I always come back to the Toybiz Blade head and how awesome that thing was for the time. It really had no right to be as great as it was.

@AnthonysCustoms

8 ай бұрын

It's better than the hot toys version

@glennjthompson332

8 ай бұрын

The toybiz blade is more classic as it is!🤨

Wesley Snipes as Blade is fantastic. The fact that they had to CGI him opening his eyes in Blade 3 because he refused is so funny.

@basicfacekick

8 ай бұрын

That's a wild story. You think they could have compromised and said "just twitch your eyelids or lips a little" to show Blade wasn't lying there dead.

@VerdeletVIII

8 ай бұрын

@@basicfacekick From what I read they were so over one another that he wasn't following any instructions from the director lol. The guy had to hire private security because he was afraid of Snipes.

@glennjthompson332

8 ай бұрын

This figure is Not even close!🙄Because it's too hindered from the articulation.😮‍💨 I hope mafex medicom will make a better blade figure next year?🤔/ That saves me money.😅💸=🏦

@CyborgSodaCollects

8 ай бұрын

shit is hilarious

"Some motherf*ckers always tryin to ice skate uphill." The fight scenes, Blade's sassiness, and amazing villains like Nuada made the movies so memorable.

@AnthonysCustoms

8 ай бұрын

Agreed

Wesley Snipes' portrayal of Blade was fantastic. The first movie is till one of my favorites. RDJ as Iron man is up there, but I also feel like Chadwick Boseman did a wonderful job portraying T'challa.

JK Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson is one of the greatest comic book character castings of all time!

I think it’s gonna be tough to top Wesley Snipes but only from the movies where he actually gave a crap which was the first and second. For the villain, Ian McKellen as Magneto brought something amazing to the role. So far removed from the comics in terms of appearance, but he was phenomenal. All-around character from comics to film, J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson is impossible to outperform. He became the character for well over 20 years.

@marvinonstage

8 ай бұрын

This figure looks like Wesley Snipes which means that he did such a good job as the character that it made an imprint on me as far as anything Blade or Wesley looked so much like the original comic character that he was cast perfectly. I hate his ego and IRS troubles burned his Hollywood beidges.

@TheloniusRichtofen

8 ай бұрын

Blade changed in the comics because of the film, one of the very few instances were the comics actually benefit from the change.

I find it weird that Marvel Legends collectors would complain about this figure but not much worse ones that Hasbro has put out. Personally, when they announced this one I felt pretty excited. It has some good sculpt and a face that actually matches the personality of the character. I still have to get one myself, but your review pretty much confirms my initial reaction

i love this blade compared to the 2017 release. poses, waist ratio, more accessories, and the sculpt are better. plus head swamps work with the original release.

@UniversalLevelThreat

8 ай бұрын

Love some good head swamps

Thanks, Anthony! The chocolate covered carrot sticks line got me good! Well done, sir. I preordered this figure, canceled the preorder in favor of another figure, and now just because of your review I think I may ditch the other figure and get this one instead AND finally watch the Wesley Snipes Blade films (because I haven’t yet 🥴). Stellar job as always, sir.

@AnthonysCustoms

8 ай бұрын

It's probably more likely he used the information in a review to make informed buying decisions... ya know... Kinda like how reviews are meant to be used.

@trujm2959

8 ай бұрын

@@maddrop Let me respond to your question with another question: Do you think everything we as buyers get from companies in the form of promo shots and renders ACTUALLY give us a fair idea of the overall quality of a figure, ESPECIALLY when it comes to Hasbro Marvel Legends? And would it then make sense, given the ever increasing prices of figures like these, to watch detailed reviews like Anthony's in order to be more informed of figure quality before spending the money on them? One more, did you actually read my comment? The consensus over this blade figure is the same between us.

