[Boy Blunder]

Thanks again for all the positive comments on my wife's cosplay - I've been passing along the praise to her, and being the first cosplay she's done in years, she's been very happy to hear the kind words!

@Riddick, can't say for certain if it's the same as the electronic prop version, but it's roughly the same size, from what I was able to tell. Again, the line was too long to get much close-up time with it.

@VashTS, the Hydra two-pack includes three heads for each soldier, four guns (large bazooka-type gun, fancy future rifle, tactical shotgun, and drum-fed gun of some sort), large combat knife, and alternate 'classic Hydra' web gear for the smaller soldier (he comes packed in a vest).

So I figured I'd give you guys a quick rundown of the A-Force set, now that I've had a couple days to evaluate it. First off, let me say that we bought it at a premium ($145 rather than $120), but mostly because it saved us the stress of wondering if we'd be able to get one, and because we like to support ToyAddicts (our local toy store) as much as possible (and $25 is a small finder's fee, especially since we paid cash, which meant no tax out the door). Second, I will say that, on Sunday, the EE booth still had a goodly amount of stock left, so hopefully they'll restock online after counting up the remaining inventory. So stay vigilant, fellow Arkers!



Monica Rambeau is a fantastic toy, though I feel she could have been improved by including some effects pieces for her light powers (which is why I stole Dazzler's for this shot). Paint is sharp, and the white they used for her costume is a nice opalescent plastic. Face paint is fantastic, and the sculpt is pretty damn perfect. I love her hair.



Elsa Bloodstone is easily my absolute favorite figure in the set. Two shotguns and a sidearm (reused from Misty Knight) are a proper loadout of accessories, though ideally she'd also have her micro-uzis. Her paint work and face sculpt are amazing, making her a striking figure on display. My only complaints are her feet (chunky heeled boots are hard to pose well), and the lack of bicep swivel or double-elbow, which affect her much more than Monica, who shares her arms (both use the arms and jacket piece from MCU Scarlet Witch). Aside from that, though, she's fantastic and brings us one step closer to having the NextWave cast.



For being a repaint of Angela with a new head, sword, skirt, and cape, Sif definitely stands out from her mold-mate. She makes the most of yet another striking paint job, with sharp white apps against the red majority of the outfit. Her cape doesn't like it when you move her arms at the shoulders, but it doesn't look awful, just noticeable.



Loki's paint job is one of my favorites from the set, due to the liberal use of a dark metallic green for the body, and clean 'scale male' paint apps across her torso and legs. The head has some excellent sculpting and paint work, though there's a bit of bleed from her golden hair adornments into the hair. Despite having the same cape as Sif, it looks a bit more unique due to the colors and the figure herself. The unique hands and bicep swivels really help her get into nice spellcasting poses, which would've been helped, again, by some energy effects.



She-Hulk is... a letdown. I remember Triv making some comments about her when we first saw in-hand images, and having her myself, I'm finding that they ring true. Using the same body as Valkyrie was a good idea in concept, but the body has some major problems that need addressing, and Hasbro failed to do so with Shulkie. The hip peg's location, the length of the arms, her head sculpt and the size of her head... they all work against her here. Having a differently-tooled upper torso makes things worse - her shoulders are a little higher, making her arms seem even shorter. I am glad we got a new She-Hulk, but the end result is a let-down. It's too bad, because the deco, like mostly everything else in the set, is great, with a nice metallic purple and deep green.



Singularity is easily my wife's favorite of the set, and I'm also very happy with her. The translucent plastic and glitter mixed in are very nice, and I love the paint apps - they appear to be using the same 'dot matrix' printing that the MCU figures have been getting for their faces, but it works for making the colors blend on her.



The face sculpt, however, misses one of Singularity's most memorable aspects - her ever-present smile. She has a slight smile to her lips that's visible from certain angles, but in the comics, she almost always has a big, cheerful grin. Would've been a better choice, to help her stand out among all the stoic-faced figures. Additionally, giving her two open hands rather than an open hand and a fist would've fit the character better, as Singularity is a cosmic force and doesn't really do direct physical combat. Other than all that, it's amazing that she even got a figure, and she's another great in a set of great figures.



And here we have (almost) all of A-Force, barring Medusa (thank goodness for the upcoming Walgreens one). Taken together, they make a great and diverse display set.

Aside from Shulkie, I'm extremely happy with the set, and I do hope everyone else who wants this set (or figures from it) is able to get their hands on them.