"Chi'kunalook estali'niti ta'witi [you’re not worth my blade]”
Ahead of the cinematic release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Hasbro released a mixed wave of Marvel Legends figures including those from the movie alongside comic book adjacent characters. From Wakanda Forever we got new figures of Nakia, Namor, and Okoye along with an updated Everett Ross who was badged as from the original Black Panther movie. The wave was rounded out by comic book releases of Black Panther, and Hatut Zeraze and the build-a-figure returned to the Wakanda Forever theme with Attuma, as seen in the movie. The wave was part of the short-lived plastic free packaging series, coming without any window and using artwork and photography to depict the content.
The BAF content checklist moving to the side panel, confirming the need to buy all six of the wave to complete your Attuma figure - including the two comic book figures of Black Panther and Hatut Zeraze. With all the pieces collected, assembly is done through the usual connections with arms, legs and head all connecting into the central torso. As is standard, the thigh connections are the hardest to engage and may need some gentle heat to make the plastic more accepting of the connecting piece.
Attuma is in essence a standard height Marvel Legends figure and is comparable to Namor from the same wave. His height is however exaggerated by his ornate bone headdress which puts the overall figure another inch or so taller than characters of a similar build. Attuma is built on a blue-skinned cast body, and despite similarities in physique, there is no obvious borrowing of parts from Namor. The tone of the blue is questionable to what we see on screen, which has more green and is more intensive - although that is more from the lighting and post production with the figure most likely based on behind-the-scenes costumes.
Attuma features additional body detailing vs what we saw on Namor, notably battle scarring on the torso. Over the base body is Attuma’s Talokan warrior armour which includes bone plated shoulder guards and further spinal bone segments that run down the arms to a bracer which has a bone outer panel and brown inner leather wrap. The boots are dealt with in a similar fashion with a brown ‘wrapped’ effect around shins and feet and bone trim added to the top, down the front and on the top of the foot.
Attuma is wearing an added skirt piece in softer plastic that features a brown cast belt with more bone detailing around the clasp. From this runs some fin like panels in very light beige, a front tabard in two shades of brown and with a blue striped section at the top, and an inner skirt piece in a soft purple colour. A similar softer plastic section is included around the neck, again in brown but embedded with teeth in a bone white and with more of the bright aqua blue around the lower section. Round the very back of the skirt is a knife in a holster, but this is sculpted and not a useable accessory, which would have been a neat addition.
The head is cast in the same blue as the body and features a transparent breathing mask over Attuma’s nose and mouth. The eyes sit underneath the brow of his large bone coloured head piece with its wide marine creature bone crest. Around the back of the headdress are some softer plastic spines in purple/brown and Attuma’s own black flowing hair. While difficult to see, the face does appear to use facial printing and Attuma wears similar green earrings to those we see on Namor.
Attuma is provided with two weapons, both included in the Agent Ross set alongside one of his arms. We start with a club/blade cast in brown with sculpted detailing, picking out the wrapped grip and the texture of the upper club/blade. The only painted detail are the inset teeth along one ridge, painted in bone white. The weapon also features a softer plastic loop at the handle end, butt his has no functionality with the figure and nor do I recal it being seen in the film (I may be wrong).
The weapon wielded during nearly all of Attuma’s scenes is the second longer axe weapon that comes with a grey cast shaft and a purple flint textured blade with a metallic sheen. Both weapons fit into either of Attuma’s gripping hands, with sufficient articulation for the longer of the two to be wielded across both hands.
Attuma has 18 points of articulation, all pinless, but with much of the articulation facing some level of restriction due to the design of his armour. The legs are held in check by the skirt piece, but support the figure adequately with a range of neutral and action ready stances available. The arms have a bit of resistance thanks to the shoulder armour which is fixed to the arm and provides a blockage to raising the arm directly. It does however rotate and allows the arm to raise up, but this then throws the aesthetics with the shoulder pauldron sitting down the back of the arm and not where it should be. The torso joint, while not restricted, is limited in its movement. And the neck joint - and it is a very visible central neck peg - has restricted movement due to Attuma’s lengthy hair.
While there are issues with Attuma, he is a visually impressive figure with plenty of sculpted detail although perhaps a lack of overall vibrancy to the skin tone and the costume. Articulation is good, without being spectacular and certainly a different approach tot he shoulder armour may have helped in the overall posing options for the arms. The split of the wave felt frustrating - as was the case for any wave that had either an MCU or Comic Book BAF that required buying figures from the other side of the Marvel Universe. Since the Attuma wave, we’ve seen some level of shift in this principle, and going into 2025 more of a split between Cinematic and Comic releases. Thanks to a lack of immediate engagement with the wave, partly driven by the windowless packaging, Attuma remains a relatively simple BAF to acquire either through the figures or through purchasing parts on the secondary market.
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