Review: Marvel Legends Namor, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Attuma Build-a-Figure Wave
- Mephitsu
- Mar 12
- 4 min read
"My people call me K'uk'ulkan, but my enemies call me Namor"
Ahead of the cinematic release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Hasbro released a mixed wave of Marvel Legends figures including those from the movie alongside comic book adjacent characters. From Wakanda Forever we got new figures of Nakia, Namor, and Okoye along with an updated Everett Ross who was badged as from the original Black Panther movie. The wave was rounded out by comic book releases of Black Panther, and Hatut Zeraze and the build-a-figure returned to the Wakanda Forever theme with Attuma, as seen in the movie. The wave was part of the short-lived plastic free packaging series, coming without any window and using artwork and photography to depict the contents.
Namor is a full new sculpt and based on his general look in the film while battling Black Panther without any of the more formal clothing and head-dress we see him wearing in Talokan. The figure is essentially a sculpted and cast in skin tones with the shorts cast in deep green and plugged into the upper torso and the upper legs with no need for painted segments. The belt, ringlets on the arms, and bracers are each cast in a gold plastic finish and are individual pieces with the arm ringlets able to move up and down the upper bicep. The footwear includes similar golden panels as the hands, covering leather painted sandals with a central pearl - and at each side of these the wings which include sculpted feather detail in a plain white plastic.
The neck piece is the most ornate part of Namor’s costume and again starts off as an individual shaped gold section with the design sculpted into the plastic then overpainted with metallic blues and more pearls in a soft pearlescent finish. The head sculpt is a strong likeness to actor Tenoch Huerta as seen in the film, complete with sculpted nose and ear piercings in a matching green tone to his costume. Face print tech adds to the realism across the eyes in particular, and creates a more subtle and blended look to Namor’s facial hair. This short cropped beard blends into the hair piece which is fixed in place onto the head, removing any risk of paint bleed at the hairline. The hair is textured with a peaked front piece - again matching what we see on screen.
Namor is packed with four hands in total, with a left clenched fist, a right gripping hand, and a pair of flat hands which are intended to show him as if swimming. These all swap in and out easily enough and the skin tone plastic matches the rest of the figure. Namor’s final accessory is his spear - another gold plastic cast piece that sits taller than the figure, measuring close to 7.5 inches (19cm) in height. There are Mayan inspired markings down the length of the piece, with the upper blade a deep metallic aqua blue colour and beneath this, three metallic green ringlets. With only one gripping hand, Namor can only hold the spear in his right hand,d and there are no options of a two-handed grip.
Namor features 18 points of articulation, using the standard pinless setup without any butterfly shoulders, which is notable if you try and pose Namor in a diving or swimming position. This aside, the joints all work as intended with little resistance from what limited costume and armour he wears.
Namor is a very striking figure, and offers a strong likeness to the onscreen character supported by a relatively wide-ranging set of articulated joints, albeit certainly missing a butterfly shoulder. The choice of accessories is fine in terms of his spear - but the combination of hands is then odd and we needed a further gripping left hand to be included or for the clenched fist to be changed to a grip version. Like much of the Wakanda Forever figures, Namor suffered from the use of plastic-free packaging and has been seen on clearance well under his RRP.
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