Marvel Select Thor

November 12, 2008 by BaseGuardian
Filed under Marvel, Marvel Select

Greetings heroes/citizens. Updating the base today with my latest inventory, Marvel Select Thor. It was released last month in US but I only got it now. This action figure was sculpted based on the design of Olivier Coipel’s and JMS’ revamped Thor. Retail price for this action figure range anywhere from $19.99 to $2+.++. This action figure was sculpted by Gentle Giant.

Packaging; like always, Marvel Select have the same packaging design. It’s made to be displayed but I don’t care much about the packaging,to me it’s an icing on a sweet delightful cake.

Design/sculpt; I’m a fan of Olivier Coipel’s Thor design, and this action figure really bring the character to life with all the detail sculpt, the most obvious detailing works are his battle armor.The cape was nailed to the body, so it will give the shoulders a free movement.The plates on his body, have some battle damaged effects, neat.The face sculpt is fantastic, looks like the comic’s version. Other things that impressed me are the different parts used for the headsculpt. The helmet, helmet’s wings and hair were assembled from different parts,it’s not molded in one piece.By the way Thor is about 7 inch tall.

Articulations; not bad you can see the pose I made, it’s quite an articulated action figure, but I hope they can improve the hips points of articulations for their next products, but from the looks of the other upcoming products they’ll use this kind of joint for the hips.

Colors; no complain but, the joints’ colors will chipped if you move it to many times. Not a bad thing as most toys will have this problem. Do a Google search on how to fix this. Back to this topic, the colors used for Thor are perfect choice.Not much washing, the hammer looks like it’s made of stone, and the display base also have a nice finish.

Accessories; just the Mjolnir and a wall mountable display. The Mjolnir have no writings on it.
(Update, thanks to bro Hajime from Kg. Pisang for mentioning this)

Collectors values; personally I like this action figure and I don’t give a damn about others. It may not be the best Thor action figure,but the resemblance to the comic version made me got this.