Review: Marvel Legends Cowboypool from Deadpool & Wolverine
- Mephitsu
- 6 hours ago
- 6 min read
"Peter's a goddamn legend in every Deadpool's world."
When Deadpool & Wolverine hit our screens in 2024, it was clear that there was a large raft of characters who took part in the movie who we as collectors might want to join our Marvel Legends display. The first wave for the movie was relatively modest, with figures of Deadpool, Wolverine, and a pack featuring Headpool and a civilian Logan from the early bar scenes. We’ve had to wait until Spring of 2026 for the next batch of Deadpool & Wolverine MCU movie figures, with a full six-figure wave released and headed up by a 7th Deluxe release of Dogpool and Deadpool. From the single boxed wave, our review here looks at one of the Deadpool Corps. variants, Cowboypool.
Cowboypool is packed in the standard Legends box, black in tone, with the Marvel Legends logo at the top left and the movie logo across the bottom, underneath the window. The character name of Cowboypool is shown via a side callout, printed to look like a rip in the box.
To the right-hand side of the box is a full image of Cowboypool looking straight at the camera, wearing his Stetson. This image is used again, but smaller, on the opposite spine and on the back of the box. The box reverse has a short piece of text which kicks off with the words “A rootin’ tootin’ Deadpool variant” and then talks a bit more about his role in the Deadpool Corps and working for Cassandra Nova. Underneath this, and in another ‘torn out’ panel, is a checklist for the accompanying single-figure wave with headshots of each of the figures included.
Cowboypool is packed into the usual inner plastic tray, and that is then set into a folded cardback sleeve. This sleeve is the same one that is being used across the entirety of the 2026 wave, a white/grey finish and covered in Deadpool doodles. While I understand why these are all uniform and re-used, seeing a Cowboy / Wild West version of these Doodles would have been so in keeping with this figure.
Cowboypool is a full new figure as far as I can tell, and follows the movie suit closely with an upper torso cast in Deadpool red, but styled like a Wild West shirt with just a hint of the textured DP suit peeking out from the collar. This outer shirt features gold buttons and trim, while the neck features a matching, but individually fitting neckerchief in the same red. The arms are more Deadpool-esque with black panels at the shoulders, rings around the upper arms, and black gloves.
The legs are a burgundy finish and are styled like chaps with the open crotch area showing black trousers underneath. The boots are ornate with sculpted patterns, but are sadly left in the same base colour as the trousers and all that detail left unpainted, although on screen the boots are this same colour, so the figure does remain accurate to the costume save for some weathering. We do get a different coloured sole to the boots in brown, and around the back are a pair of spurs, with the spur itself painted gold.
Cowboypool is also wearing an ammunition bandoleer in brown with gold painted bullets and buttons, and beneath this, the gunslinger belt in the same tone of brown, but with a silver Deadpool logo buckle. From this hang the two holsters, and like the boots, these are quite ornate in their detail but left unpainted save a gold central emblem. I am not sure if these are designed to look like they connect to the straps on Cowboypools' legs, but if they are, the effect fails as the holsters sit too far out and do not connect at all.
The head is the basic Deadpool mask, textured in red and with painted black eye panels and narrower white eyes. The Stetson hat is black and is fixed in position, so while it is an individual piece separate from the head, it is not designed as a removable accessory. This is a shame considering we would assume the shape of the DP head would accommodate a removable function.
Cowboypool features three different pairs of hands, starting with a pair of clenched fists for hand-to-hand fighting, or to simply stand with his hands on his hips. These, like all the hands, have a black glove, but with a red peg to insert into the arms, and then with the bands across the back of the hand picked out in silver. These swap in and out easily, with a pair of softer rubberised cuffs on the figure, which do come off, although they are intended to remain in place to lengthen the glove on the figure to be more in keeping with the onscreen costume and Cowboy aesthetic.
The second pair of hands are trigger hands designed to hold the revolvers that Cowboypool comes with. These guns capture the style of the old West revolvers like Smith and Wesson and feature the identifiable details like the barrel with end sight, the chamber, the hammer and the grip. The main body of each gun is gunmetal silver, while the grip is coloured in cream.
These guns fit into Cowboypool’s holsters, but the fit is not overly snug, so they can fall out if the figure is moved around. They then also fit into either or both of the trigger finger hands, allowing Cowboypool to be displayed toting both weapons at once.
The final set of hands is a set that includes an open left hand and a right hand with the middle finger pointing inward at a right angle. This right hand is designed to work with the final accessory, a spinning revolver effect that has another version of the gun in the middle, and then a circular surround in clear plastic to try and replicate a spinning motion. The finger on this right hand slots into the trigger of the gun, leaving Cowboypool posed as though spinning one of his guns. The effect works well enough, but like most included effect parts, there will be an element of personal choice if these fit with your display and collection.
Cowboypool has 19 points of pinless articulation, with a standard set of legs including double-jointed knees alongside the ankle, hip and thigh joints, allowing both stable standing positions and the ability to kneel. The upper body is lacking in a couple of areas, with no obvious butterfly shoulder joint and a single-jointed neck, which hinders both the arms and the neck/head gestures. The rest of the arms are standard, accommodating quite a few poses and gestures, and the ability to wield the guns. The torso uses a waist rotation and a ball joint mid-section rather than a t-joint ab crunch, although the ball joint here is fairly extensive in its movement.
Head swapped with the 2026 Deluxe Deadpool (with Dogpool) release. The Hat is not removable.
As a noted point, for those who want some variation to their display, the head on Cowboypool can be swapped out with the other movie Deadpool figures. This does give an option for an unhatted look, although the hat being glued to the head doesn’t quite work from all angles to have it in Cowboypools hands on display. There will be a way for braver collectors to detach the head from the hat, and I’d be keen to see what is underneath if you indeed do this.
On paper, when the wave was announced, Cowboypool was the figure I was least excited about. He looked off in the promo shots, but I am pleased to say in hand he is a very strong release with a great costume, strong accessories, and a good level of articulation.
Considering how much work went into the sculpt on his boots and holsters, he is missing perhaps one more layer of decor just to bring these out, even if that was just a dusty weathering layer. We now have both Headpool and Cowboypool for our Deadpool Corps, but we really need Hasbro to go deeper to expand this collection further with Lady Deadpool, Kidpool, and Babypool, three must-haves for the future.
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