“The desire to become a superhuman cannot be separated from supremacist ideals.”
The MCU Baron Zemo was released into the Marvel Legends line in 2021, part of the first-ever Disney+ themed wave alongside other characters from The Falcon & The Winter Soldier as well as from WandaVision and Loki. Zemo was packed in the usual Marvel Legends packaging featuring the new Falcon & Winter Soldier logo with artwork down each side and on the reverse alongside the briefest of text background and a checklist for the waves Build-a-Figure. This build-a-figure was a wingsuit for Falcon, with Zemo coming with one wingtip
Zemo is wearing the long coat that he sports for much of his time in Falcon & The Winter Soldier. This is a very dark purple-coloured piece with a textured fur collar that is painted in an off-white finish. The coat carries a number of other sculpted components including buttons, straps and pockets but carries no further paint work. Round the back, the fur lining sits upward exposing the rear collar and the paint application here is messy albeit out of sight for most displays. Under the coat is a purple roll neck shirt and a pair of black trousers that have been repurposed from an older suited body originating with the Coulson mould, although there are new feet with buckled straps and a touch of grey on each buckle to make them stand out.
Zemo’s headsculpt is a wonderful likeness to actor Daniel Brühl with face printing adding to the likeness and in particular adding an intensity to the eyes. The hair piece is neat and swept to that neat side parting, coloured in brown and added onto the head as a separate piece to create a neat transition from skin to hair. Zemo also comes with his masked head, a purple-rigged head sculpt that still has an inserted head underneath (non-removable) that allows the skin tone and eyes to be visible in the eye holes of the mask.
Further accessories include alternative hands, with Zemo able to switch between a pair of clenched fists to a right gripping hand, and an unusual left pointing finger hand which adds to the manesims of the character allowing you to pose him with his finger raised, gesturing for someone to stop.
The gripping hand allows the included pistol to be wielded. This is sadly an ugly golden piece with soft and limited detail and very much comic book in its origins rather than being screen-accurate. Thankfully there are other options out there to swap this out with. There is no holster for this or any other weapon, but the articulation does allow a pose to show the gun being drawn out of the coat.
The final accessory is the Winter Soldier Handbook seen in Captain America: Civil War. This is burgundy in colour with wearing and weathering around the sides and a faded but visible Soviet star in the centre of the front cover. It will also fit into Zemo’s gripping right hand. Considering this is a prop from Civil War and only seen briefly in the Disney+ Series via flashbacks, it is a nice nod from the Legends team to add it to the Marvel Legends MCU collection through this release.
Zemo is a hybrid in terms of articulation with the lower half pinned and featuring the troublesome ankle rockers of the suited body which has a significant bearing on his balance. The legs are also more or less hemmed in by the coat so Zemo won’t be doing any kneeling or sitting. The upper torso is a newer design so there is a torso joint with a good range of movement, and pinless arms with a full range of motion. The 16 points in total are sufficient to pose Zemo and make use of the expressive arms and hand options to display him either brandishing his gun/book, preparing for a fistfight, or using his pointing finger.
The 2021 MCU Baron Zemo does an excellent job of bringing the onscreen character to life in figure form. There are plenty of accessories and alternative parts to choose from, although the gun needed to be more realistic or left out completely from the set. The articulation does enough, but it is another example of the suited bodies on Marvel Legends desperately needing an update around those ankle rockers.
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