MARVEL LEGENDS ASTONISHING X-MEN WOLVERINE REVIEW | 85 YEARS CELEBRATION SERIES

#wolverinewednesday

[@markiearzu3173]

This should be the standard wolverine body mode going forward I’ve been silently begging for a new body mode for wolverine and they gave it to me with Logan from the two pack with sabertooth and now this which I love so much

[@Xmanny87]

This one is amazing!

[@benjaminwiseman6567]

That Logan sculpt is perfect! This sculpt is too tall, has weird arms too big for his body, and no calf rotation. I don't want it to be standard.

[@marvelmdc3130]

Explain to me how it’s too tall has anyone look at him next to the Emma frost and cyclops it’s perfect it’s accurate. I don’t understand why you and other people are not seeing that in the comics

[@benjaminwiseman6567]

@@marvelmdc3130 he's the right height for Astonishing X-Men because he was made taller for that comic. He's too tall to be the standard Wolverine. Standard Wolverine is supposed to be 5'3", 5'5" at most. Emma Frost is 5'10". So yeah, the artists messed up or just wanted Wolverine to be taller to be like Hugh Jackman. Wolverine also isn't supposed to have blue eyes, but that started with the animated series.

[@GuyWebz]

This is the Wolverine figure I’ve been waiting for, the Wolverine I grew up with, from the 2007-2008 Scott Johnson Marvel merchandising art on stationery sets, kids’ coloring & activity books, posters, and the Wolverine & The X-Men cartoon

[@emmanuelsilvera8032]

Man your reviews are so detailed bro! I love this figure, been playing around with it for the last couple days. The claws are perfect, thankfully I haven't experienced any paint rub either. Can we get an updated Beast in his Astonishing costume next please!?

[@Xmanny87]

I hope so! We need a good update on that.

[@chinapat1024]

Your reviews never cease to amaze me! When it comes to actual informative unbiased reviews you are my go to hands down!!! Hey that Danger figure reminded me of this 4-part run of Wolverine that featured Deadpool (but of course lol) where they tussled with Danger and in a crazy twist of events Wolverine and Deadpool are so mutilated and minced to crap that they fuse their bodies together when they start healing and you get to witness this grotesque combination of them literally inside each other lol! I think it was in the Wolvie comic about a year and a half ago. Hey excellent review/vid ✌️!!!!

[@keithwhite394]

The Apocalypse baf wave Wolverine used to be my go too Wolverine. But this one is far superior. A new fav.

[@Z-Zack]

First action figure I ever pre-ordered and I love it. Has me highly optimistic about my Man-Thing pre-order!

[@mattpeqnanz8775]

The reason I bought this wolverine because it's claws.so damn cool with sharp edges..and it's awesome

[@troxx2393]

I've had the marvel universe 3.75 astonishing wolverine figure since I was a kid and it has the yellow padding too, interesting choice

[@rjohr34]

Great review bro! TBH this fits my minds eye of Wolverine. I understand the critiques and nitpicking, as that’s the only way these companies evolve is through striving for improvement, with that being said, this is my perfect Wolverine, growing up in the 2000’s this costume was on merch EVERYWHERE

[@Xmanny87]

Oh so if you grew up in the 2000’s then this is your definitive Wolverine for sure.

[@worldwarrior1022]

Hey Manny! We actually got the Astonishing Kitty Pryde from the Juggernaut BAF Series back in 2017 or '18.

[@user-tf6mo1nd8d]

Bro you forgot the most important thing the poses on the end of the video

[@ultimateslinger9857]

I remember being so disappointed with that heat claws Wolverine. the colors were killing me and the fact that they just reused an old head really bummed me out. I was bummed about how they did my favorite costume. Thank goodness this got released. Much happier with this one👍

[@Xmanny87]

Oh this one blows that one away lol no contest

[@Fabianvez]

Honestly i guess it does kinda bother me that my 97 wolvie has the black peg lines continued and they didnt do the same for him, otherwise i wouldnt be one to call it out. Other than that the boot swivel did have the perfect opportunity here to be a hidden joint. I always appreciate a well hidden joint but also appreciate a natural movement setup. I can work around the lack of boot swivel, as i really only ever twist it ever so slightly for a pose, otherwise it looks broken. My only real issue i guess would be the lack of movement for his head. Hasbro still needs to work on that ball peg range. Thought they would be way better at it since the first time i seen it implemented was the 2020 retro spiderman. Arguably it was better on spidey. But not as pleasing to the eye when you see it from the side and he has a clear cut of space between his head and neck. So with all that said. Its still a great figure yall and i would recommend anyone to cop this if you see it in stores. Get it online if you can before he sells out. No real reason to not want this. All im hearing is excuses 😂 this is how to modernize a classic looking underwearing character. Iron man got his upgrade this year with model 24 and this is no slouch either. Respect to hasbro for switching up the articulation schemes for both of those figures having joints never done right before on those two characters. My only nitpick is the shade of blue couldve been closer to the source material. Still an instant cop!

