Marvel Legends The Blob review

NOTHING CAN MOVE THE BLOB!!! This fat fucko is the bully notorious for hanging out with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. He is ugly, hard to defeat, and smells like shit. If there is one thing to expect from the X-Men universe, it's that even the weirdest of mutants will likely appear as main characters in some fashion. The Blob will probably be best utilized nowadays for telling people to stop posting memes in #general before saying something stupid or continuing his voice chat with his kitten. Here, though, he returns in the Legends line after last having a 2007 BAF in the early days of Hasbro's Marvel Legends. Let's see if this guy is worth getting for more than $50 at the MSRP.

Here is the Blob in-hand. Hasbro generally captured his look very well with his overweight physique, especially when it comes to making his gut as bulbous as it should be. His legs are thick as hell, his arms are stocky and stiff, and there is a bit of flab on the upper body with his pecs. He's weirdly like Wario, where he is an overweight man yet there is a sense of musculature to him. It's a possible side-effect of the mutant ability that helps define the Blob as immovable; even though he is a fat fuck, he is still not going down without a fight. If you look closely, you would see a subtle paint app that makes the skin look rather rough and spotty, which is in contrast to the normal skin on other figures across the line. Beyond that, there isn't much paint on the figure.

Head sculpt continues his beautifully ugly appearance with the lack of a defined chin underneath his swollen neck, combined with a face that looks like it chows in a lot on a ton of junk food in a single day. He's basically like Jared Fogle, except he wouldn't become a weight-loss spokesperson for Subway; on the bright side, he's not a pedophile. His articulation consists of a single ball joint for the head, shoulders that move front and back, in and out, elbows swivel as well as bend at 90 degrees, the wrists rotate as well as hinge in and out, there is a diaphragm joint that serves with rotation and hinging front and back, the hips move front and back, in and out, thighs swivel, knees bend, and the ankles hinge as well as pivot. The only alternate display options he comes with are a pair of open hands and a screaming head. That's it.

The original BAF was much more wrinkly and grotesque in appearance, with more flab and blubber to make him looks even uglier than he already is, but in a good way! This was one of the first few BAFs from Hasbro's takeover of the Marvel Legends line; in fact, it's the second wave they ever made, consisting of She-Hulk, Lord of Asgard Thor, Ultimate Wolverine, Yellow Jacket, Quicksilver, Xorn, and X3 versions of Jean Grey and Juggernaut. The articulation appears to be mostly comparable, but I'm sure you'd be a little more content getting the new version. In fact, should you get the new Blob? I'll say that you should if you can obtain it for a cheap price. Seriously, $60 is not worth it for this guy. If it was $30-40, then it'd be easier to stomach for a release like this. But don't spend more than the retail price he is going for; the figure is good, but it's not $60 good. Even if it's more affordable than the currently-in-the-aftermarket BAF, it's not a figure I'd say you should go crazy for at full retail price.

Final ranking:⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