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S.H. Figuarts Nebula

My latest box day arrival was S.H. Figuarts Nebula from Guardians of the Galaxy/Avengers. She was one of my favorite Guardian characters, a half cyborb who goes from being a villain to working with the heroes against her adopted father Thanos.
Nebula comes with 2 alternate heads (one facing forward, the other with eyes to the side), 4 pairs of hands (fists, gun holding, baton holding, open), 1 gun and 1 baton. I've noticed that it seems to be a recurring them with Figuarts Marvel female figures that they tend to release alternate head/face sculpts with the eyes looking to the side. Both Infinity War and Endgame Black Widow had that, as well as the upcoming Scarlett Witch. I would've loved to see Nebula's alternate head with perhaps an angry, yelling expression. After all, these women are warriors. Cute, looking-off-to-the-side faces are more appropriate for the runway, not a battle. But at least her head sculpt is really nice and detailed. They've been hit and miss with face likeness', glad to see they got this one right.
The articulation is pretty good. The neck can look down a bit but not up. It's an odd squarish peg that you fit the head onto. The shoulders sport butterfly joints and some type of drop down joints as well. They're a bit odd and when moving them, you have to work them around a bit. She doesn't have an upper arm swivel, but you can still get the arms in expressive poses, you just need to work with them. Mine were a bit stiff, but I applied a little shock oil to help. The elbows have a decent bend, the upper torso and waist move back a bit and side to side, but not much of an ab crunch. The thighs have quite a wide range, she can kick her legs far out all the way to the sides. Thigh swivel, double jointed knees and ankle rockers help to get the legs in good action poses.
She is a web exclusive, so she was a bit pricier, though not as expensive as some other web exclusives. I really don't understand Tamashii's reasoning for making certain figures web exclusives and others not, especially when we've gotten regular releases that come with lots of accessories. Either way, she's a nice figure and I'm happy to finally add Nebula to my collection.
She scales nicely with some of my Marvel Legends MCU characters, so that's great. I also notice that the extra Nebula head that came with the Hawkeye/Black Widow set fits on her neck as well, so now she has an extra face, though slightly colored differently, and slightly larger.
The paint apps and detail on Nebula are very nice. She has a brown/tan body suit with jacket, her cyborg arm, blue face with cyborg face plate. It's very similar to the pants that Star-Lord wears. All the lines and patterns are sculpted very nicely. Now Figuarts just needs to give us a Gamora so that Nebula can have her sister to kick ass with.
S.H. Figuarts Nebula is a very nice figure and another good addition to their Marvel collection. If you're a fan of this character, I recommend getting her.



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