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Jason Abbadon · 02-19-2012, 10:55 AM

WOO!

I just got back frm BSing with Big Hank at Michael's Art store- he hooked me up with that Ultimate Thor he had picked up...so here's my mini review:

The limited articulation has already been harped on a lot so I'll spare you that again.
Sculptwise, this is an excellent figure!
VERY comics-faithful, right down to the details on boots and the odd open part on his torso's back.
This figure has great paint apps- a nice dark glossy semi- metallic blue for the chest armor and a great job was done on his face- his eyes are excellent a well.
Placed next to Showdown Thor, the Ultimate head is the same size- and with some skin tone matching might make for an amazing headswap!

Very happy to report that Ultimate Thor is MU scale!
Not the too-small size of the Thor movie figures- this figure is noticibly taller than Captain Marvell, but just short of Wonder-Man. He looms over figures like the Skrull or AIM goon- and those guys are baseline human sized (they match GI Joes), so he's a pretty good size.
The neck peg is SW sized, so if you wanted Darth Thor, you're in for a treat, but swapping with Sentry might neeed some putty.
The face sculpt, I can not stress enough, is just great- superior to the Modern Thor fig (which I rather like) and the beard is nicely sculpted on with the hair being a seperate piece.
Removing the hair leaves you with a damn near perfect Thunderstrike head- I'll just need to sculpt the short hair on him!
And that's why I wanted this in the first place! Articultion aside, the body looks like a great Thunderstrike base too.. but I'll use him (or a second fig) and his super-ripped arms for Ares as soon as Onyx gets that head/helmet two pack ready for sale!
And it'll be epic! This Thor has the biggest guns of any human-proportioned figure!

The axe-hammer has a great and faithful look to it, but is a soft rubbery plastic, so I may correct that with a styrene tube so it remains...er...erect...in Thor's hand. It ocurs to me that the hammer side of his axe looks a LOT like the Black Lantern scythe from Blackest Night- could be an easy custom to make if you wanted.

The big happy suprise is the odd secondary weapon- I had not payed it any attention in the pics online but this is freakin great! Amazing detail on this-runes on the blade and great detail on the handle's braiding. The weapon sorta opens from spear to axe and looks like something Jack Kirby would have drawn. The colors on this kinda suck but with some repainting, it'll be a gem.
I think I'll make it a Kree Universal Weapon with some mods....

Anyone that does not want their oddball spear/axe, I'll happily take it!

FINAL VERDICT: This line has already gotten a ton of venom from us collectors but if the other comic-series figs of this line are this good, I'll happily pay the ten (!) bucks this cost. Thor is a pleasant suprise in sculpt, paint apps and great custom fodder parts with a bouns of a cool retro-Kirby weapon that would look great in any alien or generic Asgardian's hands.
If this had MU articulation, it would be in the top five Marvel 3.75" figures...but the lack of posability hurts the score so my final verdict is....
6.5/10

Buy the damn thing already!

02-19-2012, 10:55 AM	#16361
Jason Abbadon Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Posts: 5,490	WOO! I just got back frm BSing with Big Hank at Michael's Art store- he hooked me up with that Ultimate Thor he had picked up...so here's my mini review: The limited articulation has already been harped on a lot so I'll spare you that again. Sculptwise, this is an excellent figure! VERY comics-faithful, right down to the details on boots and the odd open part on his torso's back. This figure has great paint apps- a nice dark glossy semi- metallic blue for the chest armor and a *great* job was done on his face- his eyes are excellent a well. Placed next to Showdown Thor, the Ultimate head is the same size- and with some skin tone matching might make for an amazing headswap! Very happy to report that Ultimate Thor is MU scale! Not the too-small size of the Thor movie figures- this figure is noticibly taller than Captain Marvell, but just short of Wonder-Man. He looms over figures like the Skrull or AIM goon- and those guys are baseline human sized (they match GI Joes), so he's a pretty good size. The neck peg is SW sized, so if you wanted Darth Thor, you're in for a treat, but swapping with Sentry might neeed some putty. The face sculpt, I can not stress enough, is just great- superior to the Modern Thor fig (which I rather like) and the beard is nicely sculpted on with the hair being a seperate piece. Removing the hair leaves you with a damn near perfect Thunderstrike head- I'll just need to sculpt the short hair on him! And that's why I wanted this in the first place! Articultion aside, the body looks like a great Thunderstrike base too.. but I'll use him (or a second fig) and his super-ripped arms for Ares as soon as Onyx gets that head/helmet two pack ready for sale! And it'll be epic! This Thor has the biggest guns of any human-proportioned figure! The axe-hammer has a great and faithful look to it, but is a soft rubbery plastic, so I may correct that with a styrene tube so it remains...er...erect...in Thor's hand. It ocurs to me that the hammer side of his axe looks a LOT like the Black Lantern scythe from Blackest Night- could be an easy custom to make if you wanted. The big happy suprise is the odd secondary weapon- I had not payed it any attention in the pics online but this is freakin great! Amazing detail on this-runes on the blade and great detail on the handle's braiding. The weapon sorta opens from spear to axe and looks like something Jack Kirby would have drawn. The colors on this kinda suck but with some repainting, it'll be a gem. I think I'll make it a Kree Universal Weapon with some mods.... Anyone that does not want their oddball spear/axe, I'll happily take it! FINAL VERDICT: This line has already gotten a ton of venom from us collectors but if the other comic-series figs of this line are this good, I'll happily pay the ten (!) bucks this cost. Thor is a pleasant suprise in sculpt, paint apps and great custom fodder parts with a bouns of a cool retro-Kirby weapon that would look great in any alien or generic Asgardian's hands. If this had MU articulation, it would be in the top five Marvel 3.75" figures...but the lack of posability hurts the score so my final verdict is.... 6.5/10 Buy the damn thing already! Last edited by Jason Abbadon; 02-19-2012 at 11:15 AM..