@Day9294_

8 ай бұрын

​@@maddropspeak for yourself man. I usually wait till Anthony drops a review because I don't want to waste money on crappy figures even if it's a character that I like. I used to collect so much but now I'm picky with what I'm willing to waste money on. He's like the only brutally honest reviewer. And I need to know exactly what I'm getting myself into before buying something. Now, that doesn't mean I also buy every figure he thinks is good. Again, I just want to truth about a figure before consideration you know

@Day9294_

8 ай бұрын

Watched the first blade movie when I was small. I always thought it was a horror film lol

lol. The pic with him eating the wooden stake actually made me laugh

Blade 2 is up there with favorite comic book films

I like this figure apart from the lack of a head with a closed mouth, but I want to get a Wesley Snipes Blade to compliment him since I don't think we'll ever get an updated Blade

I grew up watching the heck out of blade 1 and 2 and agree Snipes did a great job. I might just have to get this blade as ive been wanting a figure of him in my collection.

@davidalexander5407

8 ай бұрын

This Blade figure is decent, the Marvel Select is much better though!!

@omegashenron8

8 ай бұрын

@@davidalexander5407 I will look into that thanks

I think Snipes as Blade is a solid pick, Affleck as Batman or Chris Evans as Cap also. I think Blade and especially Blade 2 get a lot of praise for what they were. At least in my stomping grounds they are mentioned with the likes of X2 and Spider-Man 2. While the first one was a pretty dark pulp movie, the second was a brilliant fantasy comic book movie. Del Toro nailed it and I personally favor it over the first one.

This figure isn’t too bad. I know it’s not your scale, but the Select is worth taking a look at. He has like 10 accessories and two heads. It’s awesome.

@tonileo9849

8 ай бұрын

This Blade, idk, still seems a bit toy ish i guess. Maybe its the head that looks a bit big abd it throws off yhe figure.

Nothing short of another great review Anthony, I just wish we got a alternate head with this one and you're right about the articulation. The purpose of Marvel legends is to be able to put the figures in dynamic poses we see in the comics

I remember people sleeping over the armored Daredevil when that came out because it wasn't the classic red suit. I think it's kinda the same with Blade. That's a pretty good figure!

Westley Snipes as Blade is my forever favorite!

Chocolate carrots! 😆 Love it (the photo slayed me). I was gonna pass on this, may pick him up now. Also: Blade (the movie) does not get the respect it deserves! It basically kick-started (for better or worse) the modern era of comic book movies. Snipes was great as the character (I'm actually quite fond of the second film), have to think about other truly great castings. J.K. Simons as J. Jonah Jameson. Ron Perlman as Hellboy. I'm sure there are plenty more. Solid review as always, thanks! 😎👍

The "chocolate covered carrots" are Stakes. He's a vampire hunter so he'd definitely carry stakes on him. I know it's probably a joke 😂

@AnthonysCustoms

8 ай бұрын

Yeah

@FREKKI

8 ай бұрын

You have no proof. I will not be reading any replies to this comment.

@braydenpage1808

8 ай бұрын

@@FREKKI ok, Blade can eat his Chocolate covered carrots is you want him too ¯⁠\⁠_⁠༼⁠ ⁠•́⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ⁠•̀⁠ ⁠༽⁠_⁠/⁠¯

I got this figure recently because I really like Blade. I think it's pretty good and worth buying. It's the best looking figure in the Marvel Knights wave in my opinion.

I thought that I would have issue with the arms not going down to his side, but I have him posed with his Mac 10 Gun and his sword in "action" and because of his angry face that's the only position I'll have him so he looks badass. I swapped out his hands for some gloves and gave him a holster to keep the Marvel Select Blade Glaives. Overall I'm happy with it, looking to give him Mezco's Blade jacket soon.

Blade is an older movie but it’s still great, Wesley Snipes was awesome as Blade

@usuck1883

8 ай бұрын

It’s a classic that lowkey kickstarted the MCU. My only gripe is the very outdated CGI effects 🤷🏻‍♂️

As someone whos a fan of blade but not enough to pay import prices for a figure of him this is a solid figure to put a blade in the collection.

