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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, with the third slot handed over to Headpool. Headpool also came packed with a Logan accessory, a full Marvel Legends figure of Logan from the bar scene when Deadpool comes to collect him to take him to the TVA.
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 - both the image and the text are for Headpool rather than the Logan accessory.
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.
We will start with Headpool who is a brand-new sculpted headpiece inclusive of skeletal facial features and a torn Deadpool mask with bulging eyes visible in the torn eye slots. Headpool is wearing a flight helmet in two-tone brown, and this is capped off with a propellor that actually articulates and rotates. Despite being a severed head, the decor and finish is comparable to that used on a full figure.
Headpool isn’t designed to sit onto a standard body ball joint, and instead, the neck has a small socket that corresponds with a clear plastic stand packed in with the set. This is a circular base about an inch and a half wide, and a central piece that stands about 3 inches high. The head simply slots onto the top of the post, with no ball joint of any kind to add additional ‘articulation’ to the head - therefore leaving it in a static position with no ability to tilt in any direction.
In the movie we see Headpool hovering at the head height of the other Deadpool Corps, yet Hasbro has chosen to make the stand half of the height it should be , putting Headpool at crotch height against the other Marvel Legends figures.
Using the flight stand from Star Wars Black Series Luke Skywalker Training Remote
There is no apparent reason for making the shortened choice, particularly when within Hasbro’s own Black Series line there is a stand used on the Training Remote for Luke Skywalker that was the right height, had the ability to pivot on a ball joint and that would have needed minor changes to the Headpool head to get it to fit. As it stands - and as seen in our images - you can still use this piece, although Headpool sits loosely on the top rather than fixed.
The accessory of Logan is based specifically on the first meeting between Deadpool and Logan in the bar after Deadpool has scoured the Multiverse to find Wolverine. The figure re-uses parts from the 2020 Wolverine/Logan figure in the chequered shirt - although these parts have been reworked. The shirted torso is a re-used section, although this has been recoloured to try and match the bar scene with a grey pattern shirt and a sandy-coloured vest beneath. The legs are also the same as the original, but the belt buckle has been reworked. These are tan colour, yet have a texture to them which doesn’t quite look right. Rather than fit Logan with standard feet, the figure tries to play on the X-Men costume beneath and uses the feet from the full costume Wolverine figure in the same wave - painted in blue with black soles and laces, but without the full trim we see on the suited Logan.
The jacket is new with the main part a rubberised plastic sleeve over the torso with sculpted matching arms. This is light grey with painted buttons, and one of Wolverine’s gloves peeking out from a side pocket painted blue. Logan comes with a choice of two sets of hands allowing you to use either extended calw hands or clenched fists. we then have the choice of a pair of clenched fists or extended claw hands. The hands are also taken from the 2020 figure.
The Logan figure is sadly not wholly accurate to the bar scene where the jacket is much darker and more weathered in keeping with Logan’s character. The shirt too should be darker, and the vest should have a rounded high neck to hide the X-Men suit underneath. The costume inaccuracies continue with the trousers which are again darker in the bar scenes, although the bar scenes don’t quite show if the feet are indeed the X-Men suit costume as found on the figure and not a standard pair of boots.
While the costume has issues, the head sculpt is glorious with an excellent likeness to Hugh Jackman enhanced with facial printing. The head is shared with the suited Wolverine, although there are paint variations between the two. In particular, the eyes are darker and more shaded, maybe a nod to Logan’s intoxicated state when we first meet him.
As an accessory himself, Logan has no other parts bar the spare hands. He does come with a full suite of 21 points of articulation, giving him plenty of posing options. The legs are pinned and those pins are quite visible due to the lighter colouring of the trousers. The arms are pinless so are either new or donated from a similarly suited body (let me know if you identify which) and feature some butterfly joints hidden under the jacket. While the onscreen version of this Logan does very little other than fall over drunk - there are plenty of more dynamic fighting stances you can put him in if you wish.
I do like the principle of this release, badging Headpool as the star of the show with a Logan accessory is very much in keeping with the Deadpool humour. The box art also retains an identity while still conforming to the usual Marvel Legends base features including the side art, background text, and checklist of other releases. Headpool as a figure does everything right, but is let down massively - well a whole 3 inches - by the choice of the stand.
Logan features a superb Hugh Jackman head sculpt - but one that came from the Wolverine figure in the wave anyway. By using the older Logan/Wolverine body the heads are also interchangeable allowing you to swap and change between figures if you wish. The figure potentially relied on early costume details or concept art, and a desire to re-use a large amount from an older logan figure. The finish on all of the items of clothing is two or three shades too light and too clean on all of the clothing. The shirt detail is also inaccurate so while the jacket pocket and shoes play on the ‘hidden’ Wolverine costume within - it's clearly not there when you look at the low-cut shirt section.
Headpool with Logan is an OK release, without being spectacular or wholly accurate which is a shame. There will be better Wolverines to come - one is in this wave - but as a Logan figure and specifically the visuals this has perhaps gone a little bit backwards (head sculpt aside) to the previous X-Men 2020 and X-Men: Origins releases.
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