Marvel Legends She-Hulk review

She-Hulk has been long overdue for an updated Marvel Legends. At least a classic one. Hasbro released her as part of its initial few waves of Marvel Legends, which had some growing pains. She got a re-release in the A-Force box set, but subsequent versions have been more modern-skewing including the latest — a stellar MCU figure based on a mediocre TV series.

With the Iron Man Retro line, Hasbro had an excuse to get a classic She-Hulk back out. In the 1994 Fantastic 4 cartoon series, She-Hulk made a few appearances as a member of the Avengers alongside Shell Head. I’ve been waiting on this one to join my Avengers ranks and this version looks to be one of the potential Top 5 Marvel Legends figures of the year.

Let’s see if Hasbro delivered or if this ends up being a gamma-hued disappointment.

Packaging: She-Hulk is on the 30th anniversary Iron Man series retro card so there’s no main artwork of her, but Iron Man.

On the back, there’s a digital readout of She-Hulk and her accessories. She’s got a tiny bio that explains her powers, but probably should have included a line about her affiliation with Iron Man and the Avengers.

Likeness:  Hasbro’s ML team delivered an amazing modern She-Hulk, but the classic versions were underwhelming. This figure looks about as close to a John Byrne likeness as we’re gonna get. She’s got big, bouncy hair with very good work in the strands and the She-Hulk curl.

I love the bright smile, which is perfectly fitting for Jennifer Walters’ personality. She’s a happier hero than a lot of her teammates. The sculpt is impressive with four-pack abs and thighs to show she’s not just a taller hero.

She-Hulk’s outfits are normally some alteration of purple and white. This attire is based on her return to the Avengers after leaving the Fantastic Four. She rejoined the team led by Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) and eventually Dr. Druid.

If you’ve got a steady hand, you could paint in the top portion of her tank top and replicate her look from the Geoff Johns era of the Avengers since there’s no sculpted lines.

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Paint: This purple with white accents is Jennifer’s standard color scheme. The full one piece bathing suit looks fine even with all the detail work being accomplished by the paint. Hasbro utilized a vibrant shade of light green for She-Hulk’s skin tone.

This helps make the darker green hair pop stronger. In a nice touch, her hair also includes a wash to further bring out the details. I love the work on her head sculpt. She’s got some eye shadow, and the green lipstick helps give her that confident, self-assured bombshell appearance She-Hulk is known for in the Byrne run.

Final note. It’s not a matter of if, but when Hasbro re-releases this figure with a quick repaint to show Jen as a member of the Fantastic Four.

There is one noticeable issue with the elbow and knee joints being a different shade of green. This has occasionally been a problem with some G.I. Joe Classified Series figures too so this isn’t just a Marvel Legends issue.

Scale: She-Hulk is the tallest long-term Avenger. Hulk doesn’t count in this instance. She’s taller than Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, etc. by a noticeable amount, which is fitting for her stature.

Articulation: While She-Hulk has a new body, the ML designers didn’t implement butterfly shoulders like the new Warbird figure.  Those definitely would have been helpful for a bruising powerhouse like She-Hulk.

She does have the newer tilting torso articulation, which does help in terms of giving her some more expressive posing options. As you’d expect, her hair does create some noticeable limitations with her left to right and up and down neck movement.

She-Hulk has:

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

Accessories:  She Hulk didn’t have a lot of accessory options, but her figure does get a few. She’s got a swappable set of fists.

The other is a new piece — a crumpled and bent semi-auto machine gun. The broken and crunched details are well executed while still allowing for a gun-wielder to still hold it.

Again, I really wish this wave had a Build-A-Figure since every figure in the wave was so strong. She-Hulk also could have had an alternate head sculpt with an intense expression as she probably wouldn’t be smiling every time she punches out an opponent.

Worth it?  Target had a sale going that took the figures down from $24.99 to $17.49. She-Hulk is a great figure somewhat hurt by the lack of accessories so it was nice to get her cheaper than the regular price.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Yeah, the elbows and knees are a different color. Her hair is somewhat restrictive and she lacks an angry head sculpt. This is still one incredible She-Hulk figure and the only question is how many variants will we get using this stellar mold.

Where to get it?  Target and GameStop has the Iron Man Retro wave in stores though She-Hulk has been one of the harder ones to find on the shelves. You can also grab She-Hulk from Amazon or Entertainment Earth.

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