Marvel Legends Maximum Series Incredible Hulk Comic Figure Video Review And Images

On 6/2/2025 at 3:34 PM, AndyL said:

I know it can't just me but even from just these pictures I can see a significant difference in the color of the torso from the face. It reminds me of when people wear face makeup that is a few shades different from their neck or chest. It hurts my eyes. And I also share in @LoneWolfSonesconcernse that the vinyl will not hold up over time. Anyone who's displayed one of Mattel's C'n'C figures from their old DCUC line that often included rotocast parts may be familiar with issues over time. It could fade, turn brittle or warp if the figure is left in a certain pose too long such as the Thunderclap. Looks good. Especially the Smart Hulk portrait but I just can't. At least not until they do a proper Smart Hulk. And even then if they do this rubbery torso thing I'll probably pass.

Not sure if I have ever been so conflicted about whether or not to buy a figure - one moment I want it, the next I don't! Love the toe articulation, the different chest sculpt on the rubber piece, and the crazy Deadato jr. head, but like most people are saying, this isn't a must have if you already have the 80th anniversary version. Like you, I have seen enough rubber pieces degrade over time, so not enough good in this offering to make me buy it. All right, it's settled then - I am going to pass!

I know it can't just me but even from just these pictures I can see a significant difference in the color of the torso from the face. It reminds me of when people wear face makeup that is a few shades different from their neck or chest. It hurts my eyes. And I also share in @LoneWolfSonesconcernse that the vinyl will not hold up over time. Anyone who's displayed one of Mattel's C'n'C figures from their old DCUC line that often included rotocast parts may be familiar with issues over time. It could fade, turn brittle or warp if the figure is left in a certain pose too long such as the Thunderclap. Looks good. Especially the Smart Hulk portrait but I just can't. At least not until they do a proper Smart Hulk. And even then if they do this rubbery torso thing I'll probably pass.

Hi all,First post here. I only recently started collecting legends last year? With finishing the Adventure series, I began looking to Legends. That said, I never had figures like this when I was a kid that were this posable and generally looked decent. I feel the best way to describe Maximum Hulk is "your mileage will vary." If you already own a Hulk? You probably don't 'need' this one. But I understand if people are upset if they were looking forward to a new "definitive" Hulk, who doesn't seem to get figures as much or as regularly as Spider-Man. Certainly not updated as often as Spidey. I think that has to do with licensing and sharing rights with Universal?Anyway, I think his articulation is fine and he can do the thunderclap. But was the Vinyl overlay worth it? I don't know. I think people probably would have been fine with a butterfly joint. Look at the new Gamerverse Juggernaut. I like the heads more than I thought I would. I almost feel you get more for your money comparatively speaking than you do with Maximum Spidey. Spidey's accessories felt more...underwhelming? beyond the full complement of hands. Hulk's accessories feel more useful? You can use those whoosh effects even without the thunderclap. The clap effect can even be used as an impact effect. The missile feels cheap. I think if they had thrown in that ripped shirt overlay? It would have felt more 'complete' or "definitive.'

My bigger concern is how the vinyl overlay holds up long term.

On 5/23/2025 at 7:11 PM, jscottt991 said:

I'm with you. I like minimal articulation (ab crunches, in particular, bother me), but give me appearance over horrible slash marks on the figure any day.

I feel like I am kind of the opposite in a way. I dont mind visible articulation. I actually sometimes like it when a toy looks like a toy. There are exceptions to that, especially if the joints look really weird or the gaps are too visible, but for the most part I dont mind. I know people tend to really like pin-less joints, but joint pins dont bug me. And I prefer that a figure have some kind of ab crunch or torso articulation.

That said, I get not liking all the gashes and breaks that articulation creates in figures. I think its cool when companies go the extra mile to try and hide the articulation as much as possible without sacrificing movement. Some companies do better than others when it comes to that.

On 5/23/2025 at 5:25 PM, SUPREME007 said:

No, you're not alone, man. I think it's more of a quiet split, and I understand your guys' preference for aesthetics over movement. You are right about the younger generation, with me semi-included. To me it is just crazy to have seen the evolution of figures from Toybiz to today, where now some companies have high ingenuity, where they don't need to compromise the aesthetics for articulation because their sculptors/engineers are wizards, but ik as a domestic company Hasbro will never be that but I just hope they make a modern scheme baseline something akin to maximum spidey so I can at least get some nice headtilt and better torso in all figures. I think ROM should at least be the standard + boot swivel (and butterfly would have been nice, but I too, would have opted for no butterfly due to the gross overcompensation it would have caused the sculpt).

I come from a time..........a realm long ago that was GI Joe. No, not the 3.75" figures, but the 12" ones, And stuff like the famous Marx Best of the West and Knights. And the numerous Marx static figures, like Marvel and DC heroes ( did Marx do DC, I recall only Marvel....) , the Astronauts, the various cowboys and Indians, the Nutty Mads.Toys all, to be sure.............but the latter were so MADDENINGLY FRUSTRATING........because they did not move.Action figures then had all manner of engineering --from corded elastics, to wire-encased bendies, 5 POAs ( if you were lucky. They'd have good elbows and knees, and then have "nose-picker" ( GI Joe) hands that were next to useless.No one figure design incorporated all the NEEDED toy design elements to make an action figure functional...until Hasbro/Palitoy came about with the gripping hands designs--late 70's/early 80's. Even then it wasn't a sea-change by any stretch---it took another 20+ year for toys to START to evolve into what we have now.But this isn't a history lesson...............action figures have long been a tease -product----so much potential, so much disappointment. As a kid, I was STARVED for function with my toys. I wanted them to emulate what i saw on TV shows and cartoons, and in comics.......because those are what fuelled my imagination.That's where the possibilities lay, where I was engaged. I mean, I played with my stuff.I was never a statue kid, because statues are pretty much akin to picking up a rock from the ground and playing with that. Yawn.Big deal.Marvel Legends and their contemporaries are, largely, the action figures I have always wanted, featuring characters I have long deeply loved. To me, poseability is storytelling....stories that I get to tell, in the ways that I want to tell them. But that is WHY i collect and everyone else can be different.

On 5/23/2025 at 11:21 AM, SpiderS said:

If they invested into new double jointed arms and ball jointed waist/reverse ab crunch this figure could have been easily salvaged, and would feel indeed new but new rubber chest and toe joints hardly make the figure that appealing especially at that price point.

Agreed. But alas 6-year-old buck at maximum price will suffice for Hasbro.

Oh, wow - I just noticed that the chest isn't just flexible, it is actually a different sculpt, and I like it better! I might just have to buy this thing now!

Glad to see a side by side comparison with the 80th Anniversary release...the greens look close enough to be able to do head swaps.