Marvel Legends Hercules

Marvel Legends' version of the famous strong man turned out to be a great figure. He comes with a decent amount of accessories and great articulation.

He comes with 2 pairs of hands (fists and holding weapons), a sword and a battle axe. He also has Thanos' head for the build a figure if you get the entire set. The sword and battle axe can be put into slots in his harness on his back. The sword has some nice detailed scruff marks on the blade. The harness is green and brown and can be removed by unplugging the peg on the side and pulling it up and over the head and right arm.

His body is muscular and he sports some good details, including the hair on his torso, his man-bun and his eyes that are blue. You can also see veins in his arms, creases on his pants and a lot of muscle details throughout the body. He's Hercules, so he should be ripped.

The articulation is really good. He sports a ball jointed head, shoulders that are on ball joints with swivels, upper arm and thigh cuts, double jointed elbows and knees torso hinge that can crunch forward and backward a lot, waist swivel, and ankles that are hinged and can swivel up, down and to the sides. His wrists also have a swivel that allow them to bend in and out. You can get him into some good action fighting poses.

Though he only comes with 2 pairs of hands, if you own the Marvel Legends Namor, then the flat hands of that figure will fit into the sockets, so that gives you an extra pair of hands to pose him with. That's one of the benefits of owning multiple figures; you can interchange parts here and there.

Hercules is one of the better figures from the Marvel Legends line. He's fun to pose, nicely detailed, and has a good array of weapons. He will definitely stand out on your shelf.

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