{"id":30431,"date":"2020-02-24T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T05:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=30431"},"modified":"2022-06-10T10:36:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T14:36:44","slug":"fantastic-four-marvel-legends-mr-fantastic-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2020\/02\/fantastic-four-marvel-legends-mr-fantastic-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantastic Four Marvel Legends: Mr. Fantastic review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who's your science-daddy?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ffml1_mf1.jpg\" title=\"Mr. Fantastic\" width=\"230\" height=\"495\" align=right style=\"margin:5px 0px 0px 20px\"><i>Reed Richards is a brilliant scientist with the ability to stretch his body into any shape.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>And that's why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=30250\">Sue<\/a> will always choose him over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/bp1c_n.php\">Namor<\/a>. Well, that and love.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=30354\">Johnny<\/a>, Reed does not get a different body than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/hmlx_ffmf.php\">his Walgreens exclusive<\/a> used, but that's to this toy's credit: the slender, not-overly-toned body works perfectly for a guy who would spend his entire life in a laboratory if outside concerns didn't keep interrupting him. Plus, they went to all the trouble of molding this new torso, so they might as well get some more use out of it. Rather than swappable arms to portray his powers, he's got extra hands with <b>super<\/b> creepy stretched out fingers. They're hideous! [And again, why Sue loves him --ed.] <\/p>\n<p>The figure's head is new, because this toy represents <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ffml1_mf2.jpg\" title=\"someday we will look at meticulously manicured beards the same way we look at mullets\" width=\"80\" height=\"120\" align=left style=\"margin:0px 15px 0px 0px\">the way he currently looks in the comics, and the way he currently looks in the comics is that he has a beard. It's a strange look for him - Reed has always had such a \"1950s TV dad\" vibe about him that seeing him looking like a hobo or drifter just strikes the wrong chord. Paradoxically, having it makes him look younger, even with the grey hair on his temples.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ffml1_mf3.jpg\" title=\"BAF leg\" width=\"155\" height=\"55\" class=\"alignright\">This series has a Build-A-Figure; that Build-A-Figure is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/ffml1_klrt.php\">Super Skrull<\/a>; Reed's piece of that Build-A-Figure is the right leg. That's all? Other people are getting multiple BAF arms and add-ons, and yet Reed only gets a single leg and no accessories for himself? Hmph.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Fantastic Four Retro Collection: Invisible Woman addendum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/fantastic-four-retro-collection-invisible-woman-addendum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Fantastic Four Retro Collection: Invisible Woman addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"ML15: Enchantress review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/ml15-enchantress-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">ML15: Enchantress review<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Marvel Comics action figure variant covers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/marvel-comics-action-figure-variant-covers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Marvel Comics action figure variant covers<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"\"Spider-Man: Homecoming\" Movie Series: Spider-Man review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/07\/spider-man-homecoming-movie-series-spider-man-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\"Spider-Man: Homecoming\" Movie Series: Spider-Man review<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"A free angry white boy for you\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/09\/a-free-angry-white-boy-for-you\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A free angry white boy for you<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who's your science-daddy? &lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;Rustin's Spoils of the Week #230 Rustin's Spoils of the Week #197 Stop: Hammer(head) time! Flippin' Through Previews - February '07 Marvel TV Legends: \"Loki\" Mobius exclusive review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,8,25],"tags":[127,88],"class_list":["post-30431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-exclusive-review","category-hasbro","category-marvel","tag-fantastic-four","tag-marvel-legends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30431"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37159,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30431\/revisions\/37159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}