Banshee
Marvel Legends (Hasbro) - Annihilus Series
Rated 2.00 stars by greymonk
Coming to a clearance rack near you is Hasbro's rendition of the Banshee. Hasbro seemed to deliver a promising start with figures like Planet Hulk and Hercules but where on earth did this figure come from? In the package the lonely figure stands arms sprawled with spandex wings skillessly draped on each side. As I approached the hanging peg, I thought to myself, all he needs is a guitar and he'll look just like one of those hair bands from the '80s. The packages I saw at my local Target were littered with greasy fingerprints from popcorn munching onlookers carelessly lifting the package to see if other figures were behind it on the peg hook. The paint job would stand out first on the figure, if it were anything more than mediocre. Hasbro got the colors right and sadly that's about as...[See More]

Planet Hulk
Marvel Legends (Hasbro) - Annihilus Series
Rated 4.50 stars by greymonk
Included in Hasbro's first wave of Marvel Legends, is the not so jolly green giant we all know and love. This time he's back with a vengeance as the star of his own series "Planet Hulk". Hasbro hit the ground running with this 7.75" monsterpiece and delivered what looked like a promising future with Legends. Naturally this was all an illusion. In Hasbro's haste to release the series on time, they failed to create the Planet Hulk with the proper Manacae (that arm armor thingy) and so the first few thousand or so Planet Hulks off the line had two green arms. Hasbro quickly and callously responded to this error by replacing the left arm with a Silver arm molded from silver plastic. Sadly, that's precisely what you get, the same left arm that used to be green but now it's cast in silver...[See More]