[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

I don’t have a dremel but I will buy one for this if need be. It’s not perfect or comic accurate but the general representation and headsculpt are too perfect NOT to do it. First time I have plans to buy two of a figure and use the first one I get as custom lol. Black Queen Emma can wait!

If you pick up a dremel, make sure you get yourself some bits for it. You can find box sets that have everything you'll need for less than 20 bucks if you check around. While the stuff that comes out of the box can be used, you're gonna want some of the fancier cutters, drill bits and sanders that can make the job a breeze.

Said dremel kit came out pretty handy with my 80th Anniversary MCU Cap and Peggy set...which I'll give some thoughts on now.



Peggy Carter: This one will be a bit short and sweet, because truthfully, there's not a lot to her as a figure. The sculpt is entirely new, and the paints on mine were pretty well done. (I love the backseam on her stockings!) The hip/ab crunch has a very good range of motion, and the elbows get more than 90 degrees of bend, so that's good. The headsculpt on mine was really well done...but the print is not as crisp as what we've received lately with the MCU stuff, and the figure suffers from that "sorta looks like without looking like" syndrome that we've had with certain scanned MCU actors and actress figures. From one angle, you will see Ms. Atwell, while at others, I see my pharmacist.



As for gripes, there's the elephant in the room, the legs. They have nearly no articulation thanks to the skirt. You still get the double jointed knees, ankle rocker and thigh cut, but good luck being able to do anything with them, as the skirt is very form fitting and hinders it. The head fits quite well on many of the female bodies out there, including the Onslaught wave Sharon Carter, QR suit, and any of the Jessica Jones bodies without any mods needed, so I think the real challenge is finding a body that works a little better for more action packed scenarios. Peggy also has tiny feet with high heels that can make her a chore to stand on, and while there's a pistol included for Cap that Peggy could use, it would have been nice if she had her own specific weapon relevant the British military of that era, like a Webley or Browning.

Good...but not great figure...but she scratches an itch and I'm just relieved we received her in the first place.

MCU WW2 Cap: This figure has been high on my list of wants for a while, because it could've doubled for a new Ultimate Captain America (before that one was announced) so it's nice to finally get this one in hand.



I don't have the motorcycle version as he's sitting in a pile of loot atm, so I wouldn't be able to tell if this has the same exact sculpt as the comic version (with some tweaks) but on it's own, I can tell you that this is an all new sculpt, and is one that customizers can easily convert into a 6" G.I.Joe Duke in a hurry. The jacket and arm pieces are sculpted well, with some really nice leather textures. A slight black wash would have been nice to bring out the details, but there is still some there that can be seen. The web gear sits nicely on the figure and can be removed, and they feature working weapon storage, which is awesome. No fake pistols here...Cap's .45 fits in the holster and stays there. The shield, pistol and Thompson all have nice painted details as well. I also love the star shield prototype, which looks great with the Winter Soldier Cap figure, and makes a good prop overall.

Cap has two headsculpts, which feature very little variation between them outside of some changes to the hair, where one is a bit flatter than the other, which carries more height and volume. My guess is that the flatter one is meant for the helmet, which sits nice and snug on the flatter head, while it sits a bit high on the pouffe head. Like I mentioned with Peggy, it suffers from "kinda sorta" looking like Chris Evans depending on the angle, but it definitely has a resemblance. The scan on mine is lined up pretty good, but like Peggy...it's not as crisp and honestly a bit soft or fuzzy in detail...almost cartoon like around the eyes. It's also a bit dirty for some reason, and I can't tell if that's intended, or if this is a factory error.



There's some mileage that can be attained out of these new headsculpts as well I should mention. The new headsculpts work really well with the QR and original WW2 MCU Cap like a charm with no modifications needed. They do not however work with any of the more modern Caps that we've received, nor will it work with the original Avengers Cap. Vice versa...the Chris Evans heads from the worthy or 10th Studios figures do not work on this Cap figure either, so do with that what you will. I will actually be keeping one of these new heads on the original MCU WW2 Cap figures, since he spent a fair amount of time in that film without his helmet, and it looks great on the figure.

If you are wondering about size differences between the two, here you go.



Now I mentioned having to dremel in the beginning of this review, and that's my major gripe with this figure...straight out of the box, the head sits way too high on the neck. I dremeled out the inside of the head so it would sit a little lower on the neck, and I did that before I took these pictures here, so keep in mind in these photos that the figure has been modded somewhat. The other major gripe that I have with this new Cap lies in the shield. It's an EXTREMELY tight fit on the arm, and cannot be pulled all the way up it. It will only go far enough for the hand to hold the second strap on it, so keep that in mind so as to not damage it when putting it on the figure.

Pretty minor gripes though for what honestly is an awesome figure. I don't rant and rave over the MCU stuff much anymore, but this one is a must have, and is even a sweeter deal thanks to the decent Peggy Carter figure included in the set.