Marvel Legends Astonishing X-Men Wolverine Hasbro Action Figure Review And Custom Play Day Tweaks

[@Armand-ue7om]

Hope they go back to the classic brown. I like the claws on this version.

[@RoboDontKnow]

Yup, new articulation scheme, claws finally sorted out, time to redo ALL the Wolverines!

[@SomeP3nda]

I have a feeling that will be the Wolverine Dan's been hinting at as his favorite Wolvie of the year. They've been giving us the costumes from the last couple of episodes of X-Men 97 like Rogue and Charles so it would make sense. Also would explain why they didn't include a regular Wolverine head with weapon of vengeance

[@NightWatch0997]

Based on their behavior, they probably will just reissue or modify the og brown suit body with new heads. X-Men legends always sold really well with minimum effort from hasbro 🤣

[@_davidboxing]

Hell yeah! These maybe the best claws done on a Wolverine figure that isn’t from a custom.

[@shanehai2699]

​@@RoboDontKnow No. I hate those "movie claws" popping out between his fingers... and yes, I'm aware it's "comic books" (I am an artist and used to collect the comics before they went woke and straight to $#!t...) I get it, but there's NO WAY IN HELL those claws would work without slicing his entire hand into 4 slabs of dangling meatsicle EVERY SINGLE TIME he popped his claws, healing factor or not, his bloody finger/hands would be dangling and flopping all over the place...!!! 🙄🙄🙄 Seriously, look at your hand, and pay attention to the depth of where those claws would emerge, slicing the bone, tendons, and muscle into ribbons every damn time... anatomically those claws make NO SENSE... and are only slightly LESS OFFENSIVE than the incredibly $#!tty "Clayton claws" of the X-Force Wolverine, and those stupid "heat claws", WTF?!! 🤨🙄😑 Don't get me wrong... I love the X-Men, and they ARE my favorites of the ENTIRETY of Marvel Legends figures, but I don't give a $#!t about the Cassady/Quitely X-Men series' on ANY level, so those, along with the ENTIRETY of the woke Krakoa era, will ALWAYS be an easy pass for me... I neither want nor need them in my X-Men collection. That said, if you like them, that's fine, and I am happy that you're getting the figures that you want whether you happen to be Robo, or anyone else... I'm not here to change anyone's mind about them, just offering my perspective as to why I don't want them in my particular collection. I did use the Kitty Pryde body as my Wolfsbane stand-in for the extra parts that came with Dani Moonstar, and the Kitty head for my Ogun/Kitty custom unmasked head... (How about an Ogun already, Hasbro?!!)🙄 Nicely done on the custom tweaks to make the Wolverine more to your liking,Robo! Looks good. Still love that Bonecrusher custom Reaver you did though! Awesome work.

[@truespectros]

I was introduced to the X-Men during their Astonishing era, so the designs will always be special to me. When I picture Wolverine, this is what I picture.

[@Ez_Erl]

Thank you so much for showing off that skin tone color. I’ve been struggling for years trying to find one and this saved me so much trouble in regards to painting faces😭

[@RoboDontKnow]

Same here, years and years of looking for a skintone that I can use right out of the bottle and sooooooo many that just looked weird until I found this brand. Now I feel I need to grab a few more just as backups.

[@drewbus13]

I remember in one of the streams, I think it was Dan that said they still have another new wolverine that he is more excited for. Can’t wait to find out which costume he is talking about

[@juansanchez209]

If I had to guess, I would guess it’s a new brown costume Wolverine on the X-Men 97 Wolverine mold. It’s an easy repaint that finally gives us a pinless classic brow costume Wolverine My only question is do they go with classic belt buckle or do they go with the 90s X-belt? I would personally prefer the classic belt buckle, but I think they’ll go with the X-belt because that version appeared in X-Men 97

[@edzim10]

I have a feeling it's the movie Leather Costume. they haven't done that yet unless it's only comic suits

[@dkr2197]

It’s the Deadpool and Wolverine figure duh

[@edzim10]

​@@dkr2197 Dan said it wasn't the movie figure

[@MusaTariq25]

There was a new classic brown suit Wolverine that they revealed recently at a con, I think?

[@ricardomachado6792]

Damn , this guys can remember the colours , the details , everything about costumes that these characters were drawn. I don't have this memory.

