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While Vincent D'onofrio's Kingpin has been around since the first Daredevil series on Netflix in 2015, it is his latest Marvel live-action appearance as the key villain in the Disney+ Hawkeye series in 2022 that has provided us with the first Kingpin action figure. It was released in September 2023 in the latest Disney+ Marvel Series wave alongside figures from WandaVision and the latest offering, Secret Invasion. Kingpin is packed in windowless packaging with the usual black backing, images of the figure to the front and reverse, and stylised artwork on the side spine. The final side is turned over to a checklist for the wave’s BAF, the Hydra Stomper, although Kingpin does not come with any parts.
Kingpin utilises some parts from the Happy Hogan figure released in 2021. The legs are directly carried over, cast this time in a purple-hued finish with gloss black shoes. The arms are also taken from Hogan, cast in white to match the jacket - which is a new rubberised sleeve that sits over the main torso. This torso is new, or at least tweaked, featuring a black shirt with the top button undone. The neck is cast as part of the torso and the only element of the figure with any paint.
The head is new and a pretty impressive likeness to D’Onofrio and in particular, his almost emotionless frustrated look he carried through his time on Daredevil and into the Hawkeye series. Facial print technology brings out the detail of the eyes, mouth, and nose in particular. The head is quite glossy in finish, which would usually frustrate me but this does work for Kingpin in giving him a sweaty look.
Kingpin features two sets of hands, a pair with gripping functionality and a second pair in clenched fists. The first pair are designed to hold the included cane accessory which is cast in black with a white top and gold trim around the handle and halfway down the shaft. The hand is not orientated enough to have Kingpin hold the cane in a walking position but rather the grip is more aligned to Kingpin holding and using the cane as a weapon.
Articulation is a mix of pinned and pinless. The legs are newer and pinless with dual joints at the knees. The arms are pinned thanks to their origin being a bit older than the legs. These are also double-jointed. The figure has 19 points of articulation in total although the chest joint you can feel under the jacket has virtually no clear movement. The joints all work as they should, and a number of poses are available including some more action-orientated positions for when Kingpin gets his hands dirty.
There has been a lot said about the stature of this figure considering Kingpin’s larger-than-life physique, particularly in the comics. If you do look at the shots from Hawkeye, then D’Onofrio is not massively taller than any of his fellow actors standing half a head taller than Fra Free as a comparison which is exactly where Hasbro have positioned the figure. The bulk is probably what is missing, with the broader torso not translating into the figure due to the re-use of the Happy Hogan figure. It does a job and fits into a Hawkeye display or a more Netflix Daredevil-inspired setup with the original Matt Murdock figure and the likes of Punisher and Electra. Considering Kingpin’s role in the Disney+ series going forward, this won't be the last D’Onofrio Kingpin figure and it will be interesting to see if the Hasbro team sticks with the stature they’ve created with this figure or go bigger and broader for the next release with a specific Kingpin sculpt.
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