White Queen - Mobile Edition

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White Queen
By Big Bear
April 7, 2007 - 10:36

Emma Frost is a character created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne as a mutant with telepathic powers who was once a member of the Hellfire club. She was introduced in Uncanny X-Men volume 1, issue # 129. Over the years she has gone through a metamorphosis which caused her to gain a second mutant power of diamond hardness as well as go from villainess to heroine. She is currently a member of the Astonishing X-Men.

Likeness

This figure does not look like any version of the former White Queen that comic fans are used to. There are three versions of Emma Frost: The classic slim faced character by John Byrne, the current playboy model, and this toy. Suffice to say that this toy loses in the "likeness" department.

Plastic

Because is Emma is smaller than the rest of the figures in the series, Her plastic seems a bit more flexible, but is still quite sturdy.

Package

Hasbro has come with a new package for their version of Marvel Legends. Gone are the days of the clamshell. While I do miss the old clamshell for protective issues, Hasbro does bring a more attractive blister card to the table. Instead, we get a more colorful card with a 4 blocks artistic display of the character as he, or she, are rendered by various comic book artists. There is even a color wheel of sorts that tells you what part of the Build-A-Figure comes with each individual figure. The back of the card is just as colorful in the display of all the figures in the set as well giving a small bio on each character that is purchased. While the old power meter is gone, Hasbro's artistic design is eye-catching.

Sculpt

While Emma has only a decent body, the design is hurt when one focuses on her face. The face of Emma Frost is very slim and she looks far from pretty. While not totally hideous, this is just not the Emma Frost that we’re used to. The body of Emma is slim but not anorexic. The designers made her curvy but not too big when showcasing her "assets.”

Stability

The figure is stable and stands decently on her own, but can be easily knocked down due to the weight of her cloak. If fit down snug enough, you can bend Emma's legs to pose her as if she is in a "fallback" mode.

Scale

The scale of the figure is much smaller than the normal female figures designed for previous Marvel Legends. She is possibly the smallest Marvel Legend to date.

Articulation

Emma Frost is full of movement with a ball jointed neck and ball-jointed shoulders. Emma has no swivel at the biceps area as many of the female Marvel Legends that Toy Biz produced. Instead, under the pin at the elbow is the ability for full rotation of the forearm. The wrists do not turn. Ball joints on the hip to allow for full range motion fo the legs which end up impeded due to the length of her crotch area. In other words, she will not do any very high front kicks, but her side kicks can knock you for a loop. Emma Frost is also equipped with a swivel waist, pin joints at the knees, and the ankles move as well.

Props

Emma has a cape/ cloak which sits over her shoulders. The cloak impedes arm movement when around her shoulders, but is otherwise not too obtrusive.

Paint

It is only a decent paint job on Emma Frost. There is nothing to brag about. It is hard to mess up a basically all white figure. Thank goodness the only real drawback in the paint department is Hasbro's use of the overdone icy blue lipstick.

Cost

Due to the jump in price in plastic, the new batch of Marvel Legends is overpriced at $10.00 before taxes. With Hasbro's attempt to jump from 6 to 8 figures a set, it will get very expensive to finish any upcoming Build-A-Figure series.

Availability

Emma, along with Ultimate Iron-Man, and Hercules can be hard to find, so just look around as it seems that Hasbro has packed the figures evenly to give everyone a chance to build one Annihilus.

There is a newer version of Emma Frost that is available as an exclusive at Toys "R" Us. She is in her Diamond form. She looks a little bit better, but does not come with an Annihilus BAF price and cost at least a dollar extra in price.