[@Crazykix85]

Decent figure but a pass for me. Although I will admit that it looked really good with the bloody claws on. And I gotta say, I’ve really been enjoying your reviews lately. You not only provide good insight on the figures, but also on the characters they’re based on. Appreciate you going the extra mile for your viewers. Keep up the great work Manny!

[@Xmanny87]

Thanks a ton! I appreciate the kind words.

[@joycoyle4242]

💛💙💛💙💛🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏😍😍😍 Love everything!!! Amazing review video!!!!! 👏 👍👍

[@fightincodenames481]

Great review Manny.

[@gsuplex4859]

Hate to say it, but I think the lack of boot swivel killed it for me. That’s why the Toby and the Andrew Garfield figures disappointing me so bad too.

[@drflexenstein3537]

Bro! It’s hard to give them a pass for no boot cut. However, this one is pretty good. I’m more upset that he comes off as a little tall.

[@bcfowler82]

The one I have has a bit of blue bleed on the inner bicep as well. Not sure if it's the chest, butterfly joint or the shoulder pads doing it. Maybe it's from the heat.

[@Kenshin.Arg10]

Great review, I'm counting the days until my figure arrives. Thanks for the heads up regarding changing heads and possible paint rubs. Never thought about that. How are you going to fix the nose? I never dared to paint or customize my figures.

[@hickettsisepic989]

My favorite costume is the one he had in Wolverine in the X-Men with the blue mask, but this is close enough (and we’ll probably never getting that), so I am gladly going to pick this up

[@Taikuken]

Hopefully they will continue using this buck moving forward with wolverine. I’d buy every release.

[@Xmanny87]

Not every Wolverine will have this sculpt since astonishing has all the design patterns and seams sculpted that some of his other costumes wont match for this to be reused. If you mean the same articulation scheme then yes. They can do those on some blank bodies.

[@Taikuken]

@@Xmanny87 yes the same articulation.

[@robertfalcone3025]

Just got my Astonishing Wolverine yesterday' I'm VERY HAPPY with it .. also I'm glad that I can use the aftermarket METAL CLAWS on this Wolverine 👑

[@estebancenteno5836]

I wonder how much a complete Danger BaF would $ I've seen some but not completed.

[@themarzbars138]

Really surprised you gave this a 9. After picking this up, it lost points with the ball peg in the neck and the lack of boot swirl. Even with the new added torso, it feels rigid and doesn't move as fluently as Iron Fist. It's not all bad, but they could still do better

[@Xmanny87]

Ball peg at the neck didn’t bother me much as I know how to work around that for posing. Honestly, I’m more bothered by the boot swivel not being present.

[@daniellenihan9832]

Ya im not a huge fan like most to pay 25 a figure now, but when they nail the figure and give accessories. I usually am like , " shut up and take my money"!

[@jimwheeler9840]

Great review. Nice fig. Haven't heard a single reviewer mention that the colors of the Toybiz one were closer to the artwork than this version. Seems odd that they would go with brighter shades. I prefer the deeper shades for this costume.

[@FREKKI]

I think the head sits too high and Hasbro sucks at neck joints but other than that I’m looking forward to this one.

[@drae1976]

We need an updated astonishing beast and a shorter kitty pryde.

[@Xmanny87]

Absolutely 100%

[@kwamintaylor4247]

You know I was going to love this review. I be shillin. And proud of it love what you collect yall. Keep up the great work

[@Lionsden99]

My main gripes are that when you hunch him over he can't look up very well. I'm still also really missing an additional waist swivel. Still a fantastic figure. I can see them doing a re-release without the yellow pads and a neutral maked head. Maybe with danger as a two pack. Make us pay a wolverine tax to justify the new sculpt.

[@Xmanny87]

I wish he did look up more when crouched so you got to cheat a little by slightly popping off the head

[@Gambit2149]

Awesome review, wolverine is my #1 male X-Men member🔥🔥🔥

[@AlphaProto]

This is pretty good. The ankle hinge not being black, and the lack of a calf swivel is annoying, but not game breaking. The thing that irks me the most is the height. After collecting my favs with Marvel Toybiz 6inch figures, I was done. I didn't see myself getting Hasbro's Legends. Especially with the bad sculpting, ugly faces, and lack of paint.Seeing the scale of the Apocalypse Wolverine is what got my interest for Hasbro's figures. Then when the Professor-X figure was announced, I looked at the releases so far and knew they were close to releasing all the animated series X-men. After that it was on. After a while I grew to apriciate the cleaner tooling, and paint. So this figure is cool, but I wish it was shorter.

