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I got Magik in yesterday. It's been a whirlwind of emotions.

First, it was relief and joy. There's nothing quite like opening the figure you've dreamed of for 15 years. If Hasbro went kaput tomorrow, I could at least take solace in the fact that I got Magik first.

Then I was struck by the reality of what I had in hand. Although it hasn't happened much recently, I'm familiar with the feeling of buying a Marvel Legend, opening it, being disappointed, and putting it on the shelf because it ticks the box I needed it to. The late-era Bucky Cap figures were like that. Basically all of their ladies are like that to this day. Any New Mutants Magik should be a shoo-in for my figure of the year. She's so limited that I can't help but be frustrated.

The head articulation sucks, mostly because the hair is a giant immobile piece of plastic. She desperately needs butterfly joints and a second grasping hand to pull off two-handed sword poses. The torso articulation is a joke. And then there are those damn Marvel Legends ankles that don't move forward nearly far enough to get into crouching poses.

I'm probably being harsh because she's my favorite character and this is likely the last figure we'll get of her outside of the terrible Bachalo costume for the next 15 years. I'm glad to have her but disappointed by the execution.

It might be time for me to get serious about customizing if I can find a suitably articulated base body.
 
You're spitting truths from beginning to end.

I wish Magik brought you the joy Scarlett brought me yesterday, but as a Magik fan, I know it cannot be so.

They've been losing my enthusiasm and money for a while. And it's not that the line itself is stagnant or sucks. It's because we know what they can do so it is glaring when they don't.

Not every figure needs to be Anniversary Widow, but they are well behind in the engineering world.
 
I’m not a huge Magik fan so I am satisfied enough. I think my bit to be desired is the left grip hand, but I don’t know how much more articulation I need. I do agree that the younger female body is in dire need of an upgrade, not just to pinless joints, but with butterflies and a ball joint waist. Ankles across the line need an upgrade as well. I can be pretty selective when it comes to these upgrades though. I’d expect them on a new Elektra or Black Cat but don’t necessarily need them on someone like Wasp or Diamondback or Namorita.
 
All I know is I need them all.

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