I stumbled upon the new Infinite Avengers wave figures the other day and even though I'm trying not to buy anymore stuff, I picked up Iron Man, Captain America and Hulk. They are all really nice figures.
I mainly wanted Hulk, as I only have the Legends First appearance Green Hulk and thought it'd be nice to have a newer version of the character. I never got the Walmart Avengers Hulk so I was happy to grab this version. When I first saw pictures of him, I thought the chest sculpt looked really bad and I was just going to pass on him. But in hand it doesn't really bother me at all. Only if you bring his chest all the way backwards does it start to look funky. Most of the time it looks fine and works well. He's a big figure and has alot of nice poseability. Plus I love the fact that he has too nice looking fists rather then "Slappy Hands" alot of other Hulks seemed to end up with. And the fact that he is a larger figure who also happens to get double jointed elbows too? Yes please. The arms are a bit of a different color then the torso, but only under alot of scrutinity and lighting did I notice. It's not enough to be very obvious of annoying. The Headsculpt is great too, very well done. My only issues were the range of movement on his feet and head. So I cut away some plastic around the top of his feet, so that they get more of a forward motion. I didn't cut alot, but I think it already helped a bit with things. I may cut things out a little more to improve things further. Not sure yet. He was also a bit bow-legged, but nothing major and after using some hot water to help straighten things out, it has helped alleviate the issue.
I also shaved off some plastic on the back of his head to that he could look upwards a bit more. Simple and easy. I think it has helped a bit with things. I don't know if I will cut more plastic off there yet or not.
I have to bust out with my old Toybiz Hulkbuster now to tangle with this version of the Hulk.
I wasn't sure about the Iron Man figure, but I have ended up really liking it. I think I still prefer the larger bulkier hulk of the Bleeding Edge Iron Man figure, but the range of motion on this figure is just really enjoyable. The torso joint in particular is something I'm really warming up to. Being able to do forward and back motion as well as leaning side to side and such adds alot of dynamic options to me. It works well with this figure. Plus he is not hindered on his double jointed legs or arms at all which is always welcome. His feet have the great ankle pivot, but as with this new joint it seems Hasbro figures lose alot of the upward movement of the feet. Just like Hulk and other Hasbro figures. It's not an earth shattering amount, but I might go in and shave his feet down a bit to get some more upward motion. I have done this kind of surgery on Hulk and one or two other Hasbro figures and it seems to work without sacrificing much in the way of sculpting.
I did heat and pop his hands so that he could have access to alternate hands from an Iron Man 2 movie figure I had. The hand pegs were pretty similar in size and just needed a bit of sanding down to allow them to fit the new Ironman figure's wrist peg length. Now he can have two fists, or two repulsar hands, or a combination of them. Which is something I really wanted to be able to do with the figure. So I'm very happy with that.
The only other thing that kind of bothers me is that he can't exactly kick his legs out all the way in front of him. But I don't think that will bug me to much and I'm not sure I want to try dremeling his hip sockets to try and improve the range of motion.
Overall he is really great and is just plain fun to pose.
Lastly is Captain America. I already had the Winter Soldeir Cap figure that this new version is based on, but I think that is such a great figure I was willing to get another version of it with more classical Cap colors. He's just as good as the Winter Soldier cap. Really nice sculpt, wonderful articulation, and great interchangable hands. His shield is awesome too. It might be my favorite legends scale Cap shield. I think they may have changed the inside a bit as it fits much easier onto caps arm then the WS one seemed to. It kinda stinks you can't attach it to his back, but I can live with that. He is more vibrantly brighter then the WS Cap, even the skin tone. I think I still kind of prefer the look of the Marvel Now Captain America figure, but for as much as I like that figure visually he just doesn't have a great range of motion. Which is a bummer. And I am always worried that using that figures torso joint will cause even more paint rub so I hardly want to move him. The Age of Ultron Cap has no paint rub issues and can get into all sorts of poses. I did pop off the Marvel Now Captain America headsculpt to see what it would look like on this Cap and it actually looks nice. Colors are pretty similar and I like the more comic book style of it. It's a little loose, but a pretty close fit. I am tempted to use it more often then the standard head for this figure. I also tested the Target 3 pack Captain America head. It didn't fit as well, but it still looked alright. I have an extra version of that characters headsculpt that I may look into modding to fit this guy instead. We will see.
So I am happy with all three characters. I don't usually go for movie figures, but I think they could all easily pass as comic book versions if you would really want them to. They are worth picking up if you are interested in the characters.
KingV
Regarding Figure stands:
I was in that same boat. I always wanted some great stands.
I bought a ton of Whippy Display Stands from a buddy overseas a while back. They are the best things I've used to display figures. They work great with Marvel Legends. DCUC and any other type of figure I've thrown at them. Including the Marvel Select Venom. They seem to be harder to find now. But you can still sometimes get them on ebay. I have spares too if anyone is looking for some.
They aren't however as crazy poseable as some of those Bandai Tamashii Stages.
If you want to save money and don't care bout having vertical flight stand things, you can always try to get some of the bases that came with the Walmart Avengers figures. They fit the Hasbro legends figures well and you can buy them fairly cheap from ebay sellers. They are stackable and can be attached to one another to so they allow for some neat options.
I have also gotten Neca Display stands. They are perfect for the older Toybiz Legends and lots of other 6inch figures. The Hasbro legends for whatever reason do not fit the peg holes on these stands too well though.
