Marvel Legends Kang The Conquerer

From the BAF Joe Fix-It Wave, here is Kang. This is the only other figure from this set that interested me (the other being Jocasta, which I got and reviewed earlier). Kang is a time traveling villain from the 31st century who battled against The Fantastic 4 and The Avengers. He's considered an old school villain, who made his debut in the 60's.

Kang is dressed in a green tunic, with purple belt, harness, boots and gloves. His helmeted head is blue with white pupils and light blue lines running down the sides. I like his face a lot, the expression has a menacing quality, with his blank eyes. I also like his 2-tone outfit, it's simple but also stands out.

Kang comes with 2 pairs of hands (fists and grasping), an extra gun holding hand, a gun and one leg for the Joe Fix-It figure. The gun is nicely detailed, though it's only one color, no shading. It's a bit of a challenge to get the gun into his trigger hand. The best way to do it is to put the hand on the gun, then peg the hand into the arm socket.

As for his articulation, he sports ball jointed head, ball jointed and hinged shoulders, single jointed elbows with swivel, waist pivot, ball jointed thighs, upper thigh cut, double jointed knees and ankles that pivot and rock forward and down. Due to his tunic, getting his arms to stand all the way up is not possible. It is made of soft material, so you can get them out to the sides. While he has elbow swivel, it only goes so far with the single joint. An upper arm cut would've helped to give the arms more expressive range. Also, since his helmet is so thick, he can hardly look down or up, as the sculpt blocks going too far in those directions. From the waist down, his articulation is very good. He can get into many action, standing and one-legged kicking poses easily.

Despite the limited articulation of the neck and upper arms, Marvel Legends Kang is still a figure I like. His sculpt is really good, and he has extra hands and a weapon, which is more than some other figures have gotten. Plus, he's one of the classic villains. Until another company releases a highly articulated Kang, then this figure is your best bet for a decent one.

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