELD agents. She’s about the same height as Mockingbird, Agent Carter and the latest comic Black Widow figure.

Paint: No dangers here about inconsistent shades of blue used. Quake has the exact same shade as the SHIELD army builder set.

Nick Fury has more of a naval blue, which is ok since he’s the leader, but just reinforces that we need a new Fury soon. Or you could just swap out one of the SHIELD army builders and place the Fury head on it like I did.

Despite being separately sculpted, Quake’s shoulder harness still has a tinge of blue peeking through the white.

Her makeup application is slightly off as some of the lipstick on the right side is curled up just a bit beyond the lip. It’s noticeable in the sense of looking for flaws, but nothing something you’d notice with a casual glance.

Articulation:  Using the Shriek body provides Quake with double-jointed elbows and bicep joints so she’s top of the line in terms of female articulation in Marvel Legends.

Since she doesn’t have long hair, Quake has a better than average range of neck movement.

Of course, that’s the same for Maria Hill as well.

Quake has:

• neck
• shoulders
• bicep
• elbows (double-jointed)
• torso
• waist
• hips
• thighs
• knees (double-jointed)
• ankles

Accessories:  This is where Quake really comes out ahead from the typical ML figure as of late.

Since Quake has her power-fine tuning gauntlets, the additional hands are all for Maria. There are two sets: gun clutching and wide open, splayed hands. Nice to have display options and these are appreciated. Naturally, you can use them with Quake if you want her more powered down.

Maria also has a gun — the same smaller pistol that came with the Black Widow: Deadly Origins figure.

Finally, she comes with the left arm and extra left fist for the Build-A-Figure Controller.

Worth it?  This wave started out at $22.99 before getting bumped to $24.99. While I made out alright with sales for the rest of the wave, I did have to pay full price for Quake. Considering the dual nature of the figure, I don’t feel too burned in this instance.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Where to Get It? The BAF Controller wave didn’t have great coverage in my area as Quake was rarely seen in my area shelves. I ended up having to get Madame Hydra from Amazon, but you can also get her from Entertainment Earth.

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