Review date: 5/21/2004

Manufacturer: Medicom

Released: 2003

Availability: RARE

Type: Trading Figure

 
 

Personal Story:
I heard about a movie version of the Wolverine Kubrick in Medicom's site a long time ago so I decided to go look for it. I found this in Ebay and snatched it up for a good price along with the Daredevil Kubrick. I got it before it was known to the masses. :)
 
Introduction:
This is a Kubrick figure based on Wolverine from the live-action movie, X2: X-Men United. It depicts Wolverine in his outfit from the second movie. This was only available to people who preordered the X-Men 2 DVD in Japan.
 

Sculpt:
Since the sculpt is the same as the original promo version, I'll reuse the review here:

A pretty cool sculpt. The head is a great piece. Unlike Medicom's regular releases, Wolverine's hair is connected with the head and not a separate piece. It looks great and quite realistic. It's not a solid block but has minor bits of sculpt to create texture. Not bad. The body is pretty basic for all their Kubrick releases so there's nothing new to talk about.

What's new are the claws. I think they're okay. I'm puzzled why his claws are bent like that. Wolverine has straight claws in the movie so I'm curious as to why Medicom decided to give him these bent gardening tools. Any Ideas? Anyways, they're not flimsy which is good. They're quite rock solid so that was good. The shape really annoyed me though.
 

Paint:
Unlike the first promo version, the DVD version has brown hair and a different pigment on his face. He looks like he has a tan which I'm sure is similar to Hugh Jackman's appearance in the movie. It's every bit as detailed as the original promo version.

The outfit looks great and is crisp and clean. The pattern is exactly like the one in the second X-men movie. Very cool. No complaints here. The claws are silver and not gray just like the original version. Cool. The back has the X-Men 2 movie logo which is clean and clear.

 
Overall: A
 A great figure of Wolverine from the second movie. The details on the face are quite nice. It looks just like Hugh Jackman which is amazing. I'm disappointed with the shape of the claws but that's a minor issue. A must-have for X-Men fans.
 
Where can I find this?
He's a bit easier to find than the promo version so check Ebay or any import sites and you should be able to snag him. He's probably a little tougher to find now.
 
Other Images:


The box. Pretty cool design with a nice teaser image.

 


"GWARRR!!!"

 


The back.

 
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