The Marvel Legends figure of Kingo 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.
Kingo was packed with an arm for Gilgamesh, along with an alternative hand. 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 piece of background text introducing Kingo.
"An Eternal with the power to project cosmic energy projectiles from his hands, Kingo over the centuries became enamored with the idea of fame."
Like Sprite and Makkari, the Kingo head sculpt is spoiled marginally by the sculptor attempting to introduce a raised eyebrow expression. This works OK until you look at the left eye which now appears bulging and it throws off the entire head and likeness to actor Kumail Nanjiani. The head also suffers from very thick sculpted eyebrows, and a less than effective photo-real print application. Kingo is also missing his 5-o-clock shadow, an effect we know face-print can do really well.
The outfit is executed well and is pretty accurate to the on-screen costume. Kingo has a base colour of pearlescent purple that is cast across all the main body parts with gunmetal grey panels added around the chest and down the front of the robes. Over this, we have silver and gold paint to bring out the celestial symbols and icons that start with the twin symbols on the chest and move down the front of Kingo's robes.
Considering the scale and the size of the lines to be painted, the final product from the factory is neat and without any obvious errors. The silver, gold, and grey contrast really well and crisply from the base colour.
Kingo follows suit with most of his fellow Eternals, coming packed with only a second pair of hands. The difference with Kingo is that the 2nd pair include the Cosmic Energy firing effect that he uses in the movie. These firing effects are done in translucent orange and are placed onto the two-finger firing pose of the hand.
They look OK, but not spectacular. I also suffered with a very warped left-hand version based on the way it is taped into the box and then bent around the shape of the inner tray. These hands swap in well enough, swapping with a pair of clenched fists for a less-powered version of Kingo for display.
Articulation for Kingo is the 18 point of articulation configuration and it utilises pinless joints throughout, including the double-joint knees and elbows. While there is some restriction by the skirt of the robes, Kingo does have plenty of posing options and he can achieve firing poses with the cosmic effect hands, so like Ikaris he is certainly a more dynamic figure for display vs the more static poses of some of the other Eternals.
Kingo is a decent recreation of the onscreen portrayal with accurate costume & colours and a good level of articulation. The head sculpt does not do Kingo justice, although you can move the head to have him looking sideways which obscures the offending eye. While it is unlikely for Kingo to have another figure any time soon, I would hope that Kumail Nanjiani does have an opportunity for a future Marvel Legend in another MCU project as I enjoyed his take on the character and his unique take on his super powers in relation to his 'normal' life.
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