“Oh, I smell what you're stepping in. The power in the Marvel Universe is about to change forever.”
Rather than release figures ahead of the release of Deadpool & Wolverine in 2024, Hasbro held back their releases until a couple of months after the movie had aired - at which point an Autumn standalone three-figure wave, without a build-a-figure, was dropped. The wave release was not without issues, with stocks in the UK in particular being staggered as far out as February 2025 (hence our later-than-usual review). The wave included - as expected - new figures of both Deadpool and Wolverine, alongside a Headpool release complete with Logan accessory.
The new Deadpool & Wolverine figures use the new square packaging, with black base colour and the Deadpool & Wolverine movie logo under the main window. The design also draws from some of the prior Deadpool Legends releases and includes the character name panel shown as though Tip-Ex’d on the box and handwritten over. We do get side art on the right-hand spine, and a repeat of the image on the back alongside some character-specific text which details Wade Wilson’s circumstances as we find him at the start of Deadpool & Wolverine.
The rear of the box also carries the ‘handwritten’ design with a checklist of all three figures in the line The figure sits in the usual plastic tray and behind this is a cardboard figure backing insert that is also Deadpool-inspired, containing hand-drawn illustrations of Deadpool, Rainbows and a Unicorn.
With Deadpool’s costume itself being drawn up as new by the TVA tailor, the figure is a fully new sculpt and does not rely at all on the 2020 Deadpool release from Deadpool 2, except maybe the hands. The bulk of the Deadpool body is cast in red, a brighter finish to the previous figure as it was on screen. This is lined with black around the shoulders, torso, thighs, and knees. Deadpool comes with his signature belt in brown with a Deadpool logo buckle painted in red, black, and white. The belt also uses gold clips to either side of the buckle, and this gold is repeated on Deadpool’s chest panels, on his gloves, and on the clasps for a pair of black twin holsters. Further weapon storage is presented by the shoulder strap and twin sheaths for his swords, and a black shin holster on the right leg.
vs 2020 Deadpool 2 release (right)
Deadpool only comes with one head - we are still awaiting a Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson head in the Marvel Legends series. The head is cast in the same red as the body with painted black eye panels and white eyes. Overall the accuracy to the movie costume is strong, although there is something a little off in the proportions with a very slimline aspect to the legs in particular.
The previous releases of the original Deadpool across the initial 2-pack, the greyed ash variant, and the most recent Legacy release all had a raft of accessories. For the Deadpool & Wolverine release, this has been paired back so only two sets of hands are included - losing the clenched fists and leaving the two pairs of gripping hands, one for swords and one for guns. The swords are reused from the original Deadpool and are black-painted grips with silver blades. They are curved slightly as we see the Katanas on screen and this does cause them to stick a little when inserted into the holsters on Deadpools back. They sit snugly in the smaller grip hands fitted to the figure on arrival.
Deadpool also comes with ‘Baby Knife’ which has a similar design to the larger Katana's with a black grip and silver blade. This fits into the smaller sword-gripping hands and can be holstered in the shin holster on the right leg.
Deadpool’s guns come already slotted in the holsters, but these are removable and use the more accurate handgun design in black plastic as seen on the Legacy release, and not the sci-fi guns we got with the first release. To use the guns you will need to swap to the more open ‘trigger finger’ grip hands.
Being a new figure the articulation on Deadpool is entirely pinless and utilises the modern configurations. There are 22 points of articulation in total, with a standard set of leg joints and a wide-ranging grouping for the arms including well-disguised butterfly shoulders. The torso is inclusive of both a waist swivel and an ab crunch while the neck is dual-jointed, although the joint between shoulders and neck is barely mobile.
The joints all combine really well to allow Deadpool a wealth of options including the use of the swords, guns, and baby knives. While he can’t quite do the splits as seen when he dons the new outfit in TVA, there is plenty of range but also stability that keeps him secure in most positions.
The Deadpool & Wolverine release of Deadpool is a strong addition to the Marvel Legends movie line and suitably marks Deadpool’s official arrival into the MCU. The costume, as it was on screen, moves more to a comic book finish in terms of the brighter red and there are some very minor questions over the overall proportions although these are more apparent when a comparison is drawn up to the original 2020 release which was a very impressive and accurate figure.
As it was in the movie, Deadpool really comes to life posed with Wolverine in his X-Men suit a contrast of red vs yellow on your shelf as it was in the movie promotional artwork as well as on screen.
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