[@Xmanny87]

This figure is very cool. He’s still short and will look great next to the rest of the Astonishing X-Men team.

[@stridin]

Thanks for the review.

[@TherealGM4NN]

Is this Wolverine a early release bc I don’t see it on Amazon

[@sik7476]

I have a serious love/hate relationship with the diaphragm/reverse ab crunch combo. I'd be way more happy if they'd put a ball peg in the waist. I really dig the diaphragm joint, but that reverse ab crunch costing us waist swivel... grrrrr. It seems like every time hasbro gives us something potentially awesome, they find a way to make it less awesome. A waist swivel is pretty much a must have, imo. What really gets me, hasbro HAS to know that a ball jointed waist would be better and it couldn't really cost more... so, wtf gives? And that's just a good example of some of the questionable decisions over at hasbro. Don't get me wrong, it's still cool. ...in fact, the movie Venom figure has the same thing going on, yet it's one of my favorite figures. It just coulda went from an 8 to a 10, with a simple ball jointed waist, or at least figure out how to encorperate a swivel. Sik

[@Wolverinefan616]

I hope they do his brown suit on that body

[@Xmanny87]

They need to sculpt a blank body for that with the same articulation scheme as this has sculpted seam and design patterns that won’t match up with that costume.

[@Wolverinefan616]

@@Xmanny87 good point

[@Ani-RayAnimations]

Hey Manny, just a friendly reminder that it's spelled/pronounced "Cassaday" not Cassidy

[@carvelthegod]

First

[@Xmanny87]

😎👍🏽

[@cajuncoyote2039]

I see a lot of people mentioning paint rub, unfortunately it seems common on this figure.

[@Xmanny87]

Damn. That really sucks if that’s the case.

[@Fabianvez]

| Since when did he start saying lets goo? 🤔

[@roberthuff4763]

The 97 bucks isn’t the buck they always used, his arms and legs look less detailed and shaped differently then like triangle/apoc wave/bone breaker etc uses

[@MrNeomatrix99]

Definitely need a cat Beast

[@Xmanny87]

Yeah a much better one than last

[@johnreel0161]

Wait is this an all new mold? I thought only the torso and head is new

[@Archnid]

yeah i thought so too but I have heard others say it's a new mold

[@Xmanny87]

Yeah. All new. They sculpted the design patterns of the costume (something they didn’t used to do on comic figs) and an all new muscular physique. Look closely if you watch again. You’ll be able to tell.

[@KingK_Cub]

Please tell me you have skarr

[@Pinksugarcandy]

dope review man! Tbh I have to disagree about the sculpt of this figure. my least favorite part of this figure besides the inaccuracies of the costume, and the fact that he wasn’t given a neutral masked head is the proportions. The arms are too long. The neck is really short, and the chest is too wide for how short his lower torso is so it makes him look stumpy. Also that god awful print tech paint bs they’ve been using on comic figures gave him specs all over his teeth which is so frustrating. I’m kind of bummed out that I’m gonna have to kit bash this figure because this is my favorite wolverine costume in the comics but it is what it is. I’m used to it with Hasbro lol

[@marvelmdc3130]

Absolutely nothing wrong with the sculpt

[@Pinksugarcandy]

@@marvelmdc3130 in my opinion there is, you like the fig? Cool. Idrc 😂

[@jcarret26]

Awesome review Manny! I really dig this Wolverine. I wonder if the training suit Wolverine head sculpts would work with this Wolverine.

[@Xmanny87]

I gotta try that out

[@shaolinjoe3705]

Dope Ass Figure

[@BoRerunn]

Camel toe is comic accurate

[@Xmanny87]

LOL

[@BoRerunn]

@@Xmanny87 that bloody claw upgrade is off the hook. Thanks for being a real fan 😎✌🏼

[@Taikuken]

Nah, I have to disagree. The boot swivel isn’t a natural bend, plus there’s already a hip swivel that helps with posing.

[@Xmanny87]

I can understand a boot swivel not being a natural bend on a blank body but there’s a sculpted boot cut where it would be hidden. C’mon man, that’s acceptable for an action figure.

[@Taikuken]

@@Xmanny87 I agree, a swivel hidden by the boot cut is acceptable. But I personally enjoy when figures try for anatomical accuracy. This wolverine is definitely on the right track.