Just got this wave in the mail this morning. This Blade is the highlight of the wave by far! The baf is pretty nice too... the rest are kind of a pass. Blade looks way cooler holding the bigger sword that came with Lady Bullseye

Id love a neutral faces for him

Wesley Snipes like Robert Downy jr and J.K. Simmons nailed his character, hands down. I'm happy with the figure although I can't get the scene from "A Christmas Story" out of my head. Its Blade, Ralphie's little brother. "I can't put my arms down."

Waiting for him to review the Batman Animated Series figures by McFarlane.

@brianlake6726

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, those figures deserve a good ol’ fashioned Anthony ass whooping

Nothing beats wesley. Those films were absolutely amazing especially the first oh my god. Incredibleb

there’s a lot to mention. Stewart and Mckellen as Charles and Erik, JK Simmons as JJ, Ioan Gruffud as Reed Richards and Kelsey Grammar as Beast just to name a few for me.

I can't tell if you were being sarcastic with the chocolate carrots comment or not, but it's a pair of wooden stakes, you goof lol

Thanks, Anthony! I'm still not sure which figure version is the definitive one for me to buy, but this helps.

Yep, Snipes was “born” to play Blade.

I actually don’t think you are negative, I like how honest you are in each review

A while back i made a pretty cool custom blade kitbash using the spiderman noir body and warmachine roadie head with the glasses from the bone breaker baf... honestly i really wanna use that head and glasses combo on this body because i think it might look really good, so long as the skin tone fits.. i guess my point is that if anyone wants another neutral head and has all the pieces to do it, i believe this may be the solution! I might get this blade if i find it and try it out myself.

I like the appearance of rhis one. The head sculpt is great and the texturimg on his clothing adds interest Let downs are the limited shoulder movement and the weird pivot point for the hips. The choccy carrots are fun.😁

Thanks Tony

as someone who primarily collects GI Joe Classified, it still seems off to always say "this is good for Hasbro" when Classified has been regularly doing much better than MLs. It would be like comparing every Sonic game as "this is as good as SEGA games get" while ignoring the Yakuza franchise.

@AnthonysCustoms

8 ай бұрын

Even the Joe line is grossly overpriced and low quality. Being better than the ml line doesn't actually tell you that much.

So happy you didn’t apologize for saying chocolate covered carrots… that was great. Btw, I found Darwin at Ross for $5.99 which is an appropriate price, I think.

@AnthonysCustoms

8 ай бұрын

Nice!

My ol my issue with it is the lack of an alternate calmer head. Otherwise, it’s a very good detailed figure with great accessories.

oh Darwin the mascot of desperation and disappointment :D

They gave blade two churros to snack on when he’s not kicking vampire butt

Hi Sir Anthony! The legs are from the Old Man Hawkeye from the Old Man Logan and Hawkeye two pack, also shared with other figure included with the deluxe MODOK World Tour Domination figure, but just the pants not the boots.

I'm good with only displaying my custom I made with a black action force riot trooper. However, I think I will buy this one just for the head and some other bits

Did some digging and this is the blade from a comic called vampire nation issue 1

I like the beefy forearms. So much better than all the emaciated sculpts they have been putting out the past few years. And I really enjoy the carrot joke!

I wish the vampire stakes had blood on them.

You can shave the inside shoulder to give room to articulate to a t pose.

Honestly, the only thing that really lets this figure down somewhat is the inclusion of only the one head. The head sculpt looks great, but the figure desperately needs another with a more neutral expression as well

I like Wesley Snipes glad to see he is in the new Deadpool 3 as blade but i also like Sticky Fingaz in the TV series blade yeah he didn't have that martial arts style of fighting and used weapons more but was still a ok series

Easily my favourite ML fig I purchased this year. Sure,the arms are hindered. But I still dig this fig. Flaws and all. He has a great presence on my shelf.