[@jacobfoster9185]

This mold/sculpt is INCREDIBLY AWESOME

[@racer2k704]

Every time you review a figure it makes me want it 😂 your enthusiasm is contagious!!!

[@jinpei05]

This one is definitely making my top 5 of 2024.

[@BriarShinn]

I hope we get a X-Men: Evolution Wolverine, Astonishing and that show were the X-Men looks I grew up with so it would be nice to finally have good figures of both

[@sir1179]

your custom tweaks on this figure are phenomenal! such little details that really make a difference as far as the feel goes for an astonishing wolverine. well done my friend

[@typingcomments]

As a huge fan of not only the Astonishing lineup but the individual costumes, seeing you get rid of the squares was like being able to let out a sneeze. It might of been Romita Jr in the Enemy of the State storyline who first added them, but I just never warmed up to those things.

[@thegillman777]

I love the execution of the claws on this figure. Just looks amazing!

[@educkwithfedora8399]

That's my favorite Wolverine design ever! Hands down! Except for the mask... but as long as it looks like Wolverine it's A-okay

[@bladerj]

that head paint turned out really nice. that kitty face would look really nice for armour custom, looks much younger

[@jimwheeler9840]

Great review. One of the ONLY people to even mention the suit colors. Wish I had the time, setup and skill to customize this to match the deeper yellow and more muted blue of that costume design, because it gives it a rich appearance lost with the brighter yellow and blue.

[@detectiveluck2899]

One of the best Wolverine costumes finally gets a modern revamp.

[@zephyrleapold6796]

That Ord stands up! Don't listen to the hater in the video!. If anything, could be smoothed down with fine sandpaper but of course would then need a repaint but at a glance, the proportions and costume and head are all great work!

[@RoboDontKnow]

Hmmm, maybe I will give it a second pass. Sand down that nasty sculpt work, which could be brittle and toxic dusty by now, haha.

[@dgray7537]

If robo was an X-man he'd be Multiples Man. 😂

[@fernandodelgado4329]

I love Logan aka Wolverine because he is always the best at what he does and while I may not have this so cool figure, I will try to get him because I really like the head sculpts which match the art work and will go great with the team, Overall, Very great review on this new dope Astonishing X-MEN Wolverine action figure Robo

[@munizbros999]

That custom is sooo awesome Robo!! I might have to do the same thing

[@shemphoward666]

impressed by the face sculpt!

[@Fuzzy_Barbarian]

I'm glad you mentioned the yellow rectangles! I thought I was going crazy, because I don't remember seeing those in the comics *at all!* I guess now I'm gonna be waiting for this to be reused to make the Utopia era Wolverine suit. I dunno, the complete lack of yellow on the gloves and boots and the X "badge" just makes it feel more... uniform-y, which I like. I'd take a Utopia Cyclops too.

[@owene2530]

The squares were present on comic covers but mostly absent in the actual panels

[@RoboDontKnow]

I remember seeing them back then and thinking "why add those to promo material?" or on the alternate covers. I chalk it up to different artists wanting to do a little extra spin on it, or higher ups wanting a little more pizazz since the designs did have a.....minimalist feel, especially after the 90s looks and the movie/new leathers.

[@Fuzzy_Barbarian]

​@@RoboDontKnowI'm a youngun, so I've only ever read Astonishing in trade, which probably doesn't help with this, haha! The minimalist, more basic look is why I like the Astonishing look to begin with! Man... Hasbro gotta release this guy again without the squares, right? *Right?!*

[@RoboDontKnow]

RIGHT!

[@TwoThreadsAhead]

Love this rendition of him and that the ML line are moving towards the invisible joint pins aesthetic like the Mafex figures, It's always threw me being able to see the ports on almost every joint and now it's looking like that might be a thing of the past finally.

[@Cyber023]

Awesome review my friend. I really like this new wolverine. I guess it works in a few displays as well as astonishing X-Men he can also fit into a New Avengers display as this is the costume he used during that run. That may even be where the yellow rectangles on the gloves and boots came from thinking about it, and with a new Luke Cage coming out, skrull queen Spider-woman and the new iron man it makes sense.

[@charliegee2532]

I like that the claws can be taken out of the hands, I displayed mine with just the middle claw

[@jacos.870]

Coincidentally I just found one at target! 🤙

[@RoboDontKnow]

I need to get to Target and see if mine has that Super Spider-Man. It won't, but I gotta look.

