If this figure hanging on the peg doesn’t catch your eye, I don’t know what will. Besides the awesomely obnoxious package design, Cap himself is just screaming “look at me” from behind that bubble with his bright red, white and blue deco. He fills out the card very nicely with shield and gun in hand and his knife mounted on the tray beside him. Off to the side you can see the BAF piece, in this case its Zola’s right leg. I’m really digging on the character art here too. Its a great all around package that screams, “BUY ME, YOUNG PATRIOT!!!!”

So, before getting into the sculpt, let’s talk scale, because Marvel Legends is having a few issues here. Last wave, I complained about Iron Man being too small, well this time its Cap. He’s looks ok standing beside the 6-inch movie figures, but put him next to Steve Rogers from the last wave and he looks like he belongs in a different line. Now, I’ll still give credit to Hasbro for trying, because its nice to see diversity in the body types and characters as opposed to say DC Universe Classics, where outside of the C&C figures all the characters are basically the same size and build. I just think that Hasbro needs to watch out for under scaling some of these figures.

Size aside, Cap is a truly great looking figure, with just one minor stumble. I don’t think the head sculpt is quite as good as what we’ve seen in this line so far, as its actually much softer a sculpt. It still looks ok, but its not up to the standard we’ve been seeing in other figures in this line. The rest of Cap’s body is a pretty standard sculpt, that mostly utilizes the paintwork to convey his costume. There are pouches sculpted directly onto his waist, rather than on a separate belt, and his boots and gloves feature unique tooling, but that’s pretty much it. The paintwork is pretty sharp and I really like the mix of high gloss and slightly metallic type of paint used for the red, white and blue on his torso. He is, no doubt a flashy looking figure with nice proportions.

During the last Marvel Legends week, I may have commented on how I wished Steve Rogers had some working holsters for his guns, well I’m happy to report that this Cap does! Not only does he have a functional holster for his automatic pistol, but he has a functional sheath for his knife too! Awesome! Both accessories are fairly simple, yet functional sculpts. The shield is the same accessory that came with Steve Rogers, so it can either clip onto his wrist or it can be pegged onto his back.

Cap has what seems to be what is becoming the standard for the line. The head is ball jointed and features that wonderful additional hinge for better range of motion for looking up or 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 and boots, double hinges at the knees, and hinged ankles. The torso swivels at the waist and has an ab crunch hinge. You can certainly get cap into some very fun poses.

Undersized or not, I love this figure! Cap’s sculpt is solid and the paintwork is downright awesome. His articulation makes him a fun figure to play with and I’m really thrilled with his accessories and the way everything he comes with can be stored away on his person. He looks right at home standing next to Iron Man or the 6-inch movie Thor and Nick Fury. Unless the size issue is a severe sticking point with you, I’d definitely recommend him as a pick up.

Next up… Madame Masque