@AnthonysCustoms

8 ай бұрын

Agreed

The 'B' in Blade stands for Bunny, hence the carrot accessory

@AnthonysCustoms

8 ай бұрын

I see

What do you think of the new SHF Gohan that just got announced? Any chance you'd do a video on it and other stuff that will be announced soon?

@AnthonysCustoms

8 ай бұрын

looks good. i might

I wouldn't be mad about this one without knowing that it's mostly lazy reuses. But knowing it, it definitely made me reconsider buying it. But this one is, mostly, awesome. Id do custom paint jobs on it

This guys going to look great fighting my Buffy TVS

Thats easy. Ryan Reynolds portrayal of Deadpool is the best comic book to movie iteration period.

This might be out of context but what do you think about the new sh figurarts Gohan??

Not choco carrot..they are wooden spikes. To put into vampire heart in order to kill him/her.😅

@AnthonysCustoms

8 ай бұрын

I don't get it

Does the old hasbro Blade's head fit on this body?

@chewymew

8 ай бұрын

Someone in the comments said they can be swappable

Looks like a great fig to me, the only thing I can’t stand is the Rubber coat, really wish they would make a actual coat if not I’ll let him use my Sting Coat

Only nitpick is I wish he had an alternate neutral head. Otherwise pretty solid figure.

Sometimes I feel like Hasbro is just phoning it in ( Darwin , Tarantula) and other times they hit it on the spot . ( Blade , Hawkeye with sky cycle ) In my opinion when you represent a huge iconic company like Marvel Comics ( and I mean comics , I hardly collect MCU )you should show the rich History and why those Comics mean so much to so many . I don't believe Hasbro does that enough with Marvel Comics . I hear a lot of excuses of why prices went up and accessories are so few , but I don't really see it .

I knew this day would come 😮

@suhtangwong

8 ай бұрын

Have to agree, I thought the figure wasn't that bad either. To each their own.

Any thoughts on the Mindless One BAF?

@AnthonysCustoms

7 ай бұрын

I don't understand why people are saying it's good lol. I'll be reviewing it soon

Prefer some gloved hands, but you could probably use some fodder from another figure to swap them in. Overall it’s not bad as Tony said.

You lost me on the chocolate covered carrots 😂😂

Would be nice to get a 90’s blade figure for a change than the shades, trenchcoat, wesley snipes-esque design every single time

i do not collect marvel legends with a few exceptions. this is such an exception because i love blade and this figure is really good overall. especially the head. i much prefer the expressive face over stoic ones. adds so much more character and dynamic. for me it´s a must-have

I want to try chocolate covered carrots now

My only complain about this figure, is that didn't came with a alternate Neutral Headsculpt

I loved the toy biz Blade far more than this one, plus he came with his own street bike, and they used Wesley Snipe's likeness. The Blade movies laid the foreground for other MCU and it was Marvels first trilogy. It showed that comic books can leap onto the big screen and go three rounds.

The gripe of mostly all everyone is no inclusion of a neutral additional head sculpt, the Cape, the improper katana and the bulky forearms. But c'mon what a nailed screaming head and galore accessories...

My favorite portrayal is Hugh Jackman Wolverine, he had the same intensity as the Wolverine of the comics, the only downside was not having a comic accurate suit, but Deadpool 3 seems to remedy that

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine I think is the best live action portrayal of a comic book character. If we're including animation it would be Kevin Conroy as Batman or Mark Hamill as The Joker.

I know I'm a little late to the party. Just got this figure today. Thoroughly content with it

The wrong hinge on the grip hands is my biggest gripe.

I think that's Paladin's torso repainted.

@AnthonysCustoms

8 ай бұрын

could be... or the other blade figure...which might be paladin also.

Is that Killmongers armor?

