"I didn't ask to be super, and I'm no hero."
Ryan Reynold's movie Deadpool made his Marvel Legends debut in 2018, released as part of a wave of releases themed around the Fox X-Men franchise. Deadpool was a 2-pack release with Negasonic Teenage Warhead who wore her Deadpool 2 outfit.
With Deadpool's return in 2024 and his move into the wider MCU Hasbro has initially whetted our appetite for Deadpool Marvel Legends by re-releasing the original 2018 Deadpool - along with a Logan figure from the same series - badging these as Deadpool Legacy releases. The Legacy banner has been used previously for Black Panther and where figures are released quite sometime after the original movie was released.
These Deadpool Legacy figures come in a squared-off box as all the Hasbro lines move to a consistent packaging basis, Deadpool (and Logan) are some of the first figures to launch with this new packaging and not the long-standing scooped side boxes. The base colour is black with the deep red used on the Deadpool logo mirrored by the card backing for the figure. Artwork still sits on the right-hand side with Deadpool making his heart symbol with his hands. The rear of the box uses the larger Deadpool symbol with Deadpool himself posed underneath. There is no text or synopsis of the figure at all.
Out of the box and this is the identical figure as released in 2018 and while there is some very minor paint variations as you'd expect from differing factory runs 6-years apart, there is nothing in this new set that would warrant you picking up this figure if you already have the original - and that is fine, it is the way these Legacy Collection releases are positioned in the wider Marvel Legends series.
Deadpool's suit is expertly recreated in a 6-inch scale with the predominant red colouring with black panelling down the side of the torso and across the shoulders. The suit is textured and also includes nicks and scratched battle damage, but there is no additional paint weathering. The only key paint additions to the suit are silver buckles on the chest. The bett and chest strap are separate pieces with the belt brown in colour with silver clips and a red Deadpool logo buckle. The upper chest strap is black, also with some silver buckle detailing, and comes up and over the left shoulder and reconnects to the belt on the rear side.
Deadpool is also geared up with a knife holster on his left lower leg, twin holsters strapped to his thigh and a twin sheath for his swords on his back. None of these are removable. These are all working pieces and line up with the inclusive accessories. If we start with the holsters, there is a change here vs the original figure where the guns were glued into the holsters, and a second set of more sci-fi-themed guns were included - in this 2024 version, the handguns are now packed loose and are the more accurate versions vs the ones Wade uses in the movie. These are black with no paint apps and fit into the triggered hands included when not in the holsters.
The included knife is relatively simple in its design but does feature a painted silver blade. It slots securely into the shin holster, and then into one of the gripping hands included for Deadpool.
These hands also work with the Katana swords. Like the knife, these are simple in execution with a black painted grip and silver blade. When Deadpool is not using these, they sit in the rear cross sheath. The accessories are finalised with Deadpool's unicorn soft toy. A fun piece cast in white with some colouring added for the blue eyes, and the gold unicorn horn.
As mentioned already, Deadpool features plenty of hand options - four sets in total - with options for holding the guns, the swords, and then two other sets recreating clenched fists for hand-to-hand combat, and a pair of open gesturing hands. Like the original release, the gripping hands are painted with the silver panel on the rear of the hands - while the open hands and clenched fists have this bit left unpainted.
Deadpool has with 21 points of articulation in total allowing a wide ranging selection of poses for use with any of the included accessories. The butterfly shoulders work brilliantly with the swords and guns, allowing the hands to come in further in front of the torso. While the legs - which still feature pinned joints - allow Wade to kneel, sit or walk/run with suitable aftermarket stands for the more dynamic poses. Like the older format figures alot the joints are heavily ratcheted and the spaces between each ratchet do leave a wobble to the joint which is most noticeable around the elbows and hips
The Deadpool Legacy Collection release puts a relatively sought-after and expensive after-market figure back onto shelves as well as hypes up what we will see come the Summer and when Deadpool & Wolverine hits movie shelves. This certainly won't be the only Deadpool figure this year, and we must hope that the Deadpool 3 figures do just as good a job as this one.
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