With the final episode of the
Disney+ The Falcon And The Winter Soldier series having aired yesterday I thought it would be fun to look at how the action figures based on the show coming from
Hasbro and
Diamond Select Toys stack up with the actual characters.
Note you should wait until you've watched the final episode of the show before reading this article. Also note some of these figures have not yet been officially announced by the companies and we will be referencing figure images that leaked out several weeks ago for some of these. The official reveals for all of these should be coming this Monday (4/26).
From
Hasbro we have seen a total of 5 figures coming to the
Marvel Legends line with
John Walker (Captain America), Baron Zemo, Winter Soldier, John Walker (USAgent) and
Sam Wilson (Captain America). Out of these 5 figures, 2 have been officially revealed (
Zemo, John Walker Captain America), 2 we have seen blurry in-hand images leak out for (
Winter Soldier, John Walker USAgent) and one we have yet to see at all (
Sam Wilson Captain America).
From
Diamond Select Toys we have seen images for the one
Marvel Select 7" Sam Wilson Captain America figure which will be a
Disney Store exclusive.
So for
Marvel Legends lets first take a look at the
John Walker Captain America figure which is being released as a
Walmart exclusive.
Other than perhaps adding some 5 o'clock shadow to the face I think
Hasbro has nailed this figure pretty good with both the masked and unmasked head sculpt. The likeness to actor
Wyatt Russell with the unmasked head seems to be pretty dead on. Based on images we are giving
Hasbro an
A+ on their
Marvel Legends John Walker Captain America figure.
Next up is the
Marvel Legends Baron Zemo figure.
It was nice
Hasbro gave us both the unmasked and masked headsculpt even though
Zemo barley wore the mask in the show. Again Hasbro seems to have nailed the likeness of actor
Daniel Brühl with the unmasked headsculpt. Based on images we are also giving
Hasbro and
A+ for this one.
So for
the next two, we only have these blurry images and while I doubt it, I suppose it's possible the final released versions could change from what is shown here. For now we will say these grades are tentative and if we see something better when official images are released on Monday, I will re-access these grades then.
So first we have the
Marvel Legends Winter Soldier.
Overall a pretty basic figure but it seems to be a nice update to the previous
Winter Soldier figures we have gotten. The quality of the image makes it hard to say for certain how good the likeness is, but for now I am going to give this one an
A.
For the final
Marvel Legend figure we have seen, we have
John Walker USAgent.
Sadly this is by far the weakest figure in the line as it appears all they did was just repaint their
Captain America version black. They didn't include the white stripes on his chest and they still have the star on his helmet. The symbol on his chest may be inaccurate as well but I can't say for sure. I can't fault the figure for not having a shield since they didn't show him with a shield as
USAgent in the show. This is the one I hope will look different when we see the official images on Monday, but again I doubt it. My guess
Hasbro had to base this one on concept art and not the final version. Customizes I am sure will have a pretty easy time making this one look more show accurate,and since I doubt this is the last time we will see
USAgent in the
MCU, I am sure Hasbro will get another crack at him at some point. Based on this image I am giving this one a
D.
Again we have not yet seen any images for the
Marvel Legends Sam Wilson Captain America, so we will have to wait until Monday to grade that one. We know the
Build-A-Item for the
Disney+ wave these figures will be part of are Sam's wings. So I hope Hasbro makes them very show accurate and includes features like a detachable Red Wing, retractable wings and the ability to attach the shield on his back. Hasbro dropped the ball on the
comic book version of Sam Wilson as Captain America when they didn't even bother to include wings, so hopefully this figure will more than make up for that.
Now while we haven't yet seen the
Hasbro version of
Sam Wilson as Captain America, we have seen the
7" Diamond Select Toys Marvel Select one. Again this one will be sold as a
Disney Store exclusive. My guess it will be officially revealed through
Marvel on Monday, but I don't know if it will go up for pre-order then or not.
Overall not a bad looking figure.
DST's seems to have captured the likeness of
Anthony Mackie and his new
Captain America costume. The figure doesn't seem to have much for features and accessories though. Based on images it does not appear they included a detachable Red Wing or gave the shield the ability to be stored on the figures back. The wings however do appear to be detachable. For now based on the images we've seen I am giving this one a
B.
So which Falcon And The Winter Sold... or is it
Captain America And The Winter Soldier figures are you most looking forward to? Also be sure to check back Monday afternoon for better looks at all of these figures.