[@jacos.870]

@@RoboDontKnow gotta look! Happy hunting Robo 🤙

[@cerethpainting6606]

For stubble, try brushing on some blue pastel. Gives a very realistic effect at this scaler.

[@RoboDontKnow]

Thanks man I'll give it a shot!

[@Z-Zack]

First action figure ive ever pre-ordered, makes me really optimistic about my Man-Thing pre-order!

[@MrMelson]

Great review my friend, astonishing is right up there with Giant sized and Jim Lee blue and gold as my favorite looks... And I do like the original ultimate X-Men as well 🤗

[@TJBowman-vr1co]

So astonishing

[@mrhoeft]

I wish Hasbro would make more Wolverines with the thick, stylized claws that are on the X-Force Wolverine. I still love that look

[@StrangeToms]

Colossus astonishing outfit from ultimate alliance would definitely be perfect as a Marvel legend 😉 so would Nightcrawler, and Magik

[@rzfigures]

Great review! I reckon they’ll push astonishing out quicker than we think, considering we’ve got three already. The unmasked head is amazing. I usually have all my wolverines masked up but this one… I think he needs to let those sideburns fly!

[@marvelcraftgamer4086]

I always imagined that for Armor, they’d do something similar to the DC Icons Green Lantern figure.

[@luanribeiro6023]

It's kinda funny that you wanted to remove the yellow rectangles, while I wanted Hasbro to include them on the inner side of the boots as well. We have a different overall mental image of this design.

[@RoboDontKnow]

Hey, nothing wrong with that, lots of correct versions. It just comes down to personal preference.

[@TABF_69]

I’m a little late but I was really looking forward to this video and I was not dissapointed

[@spdrwrtr]

Yeah your custom makes the figure look way better

[@gitwer]

You hit on (almost) every nitpick I have with this figure. Gonna wait for the inevitable next release.

[@jthetoysourcerer2625]

There is ONLY one, Robo!

[@RoboDontKnow]

Only one what?

[@robertfalcone3025]

Just got my Astonishing Wolverine couple days ago & im VERY happy with it. I am hoping to get a Brown Suit Wolverine on the new pinless body in the upcoming Secret Wars wave.

[@ShoutyKid4684]

The Wolverine of all time

[@roberthuff4763]

Highly anticipating your custom to this! I don’t like the arms and legs, the older bucks are WAY more detailed and the musculature looked much better with proportions. You see better separation between bicep/tricep/shoulder with the love traingle/hot claws Wolvie.

[@Saiyan1229]

My favorite wolverine figure ever. Soooo so so good. One of marvel legends best imo. Enjoying it more than the mafex when i had that one. I just wish it included a stoic masked head too

[@SpoonDude]

Was looking forward to this and it didn’t disappoint I really like the figure but I also wanted something more Cassaday flavored- mainly with the headsculpt. I want to get a custom one like that, it looks pretty much perfect

[@Harpoquondrax]

Astonishing! Great video, thanks!

[@soulassassin226]

I have no interest in the Astonishing team BUT this is the costume that’s used for Marvel vs Capcom 3, glove and boot overlays and all, so I’m glad they included them here. Just had to swap out the head sculpt for a tiger stripe Wolverine since his cowl in MVC3 is bigger. Yellows are close enough.

[@rhymingbecktionary]

Seeing Astonishing next to the X-Men '97 really makes me hope they do a repaint of '97 with a color scheme that is more close to this Astonishing release. I get that the off-blue is probably more accurate to X-Men '97 but it's hard to pass it off Jim Lee era Wolverine with the color differences.

[@GamingNope]

I'm a sucker for the "ultra-articulation." Would love that to be the new standard!

[@fiercekrypton]

Sweet painted custom head.

[@coldfire22]

I love this. Astonishing X-Men 1-12 are among my favorites. But I gotta say.. the head.. I prefer the Toy Biz look. That head looks exactly like the comics. I do see what you are saying with this head. It DOES look like that Kitty/Colossus morning after scene, but I don't know.. it just feels off.

[@GroovyDude00]

Welp, before customization, it'd be a GREAT New Avengers Wolverine.

[@Gazz-BaaZnitch]

Best wolverine since the tiger stripe animated series in general plus the buck needs to be used in every newly released wolverine from now on this figure is my favorite wolverine

[@stridin]

Thanks for the review.

