Here we have the man without fear in-hand and in the tactical-style suit worn after the character replaced the mostly black outfit. The design of the suit, like most modern comic incarnations, doesn't stick with the spandex look of the comic suits, but it works in the case of a vigilante like Daredevil, who maintained his symbolic look while also going for a tactical approach. Hasbro went all-in with this suit by adding a nice amount of black paint in the right spots along with a nice amount of textured details added in the sculpt. There are bits of silver here and there to represent the buckles of the suit; it helps make the figure look less toyetic and more realistic. I was going to say that the belt looks incomplete, but it's actually like that in the show, so if you've seen the suit in better-lit images, you'd probably tell that the belt is partially painted in black to fit with the aesthetics of the suit. The proportions might look a little off, maybe due to how long the arms look (despite how proportionate they look on their own) or how thin the torso looks from the side. Still, the rest of the toy is outstanding.
The head sculpt also has its own share of molded details to make the mask fit the real-world aesthetics of the show (and I guess the rest of the MCU by extension). I'm guessing Hasbro got a hold of the CAD files with the character likeness and were able to make the head look both sculpted professionally and painted to look like the actor wearing the suit. And yes, my camera was stubborn with taking a focused pic of it; it's more blind than Murdock is.
The articulation is pretty much everything you'd expect for a Marvel Legends figure. Ball joint for the head and a neck hinge to have the figure look sideways along with up and down. There is both shoulder rotation and hinges for moving front and back for as well as in and out, respectively. The biceps swivel and there are two points at the elbow. The wrists swivel as well as hinge in and out. The torso ab crunches and swivels at the waist. The hips move front and back, in and out, the thighs swivel, the knees bend at two points, and the feet swivel at the ankle of the boot, hinge at the foot, and pivot sideways. The hips and ab crunch do slightly wiggle, but only slightly, when the figure is stood up straight.
Daredevil's billy club, used as a cane when he's Matt Murdock, is stored in halves within the left hip's holster. The details of the club are decently painted, though there's not much that needs to be added. It can either be dual-wielded as he tends to do...
...or they can be used as the single baton, and you can pose Daredevil as if he's splitting them or combining them. Sadly, I am missing the clenched fists and the Man-Thing BAF piece, so I can't go in detail over them.
In terms of re-releases, this figure was in an SDCC 2018 Defenders Rail Authority multipack consisting of the same Daredevil figure (with a new civilian head in the likeness of Charlie Cox), and included with him are Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Colleen Wing, and Iron Fist. No doubt you'd want to see Marvel Netflix return after seeing these five, right? Don't worry, a Punisher, a Claire Temple, and Elektra were made (along with a yellow shirt Luke Cage). This set is going to be hard for any of you Marvel Legends newcomers, so unless you're happy with having a few members missing from your Defenders (or if you don't mind sticking with the main retail/two-pack sets), then you better pay up for this pack.
Here he is with a cinematic Spider-Man figure, and it's the Amazing Spider-Man 2 figure from 2014. While one is now non-canon to the MCU (thanks, Feige) and the other is from a short-lived Spider-Man reboot (thanks, 2014 Sony), these two look pretty well together as a What-If scenario where Charlie Cox and Andrew Garfield existed in the MCU. As it stands, Spidey's been succeeded by Tom Holland, but don't count on Charlie Cox returning as Daredevil, even if the character returns in the third MCU Spidey movie. Assuming it'd be a Spider-Man movie and not Iron Man Jr 3, that is.
Overall, this version of Daredevil is worth buying. While there are fans that'd mostly buy the virgin Funko Pop take on the character (because people still do that), looking for the chad Marvel Legends Daredevil is one thing Netflix fans should do if they want to have this as well as a Marvel Netflix collection. If Marvel Legends isn't your thing, then getting the Sideshow Collectibles shall tickle your 1/6th scale fancy. Me? I'll happily stick with Legends Daredevil and hope to find the rest of the Netflix crew at a good price. Wish me luck!
Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ and a half out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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