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Thor; Marvel Legends,  ToyBiz Meat and Potatoes; 5.0 Perks; 5.0 Homer Factor; 5.0					Description; the Thunder God reborn. Thor is six plus inches of butt-kicking, very buff Norse God.  Like the other Marvel Legends pieces, the figure high lights incredibly detailed sculpting with articulation that is all over the place. On top of that, 'blondie' also comes with a very nice recreation of Mjolnir and a stand shapped like a giants skull.
	Ah, the Great Norse God of Thunder.  The mighty, hulking, powerful, near unstoppable God of Thunder and Warriors... was for the longest time remembered for the LAMEST LOOKING TOY EVER; the Mego version of Thor.  Ok, ok, so just about everything ELSE Mego did was awesome.  Come on people, this thing looking like Ken got hair extensions and is walking around with a hammer.  Sorry, but if this dude showed up in front of some Vikings, it would be a VERY bad scene.  Am I kidding?  You catch any installments of 'Twisted Mego Theater' in 'Toyfare?'  Ah, NOW you see what I mean.  Ok, ok, for a VERY brief moment, ToyBiz created ANOTHER version of Thor along with Loki, Iron Man, and I believe the Scarlet Witch YEARS ago... and the line was never heard from again.  So, once more, we're stuck with Thor being remembered in plastic with VERY long blond hair that looks a lot like Mrs. Brady.  Oh, the humanity... it's almost enough to make you stop collecting... hey, I said ALMOST. But fear not, because Marvel Legends is here!  And thank each and every deity around, because Thor FINALLY gets his due with this rendering from the Toy Deities at Marvel Legends.  No more being pencil thin and having that NASTY looking hair-cut, this is the way Thor should be; buff and bad to the bone.  The meat and potatoes on this guy are awesome.  Thor is RIPPLING with muscles, just as he should; huge barrel chest, and biceps that would make Hulk Hogan cringe.  Ah, but the musculature is just the beginning.  The pieces cape is made out of molded plastic and captures that great 'billowy' look Jack Kirby always had on Thor.  And there's the face sculpt, that look of 'Ok, now I'm getting REALLY annoyed.'  Ooooohhhhhh.  Like the other Marvel Legends pieces, the articulation is over-the-top; hands, toes, the works.  And for once, the opening and closing fingers makes sense since now Thor can hold his frost-giant-butt-kicking hammer! Which is just one cool perk.  The hammer isn't just a piece of brown and silver plastic.  The hammer's handle is sculpted to look like it's wrapped in a long leather thong, and the head is pitted and cracked to give it the look of eons of wear and tear kicking giant butt.  Oh, and a nice touch is you have the little extra leather loop at the end of the hammer, so you can re-create that great flying form Thor has.  Like the other Legends figures, Thor also comes with a very cool stand.  The piece looks like the skull of a defeated giant, making for a perfect stand for the Thunder God. Homer factor is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay high.  Hey, if you have Iron Man, Capt. America, and The Hulk, you might as well put the Avengers together, so you GOTTA have Thor flying around and kicking butt.  All in all you cannot go wrong with this piece as ToyBiz once more comes out with a stellar piece.  Ah, now the Gods and Goddesses can smile.