{"id":7521,"date":"2011-12-18T21:53:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T02:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=7521"},"modified":"2012-01-20T23:05:11","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T04:05:11","slug":"minimate-mini-review-35-ms-marvel-ultron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/minimate-mini-review-35-ms-marvel-ultron\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimate Mini-Review #35 - Ms. Marvel & Ultron"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#35 - Ms. Marvel\/Ultron<\/h3>\n

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Transformed by a Kree psyche-magnitron, Carol Danvers became Ms. Marvel and developed a wide array of super-powers including flight, strength, energy absorption and more!<\/i><\/p>\n

Ms. Marvel has been around since the '70s, but it was only after 2005's \"House of M\" crossover that she actually got cool. This Minimate does a nice job of persenting her modern incarnation. It's not just that she's wearing the \"black swimsuit\" costume, since Dave Cockrum designed that in 1978 - it's the particular expression her face suits her current self-confidence. The anatomical styling on her costume is done very well, both front and back. Her sash comes from Iron Fist<\/a>, and so do the energy blasts included with the set: there are two of them, and they really work for either Carol or her foe, Ultron.<\/p>\n

Created to attack the Avengers, Hank Pym's plan to deactivate the robotic villain and save his friends backfired - creating one of the Avengers' deadliest threats.<\/i><\/p>\n

Way to go, Hank! The original Ultron looked like a Shop-Vac on tank treads, but this the more familiar version. Well, \"one of\" the more familiar versions. Ultron-5 was the first to appear humanoid, and he's been that way (more or less) ever since. The last one to be named was Ultron-18, so this version could realistically be anywhere in between. The Minimate is painted silver - if you take parts off, you'll see that the hips are red and the torso is green, so yeah, that's all paint. Here's a fun fact: the first-ever mention of adamantium isn't in relation to Wolverine's claws, it referred to Ultron's outer body.<\/p>\n

The head is a unique mold, with the proper shape for the eyes and mouth - yes, we're pretty much going to harp on that<\/a> forever. The head is actually molded from translucent red plastic, then painted. There's a bare patch in the back in an effort to create light-piping, but the effect is nullified by the ball of the neck joint, which blocks too much of the light for it to be effective.<\/p>\n

With a strong female character and a major Marvel villain, this set is a winner.<\/p>\n

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