To me, Logan felt like the last good X-Men movie in terms of having an outstanding bit of quality from start to finish. While Deadpool 2 was entertaining, it felt like a bit of a downgrade from the first movie in some spots. Dark Phoenix was pretty compromised and was a poor attempt at being a single movie instead of a new take on the Dark Phoenix saga, and then there's New Mutants, which sucked. Logan was a brilliant movie that makes me enjoy everything about the X-Men series in terms of characters who feel like they're at their backs when their foes are after them. Believe me when I say that this stuff is what makes me enjoy Fox's movies, and Logan is certainly no exception! Now let's talk about this 2-pack!
Here is Logan in hand, depicted in his black suit (and one of the few outfits he wore in the movie). This figure captures the way he looked quite well even if the suit is a little more pristine than it should be; the white shirt underneath the black suit helps give the suit a somewhat rugged look that proves how shit his life has been in these times. Maybe the outer part of the suit looks more pristine than the wrinkly sleeves, but I think that was something other figures had; as far as I know, a version of MCU Nick Fury had this mold. One thing I don't like is how the head sits on the body; it's not oversized, but it just looks a little more naturalistic if you ask me. It's especially noticeable from the back where the head has a cap at the ball-joint.
Head sculpt is still nice-looking nonetheless. It captures that fucked-up, adamantium-failing-him aspect of the character in the movie, and while the eyes and eyebrows do look a little fuzzy, at least it looks like a real person more than some of the face likenesses seen in other action figures. His articulation is pretty much the same as with every other Marvel Legends figure to-date, with a two ball-joints at the neck and the head, shoulders that move front and back, in and out, swivel at the biceps, bend at the elbows, swivel at the wrists as well as hinge in and out. There is an ab-crunch joint and a waist swivel, hips that move front and back as well as in and out, thigh swivels, double-jointed knees, and feet thatswivel, hinge, and pivot side to side. You can appropriately give him a rage face and two alternate hands that give him claws that are pristine...
...but why give him those pristine claws when you can give him the bloody ones?! That's one of the things that sold me on the figure, and now I want to get some blood effects to use them on characters that I hate (I don't hate Zedd, btw, it's just an example).
And here is Old Man Logan next to his younger counterpart. It's a very fascinating way to view two different ages of the character from when we first met him to when we last saw him. Guess I can get the Amazon-exclusive Logan that had the tank top.
And here we have Old Man Charles in-hand; he might be a mostly new sculpt as I don't think he was reused from other Legends figures. He captures the accurate yet somber aspect of the character, as he is much older than he normally is and tends to suffer from seizures that affect everything around him unless he's injected with his medication. The fact that Logan has to take care of him while on the run is almost as sad as a migrant caring for an ill relative. Seeing him stand up is weird since in-universe, Charles' powers don't help him out at this age.
Head sculpt is once again accurate to the movie and looks like Patrick Stewart in the movie, now with a beard and a face that shows he's dying. And with his articulation being the same as Logan's, it's best to put him on the wheelchair.
For a comparison between the older and younger versions of the character, here they both are in-hand...quite the juxtapose between the aging Charles and the more telepathic Xavier. I'm honestly kind of sad thinking about poor Charles in Logan, but on the bright side, his wheelchair fits this specific version of the character more than the younger one.
And here they both are, old and young Logan and Charles next to each other. Aside from a few nitpicks, this is a very promising set that shows how surprising it is for Hasbro to create two toys based on an R-rated movie. And even more surprising is that the outcome is better than expected. No comic-figure-tying-into-non-MCU-movie trickery here! Still, I think the set would be even better if we had a Laura to complete the Logan trio...and maybe even a Caliban, X-24, and Donald Pierce, too. Anyways, Hasbro please give us updated X-Men movie figures and some Raimi Trilogy guys, too.
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