Hot on the heels of the first series of Wolverine: Origins figures comes the Toys R Us exclusive battle pack, featuring a brand-new Sabertooth, a new enough Logan, and Logan’s motorcycle.  

This set is one of the first “surprises” of the new year, making it’s debut at New York Comic Con last month, and I have to say I’m impressed to see it already on store shelves just a few weeks later.  There’s been some debate on the value of this set, so let’s take a closer look at each piece to see if a $20 price tag is really worth it.

Since he’s the star, we’ll start off with Logan.  This Logan takes existing body parts from the single-card Logan, but adds a new, non-removable cowboy hat, along with a jacket and new arms with sleeves.  The end result is a figure that masks the pre-used parts pretty well, and anyone who needs that many Logans in their life can feel justified owning this and the single figure.  The headsculpt is good, and the hat looks really great, but the new arms leave something to be desired.  Looking at the wrists and forearms, it’s obvious an attempt was made to be able to pose the figure easily holding the bike’s handlebars.  This works fairly well, as the position of the hands synchs up closely to the bike.  However, the wrists have an awkward bend when they are not holding the handlebars of the bike, similar to the weird wrists on the GI Joe Viper figure last year.  It’s not a natural pose, and it hurts the overall look of the figure, since he looks strange standing.  Granted, it might be equally strange for Logan to drive a motorcycle with his claws popped but the back of the box paints a nice picture, mentioning that Logan popped his claws upon seeing Sabertooth, moments before leaping off his bike, so that problem is solved.

Logan’s bike is decent.  Yes, it is largely a retool of the Mutt Williams bike from the Indiana Jones line, but the new deco makes it look unique, and since Logan and Shia are about the same size (very, very small), the scale is good.  Past that, there isn’t much to say about it; it’s a nice accessory that makes sense for the character.

The reason to buy this set is 100% for the new in-costume Sabertooth figure, and he really does shine. Literally, actually-- I was surprised to see an almost metallic pearl finish to Victor’s trademark brown and gold getup.  Everything about this figure is a win, from the great, crisp paint apps, to the facial expression, to the height and bulk of the frame.  This would make a great base body for other tall, bulky figures like Venom, who don’t have to be Hulk big, but can still look massive next to, say, Captain America.  Sabertooth has the full range of motion just like the other Origins figures, with the welcome addition of a neck with fuller range—Victor can look up, down or side to side much more dynamically than some other figures in this and the Marvel Universe line.  In fact, while I was posing this guy I had to be impressed at just how much fun he is to play with.  After posing him for over 20 minutes, I don’t believe there’s a way for him not to look cool.

Toys R Us scored a major win by getting the Sabertooth figure everyone wanted as an exclusive, and he certainly does not disappoint.  Some might argue the price tag is high, but anyone but the completists can skip out on the single carded Logan and Sabertooth and get this set of better figures, plus a motorcycle, for basically the same cost.

This set is hitting Toys R Us now, and is also available on their website at the following link

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