Marvel Legends X-Force Archangel review (2025)

The X-Force Archangel look was not what I was pulling for when Warren Worthington III’s alter ego started popping up on rumored Marvel Legends lineups.

As an X-Factor fan, I was rooting for an updated recently ditched Apocalypse Archangel figure. That old one was using the long overdue for retirement Bucky Cap mold.

The Marvel Legends team has a clear affinity for the Rick Remender (with artists Jerome Opena, Esad Ribic and Phil Noto) Uncanny X-Force run as they continue fleshing out members from that roster. Hasbro released an X-Force Archangel in a 2020 San Diego Comic Con exclusive pack with Psylocke and Wolverine. That wasn’t easy to find then, so it makes sense for Hasbro revisit that pack with the X-Force Archangel.

Let’s see if this figure slices his way to a prime spot of 2025 Marvel Legends releases or falls on its blade leaving me numb.

Packaging: I really like how this packaging turned out. It’s not especially fancy, but it reflects the tone of the X-Force comic series perfectly with white/silver and red accents against the standard flat black. I appreciate that the art on the sides and back is all different to fully showcase the X-Force Archangel. The more reference art the better.

Again, I will happily offer my services (for four figures a month) to write the bios for the figures or at least edit them. Angel didn’t have his wings mutilated by the Morlocks and joined up with Apocalypse. That was the Marauders during the Morlock Massacre. Sigh.

Likeness: The mold is a big improvement over the previous Archangel figure, but it’s the head sculpt that really sells it. For the default one, Hasbro went for a slightly perturbed/focused.

Archangel’s mask lines are sculpted and not just left for the paint job to handle. That would be a major task for the rest of the linework on his outfit to be sculpted, but it’s appreciated for his mask.

For X-Force Archangel the big showcase component is his wings. Hasbro did a nice job on the previous Archangel figure, but this one features a new set with a larger pair and a slimmer set positioned tighter along his shoulder blades.

They have a natural concave shape to offer that deadly bladed appearance.

Jerome Opeña made Archangel’s wings far more intricate than what was done in the past giving them a more mechanical feathered, layered look. No knock on Hasbro for going with the simpler design, but the older one looks cooler. 

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Scale: X-Force Archangel should be the average height member of the team. Taller than Wolverine, X-23 and Domino and shorter than Warpath. With the second iteration of X-Force, he should be about eye to eye with his romantic rival for Psylocke’s affection, Fantomex.

Paint: What always made X-Force look cool was the all-black with white/silver/grey accents. X-Force Archangel gets a white silver accent color, which really pops against the black. The paint apps are mostly clean. There are just a few blemishes and just the occasional scrape breaking up the otherwise smooth linework.

The work on his head sculpt is the most impressive as it features some dark, black gradient around his stark red eyes. Sculpting makes the silver lining around his mask easier to paint cleanly, which is the case here. His blue skin is a perfect shade of blue for the X-Force Archangel, whose skin had a more muted tone.

His wings are a flat lighter grey. Maybe they could have used some shading or a wash to dingy them up a bit? Or gone with the chrome-like silver paint app to really jazz them up?

Articulation: X-Force Archangel uses the Vulcan mold, basically the new default plain body. It’s the new Bucky Cap mold that doesn’t look like it’s going to age out as badly as its predecessor. Hasbro’s ML team designed it with fluid articulation in mind so it’s a really fun mold to pose.

Since his wings aren’t heavy anchors, X-Force Archangel is able to strike some dynamic standing and flying poses. The wings also have some degree of movement as they utilize a hinge joint that allows for up and down and some measure of outstretched capabilities as well.

Their curved nature does limit a more natural stance of Archangel standing and having the wing blades pointed directly in front of him without them sloping downward.

X-Force Archangel has:

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

Accessories: X-Force Archangel gets some pretty cool accessories.

First is a more intense angrier head sculpt. I always welcome these options as it helps sell and action shot stronger with a more emotional expression. Unfortunately, the paint work on mine is terrible with the left side missing the silver paint apps for his mask.

Next up are a pair of open grasping hands, which are great for dynamic posing and throttling his enemies.

Finally, X-Force Archangel gets a new and very useful effect piece to simulate him launching his paralytic wing knives at a target. Hasbro including a pair of these blue-tinged translucent pieces with three blades of various lengths spewing out. It takes a second to figure out how to secure them onto the wings, but once they’re on, they are fairly firmly locked in place.

Worth it?  X-Force Archangel is a deluxe figure, but he’s on the cheaper side of that Marvel Legends price point at $39.99. The new effect piece helps add some value and the newly designed wings are welcome additions, but it seems like an additional $10 would have been a better value instead of $15 more.

Rating: 7.5 out of 10

Archangel’s wings needed a more eye-catching paint job and a better means of implementing their articulation. My figure also needed a better paint job. Paying $35 for him would be a much better proposition, but this is still a welcome figure in my collection.

Where to Get It?  You’re not going to see X-Force Archangel in stores, but you can get him from a variety of online sites including Amazon or Entertainment Earth.

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