Marvel Legends Egghead review – BAF Cassie Lang wave

Egghead getting an overdue Marvel Legends figure might have been the best thing to come from Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. Unlike the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 wave, the Quantumania-focused rollout had a decent split between Ant-Man theme comic characters and MCU additions.

Undoubtedly, Egghead is Hank Pym’s greatest nemesis as he helped push an already mentally shaken Hank off the ledge. This was part of the arc that has been abbreviated to solely focus on Hank’s worse moment, but the culmination against Egghead is actually a strong character highlight.

Beyond pestering Ant-Man/Goliath/Yellowjacket, Egghead also headed two different lineups of Masters of Evil. Both teams are now a Moonstone away from completion so it was nice getting their leader here.

Let’s see if this Marvel Legends Egghead is everything he’s cracked up to be or simply scrambled. Man, I love doing these intro puns!

Packaging:  Hasbro is done with the windowless packaging, but I’ve still got a few holdovers I need to finish before this era is completely done on my end. FYI, I won’t be sad that it’s over.

Hasbro mixed up the artwork for Egghead so it’s not just the same image repeated, which is nice. The front package artwork is more consistent with how he was typically portrayed while the side portion is more of a modern take on him.

Over on the back, we get another pose and the pitiful amount of accessories. The bio is badly needed with lesser-known characters like him.

On the left side, Hasbro highlighted the piece of the Build-A-Figure MCU Cassie Lang that comes with Egghead.

Likeness:  Taking into account that Hasbro wasn’t going — and arguably didn’t need — to create a separate, unique mold for him Egghead is pretty solid. He gets the MCU Happy Hogan mold, which is the best approximation for a stockier character.

Although with MCU Happy, that’s for a burlier guy as opposed to the squat, less in shape Egghead.

He’s got a lab coat piece to provide his signature look. The new sculpted piece is his head sculpt, which is fantastic. It’s not as comically disproportionate as it was in the comic book, but it does still retain that conehead shape.

Sculptor Paul Harding also made sure to give Egghead a maniacal expression with a furrowed brow and sinister grin. The double chin helps convey that out of shape portrayal.

True to the comic, Egghead’s glasses don’t have arms. They just rest on his nose. They’re done with transparent lenses. A bit of a mold line crosses right in front of his eyes though, which somewhat breaks up the visual.

Paint:  Egghead is a basic lab rat and hardly a character in need of a significant paint resources drain on the wave’s budget. This look is consistent with the comic so there’s no reason to complain about its simplicity.

He’s got a white shirt and a striped, red tie, blue pants and brown shoes. The most intricate part of the paintjob is his teeth, which turned out great thanks to the inkjet printing.

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Scale:  In the comics, Egghead was portrayed just a little shorter than Hank Pym.

The Hogan mold gives Egghead far too much height.

Maybe the Doctor Octopus legs would have been an option if they were compatible, but then a lower pants/shoe mold would need to be created and there’s no way Hasbro would go through all that effort for him.

Articulation: Egghead is hardly a big physical combatant. He prefers to direct from a distance or use a gun when someone is close on him.

While the Happy mold isn’t the most functionally articulated ML figure, it’s just fine for Egghead.

Egghead has:

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

Accessories: Egghead is light on accessories. He comes with the blaster last seen with Genis-Vell, just cast in black. Those two characters won’t interact so it’s a good weapons choice for him.

He doesn’t have a lot of obvious alternate accessories though he could have used the test tubes and vials from the Marvel Legends Retro Beast. Of course, the package artwork seems to indicate he came with at least a right fist that got cut.

Finally, he’s got the torso of the Build-A-Figure Cassie Lang.

Worth it?  Like the rest of the Quantumania wave, Egghead hit clearance quick. So quick that I missed him. Thankfully, I was able to take advantage of the Black Friday Pulse sale to get him for about $17, which is fine for a Marvel Legends figure in 2023.

Rating: 9.5 out of 10

It’s always nice getting more villains to the line. Especially ones that help complete teams. Egghead’s height aside this is a very strong Marvel Legends figure.

Where to get it?  I got Egghead from Hasbro Pulse. You can also order him from Amazon and Entertainment Earth.

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