{"id":4319,"date":"2011-07-19T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T04:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=4319"},"modified":"2011-07-30T19:47:53","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T23:47:53","slug":"captain-america-minimate-mini-review-3-frontline-captain-america-bucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/07\/captain-america-minimate-mini-review-3-frontline-captain-america-bucky\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain America Minimate Mini-Review #3 - Frontline Captain America & Bucky"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Captain America #3 - Frontline Captain America\/Bucky<\/h3>\n

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The Captain America<\/i> Minimates don't have any bio information on the back of the packaging, but we can assume this is sort of an \"undercover\" Captain America: the Army didn't want everybody knowing Steve Rogers was the Sentinel of Liberty, so he was sent around the front lines dressed in a normal uniform. This isn't quite that, since he seems to just be wearing a heavy jacket over his Captain America shirt. He's sculpted with an ornate gun belt over the jacket, and has a new helmet, which sits (just a little too low, honestly) at an angle on his head.<\/p>\n

Steve is carrying his triangular shield, just like \"Golden Age\" Cap had, and you can either plug it onto his back or the peg on his new left hand - the hand has a strap that goes up onto the forearm to complete the look. If you want to take his helmet off, the set includes a new dirty blonde hair piece. He's got an angry look on his face, but it's not really a likeness of Chris Evans.<\/p>\n

The movieverse take on Bucky is clearly inspired by his modern reimagining: this is a guy who will turn into the Winter Soldier<\/a>, not a kid prancing around in tights<\/a> - the fact that he's got more stubble than any of the soldiers should tell you that right away. He's wearing a blue jacket, the only real nod to his comic costume, and there's a wing painted on the left shoulder (it seems to be the insignia of the squad). Bucky's weapons include a pistol to fit in his belt holster (the same pistol Cap has) and a sniper rifle.<\/p>\n

This set is the only way to get movie Bucky - he's not even getting a toy in the 4\" line - and more than that, it's the only way to get the \"undercover\" Cap. It's always nice to see the main characters when Minimates tackle a license, but it's great when they make the toys that no one else will.<\/p>\n

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