[@seeayyell]

love you robo

[@Barthedanz]

old Colossus and new sculpy Kitty should be a 2 pack (with a Lockheed of course) because Kitty is tiny and there isn't alot but a 2 pack would be good value for money I reckon. People like me who don't have a Colossus yet could get him and her Astonishing costume would fit in alot of displays.

[@RoboDontKnow]

That's not a bad idea, hmmmmm....

[@ezno189]

For another head with the smaller hair spikes maybe try the more trimmed Mezco wolverine head from their most recent tiger stripe one Only issue is it may be a bit big

[@Gambitjordan]

With no boot swivel I had to customize a McFarland black ankle joint and some more mods to add articulation range to the torso and hips, trimmed the neck and shaved those love handles to give better Vcut visuals and lastly I put the 90 red Jim Lee XMen belt,...chefs kiss with other head sculpts, not those it came with.

[@NerdyTMNT]

Great review, as always, robo!

[@BoRerunn]

Camel toe is comic accurate lol😂

[@RoboDontKnow]

Don't camel toes go in, not out?

[@FigureTube-bq7we]

Awesome!

[@masalamonkey4092]

I was torn on this figure, i almost got it but im happy enough with the 97 and waiting for an updated brown suit. I hope they do a new xmen era wave, i dont like those suits but i would like a new cassandra nova and a new fantomex and danger from that era. Also yes armor really needs a figure

[@comix1017]

Freakin awesome bub!

[@SkunkLifeMedia]

Dumbell is good, they need to do it at the bottom as well and just get rid of the u joint thingy stuff entirely already

[@RoboDontKnow]

And not make it so deep so that the pivot point is higher, allowing for more movement. It's probably a safety thing though, or to keep it from popping out with the head.

[@SkunkLifeMedia]

@@RoboDontKnow any sort of 'for safety' stuff just annoys me too. Like, when these basic figures reach the 30 price point (because we know they will in the next few years) are we still going to be perpetuating this farce that they are kids toys that need this safety crap.....

[@RoboDontKnow]

Doesn't matter if it's meant for kids or not, if it's sold in retail store in the kid's toy aisle section, and these are, they adhere to a certain set of safety standards.

[@zephyrleapold6796]

Have you ever shown your custom paint or sculpt processes in a video? That Cyclops looks clean!

[@zephyrleapold6796]

Wolverine came out accurate too. Like your method for the 5 o'clock shadow.

[@0kdevv_]

The rectangles is how I remember the suit, but thats new avengers wolverine I believe

[@china_sickness7005]

Just unboxed my own an hour ago and I think it’s great. I saw one person complaining that the cowl should be yellow and blue instead of yellow and black, but the black just looks more accurate to wolverine in general. Plus, most of the comic looks have the cowl very shaded, so the blue is so dark that it looks black. Most people don’t even notice that, and I didn’t either until it was pointed out. The only improvement I would have liked to see was a boot cut.

[@RoboDontKnow]

I've attempted several customs of this costume through the years and have noticed the blue cowl (and belt in some cases) but yeah, it just never looks right in figure form. It's always heavy shaded, but that's also true about the blue on the costume.

[@TrickyDigits]

RIP John Cassaday. We lost a good one

[@neofernandes8406]

I'm envy you (in a good way) that you can afford two of these, in Brazil we can barelly have one. The price here is like if you pay $299 for a $24,99 figure. Its crazy man. I do this comparisson because I went to US and the figures costs less than a regular meal, mostly. A regular meal in Brazil its like $40-50 bucks and the figure sometimes go above $300.

[@Arrowdodger]

I think I still favor '97 Wolverine, but this is a very worthy one all the same.

[@speedy_shorts]

Very cool

[@themarzbars138]

Hoping the Wolverine they are hyping up will be the brown suit. Another one might be Task Force X, but I rather have the former.

[@RoboDontKnow]

I'd take both of those.

[@symbiote1982pk]

They've used the same appearance as marvel Vs Capcom 3 and that's the one I was after so I snapped this up, I can see why certain details could bother you if you wanted a straight up Wheedon Astonishing Wolvie but I prefer the one that we saw all over the place, the belt looks better with the red X

[@CavemanBatman]

Robo, you should read the Krakoan Era. I’d love to hear your thoughts on it 💜

[@bkingofbeers]

Great wolverine figure i use the maskless face on the recent coyboy wolverine.

