Review: Marvel Universe Steve Rogers

first things first, i have a complaint. the name on the package is "Steve Rogers Captain America". is that really necessary? must the figure be labeled as Captain America for it to sell? Any kid that would buy the figure because it was labeled as Captain America, would immediately pass on the figure, exclaiming how it doesnt look like Captain America, regardless of how interested they would have been in the figure itself.

fortunately the figure stand he comes with is properly labeled "Commander Rogers"

first, a little background. i've always been a big fan of Captain America. i was devastated when they killed him off a few years back and even drew a memorial picture on the gear locker in my office (you can see it in my deviantArt). When Bucky became the new Cap, i was pleased with how they had handled the whole situation.

a while later, they undid the whole death and Steve Rogers was back. i was angry about how it was handled, but i wont turn this into a rant. shortly there after, Steve passed the shield off to Bucky officially, letting him be the 1 and only Cap, with Steve taking on a position similar to Nick Fury. again i was very happy with how things turned out.

this figure represents Steve in this new role. The figure is very nicely done, hitting all of the visual cues of the costume perfectly, including newly sculpted fingerless glove hands, shoulder straps, cargo belt, and shin straps. the paint is very clean, perfectly pulling off the white/red/white leg stripes and the stars/stripes on his chest, shoulders and back. it is very easy for white paint to look really bad over dark colors, but the white paint on this figure is very bright.

Articulation:

*swivel head

*hinge neck

*disk/post shoulders

*bicep cut

*hinge elbows

*wrist cut

*mid-torso (full 360)

*waist cut

*ball joint hips

*thigh cut

*double hinged knee

*boot top cut

*hinge ankle (restricted)

*extreme foot tilt (restricted)


Steve here has all the required articulation, including the new foot articulation that i mentioned in the Scarlet Spider review. Unfortunately the shin guard/boot top/strap things hinder it and the ankle joint significantly.

Rogers is a good sized figure too. he has a build that looks fitting for a super soldier. by comparison, he is much stockier than the previous Marvel Universe Captain America figures, and a good deal taller than the Cap figures from the movie line. He does scale perfectly with the Bucky Cap figure from the movie line though, which is a definite plus.

a quick note on accessories, he comes with an assault rifle and a pistol. i was hoping he would have a holster for the pistol, but i think that would mess up his comic accurate appearance. i havnt decided yet if i will be displaying him with the guns or with the triangle shield that came with the First Appearance Cap figure a while back. When i play Marvel vs Capcom 3, i use the Commander Rogers costume for Cap, and he uses the triangle shield in the game. really, its the main reason i even bought the First Appearance Cap figure.

all in all, i was super excited to get this figure, and it didnt let me down. i highly suggest picking him up if you see him, especially considering there is a Secret Avengers Beast figure, Nova figure, and Moon Knight/Ant-Man 2pack coming soon to round out the majority of the Secret Avengers team.

and oh yeah, be on the look out for the 6in version coming around the first of the year in the first wave of the renewed Marvel Legends line!