Apparently, in order to get a proper figure, the Loki had to turn into the Hero. Ok, I have not seen Ragnarok, but it sort of feels like Loki was working with his brother again in a few spots int he Trailer. Maybe I’m completely misreading it. Also, that low blow probably isn’t warranted since Hasbro has been pushing out a lot more figures of MCU villains lately. We get Hela in this very wave, Vulture was a pretty cool Build A Figure, and even Ego got a figure. Maybe the voice of the people is finally being heard, maybe they will go back and pick up Trevor or Ronin.
Anyway, there was a figure released years ago for Avengers of Loki but it was kind of mediocre and the likeness wasn’t super good. Thor Ragnarok is getting pretty good treatment for a movie line, a few new Thors, Hela, Valyrie, the new Gladiator Thor, and of course Loki. He definitely has a better likeness from the previous Loki, Hasbro is doing something new with it’s movie lines because all of the heads are looking really good lately, with a good resemblance to the actors. He’s not wearing his older gold armor anymore, so he’s not necessarily a great straight replacement for Avengers Loki, depending on what you want from an MCU Loki. The new armor is still pretty decent and matches his new look for the new movie.
It’s not perfect though. His cape is really funky. A lot of the capes in Marvel Legends are kind of meh, but they tend to at least stay attached. Traditionally there’s a peg hole in the figure’s back and a post on the cape, and you just stick the cape on. Often there are little shoulder bits that curl around and provide at least a little bit of friction based hold to keep the cape attached. Loki does something new. Instead his cape has a pair of pegs on the shoulder bits. In theory this actually kind of makes things look cleaner.
Except the pegs are a pain in the ass to get into the peg holes and don’t stay in the holes very well at all. This isn’t helped by his hair getting in the way at every opportunity. So the cape at best kind of looks off because it isn’t pegged in properly.
The other problem with poor Loki is that he has no accessories apart from his crown. A couple of knives, maybe his staff, even though he doesn’t have it anymore, some sort of weapon would have been nice. Especially since every other figure in this wave got something. Things have been getting better on the accessories front with Marvel Legends, which is why it’s so disappointing that Loki has nothing.
Loki, as a basic figure isn’t a bad figure, he looks good, the sculpt is there and the paint is there and he is a character desperately in need of an update, but he ends up catching a couple of the traps that Marvel Legends have been plagued with on the way.
