Customer Reviews

Marvel Legends Series 8 Ice Man Action Figure

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

When the UPS man arrived at my door today I was psyched to finally have a Marvel Legends version of my favorite X-Man. At first glance the figure looked great. After cutting it out of the package I did find a few inperfections.

The first came when I tried to put the base together, which is in 3 parts. The first is the Sentinal hand, the second is an ice "shaft" that snaps into the hand. The third is the ice platform on which Iceman stands. The platform snapped onto the shaft after a nice hard push. It didn't seem to fit at first, but once it was on it could be removed and reassembled with no problems. However, the peg on the hand didn't fit into the hole on the bottom of the shaft. This may only be a problem with mine, but it's very frustrating. It barely stays together. As an optimist (one of the last of a dying breed, thank you Generation X) I always find the brighter side of things. Since Marvel Legends are generally used for display and not play, this problem should only occur a few times. It will stay together well enough for display.

The second probem was the difficulty I had actually getting him to pose on his base. It's a very awkward base that really only allows for one type of pose, the pictured on the reverse side of the packaging. However, that particular pose is nearly impossible to accomplish. His hands won't stay in the ice slots provided for them. Also, the actual stance in which he is to stand is also difficult to accomplish.

I give this toy 4 stars, which is pretty generous. My actual grade would be about a 3.25 or thereabouts.

I got this marvel legends action figure two days ago and it was just amazing.I loved the detail and the paint job in the figure.It is also delicate and easy to break in the waist area,it would have been better if the stand that came with it would have been a little taller.One of the best parts of the figure was the sentinal hand base because of the detail in it. If you collect X-men figures then this iceman will look good in your collection.In my opinion it is the best marvel legends series eight figure.Before i got this I wanted to know if the stand is high and if the figure was white like iceman is in the comics and shows. when I got it the stand was a little high which was perfect and the color of the figure was like a very light blue which was also perfect. I am very happy to have this figure and it will look good in my marvel legends collection.Overall i would give this figure five stars and is the iceman to get.

iceman Is Finally out! This figure is awesome, The Style of the body is perfectly done with that almost clearness kind of like the old marvel iceman figures. the Posability and the Ice Slide acessory make it a must have I highly recommend this figure

Was great for a gift. Made my friend very happy. Comes with the card and comic.

I own an x-men classic series Iceman from the 90's cartoon show and he is even better than this one. They are right in saying that this figure is very articulate, but that is part of the problem. I own over twenty marvel legends figures and this is one of the worst. Read my Pros and Cons
Pro
1. It's Iceman!
2. He comes with a card and a comic
3. His stand is big
Cons
1. He doesn't stand on his stand
2. His face sculpt sucks
3. He is way to stiff "you feel like your going to snap the figure in half by moving his joints"
4. He is one of those crapy figures that bend at the mid section "He's like symbiote spiderman from the spiderman classics series" Wich sucks and makes him stand like a girl
If you like Iceman alot!!!! Or if you want to get all of the x-men from the marvel legends series then get this. Otherwise steer clear.

I think Toybiz dropped the ball on this figure. I respect the economics of re-using old sculpts to make new characters, but Iceman deserved better. It's just a really boring rendition of the character. The base is great, but the figure should've had more detail. At the very least some interchangeable arms with different ice weapons would have been nice. Of all the X-men characters to appear in Marvel Legends so far, this is definitely the worst figure from a quality sculpt standpoint.

Out of all the figures in the Marvel Legends Series 8, I was most excited about getting this one. Just like back in Series 5, I couldn't wait to get my hands on Colossus. Iceman and Colossus are two of my favorite X-Men. As it turned out, I was the most disappointed in Colossus. The case is the same here with Iceman. It's just like what the reviewer "K Feinstein" said in his review of Ultimate Capt. America. You're excited that ToyBiz finally produces the character you want for Marvel Legends, but you're disappointed when you see their final product. Fans have kind of a love/hate relationship with ToyBiz. I was expecting to see him in the same body sculpt as Mr. Fantastic. Just like it shows him in all the pictures you see. (I've always thought that ToyBiz could crank out a lot of Legends characters using that sculpt.) Well, they didn't do that. They used the same body sculpt as the Black Costumed Spiderman from Spiderman Classics Series 9-which wasn't one of my favorites. (It's not a bad choice, but there are better ones. Like, the Daredevil and Silver Surfer sculpt.) This fact bothers me more than it does my son. He thinks it looks great. The articulation and poseablity are very good. The joints are pretty seamless and well concealed. He has a neat paint job and a very cool display stand. The package says it's wall mountable-which it is-but it looks better standing on a flat surface. The figure also comes with a reprint of X-Men #18 where Iceman has to take on Magneto by himself until his teammates can free themselves from a death trap that Magneto set for them. A great issue for young readers. Some problems that my son came across were that the joints were SO stiff that he broke off Iceman's right arm at the shoulder just trying to get it to bend. The pin holding the arm to the shoulder just popped out so I was able to fix it for him. But, most of the common bending areas seemed too stiff. Secondly, the display stand was hard for my son to assemble. It comes in 3 pieces: the Sentinal hand, the middle chunk of ice, and the top piece of ice where Iceman is placed. The hard part is connecting the Sentinal hand to the middle piece of ice. It doesn't "pop" in so you know that it's connected properly. The surrounding pieces of ice prevent it from going down all the way, too. I helped him and I had to push dang hard on that thing before I felt comfortable that it was in as far as it would go. There isn't anywhere to grab the pieces in a good spot to give you leverage with all the icicles sticking out everywhere. Hopefully, this is unique to our figure because the base is attractive. Unfortunately, he's not very well stocked, so if you do happen to break something beyond repair, it may be hard to find a replacement. All things considered, this is a good action figure and well worth the price you pay for it. But, even my son agrees that they could've made him a little better-and a little more durable--than this and that 3 stars is an appropriate mark.

I was in my trailer and then I saw a light it was the burning trash can that we to stay warm ha ha I mae a joke I'm richer then all of you I bizzalon dollars which you can find if your heart is pure by the way go Iceman