Who doesn’t love getting something for nothing? Ok, not
exactly “nothing in this case, but the Build-a-Figure concept essentially
rewards loyal collectors with a free figure, and that’s not too shabby. If you
buy enough of the latest Marvel Legends, you’ll be able to slap together your
very own Hit Monkey. Should you buy extra figures just to build a simian
assassin? Check the pictures, read the review and decide for yourself.
If you haven’t picked up a comic in the past few years, you
may be asking yourself “Who is this Hit Monkey chap?” Well, pretty easy to
figure out the basics, so how about a few specifics. He’s a Japanese Macaque
that learned the ways of the assassin by watching an assassin train while he
was nursing back to health. No real surprise that he finds himself involved
with Deadpool. Anyways, the packaging is an easy review on this one. There isn’t
any. He’s a build-a-figure (sometimes known as collect-and-connect).
It’s tough to gripe about the sculpt on a free figure,
especially when the figure looks as nice as Hit Monkey. He’s a monkey in a suit
with sunglasses. Every girl’s crazy ‘bout a sharp dressed monkey. His arms are
longer than his legs, his feet look more like hands than feet. In other words,
he’s a monkey. The head-sculpt, well, I just can’t help but think of Ron
Perlman for some reason. He’s got shades, fangs and a whole lot of anger. He’s
what you would expect from a monkey trained to be a killer. Good to go.
Assuming you’ve got all the parts, you’ve got two sets of guns
to choose from. Both the pistols and the SMGs are black and adequately
detailed. Best of all, they fit in his hands and they stay in his hands. That’s
what ultimately matters most in an accessory, so you can check this section of
as “mission accomplished”. Frankly, I think the fact that we get two sets of
guns is an added bonus, particularly in this day and age of cost-cutting.
In the end, Hit Monkey turned out nice and is a fun bonus
for those who purchased enough figures to build him. A fun character sure, but
I don’t know that I would go out of my way (i.e. buy figures I wouldn’t have
purchased otherwise) to build him. Then again, you can always keep the pieces
you need and sell off the loose figures, if you’re so inclined.
Words by Brett X
Pictures by Brett X and Jason
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