Monday, March 30, 2020

Marvel Legends Retro Series Silver Samurai


I'm going to jump into some Marvel Legends for the next several posts, because I already had a hefty backlog of them before I picked up this Retro Series Silver Samurai. I'd had my eye on this since he was announced, and with the market flooded with Marvel Legends, I saw his price continue to drop. I eventually got him for under eight bucks shipped, after a hefty discount and some Amazon points redeemed. 



I had a 3 3/4"  Silver Samurai/Wolverine Greatest Battles 2-Pack before selling off most all of my Marvel Universe collection- check out my 2011 post on it! I'm glad to have a quality 6" replacement of this character, though the Marvel Universe Samurai had some nicer silvers and some nice washes that brought out the detail in the armor.  His neck has very limited articulation, effectively a right/left swivel, but there's little else to complain about here. I'm very happy to have finally picked him up, especially at such a great price. Fantastic!



There was a Retro Series Wolverine released in the same wave as Silver Samurai, in all-black deco w/red belt from the '88/Vol. 2 run, but I have SO MANY Wolverines. Hasbro has delivered some good ones recently, of which I have no less than SIX, so...  Below, Silver Samurai with my first Retro Series Wolverine in his original brown and yellow outfit...



I may like pairing Silver Samurai with my X-Factor Wolverine even more...



Silver Samurai would also make a great sparring partner with Marvel Legends 
Shang-Chi from the recent Spider-Man Demogoblin Wave...


And finally, Silver Samurai with the DC Multiverse Batman Ninja...

More Later- Make It FUN!

2 comments:

  1. That is a great figure indeed. My (short) review is coming up next too. I just recently found the time (haven't we all since the lockdown/partial lockdown took effect?) to play with the figure. He is a superb replacement for the 3.75" version we got from the 2-pack.

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