20 years of X-Men movies under 20th Century Fox is certainly a long time (and moreso than the MCU's 12-year run). While The New Mutants was a stinky pile of doo doo, the original X-Men movie was a great film to watch; in a time where people are bitching on Twitter for comic accuracy, simping the MCU, or claim to be all-in the Snyderverse yet eat up crap like Shazam or BoP, it's always nice to revisit films made from a time where the Internet and nerd culture didn't feel like it'd dictate what you should and shouldn't watch, as the only things I'd worry about instead were getting in trouble for punching a school bully in the face for making fun of something I like. Anyways, 11 years after Wolverine Origins' lackluster selection of Marvel Legends X-Men movie figures, can Hasbro impress fans with their new selection of figures?
Here we have Wolverine in-hand, rendered in a leather jacket with jeans as he usually wore in the movies. While most CBM characters should wear familiar outfits, I think Wolverine looks better in these "casual" clothes, as it's not the suit of the dude in the fight but instead the fight of the dude in the suit. Wolverine's outfit has some dirt marks added on to show the worn look of the character in all the adventures he faced, but they look more like digital transfers than they really should. I commend the effort but it looks pretty unusual. At least the paint used for the jacket looks good, and the same could be said for the polo shirt he's wearing underneath. The sculpting on the clothes is overall well-made, and I think it's too specific to Wolverine that giving it to another male character would be a bit odd.
Head sculpt is pretty close to what Hugh Jackman looked like in the movies, and while the hair varies from scene to scene, it at least screams Hugh Jackman in my eyes. The articulation is consistent with the Venom's articulation, but with a waist swivel and an ab-crunch found on most Marvel Legends. The arms are a bit hard to pose because of the leather jacket; it'd be possible to remove it but he'd just be left with sleeves that don't match up with the polo shirt. He has alternate hands with claws and a head that depicts him with screaming rage...it's not the best representation of how he looks with the screaming face, but it's better than some of the more expressive Wolverine heads from the old X-Men toys. I think it'd look better in some pics and lighting. The claws themselves stay on well for the most part, though one slightly wiggles. At least they have some nice silver sheen to them.
Here he is next to some live-action Marvel characters I own, consisting of TASM2 Spider-Man and Netflix Daredevil. I'd put Iron Man, but he'd need Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man to better depict the trio of Marvel Heroes I grew up with. But yeah, he's taller than the web-slinger and the man without fear; I think Daredevil and Spidey should have the same height since their actors are both the same height while Wolverine is taller than both. Honestly, some say that his character being too tall when the movies came out, but some would say that it's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog, Wolverine was still full of fight in him, so you can say he shot down any concerns on his height.
This is a pretty good version Wolverine if you ask me. I'd LOVE to see him in his X-Men uniform or his stealth suit from Days of Future Past, but his leather jacket look is still undeniably Wolverine where I don't mind him on the shelf displayed as such. It's got a few things that do deserve a bit more fine-tuning, but I'm happy to say this guy is one I highly recommend you get if you see him, especially when the X-Men Legends are surprisingly hard to find on shelves like the comic versions of normal Spiday and Wolverine (though my stores only have either Mystique or Domino).
Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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