[En Sabah Nerd]

On Wednesday night I went to a local Walmart that brickseek said had Thanos and while the manager confirmed they had them he said they were honoring the March 3rd street date so I had to wait and come back when they opened on Saturday. I went in this morning and sure enough the manager went to the back and came out with both the Thanos case and the Infinity War case so I went ahead and picked up Songbird too.

Thanos is pretty freaking great except for some notable weaknesses carried over from the original BAF. His legs are very limited in movement by the belt piece and his ab crunch is particularly loose, like Thanos can very easily headbang (to Death metal obviously ). He looks great though, I think the repaint is in every way superior to the BAF. I love the shiny blue and that the boots are all yellow/gold this time. The head sculpts are both on point and at first I felt the purple for his skin was too dark but in hand I think it's perfectly fine. I appreciate the inclusion of the Infinity Gauntlet even though it feels wrong having a modern designed Thanos using it. His regular left hand can hold the cosmic cube (mine's from the GotG boxset but I'd assume they're all the same) so that's neat. I still ultimately prefer the Select Thanos since that is his proper classic look but for a modern, slightly more articulated Thanos figure that is closer to the proper scale I find it hard not to recommend this guy if you can grab him.

Songbird is another cool figure for the growing women of Marvel collection that stands out thanks to strong, bright colors and a very cool wing piece. Definitely also nice to get another Thunderbolts mainstay and at the same time another less than well-known character. As a toy my con would have to be that as is expected with white paint over dark plastic there's some sloppiness to certain areas. On the pros side of things though the face and hair came out great and the armor doesn't really get in the way of articulation all that much by design. Fellow Songbird fans rejoice but then also the figure's display presence I think is enough for everyone else to also consider getting one.