Once again, the Marvel Legends packaging is an assault on your eyes, but in a good way! I’m still digging the presentation here as it really draws in the eye and epitomizes everything there is about comic books. I’m even warming up to the style of character art that Hasbro is going with here. Most of the time, I still prefer the Marvel Universe character art, but I’ve got to admit, Drax looks nice and menacing. Unlike Spidey, Drax and his BAF piece, Zola’s left leg, fills up his bubble very nicely. He’s packaged in a fairly neutral stance with his two knives in his hands. Ok, let’s rip this badboy open and check him out.

One of my favorite things about the first wave of Marvel Legends was the head sculpts, and Drax here shows the trend is continuing. He’s got a stern, grim face that looks like he’s ready to kick some major ass. The face is really packed with detail and gives the figure a lot of character while perfectly suiting someone who’s title is “The Destroyer.” Drax’s body relies mostly on a generic muscular sculpt and paintwork, although he does have sculpted trousers and a cool knife strapped to his right wrist. Its a permanently attached piece molded as part of the arm, but its so well done, it looks like it can be removed. Drax’s skin is molded in a satisfying green with his tats painted sharply in red. He has a belt sculpted in a separate piece that hangs loose around his waist and has loops on the back to hold both of his knives.

Drax features a solid level of articulation. The head is ball jointed and features that an additional hinge in the neck to allow the head to better look up and down. The arms feature ball joints at the shoulders, double hinged elbows, swivels in the biceps and wrists, and hinges in the wrists. His legs have ball joints in the hips, swivels at the thighs, double hinges at the knees, and hinged ankles. The torso swivels at the waist and has an ab crunch hinge. Sure, there are some extra points of articulation on a few other figures in this wave, but I’m not complaining because I can still get Drax into a bevy of great action poses.

Did I mention knives? Drax likes him some knives. Besides the aforementioned sculpted wrist knife, he has a pair of knife accessories cast in soft plastic with silver painted blades. He can hold them really well and they fit into the loops in his belt.

Drax was not one of my most highly anticipated figures in this wave, mainly because we don’t have a Guardians team to go with him. And yet I was pleasantly surprised by him. He’s a very cool character, although I still haven’t picked up his 3 3/4″ version, so this is the first time I’m able to put him up on my Marvel shelves. The sculpt and paintwork really stand out for what is basically a fairly simple figure. While he isn’t the most articulated figure in this wave, he’s still loads of fun to pose and play with, and the knives that stow away on his belt are a big plus. When all is said and done he ended up being one of my favorites in this wave.

Tomorrow… Captain America!