The Marvel Legends figure of Druig was released in the Autumn of 2021 as part of the MCU Eternals wave. The wave was made up entirely of MCU characters from the Eternals movie and it also included a BAF of Gilgamesh, allowing collectors to round out the full complement of Eternals when you combined the full-wave with the exclusive releases of Thena and Ajak.
Druig was packed along with the head of Gilgamesh. He arrives in the standard Legends packaging with a golden theme around the nameplate and via the symbols on the side art. The rear of the box, and the card back, carries on that theme but blends it up to a starscape and with the Eternal circular symbol imprinted within. Alongside the artwork and BAF checklist on the back of the box is a short and non-descript piece on Druig.
"Using cosmic energy to control the minds of others, Druig is aloof and powerful but at times it's hard to determine whether he is a friend of foe."
The Eternals wave as a whole struggles with the actor's likenesses, particularly where they have
tried to incorporate a particular facial impression. In Druig's case, the sculptors have kept it simple and that has produced the best likeness of the wave in the execution of the head sculpt and photo-real print of actor Barry Keoghan.
The costume is once again fairly faithful to the screen prop with the robes of Druig cast in black with red markings added in intricate patterns across the chest and down to the flowing skirt sections of the more ornate robes that Druig wears in the movie. The black base does vary with high gloss black on the chest, shoulders, and bracers - with a more matt finish on the other areas and used in the soft plastic robes. Painting over black is not easy, and despite this, the red patterns are bright and neat throughout.
There is a full set of sculpted legs, also cast in black, under the flowing robes and while the upper legs are taken from Ikaris - Hasbro have given Druig unique lower legs when they could have reused the parts from Ikaris or Druig who are a similar build.
The Eternals wave as a whole is also devoid of significant accessories and like the other figures, Druig is packed with an alternative pair of hands only. You can choose from a pair of gesturing open hands, and a pair of clenched fists. Both slot in and out well enough and allow Druig some variation in his posing and gesticulation.
While the entire lower half of Druig is sat behind restrictive plastic skirts, he is afforded the full set of articulation with 18 points in total. All the joints are pinless, including double joint elbows and knees. The legs can move a little under the skirted section but nothing past a basic neutral stand.
The arms are more extensive, although you will find that the shoulder sections completely block the arms from being raised - that leaves all the movement coming out of the biceps and the elbow joints. All in all this does limit the posing options for Druig so he will be left looking moody or thoughtful within your wider Eternals group.
Druig is the best-looking head sculpt in the wave, but the worse in terms of articulation, leaving him looking the part but very limited in options for posing do you will need to work the head and arm joints to bring some character into the pose.
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