[Kirathis]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

@Kirathis

Thanks for the confirmation, man...and the pics! I'm looking forward to that wave and the obligatory price drop a few months from now...I hope. lol I thought it was smaller than Hyperion (no surprise there), but I was also expecting that it would be roughly the size of the Reaper mold. Is it possible that it's shorter in height, but matches (or surpasses) the girth of the Reaper fig? I know your stuff's stored up, but just from a guesstimate perspective...what do you think?

@Dr Kain

I understand why you would say that, especially given your recent jaunt though X-books. However, you'd need to go back a bit further to Bronze Age Avengers books to appreciate what I'm saying and why some agree with me...the Bronze Age Avengers Beast was more lithe than his appearances in modern age X-books. He was still bigger than the average hero, but not by much. Additionally, while comic Jackal is normally illustrated as pretty gaunt, even without having the figure, I can tell that the Jackal figure tracks a bit on the large side in comparison to the books rendition of Warren...hence my theory that an Avengers Beast is in the works...

Meh, minor effort to get them for some quick and dirty comparisons. Also yes, the Jackal figure is definitely larger than the comic appearances. I included a comparison of Jackal to Spidey UK.


They are definitely not the same mold. Until I looked at them side by side I was not sure of the differences. They are pretty apparent to me now. For one, Reaper is broader in the upper body. Not by much but he is. Reaper's legs are noticeably larger as well. I would say they could replace Reaper with this mold but I kind of wonder if the Spidey UK look will be for larger but more acrobatic characters.


From body scale I would say he is closest to the mold used for this Steve Rogers figure, original Drax and Agent Venom. A little shorter. I would actually call the Spidey UK mold a replacement for this one.


Jackal is not exactly the same contrary to my original thought. Their ab crunch cuts (particularly in the back) are noticeably different. In fact, I would say Jackal is actually closer in size to Reaper than Spidey UK in the upper body area.

He is virtually a head swap and repaint away from a Bronze Age Beast as TBM suggested. I will admit I would prefer the larger hulking Beast. I liked that look better and it provided an even greater contrast between his appearance and intellect.