[@Henkoshi]

Hip swivel doesn't help with low to the ground poses. Gotta have that swivel bellow the knees

[@Taikuken]

@@Henkoshi yes it does, Revoltech has one of the best examples of that. You can also look at D-Amazing videos and see exactly how he gets figures low to the ground.

[@roberthuff4763]

I still think the love triangle/Apoc Wave/Bone breaker has the better look with way more detail in musculature and aesthetic…….ASIDE from the waist. The waist is good here.

[@Xmanny87]

You gotta have this in hand because this figure is VERY muscular. Way bigger than the Apocalypse BAF wave one.

[@roberthuff4763]

@@Xmanny87 I’m not saying it’s not muscular looking, but someone who is obsessed with the gym and muscle groups, the other musculature on the older bucks( specifically arms and legs) looked way more satisfying with the tricep to bicep ratio and muscle separation. All bout that muscle sep lol but I do have this figure, and do like it a lot. Just a very big nit pick of mine lol

[@Tyler_Lalonde-]

Hasbro reading a comic get a comic panel ccurate look. That would be a first.😂😂😂

[@Xmanny87]

lol they go by covers more. For this I don’t mind. I prefer it.

[@benjaminwiseman6567]

I disagree. The Wolverine '97 sculpt is better. He's shorter and doesn't have the weird, disproportionate arms. Wolverine '97 head sculpts are way better. The only advantage the new sculpt has is the torso.

[@Xmanny87]

Disproportionate? His arms are comic accurate to that in astonishing X-Men.

[@benjaminwiseman6567]

@@Xmanny87 look at the biceps/triceps pieces. They're too big for his body and even the rest of the arms. Even in the comics, they weren't like that as your panels showed. If you look carefully, you notice they're girthier than his shoulders too.

[@benjaminwiseman6567]

@@Xmanny87 and I'm sorry in advance because you won't be able to unsee it once you see it

[@marvelmdc3130]

He looks accurate to the comics the sculpt is fine. You are just picky dude

[@_nick_stark]

Arms are way out of scale

[@ezlmonqzy9650]

12:15 watch yo profanity 🫣

[@maddrop]

Some new legs and some new arms. Hasbro scaling is one of the best (you should try mcfaralne LOL)Get your facts straight, please.

[@Xmanny87]

Don’t even get me started because I can facts check you real quick on a lot of Legends that are supposed to be taller that are short as hell. Like Silver Surfer is not supposed to be shorter than Spider-Man being 6’6. Then some of the same characters in different costumes don’t match up in height. Like the classic Luke Cage not being shorter than the new one. Do they have some of the best scaling? With some but not majority of them. So I can give you a long a** list to make your comment redacted. Also, I’m aware about Mcfarlane scaling issues too. LOL.

[@maddrop]

@@Xmanny87 LOL your examples made me laugh. Most are well scaled. Let´s talk Mezco scaling, mcfarlane, etc. Hasbro does lots of fails but most are in scale compared to the majority of brands. Sh figuarts scale?? Hahahahaha 🤩

[@marvelmdc3130]

The scale is completely fine don’t look at other wolverine figures look at the astonishing comics and you’ll see that this particular Wolverine is abit taller

[@grudgematch6653]

Do you think Logan wears deodorant?

[@solarflare9562]

Is it just me or does he look a little bit too tall?

[@Xmanny87]

Not really to me. He’s still looks good next to other figures.

[@solarflare9562]

@@Xmanny87 yeah he does. He’s a really good looking figure.

[@shanehai2699]

This is a very easy pass for me... I DO NOT like the "movie claws" they've given Hugh Jackman since the first movie... don't get me wrong, they look great on the figure, and in the movies, BUT if his claws came out like that...?! He'd have 4 slabs of finger meat dangling from the ends of his wrists and claws sticking out the ends...🙄 absolutely no way that would work, healing factor or not... That said, I HATE the Clayton Crain X-Force Wolverine style claws even more... same deal, but even worse because THOSE b!@+c#3$ wouldn't even fit inside his forearms without shredding the absolute f**k out of his arms...🙄😑😑 This version is fine, but too tall for my tastes, and I'm not a fan of anything, "Astonishing X-Men" oriented, so I don't care for the design ,even though it's a nice figure... I'm glad there are people who like it though, and I'm never mad when someone else likes something that I don't feel a need or interest in buying for my own collection. Great review and glad you finally got this guy in your collection, bro!

mine is 80s brown yellow 90s tiger stripe then this look.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

I pre-ordered this, but after watching the reviews It's a weird scale. 😂🦞

[@marvelmdc3130]

Nothing wrong with it