General Marvel Legends

AceofKnaves said:
As initially presented, that BAF was very well-done but I struggled to see it as any version of the Lizard that I recognized. The costume was technically there, but everything was so dark and dingy, and also the head/tongue situation just didn’t read “The Lizard, foe of Spider-man”. It reads more to me like a were-velociraptor with a 90s-style symbiote tongue. Felt like a “sculptor’s personal take”, which is totally fine and valid. But the new additions and coloring really do transform this figure to “yes, that is absolutely, recognizably the Lizard, specifically from the 90s”. I dig that.
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The BAF looks more like a Marvel Select than a Legend.
 
I love the original Lizard BAF, but it certainly wasn't perfect. The forced stance of the knees, limiting their articulation, was a total head-scratcher. That disjointed ball-jointed tail only looked natural when straight, if you can call a straight tail natural-looking. The T-Rex head was the least of my issues with it. Putting that McFarlane style head on him, changing the colors, these are big pluses. But those flaws remain, and they will still drive me nuts.
 
NORM said:
This version of the Lizard may be one of my top ten Marvel Legends of all time. I just really enjoy how it was executed.
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Agreed. He has all the things I really wanted in a Lizard figure. One of Hasbro's best, without a doubt, and a big reason why I'm not remotely tempted by the BAF rerelease.
 
TheGillMan said:
Agreed. He has all the things I really wanted in a Lizard figure. One of Hasbro's best, without a doubt, and a big reason why I'm not remotely tempted by the BAF rerelease.
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I love that McFarlane design though, with the comic colors that the retro has, there's no way I'd pass, even with its shortcomings as a figure.
 
NORM said:
I love that McFarlane design though, with the comic colors that the retro has, there's no way I'd pass, even with its shortcomings as a figure.
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Oh, don't get me wrong...I thought it was a cool redesign of the character, and if I didn't have a Lizard in my collection I'd probably jump on it for the McFarlane head alone. I'm sticking to one figure of the Spidey villains each though, and I wouldn't have room for this one in my display anyway.
 
TheGillMan said:
The Ditko head that came with the Walmart Retro Card is pretty close. Not exactly "first appearance", but definitely how he looked in most of the early comics Ditko did.
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Indeed. A thing of Silver Age beauty.

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Just wanted to jump on the Walmart Lizard love train. He's been my favorite Spidey villain since I was a little kid, the Walmart figure is PERFECT. So seldom does ML go all-in with a silver age portrait, and it made me so happy that this was the character they did it with.

For my money, the headsculpt is a bit closer to Romita's art than Ditko's:

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... no argument, Romita is my favorite comic artist of all time.
 
I would probably have bought that Lizard if I ever had the chance but my terrible Walmarts that never stock Walmart exclusive figures took care of that for me.
 
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