Even that toybiz wesley snipes is a good figure for me

"Chocolate covered carrots" 😂

That's the Paladin torso.

The best live action adaptation of a Marvel character is hands down JK Simmons’ J Jonah Jameson. He’s become the de facto version of that character

Snipes Blade, RDJ Ironman, Reynolds Deadpool and Jackman Wolverine are the best live action versions of the marvel heroes

Hello Anthony, great review as always. I just want to point out a thing about what you said on the straight sword. Saying that we don't know if they existed is actually incorrect, we have at least one print of the time portraying a straight bladed sword. Obviously they didn't have anything to do with ninjas, as any japanese weapon wasn't ninja-specific. Fun fact: ninja carrying straight bladed sword comes from low-budget ninja films where the actors were provided with poorly done props like plastic straight-bladed swords, being easier to reproduce insted of a curved blade like the katana.

@AnthonysCustoms

8 ай бұрын

I said there is no historic evidence of ninjato existing. I didn't say there's no evidence of straight blades.

@fabiosannasorresu4202

8 ай бұрын

@@AnthonysCustoms yeah I know but the sword in the print I was talking about looks exactly like what we call a ninjato.

I wish this guy’s arms were better for posing but other than that I think this guy is actually pretty solid.

Honestly, I think the best live action adaptation of a marvel character is Ryan Reynolds Deadpool even tho my favorite would be Robert Downey Jr

Wow, Hasbro, you actually kinda made me a little hyped over a figure again. I actually like this one, it's far from perfect, but for an affordable Blade figure? You can't go wrong. This is proof Hasbro can and will make good figures, but it sucks how this is the exception instead of the rule.

Best MCU portrayal. I think you called it. Westley and RDJ with Evens coming to a close behind them. I want very much to say Tobey as Spider-Man. And I did love him as Spider-man. But there are a few flaws in there. Blade and Robert Downey Jr become those characters. But I have to say so did Chris Evans. This figure is not as horrible as some say. And if you want a neutral face you can always use one of the heads from the old one too. For pictures that is. The head sculpt is great that it comes with. The arms...Okay I mean it feels like Randy from a Christmas story when he can't put his arms down. LOL, But it is something that will bother people. There is a way to fix it. But people have to be okay with cutting the coat a little. Up to them if it bothers them that much. Sorry, I had to make the Randy Joke. MY ARMS!!! THEY WON'T GO DOWN!!! He isn't bad. But still didn't beat Spiral for this year for me. I need to go into your older videos and see if you did Spiral.

I hate how real Luke cages hair looks but Blades hair looks like a fucking helmet no texture no dry brushing The sole screaming face makes it worse imo I RESPECT THE SCULPT AND PAINT it’s everything else about it

I will complain when this figure is finally available for me. Lol Couldn't find it anywhere (hopefully Amazon will deliver)

Love Blade, looking forward to the movie but I don't have high hopes. This was my first figure for the character and therefore I love it even if a little flawed.

Agree with you 100% about the old Blade movie! Honestly, Wesley Snipes made the second and third films watchable for me.

I think they based this figure on the Blade vs Wolverine comic design. Which is great. The image on Anthony's package is not from that comic though.

This is probably the most excited I’ve been for a Hasbro ML release👍See what happens when you use your budget MEANINGFULLY, Hasbro??

For best live action movie portrayals, I would say Wilem Dafoes Green Goblin, and JK Simmons J Jonah Jameson.

You have and old ToyBiz Blade figure that you reviewed a while ago, that one is absolutely perfect, anything that came after that should be considered crap, which this figure is.

I love the "hater" rant in the beginning. i'm constantly having to explain this same thing just because im crucial on some figures doesn't mean I hate everything, I just want better for everyone.

Chocolate carrots lol. They're stakes (you know, to kill vampires).

@AnthonysCustoms

8 ай бұрын

...ya

Anyone try Nick fury Jr from the three pack head on this

I have that too?