Storm - Marvel Now (Marvel Legends)

While I think having that mohawk style of haircut looked pretty badass, this version of Storm is not totally my best favourite. If you want to know which version I like then check out the Marvel Select Storm. But in the meantime, let's take a look at this Toys R Us Exclusive Marvel Legends Storm. Others like the new "Marvel Now-look" while some don't, her new outfit shouldn't affect your judgement on the action figure. The rendition is accurate and she probably is the best figure in this Series. But like the Marvel Legends Marvel Now Cyclops (also from this Series), I'm not really interested about this figure when she first got revealed.

The only thing that got me interested about is that cloth! It's hard to come by such material on an action figure like Marvel Legends. Storm's signature fashion has always been the cape with two pointy tips attached to her arms so resorting to cloth (instead of a pliable plastic) is a good choice to support poseability. However, there's a drawback to it- cloths get wrinkled and turn ugly overtime... not unless you have a miniature flat iron to keep it neat. And even if we have one, it's not gonna be easy to fix her cape the fact that it is fastened between her diaphragm with the two branching ends attached to those bangles around her arms. It's irremovable.

Also, giving her the Medusa body mold is another good choice. The hands appears to be the same with the Marvel Legends Medusa! Furthermore, that mohawk is a head-turner because of the way it's sculpted. With all that nice detail on her hair- looking realistic, it's hard to believe this is a Marvel Legends figure. And like Medusa and Emma Frost, she wears high heels which results to being unstable at standing.

Paint-wise, again- it's her mohawk that is showing a lot of details. Marvel Legends being not that really good at paint jobs, this figure made me liked to beg Hasbro to keep doing it. The dry brushing of gray colours on her hair is well executed. Looking at the rest of the paint job, I see no issues. No sort of seepages between the colours. Overall, it's clean and well painted.

When you have a figure that can't stand, it is hard to pull some dynamic poses even with hinges and rockers in her ankles. Like the Medusa action figure, her head is on a ball-peg that moves and rotates and angle but slightly hindered by her hair. No bicep rotation but Storm has rotation at the elbows and wrists, plus hinges on the shoulders, elbows and wrists. She got diaphragm swivel which I believe is ball-pegged because how it allows her to lean side to side. She got this T-jointed hips, rotation at the upper thigh and double-jointed knees which I truly love.

What really matters when you purchase this version of a Marvel Legends Storm is your fondness to the Marvel Now characters and/or the modern looks. She may not appease your taste for those classy generic superhero features but the quality of the action figure may satisfy you. That being said, she is a must-have figure. And of course if you want to complete your Jubilee Build-A-Figure, you need to grab Storm because she holds Jubilee's torso and feet.