{"id":13086,"date":"2013-09-08T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T04:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=13086"},"modified":"2014-05-29T02:51:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T06:51:01","slug":"minimate-mini-review-116-fantomex-mr-negative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/minimate-mini-review-116-fantomex-mr-negative\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimate Mini-Review #116 - Fantomex & Mr. Negative"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#116 - Fantomex\/Mr. Negative<\/h3>\n

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The mutant Fantomex is a hybrid of man and machine, a technorganic sentinel<\/a> with an external nervous system and multiple brains designed to police the world's mutant population. Striking out on his own, he became a self-styled thief and solo operator before reluctantly joining up with the mutant black ops team known as X-Force<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

This Fantomex Minimate is clearly meant to complete (or at least complement) the Uncanny X-Force box set<\/a>, since he's wearing his gray costume with the jagged black stripes, rather than his plain white one (so this Minimate is already doing better than the Marvel Legend<\/a>). His costume details are only painted on the front, because the rest would be hidden beneath his coat<\/a>. He's got a pouchy belt and two silver pistols, and his mask is just painted on a normal head, rather than being a separate piece.<\/p>\n

The man who bears the name Martin Li lives two lives: one as the kind-hearted operator of a soup kitchen, the other as a ruthless crimelord in New York's Chinatown. And where Li has the ability to heal, Mr. Negative has the ability to corrupt people, including Spider-Man<\/a>, as well as charge his weapons with dark energy.<\/i><\/p>\n

Mr. Negative's abilities are the result of the same drug experiments that created Cloak and Dagger<\/a>. Like Menace and Anti-Venom<\/a>, he's another \"Brand New Day\" character who could just as easily have been fighting a married Spider-Man. His design is really cool, and the Minimate executes it well. There's even gray detailing on his face, so you can see more than just his white eyes and eyebrows.<\/p>\n

The set includes a negative-energy sword<\/a> for him (meaning it has a black blade and a white handle), as well as a pair of black arms. You can then remove his coat and necktie<\/a> to give him a \"shirtless\" look - they gave him a few muscular details on his chest and a large ying yang symbol on his back to complete the look.<\/p>\n

Pairing these two characters doesn't really make any sense: other than being colorless, the two have nothing in common. They're both decent figures though, so ultimately that doesn't much matter. My only question now is whether I put them in the X-Men or Spider-Man bin when it's time for storage.<\/p>\n

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