"Sacrifice? That would imply I had something to lose."
The Doctor Strange variant, Strange Supreme, was a key part of season 1 of Marvel’s What If? He was therefore also a key part of the first wave of Marvel Legends from the show in 2021 a wave that also featured The Watcher as a build-a-figure.
Like many of the What If? Figures from Hasbro, Strange Supreme is built on an MCU Marvel Legends base - particularly the lower half of the Infinity War Doctor Strange including belt and skirt section with sash. While everything else is then new and designed around the What If? Look, using the MCU base lower half does give Strange a real-world set of proportions rather than the slimmer animated style seen on T’Challa Star-Lord. Strange Supreme’s costume mirror his look in the series, with a burgundy robe inlaid with a purple dragon motif and with orange sash around the waist. The arms and legs are purple in colour with gold bracers on the wrists, and a pair of black boots to finish off the outfit.
The head is a new sculpt and captures the gaunt strained look of Strange Supreme with taught skin over his cheekbones and dark shadows around his eyes. While the other What If? Figures have had a simpler animated style to the head decor, Strange utilises more of the facial decor printing we see on MCU figures albeit while still in keeping with the rich colours and contrasts of the animated source material.
Strange also features his cape, and this is a wonderfully sculpted piece with a life of its own in terms of how it flows out from the body rather than hanging flat as seen on the MCU versions. The cape features a purple inner lining with gold trim and swirling patterns, while the outer side is jet black with gold trim. The cape also features the exaggerated collar which sweeps up and frames Strange Supreme’s head. The connection of the cape to the figure is via a single peg and socket and that allows it to almost levitate around the shoulders of the figure rather than relying on the figure shape to hold it in place.
The figures only other accessory is an alternative hand with a magic spell effect attached in a green translucent plastic - this again is taken directly from the Infinity War Doctor Strange release. This works with the other two hands which are outstretched in spell posing, giving the overall figure the ability to be posed in a spell-casting position with or without the effect hand.
Articulation is just a touch over standard for Strange Supreme, with 21 points of articulation with the extra two sneaked in courtesy of a boot cut swivel. The skirt piece does restrict some of the leg movement, but Strange Supreme is easy to pose and stand with or without the cape - which of course does add extra weight to the rear of the figure. The arms are fully mobile and poseable with the cape’s positioning at a slighly elevated position not hindering some of the upper shoulder movement.
Visually, Strange Supreme is the strongest of the 2021 Watcher BAF wave and straddles the gap between animated and real-world setting well, allowing him to look perfectly at home alongside other animated What if? characters, or as part of a wider MCU display. A visually stunning figure reflective of his role and gravitas in the What If? Multiverse
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