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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Arrived home today from work to find my Alpha Flight set waiting for me.







I've been in daddy mode since I came home so I really haven't had time to mess around with the set or take photos, but here's a couple of first impressions.

1. The paint apps are very clean for the most part on my set, with Vindicator being the worst of the bunch. The plastics on any of the pearlescent figures like Vindicator and the twins has kind of a stiff quality to them very similar to Blizzard from the Ant Man wave. I needed to heat up the arms on Aurora and Vindicator because they weren't bending and I began to fear I was gonna snap the arm right off the peg.
2. Vindicator is by far the worst figure of the set. There is a general fuzziness on the application of her costume design, and the pearlescent white parts seem to be partially stained by the red paint on the figure. In addition, the color of the plastic on the legs does not match the whites on the body, as it has a slightly stained, pinkish hue to it. Her ponytail rotates though...so it doesn't always have to have that wind swept look. (YES!)
3. Kinda bummed that for as good as Aurora and Northstar look, they don't have any hands that can be paired together for them to hold. They could give us those silly "heart" hands for Gwenpool, but they couldn't see past this oversight and fix it when they had the chance? SMDH. The headsculpts for them though are very good, and Aurora is probably my favorite figure of the set. I LOVE her subtle elf ears poking out.
4. Speaking of hands, the hands for Aurora and Vindicator are the same color plastic, and can be swapped, so if you want Vindicator to have two fisted hands, or Aurora to have two gesturing hands, or any combo in-between, it's an easy work.
5. The aftermarket values on Puck are about to take a serious dump. While technically a re-issue of the BAF, this one is really well done. The new headsculpt is good, although I wish they would have added some new articulation in the wrists at the very least.
6. Shaman is really well done, but a staff or magic effect accessory of some sort would have really helped here.
7. I really love how well Snowbird came out...but she suffers from not having any accessories as well. An owl or a wolf would have gone a long way. Otherwise she's terrific, and is my second favorite figure of the set behind Aurora. Just need to hunt for some 1/12 animals. Gonna have to take a trip to Hobby Lobby or Michaels this weekend.
8. All in all...a really good set, and one that scratches an itch that I've needed scratched for a while. This set blows away the last Amazon exclusive (Family Matters) in terms of quality. All it really needed to send it over the top was some accessories, as all we get are the six figures, with nothing else (unless you consider Snowbird's cape an accessory.) I tend to not keep the boxes for these sets, but I might do so with this one as I really like the artwork and colors....although I think Aurora looks a bit much like Kristen Ritter here. Jessica...is that you?

Opened mine this morning, I love the set...Everyone in the set looks clean...Love early Xmas present...Hasbro is getting better in my opinion with the figures...Where Hasbro is lacking is only in the BAF department, bigger BAFs please, and please Hasbro, make a Giant Giant man!