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Marvel Legends Luis & Ghost 2 Pack


Today I received Marvel Legends Luis & Ghost 2-pack. I got it as a pre-order from Amazon. These 2 are from the film Ant-Man and the Wasp (although Luis appeared in the  1st Ant-Man film as well).


In addition to both figures, the set also comes with an ant, unmasked Ghost head (Ava Starr, played by Hannah John-Kamen), ghost hood for the unmasked head, and Hank Pym's shrunken lab that resembled a suitcase.


The Luis figure looks very much like actor Michael Peña. Marvel Legends have improved on their face likenesses in the last few years, though they still tend to be hit and miss. Though to be fair, as great as S.H. Figuarts are, when they miss, they miss BADLY (Infinity War Cap & Captain Marvel, to name a few).


The unmasked Ava head is also decent. From far away it looks off, but on closer inspection it really does capture the likeness of the actress.




Since I saw the film, I wanted a Ghost figure. They did a great job with the sculpt, nicely capturing all the textures from the suit and mask, as well as the light grey color. 





For articulation, Ghost fares slightly better than Luis. Her joints seem less tight and have a bit more range. While the heads are on a ball joint, the sculpt of the masked head and hair on the unmasked head get in the way of movement. However, her elbows, though not double jointed, have a good inward range. Her double jointed knees are great, and she can extend her legs out quite far. She also has articulated shoulders, upper arm swivel, wrist swivel, waist joint that can easily move all the way around, good thigh joints, upper leg swivel, and ankle rockers. She can hold some nice poses.





For Luis, the joints are the same, though I noticed that his right leg is more tight and stiff on the ball joint. Some heat may help to loosen it. His double jointed knees don't kick back as far as Ghost's, and his elbows don't bend in as much. He seems to have a bit more difficulty standing on his own. His head, however, has better range as there's not much to hinder the movement. Despite that, he's still a cool figure to have, and one of my favorite characters from the film. 


Their heads can swap easily, though Ava looks a bit small on Luis' body, and vice versa for Luis head on Ghost. 




Both figures are nicely sculpted and painted. One thing I noticed is that on Luis' suit jacket,  the openings where the arm plugs into the socket are a bit big, so you can see the white from his shirt if the arms are at certain angles.



Both these figures scale nicely with my Figuarts Ant-Man,  as well as other Avengers figures I own, so that's a big plus. This is a fun set and was the one that I immediately wanted when these sets were announced. I got my desired Ghost figure, and who'd have expected a figure of Luis, which is a great surprise. This Marvel Legends 2 pack is really good!
















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