Marvel Legends Kid Omega review – BAF Ch’od wave

Quentin Quire aka Kid Omega was one of the standouts of Grant Morrison’s X-Men run. He was an arrogant little twerp who clearly enjoyed rebelling against authority. That was more than enough to make him a fan favorite.

I wasn’t a huge fan of The Ultimates, which was fine as that sub-universe wasn’t mean to and didn’t replace “my” Avengers. Ultimate Captain America lost a lot of the charm that made his 616 counterpart so endearing and he was kind of a jerk. That hasn’t stopped him from getting multiple Marvel Legends figures include an earlier one from Hasbro.

Let’s take a look at this ultimate patriot to see if this marks a consecutive year when a Captain America is one of the best Marvel Legends figures.

Packaging: Nothing to see here with the packaging. Same as the old norm. Everything is closed up and there’s nothing to see save some renders and comic artwork.

The Build-A-Figure Ch’od wave is one of the last few waves I’m reviewing with the infamous closed front. There was something so dull about this packaging. Maybe it was the abundance of darker colors? The Avengers Beyond Earth’s Mightiest color scheme was nice and bright, which worked better with this presentation.

I can’t place the featured artwork , but it’s a good choice for a stoic, emotionless Kid Omega. With no bio, the back is also uneventful with another picture of the figure, the BAF piece he contains and a window with the accessories.

Likeness:  Quentin is largely portrayed as a cheeky bastard who thinks he’s the smartest person in any room. None of that arrogance is conveyed in the head sculpt, which makes him look stoic or deep in considerate thought. Quentin is more of a mouth off think never kind of character.

His slicked back mohawk is pretty cool as are the translucent pink glasses. Hasbro executed them pretty nicely with open lenses and glueing the bridge of the glasses to his nose.

Quentin uses the Amazing Fantasy Spider-Man mold. This is a really great buck for thinner characters. I see why folks were raving about this buck since its debut. It’s ideal for the teen/young adult style figure provided it was just a tad shorter.

Since he’s been around for awhile, Quentin has had several different looks. Clearly his most popular is his snarky T-shirt, jacket and shorts look. That’s not traditional superhero attire, but Quentin isn’t much for tradition.

When Hasbro’s Marvel Legends team makes a “Wrong Costume” shirt? This is exactly what fans are talking about. Sure, Quentin as Kid Omega is a valid figure choice. Just not for his first figure.

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Paint:  Kid Omega’s costume is all done through paint. It would have been nice for at least the Omega symbol to be sculpted, but that’d require extra work. And that’d be better served for Quentin’s early era attire. The pink is mostly despite having to work against a black base body. There’s not much bleeding through and held up reasonably well.

His neck is flesh painted as well, which is weirdly the weakest color painted on him. It would have been cool to get a black or darker pink wash in his hair to further bring out the details.

Scale:  Ideally, Quentin would be shorter than the average figure. He shouldn’t be eye to eye with Cyclops. At least the mold makes him appear noticeably thinner and less muscular.

Articulation: Quentin has problems, but articulation isn’t one. The AF mold features some smart joint execution. It’s largely wasted on a distance psionic fighter. But whatever pose I would envision Kid Omega hitting, he can pull off.

That’s a nice plus for an otherwise boring figure.

Kid Omega has:

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

Accessories: Quentin doesn’t come with a ton of accessories. He gets swappable grasping hands.

Ideally these would work smoothly with the translucent pink blaster/shotgun, repurposed from a Cable figure, but there’s no trigger hands. And that makes it hard to even put the gun in his hands easily.

Not great. The shotgun at least is a cool looking weapon even if it’s functionally useless.

Finally, Quentin comes with the torso for the Build-A-Figure Ch’od. Maybe that’s the clue that Hasbro’s ML team wasn’t convinced collectors would be thrilled to get this version of him?

Worth it?  I actually got Kid Omega for a birthday present. I’d missed out on him when he was clearanced at Target, but he is online now for around $17. He’s a figure better suited for an Ollies or Ross super clearance find as there’s just not enough to warrant more than $15 for him if you’re not interested in building Ch’od.

Rating: 7 out of 10

Kid Omega has a questionable outfit choice, is too tall and has lackluster accessories. At least his base body features great articulation.

Where to get it?  You can grab Kid Omega from Amazon. Also, Entertainment Earth has a Buy One Get One sale, which you can use for him as well.

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