[Trivial Psychic]

So many figures...I haven't been able to keep up. Here's some in hand thoughts on the recent Walgreens Exclusives...Thing and Magik.



Thing: I'm not going to say anything that hasn't been said before, so I'll keep my thoughts here short and concise. This is the definitive version of Ben Grimm. You'd be hard pressed to find anything better out there that's not a custom, and even then, good luck. Good articulation, great sculpt, good pack-ins with the extra hands and head sculpt, and some really good color choices. It's hard to find a flaw with him, because mine was nearly perfect out of the box. He might be my favorite Walgreens exclusive yet, just barely beating out Magik (yes...she's that good...you'll see why.) It's great to finally have a Fantastic Four that's as fun to look at as they are to play with, and while it's a long time coming, it's been completely satisfying.



Magik: I'll get this out of the way...I know little to NOTHING about this character outside of her sibling relationship to Colossus. Trying to read a wiki on her made my head hurt. That said, this figure is AMAZING, and I really wish that Legends would use this as their template moving forward. Magik is well painted, well sculpted, and comes with the most accessories we've seen a figure come with since Juggernaut wave DP. While most of the accessories are re-hashes from other figures, they give you so many options for messing around with this figure, as well as providing others with options as well. The flaming skull head fits perfectly on Ghost Rider, and looks really cool in doing so. The little dragon looks great with Kitty as a compliment to Lockheed, and can perch on her as well. The lightning effects look great in dark blue and can be used with a variety of figures, and Magik's swords are also really well done, with one of them having a nice blue blade to match the flame effect (most recently seen with Typhoid Mary.) And of course, you don't need to share, you can just use them all for Magik if you'd like.





Even if you know nothing about the character, Magik is worth the pick up for the accessories alone. Congrats to those of you who held out on the scalper bait from picking her up from the Book of Vishanti. I really feel like Hasbro did this one for you.