This will be mostly comparison-based since Mark II is a redeco of Mark III. The figure was a very good sculpt overall, with the one issue I have being the arms feeling undersized. The same strengths and weaknesses other than the aforementioned proportions are more or less the same, with the difference being the deco we have for the figure. Sadly, while they went all out in painting the Mark III for it to look as presentable as humanly possible, the Mark II instead opts to go with marbleized silver plastic a la the Quantumania wave Ultron we got in the same year. If this was a case where Hasbro didn't want to spend much money on a new buck, then spending more money on paint would work.
In addition to the repulsor hands and blast effects, the alternate head is still intact, and since we're not doing the forearm gimmick given how it was never utilized in this design, why not give us an optional Rhodey head in addition to the Tony head? Hasbro could either go for the partial face reveal approach like with the Tony head or reuse one of their Rhodey heads to save money. Even though this movie was tied directly to Iron Man 1, it'd be great to see some love for the second movie since I don't think have any updated suits in figure form or a new Whiplash, either. Ironic since we get the lame-ass Mandarin.
Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐ and a half out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Up next, we have a version of Wolverine I didn't own back then. This version depicts him in the signature white beater and jeans typically associated with Logan, and while most fictional characters wearing similar clothing would come off as generic when brought together, only Logan can pull it off and be recognizable. This is a reissue of the 2020 version of the character we had when Hasbro made a brief FoX-Men stint for their figures, which didn't go too well beyond the Wolverines and some of the Deadpool merch. The legs are the same as the jacket version, only colored differently, and I'm thankful that they at least retain a bit of deco to keep them layered. The arms may not have been previously reused, and if they are, they fit Hugh Jackman well. It should be mentioned that the arms are pinless while the legs are. The textures on the beater look good, though the paint used for the skin tone is slightly inconsistent with the arms and head.
The head sculpt may be slightly familiar to anyone who collected the FoX-Men figures since it's basically reused from the jacket version but with better facial printing. We'll compare it to the original version in a moment. Articulation consists of a double ball neck joint, shoulder rotation, outward arm movement, bicep rotation, double jointed elbows, wrist rotation, inward hinges, butterfly joints, an ab crunch and a waist swivel, ball jointed hips, thigh rotation, double-jointed knees, and ankles that swivel, hinge, and pivot.
His neck chain is removable, allowing you to either give it to other Logan figures or use this for a generic male body. Also, is it me or is he taller than the jacket version? Could be my backdrop. Anyways, the 2020 version has lighter blue for the jeans as well as heads with hair that matches how Logan's cut usually looks. Instead of a yelling head, he came with a snarling head that I wish we got on the reissue as well as the bone claws. I think that Hasbro could easily have made a definitive reissue if we got three pairs of options for the heads and hands, though it is nice to see this version of the character again after its value shot up. I have yet to review the other versions of the character directly tied to Deadpool & Wolverine but they will be popping up soon.
Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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