Review: Marvel Titan Hero Series Galactus from Fantastic Four: First Steps

“I was once little like you. Billions of years ago. A man from another world. Before this relentless, eternal hunger.”

In 2025, we finally welcomed the Fantastic Four to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and with the Summer release of the movie came a supporting selection of Marvel Legends figures of the Marvel First Family alongside the new Silver Surfer. That did, however, leave collectors short a main villain for the movie, as Galactus, as seen in the movie, was of such a size that a correctly scaled version of him to display with your Marvel Legends would never fit in most homes 

For those who want a Galactus, there are two options at the time of writing. The first is the Hot Toys Jumbo Sofvi release, which will stand at 70cm tall (27.5 inches). This one is the most screen accurate in overall look, and of a size that dwarfs the Legends figures, although it is still nowhere near the actual onscreen scale. The issue with this one is the price, setting you back circa £330 and with stocks not actually due to arrive until late 2026. The other, more affordable and immediately available option is the figure we will look over here, Hasbro’s own Titan Hero Series Galactus.

The Titan Hero Galactus is part of Hasbro’s budget line of 12-inch figures. These are often seen in toy stores and supermarkets and are hollow, hard plastic figures with limited articulation aimed at the pocket money market. Usually, the figures are a set size and are not scaled, and the articulation is usually limited to a basic 5 points, which includes the neck, shoulders, and hips. The Titan release of Galactus does, as we will see, break a few of these base principles, although it does arrive in the same open cardboard packaging, strapped onto a basic cardback inserted inside the box.

The outer box uses the same aesthetic as used in the Fantastic Four First Steps movie and on all the associated merchandise, including an off white base colour, blue logo and its own unique Marvel Studios label. The front artwork shows off the main team, while the Galactus figure is shown posed in a circular insert. A bigger shot of Galactus from the movie is seen on one side of the box, with the Fantastic Four pictured on the other. Around the back, the colour scheme shifts to use more yellow tone and includes the larger version of the posed figure picture and a short piece of background that details Galactus as “Consumer of Worlds and Destroyer of Planets…”

Galactus is simple enough to unpack, and once unstrapped from the packaging, we can start to see and feel the variations in construction and quality in these Titan figures versus the Marvel Legends line. Galactus is cast in a harder plastic, and is relatrively light in hand as there are hollow parts to the figure. The skirt piece is more recognisable as an added softer plastic piece, and the level of detail across the body is to a standard we might expect on a Legends collectors figure with a considerable level of cast detailing including circuit board-esque sections, grids, grilles, connectors and panels. 

The body, in the main, is cast in the base plastic and is split between two base colours of a deep burgundy and a purple. Where the purple is part of a wider burgundy piece, such as the chest and the skirt section, it is painted over the top of the base red, and this is neat and tidy. Also painted is the exposed part of the face, which is a simple skin tone but holds a good likeness to actor Ralph Ineson but lacks the lines and dirt we see on Galactus’ face in the movie. The final finishing touch of paint is the glowing blue eyes. Overall, the figure lacks any wider detail we might expect and looks very clean compared to the dusty and ancient Galactus we see it the film.

Articulation is not quite as basic as we might expect from a Titans release. There are 11 points of articulation in total. The first of these is at the neck, with the head sat on a ball joint and having the ability to rotate as well as tilt, look up and look down to an extent. 

The arms, which would usually rotate on a single axis on other Titans, include an upgraded ball joint shoulder of sorts so the arms can be moved out from the body and rotated. After this, we get a simple elbow bend, and just beyond thi,s the rotation for the wrist and hands is built into the cut of the gauntlets. 

Despite looking like there should be, there is no waist joint, and so the final movements are all in the legs. These include a hip joint under the skirt with similar movement to the shoulders. And finally, we have a single joint set of knees. There are no ankle joints, so while Galactus is stable in a neutral position, when the legs are widened or moved forward or back as a walking pose, the stability is reduced as the feet can no longer be flat-planted to the floor. 

Despite the lighter-weight plastic and the more basic joints, Galactus is fairly stable once posed and has sufficient strength in the joints to hold up a Marvel Legends figure, giving Mr. Fantastic a stretch, for example. 

Height-wise, the Titan Galactus comes in at just a touch under 14 inches (36cm), which makes him a lot smaller than the Hot Toys version and very, very out of scale in terms of the movie. But if we consider the practicalities of super big figures, this 14 inch version is big enough against the Marvel Legends while still small enough for most displays without taking up lots of room. In the comics, Galactus could always vary his size, so who’s to say the MCU Galactus cannot do this as well? Another key benefit is the price at just £14.99 in the UK via Amazon, a tenner cheaper than a Legends figure. 

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Figure Hack: Simple Repaint

There is, of course, a hack to enhance this Galactus further with a repaint. This is not as complex as it sounds, and while more skilled painters will go all in and update the colours and details, you can build onto the purple and burgundy to bring out the detail.

This is our Galactus against an unpainted model. He was overpainted on the burgundy with a drybrush of a dark metallic finish. The purple was then given a black wash, and then the figure was finished off with a small application of a dry-brushed brighter silver to pick out the final details.

Our Galactus has also had the face and eyes touched up, the eyes, in particular, are not fully painted to match the sculpt from the factory, and you can get a brighter and wider finish with a touch of bright electric blue paint over the eyes. The face was given a base tone and a skin wash to pick out the mouth and nose, but I am not brave enough to tackle the actual face markings. 

The paint used on our model was from the Army Painter series and a Vallejo Black Wash. It takes no more than a day or so to do, and that includes letting each coat dry. The effect is impressive, and he does now feel more in line with the more realistic colouring we get on our Marvel Legends figures. 

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About Me : As a child of the 70's and 80's I grew up in a golden age for action figures and in my youth bought and sold myself through collections of Star Wars, G.I. Joe (Action Force) and M.A.S.K. while also dabbling in He-Man, Transformers and Ghostbusters. Roll forward and I am now reliving that Youth with the action figures of today and am a collector and fan of the larger 6-8 inch figures from my favourite movie and TV licences - including the ones mentioned above, but also the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Who and the Aliens. I launched The Mephitsu Archives in 2015 with a view of creating a UK focused site or these figures where fans can pick up the latest action figure news, read reviews and get information on where to buy their figures and what is currently on store shelves. I hope I am delivering that to you guys...

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