Come On Baby Light My Sunfire: A Marvel Legends A.O.A. Sunfire Review

October 24, 2008 on 7:38 pm | In Toy Review | No Comments

We here at ToyFare love when a plan comes together. Back in ToyFare #123 we launched a poll so that you the fans could let your voices be heard by Hasbro and help choose an upcoming exclusive on Hasbro’s Toy Shop. The choices were Silver Samurai, Northstar, Aurora, Storm in her original costume, Lilandra, Magneto, Gambit in his X-Men costume and Age of Apocalypse Sunfire. Well, Sunny came out on top and we’ve finally gotten our hands on him (hey it takes a long time to put a whole figure together). So how does he hold up? Read on.

We here at ToyFare love toys just as much as you guys, which is why we got extra geeked out by the “ToyFare Fan’s Choice” sticker on there. Here’s a closer look:

Okay, enough about us. Sunfire here, who first appeared in the Age of Apocalypse event, is a darn good looking figure. Not only did they capture the look and the feel of the character with the black markings on his body, the studded collar and mask, but the translucent body and fire bursts really accentuate the figure and capture his powers well. When you hold the figure up to the light, he looks even cooler. Apocalypse would be proud. As an added bonus, this seems to represent the current, in-continuity Sunfire as well after he got turned into one of Apocalypse’s Four Horsemen. Man, this guy can’t catch a break.

And like all Marvel Legends figures, Sunfire here has plenty of articulation including mid torso and ankle articluation that allows you to roll the ankles to the left and right and not just up and down. I did have a bit of a problem getting the arms to fold down correctly, but I think that’s a result of the way he’s packaged. That being said, some of the joints feel like they’re specifically there so you can make him look cool in flying poses as opposed to standing up poses. It definitely takes some joint manipulation to get him standing straight up.

All and all Sunny here’s a pretty great figure, especially if you’re an X-Men, Marvel Legends, fire or translucent figure fan. Oh, or if you’re a fan of figures that ToyFare helped put in your hands.

–TJ