{"id":10733,"date":"2012-12-02T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=10733"},"modified":"2012-12-02T00:53:29","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T05:53:29","slug":"minimate-mini-review-83-yellow-jacket-goliath-kree-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/minimate-mini-review-83-yellow-jacket-goliath-kree-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimate Mini-Review #83 - Yellow Jacket\/Goliath & Kree Soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#83 - Yellow Jacket\/Goliath & Kree Soldier<\/h3>\n

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Originally created due to a complete mental breakdown, the recovered Hank Pym returned to his Yellowjacket persona upon rejoining the Avengers only to find his identity compromised yet again after being replaced with a Skrull duplicate bent on destroying his teammates.<\/i><\/p>\n

Yellowjacket was Hank's fourth identity, created after the Wasp left him - that's why it's got such an insect theme going on. The Minimate does the costume well. He gets a new mask piece with the eyes and mouth area cut out, and antennae molded on the sides. The big silly wingss on his shoulders are here, created as a separate piece that fits over the torso. It's not quite the right size: there's a small gap between the lower edge of the black panel and the top of his golden belt. He has black gloves, and he's painted with a yellow logo and several gray highlights.<\/p>\n

Spanning more than one thousand worlds, the advanced Kree Empire ruled most of the Galaxy for ages before finding their ultimate enemy in the form of the shape shifting Skrulls<\/a>. Now evolutionally stagnant and weakend by war, the future of the Kree race rests with their distant cousins the Inhumans.<\/i><\/p>\n

Kree come in two varieties: pink-skinned, like Captain Marvel<\/a>, and blue-skinned, like this guy. Well, \"these guys\": Minimates series 32 had a variant, and both versions came a Kree Soldier so you can armybuild. The costume is green and white, with a ringed planet in the center of the chest. The finned mask is removable, but there's no hair to replace it. He has a small silver gun, and a holster to keep it in.<\/p>\n

Another costumed identity of the brilliant Hank Pym, nothing could stop the former Ant Man and Giant Man from serving as an Avengers.<\/i> [sic] Though eventually replaced by his Yellowjacket persona, the Goliath name would later by utilized by Hawkeye, Atlas and both Bill and Tom Foster.<\/i><\/p>\n

Hank changed his supranym from Giant-Man<\/a> to Goliath because reasons. The costume is blue with yellow stripes, rather than the red with blue stripes he wore later. He has a yellow belt with gold cirles all the way around, and the Hulk feet<\/a> (meant to make him look like he's growing, we guess). The stripes run on the outside of his legs, up the center of the trunk, then split in a Y to hit the shoulders and continue down the arms. His mask has no insectoid influences - just gold lenses.<\/p>\n

Both Hank and variant Hank have removable masks, and both have hair to replace it. Surprisingly, the hair they're given is different: Yellow Jacket has a short, neatly combed 'do, while Goliath has a shaggier look. Credit for making sure they're both the same color, but Hank Pym has blonde hair, not vaguely orangish.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>