“You've no idea what you have unleashed…”
The latest batch of Marvel Legends that are drawn from the various Marvel TV shows on Disney+ includes figures from newer properties like Secret Invasion and Hawkeye, but also goes back to the first Disney+ series of WandaVision from 2021 and a long-awaited figure of Agatha Harkness, Wanda’s nemesis in the show as revealed during the finale. Agatha arrives in windowless packaging with the late Summer 2023 wave not quite in time for the reversal back to windowboxes as promised by Hasbro. The standard packaging is in use with artwork down the side panels and illustrations of the figure posed on the front and laid out in a more neutral stance on the back to show off the contents. Inside the box, all the contents are packed into waxy paper bags, and secured in an inner cardboard tray. The figure is part of the What If? Hydra Stomper BAF wave, and comes with the Steve Rogers head, Hydra Stomper head, and rocket pack.
Agatha is sculpted in full witch mode as seen in the WandaVision finale, resplendent in her purple and blue robes. These are cast in the base colours with a blue tone on her dress complete with woven lines and both light and dark blue applications on top with an almost pearlescent finish. The neck of the dress is a webbed pattern with dark blue lines, overlaid with a sculpted & painted pendant and finished with a white and blue collar. The arms of the costume use the exact same sculpted design and paint work and feature long flowing sleeves that are fixed in terms of their position so that does render some arm movement a bit odd looking when the sleeves don’t follow the laws of gravity. Agatha comes with a single pair of hands, brought into a magic casting pose with fingers outstretched on both left and right. These are flesh-toned, but with a black tip to each digit - a result of her use of the Darkhold.
The lower part of the dress is executed in the same finish but is a softer plastic over a pair of sculpted legs. While the majority of Agatha is new, the figure does re-use a set of female pinned legs under the skirt. These include heeled feet which makes the figure pretty difficult to stand straight even with the extensive skirt. The feet could easily have been flat-footed as they are not seen at all under the robes.
Over the dress is a flowing cape which is an individual item and can be removed by edging it out from under the sculpted hair. This is cast in a translucent deep purple colour and includes flowing sections blowing out a the rear while the two front panels flow down over the shoulders and to the floor. When the cape is removed, Agatha still looks particularly striking.
The head sculpt is new and emulates Agatha’s smirk with a strong likeness to Catherine Hahn. The photo-real decor brings out the intense blue eyes with dark rings, the mouth, and the shape of the face as she smiles. The hair is a big flowing piece glued into the head and shaped down and around the shoulders. Cast in a brown finish there is no obvious secondary colour, the piece relies on the depth and crispness of the sculpted hair strands and allows the light to create the definition.
Agatha does not come with a single accessory, a disappointing decision considering a Darkhold accessory already exists in the line - released with Multiverse of Madness Wanda - and there are also plenty of magical effect pieces that would have complemented the figure. Articulation count is quite low for a Legends release, just 16 in total with the pinless upper body - but with a single joint neck and visible neck joint under Agatha’s chin. The arms have a range of movement, but the sleeve design does mean certain aesthetics are lost as the arms are posed. The legs are pinned and include double-jointed knees, but this is all rendered useless by the plastic skirt.
Agatha is designed very much as an aesthetic figure and shows how gorgeous sculpted plastic robes and clothing can be versus a soft goods option that may support articulation, but often feels flat and lifeless. Agatha has a wonderful shelf presence once posed - the difficulty is getting those feet to support her under the dress. She would have benefitted from some level of accessory, considering other figures in the line include alternative hands and weaponry - but I can also see where the cost has gone on the figure with the clothing paint finish somewhat more expansive than what we would usually see.
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