The Civil Warrior is the suit that Steve Rogers builds following the events of Civil War and is a character that features in the Marvel Gamerverse 'Contest of Champions' videogame. He was released as a Marvel Legends figure in April 2021 as part of the Mr. Hyde BAF wave. He is the sole Gamerverse release in the set which also features a comic-book AI Tony Stark and the Shang-Chi MCU figures.
As a Gamerverse release, the usual black of the Marvel Legends box is swapped for a bright white and the Marvel Legends logo is replaced with the Gamerverse version. The figure is presented against a yellow card back and the nameplate is presented in purple. An illustrated Civil Warrior is depicted on the side panels and on the back of the box, along with a brief overview
"In an alternate Earth ravaged by civil war, Captain America assumes the mantle of Civil Warrior"
I love the design of Civil Warrior from Contest of Champions with its hybrid of Tony Stark's Iron-Man armour and the colour scheme and iconography of Captain America. The figure brings this to life with a crisp sculpt that includes all of those elements, including the Iron-Man styled helmet with the blue-painted hood with 'A' logo.
The body features a central ice-blue star, trimmed in red, where the Arc Reactor would normally be. And we then have a silver mid-section, arms and lower legs. The upper legs take on the fish scale texture of the normal Captain America armour, and the red pinstripe. And we have Cap's brown leather belt as a contrast to the blue & silver design of the suit.
Civil Warrior is packed with a version of the Captain America shield, now with the central star replaced with an arc reactor. The outer rings are painted red and silver with plenty of paint scratches and scuffs added on the red parts.
The back of the shield has a wrist clip rather than straps, and this simply clips onto the wrist of either arm. The fit is tight, which does mean the shield is very secure, but will also mean that the clip is likely not to last indefinitely as the stress will cause it to snap as we've seen on other shields of this design.
The clip also rotates to present a plug which I initially thought would line up to a socket at the back of the figure to allow the shield to be mounted on Cap's back. Sadly, Hasbro has not gone down that route and therefore the plug on the back of the shield appears to have no function at all - it doesn't even sit in either of the hands all that well?
Articulation is spot on with a 19 point articulation count and all of the joints being fully mobile which allows for plenty of posing options. My only gripe was at the elbows as they do not fully straighten due to the shape of the amour piece.
All in all, Civil Warrior is a great figure that could have been awesome with a few tweaks to the shield so it could have been mounted on Cap's back. I guess the only other thing Civil Warrior will have to contend with is his source material, with figures from the Marvel Gamerverse seemingly less desirable as the comic book figures, or some of the MCU characters?
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