Marvel Legends : Annihilus Series

I'm not entirely sure about this but I think this was the first Marvel Legends series by Hasbro. Following the tradition of Toybiz they also decided to follow the build-a-figure concept. Each figure comes with a part of another 'ultimate' or rare figure. Fortunately, I'm not going to torture you with a proper review for these figures. I just happened to come across these pics as I was clearing my hard disk. I bought the whole set last year and I'll just briefly discuss them.

Before I start, I just want to know if you've had that contradicting feeling in your gut about something you were going to buy. In this case, I'm referring to myself and when I bought this set. Back then, I could see from the pics these weren't the so called best-of-the-best figures. Yet, when I saw that these were just AUD 24(for the whole lot), I went and said "$24? What is?". "What is?" is my equivalent of "its a no-brainer".

When I got the package and opened the box I wanted to scream bloody murder. Out of all 7 figures, only 4 could be considered decent figures. After a month of displaying them I decided to get rid most of it on ebay. It's true I consider myself a collector, but at the very least I'd like to display action figures that would be easy on the eyes. If not for the sake of my friends then just for myself.

Figures I eventually kept:

| Hercules |

Maybe it was the monkey grin. Maybe it was the Greek Mythology bit. Maybe it was the bulky physique. Nah...it was definitely the monkey grin.

| Ultimate Iron Man |

Ultimate Iron Man. Not really an 'ultimate' disaster. A good enough sculpt.
The best of the lot. Most people cried 'foul' regarding his roman type skirt missing. I for one don't really mind. He's my favourite of the lot. He just looks so grim and mean.
I really thought they did a decent sculpt of this. The likeness to the Beast from X3 is uncanny(no pun intended...honest).

Figures that should be shot out of a canon(or sold back on ebay, whichever comes first):

| Banshee |

Nothing against him really. His 'screaming sculpt' was scaring the other figures.

| Emma Frost |

I was genuinely sad about this figure. I still wonder why they messed up so bad on this. Was it so hard to sculpt her?? DST was able to come up with a gorgeous piece of work. Why??? And you made a 'variant' diamond form Emma? Were we supposed to be impressed? Me thinks not.

| Annihilus |

This S.O.B. is the b.a.f. for this series. Ok...here's where I don't get it. Are we supposed to find this guy scary with all that pink on his armour? I could've painted purple over it I guess. But seriously? Pink!! Is this like the George Michael of baddies?

Of course all these are just opinions from a guy who happens to be very bitter about the figures of Emma Frost & Ms. Marvel so far and watches Handy Manny all day with his 1 year old daughter.