[@kevin64573]

They also should have given him black foot pegs instead of blue. When you point the feet down it breaks up the black stripe on the boot. They did it correctly on the 97 Wolverine.

[@RoboDontKnow]

Hmmm, very true.

[@zaboknowsbest13]

Gotta give it to hasbro they're in their prime right now

[@zaboknowsbest13]

And that beast is still my favorite custom I've ever seen of yours. It's beautiful!

[@popzeus3000]

I was pretty happy with the head Hasbro gave us until I saw your custom. The version of the mask Cassaday drew in the pages is inded better than the cover variants.

[@Tebigong101]

Now that they've done so many Logan Wolverines maybe we can get a Daken, Jimmy Hudson, Raze Darkholme, Honey Badger, and Laura looks.

[@allenllabore4745]

This is one where Robo does know. Great review. I was really onboard with this figure until I saw that it has no boot swivel. Does it hinder the crouching poses that much? Thank you!

[@ryanbrace8825]

I like the default gloves, but the boots... I may have to follow your lead.

[@seawakstheprofessionalsnif6222]

How do you get that custom astonishing head sculpt 😭🙏

[@verilox3688]

Oh hell yeah bub

[@cptladder]

When it comes to X-Men, Robo Knows...

[@KentDawg83]

I hope hasbro gives us a non blue fur beast plus the version you customized. 🤞🏿🤞🏿🤞🏿🤞🏿

[@RoboDontKnow]

Oh yeah, I want ALL the Beasts. Original human form with X-Factor variants, blue, gray, AXM, New, all of them.

[@TheGreenLanternB]

I need an astonishing colossus

[@RoboDontKnow]

SAME

[@jcarret26]

Hey Robo Awesome review and mod! I wonder if the training suit Wolverine head sculpts would work with this Wolverine?

[@Papan01]

Now if only they can make an updated Brown suit

[@AlphaProto]

I'm not a fan of Astonishing X-men story, but this is a cool costume. A modern update that stays close to the classic. I''ve got a pretty big Marvel Legend Wolverines collection now. I'm getting these eventually. I'm going to use the blue claw hands on all my tiger striped Wolverines. Thanks for the playday section at the end. Lots of people do reviews, but not a lot show how they intend to display their figure. Is it really a Cassidy designed costume? JRJR used a very similar design in Wolverine: Enemy of the State. Diffrent boots, but I thought that was the debut of that costume?

[@darthkamen6564]

I know a lot of people don't care about them. but I am very pro-boot cut, so the lack of them on this figure genuinely killed a lot of my hype for it. It's a shame because otherwise I really do love how it turned out.

[@Aames32]

I like this buck but I want to see it with the 97 cowl.

[@OPmaster-tj7od]

Does anyone know how to get up with fanplastic four to get a head. I have been wondering because his heads look so much better

[@OPmaster-tj7od]

@ProtoArrow yes

[@InfernoDelta12]

Robo is the Bonebreaker hot claws wolverine belt compatible? That would be more accurate to the interior artwork.

[@RoboDontKnow]

Hmm, I'm sure it is. That's the body and belt I was going to use for the custom, didn't even think to swap that.

[@TomDaGoat9]

This is my favorite X-men team of all time and designs I have so much nostalgia for this the 2000s was my favorite era of marvel and this dude is perfect imo I had almost zero blemishes on my copy and no qc . I hope they round out the team with a 3 pack of colossus , kitty , and beast

[@RoboDontKnow]

Those 3 for sure, no exceptions. And then Armor, somehow.

[@devilmaycryfan7681]

I want two of this figure because i'm turning one into brown suit wolverine and the other one into a Marvel vs Capcom wolverine

[@chascamp1036]

Beast looks like the lion from the "WIZ" lol

[@zonkeos100]

Are in my humble opinion I believe every Marvel Legends wolverine figure needs metal claws it just looks good

[@Sag3g]

You should swap the belts between hot Claws and this

[@TreeFiddyProductions-tk3ko]

Hold up.............that Batman Beyond shirt is too cool. Where'd you get it?

[@shinjiikari1989]

Did you know there is going to be a Todd Deadpool Wolverine figures coming

[@frankierivera5451]

If they gave him 97 wolverine neck articulation it would be as great as 97 wolverine