The House Of El: Action Figure Review #2: Marvel Legends 2 Pack

Today i'll be reviewing the Hasbro Marvel Legends Elektra & Ronin 2 Pack action figures. These are coming from the other fantastic two pack lines the Marvel / Hasbro came up with, which i still say they should also still consider to continue these awesome 6 Inch figures, The whole Marvel Universe 3.5 Inch are nice, but for those who collects 6 Inch figures are out without choices nowadays for Marvel Fans out there, unless we look up for old Marvel Legends spread around the whole world. But for now, i guess we should just wait for new future 6 Inch figurines to come. Today my Action figure review will be focusing on these two amazing figures, Ninja Assassin Style.

I'm sure everyone knows the history behind Elektra, a trained assassin, a woman who Daredevil fall in love with. But what about Ronin?

Let's just touch a little bit into Ronin's history before i go any further. As the name Ronin is actual also known as to be a Samurai with no master during the period of ancient Japan time. Ronin is a cover identity used by two different heroes in the Marvel Comics Universe. Maya Lopez a.k.a. Echo, was the first person to don the Ronin identity. A deaf woman with photographic reflexes, Maya became Ronin to investigate the Silver Samurai in Japan. Clint Barton who is the second and current person to don the Ronin identity, becoming Ronin when he rejoined the New Avengers in the aftermath of Civil War and The House of M (Which i do recommend everyone to read). He attempted to hand the costume back to Echo after she was rescued from the Hand, but Echo declined and allowed him to keep it.

I particularly love this 2 pack, because of the detail of the Ronin Costume that was designed by Marvel Legends. The face sculpt is surprisingly good for this line for both Elektra and Ronin.

The Ronin is a good figure, his probably my first Samurai like figurine so i had fun playing with it.
Play value is quite good.

He makes it look good on the camera. Excellent on the paint job, but for some part it's a little bit sloppy as you could see some smudges here and there.

The pose value is absolutely great with Ronin, 16 points of Articulations, from Arms you can move his shoulders, biceps, elbows and wrists. His neck has a stiff joint, but you can turn his head around due to the changeable Head Sculpt. On the Torso, Not so much movement here, he could only move his torso up and down, but not twist and turn to the left and right. From the hips down, he's well articulated, no thigh movement, knees are articulated, and so is his ankle. I Just wished the made the joints more stiffer so it makes them easier to stand them up. They always seemed to fall down easily on the shelves.

On the plus side is his accessories that came with it. 2 Katanas and a Nun-chuck. Also with the head sculpt of unmasked Clint Barton's head.

I swear he looks abit like Mark Hamill..."Luke you are really Ronin...not Skywalker!''.

Overall i gave the Ronin figure a good and solid 7 out of 10 rating. Although its a good figurine to add to the collection, His pose-ability can be quite limited because of the torso movement. And also, i found that the same old problem with Marvel Legends have was the Legs, the also feel so soft.

Alright moving along to the Hot Ninja Assassin - Elektra. Relatively an attractive figure to add to your collection. Paintjob was not done great here, Especially the wrist, the wrist guards are painted over her body. Although they also included her to have red colour fingernails.

Possibility again for Elektra, once again it's always been a problem for most Marvel Legends figure. The legs were to soft, which again will leave you with limited posses for the figure. She has the same articulation as Ronin, Although i would rate her a fair 5 out of 10, mostly because of her costume is only painted on her body and posseablity is limited.

Accessories wise, She has Interchangeable hands, 2 Sais , and another Head sculpt. Not bad.

Yes she does have a pretty face, no wonder Matt Murdock fell in love with her. But notice the paintjob is again sloppy here, you could see a dot on her brea...i mean chest area.