{"id":24414,"date":"2017-08-21T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T04:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=24414"},"modified":"2019-07-10T05:24:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T09:24:50","slug":"marvel-legends-battle-for-asgaard-addendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/08\/marvel-legends-battle-for-asgaard-addendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Legends \"Battle for Asgaard\" addendum"},"content":{"rendered":"

As promised in today's review<\/a>, here are the poems on the outside of the Thor set's packaging:<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Set your fates, ye mortal souls
\nAnd resolve them to be true
\nFor Midgard's mortal curses are naught
\nTo she whose wants are grand - but few.<\/p>\n

So rise forth now, Odinson,
\nAnd ally yourself with might
\nFor the dawn of your time dawns with our world
\nAnd beside your successor, you must fight.<\/p>\n

For she wields mighty Mjølnir
\nDespite the toll it takes
\nBattling for Asgaard's eternal glory
\nAs her human body breaks<\/p>\n

Drive back the enemies of the realm
\nThe Rock Trolls as they roar
\nMake the Frost Giants small in defeat
\nAnd prove that lightning strikes once more<\/p>\n

So set your fates ye mortal souls
\nFor with the loss of his old name
\nThe unworthy is challenged by the worthier
\nAnd Thor, Goddess of Thunder, is claimed.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And just in case, the other direction:<\/p>\n

So set your fates ye mortal souls
\nFor with the loss of his old name
\nThe unworthy is challenged by the worthier
\nAnd Thor, Goddess of Thunder, is claimed.<\/p>\n

Drive back the enemies of the realm
\nThe Rock Trolls as they roar
\nMake the Frost Giants small in defeat
\nAnd prove that lightning strikes once more<\/p>\n

For she wields mighty Mjølnir
\nDespite the toll it takes
\nBattling for Asgaard's eternal glory
\nAs her human body breaks<\/p>\n

So rise forth now, Odinson,
\nAnd ally yourself with might
\nFor the dawn of your time dawns with our world
\nAnd beside your successor, you must fight.<\/p>\n

Set your fates, ye mortal souls
\nAnd resolve them to be true
\nFor Midgard's mortal curses are naught
\nTo she whose wants are grand - but few.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See? It makes sense either order. But don't stop clicking now, we have more info for you on the next page!<\/p>\n

Deemed worthy to raise the mighty Mjolnir, Jane Foster claims the mantle of Thor, Goddess of Thunder.<\/i><\/p>\n

Since the Thor in the Battle for Asgaard<\/a> set is almost entirely identical to the mass market version, we won't be giving her her own individual review, just this quickie here.<\/p>\n

The sculpt is the same on both figures. Thor gets the curvy body<\/a> with a new chest, left forearm, and shins. Her paint gets a few minor differences, generally making her simpler than the box set version: her pupils are a silvery white, rather than blue, the browns used for her belt and shin-wraps have more orange in them, and her loincloth and waist-cape are the same tan, rather than one being brown and the other olive.<\/p>\n

Her only accessory is Mjolnir, because she's worthy to carry it. In the SDCC set, the hammer was molded from translucent blue plastic, then given dark brown paint apps on the handle to make it look solid. In the normal release, the hammer is a more typical silver, and the handle is a lighter brown. Only her right hand is open to hold the hammer, with the left being closed into a fist.<\/p>\n

You may still want to get the standard Thor<\/a>, because she comes with pieces of the Gladiator Hulk<\/a> Build-A-Figure. Randomly, she gets the left leg, and the shoulder armor. That's not a pair you expect to see together!<\/p>\n

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