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Cabal 3-Pack (Marvel Legends - Infinite Series) Review
Cabal 3-Pack
Marvel Legends - Infinite Series (Hasbro)The Cabal 3 pack brings together some notable villains. Whether this pack resonates with you will largely come down to whether or not you either already own the figures; or your personal preference for one figure over another.

From my perspective for example? I have no real attachment to or knowledge of Iron Patriot. I do now of course learning that it is essentially Norman Osborn in Iron Man armor.

This pack does reuse a lot of things. The Iron Patriot appears to be a reuse of the Iron Man Extremis armor. There may be some new sculpting, and the Norman head is new. So if you have a retro Goblin? You can use the Norman head on him.

So let's talk about Taskmaster next. Taskmaster may offer the most bang for your buck. He uses a newer vulcan body versus the prior Bucky Cap body. His headsculpt is new. He is largely new with the exceptions being his gun, sword and bow. Unfortunately his cape does limit his articulation somewhat so you can't get him into a crouching pose all that easily. His one arrow can be put in the quiver so that is really cool. Unfortunately his quiver is molded to the cape.

Finally we have Doom for last. This is arguably why I bought this three pack. Taskmaster sweetened the deal a bit. But I was looking for a Doom figure. There was the Super Skrull Doom which admittedly has better looking armor. But I would have had to pay $70 or so for just him alone. So while the 3 pack was more expensive? The cost of each figure was comparatively cheaper. This doom is again a lot of reuse...but not without some notable changes. For starters, the tunic is shorter which allows greater range of motion/articulation. There are some subtle differences in paint application as well. The bit of stitching at the top of his tunic is painted brown whereas the previous wasn't painted. The straps on his armor are not painted whereas they were on the Super Skrull Doom. His chain design pegs into two holes on his chest which holds the new soft goods cape. He has the same holster and gun. And he does have pinned joints which don't really bother me. He does have some extra hands.

But what this Doom offers that is pretty cool is a alternate Doom Bot head. So if you already own the super skrull doom? You can turn this one into a doom bot or vice versa. He is still a solid figure though he may lack some of the positives found on the previous release. If you like to customize? The sky is kind of the limit here. For starters? You can order a bendy wire cape to pose him with. Secondly? You can use some spell effects from other figures like the Khonshu BAF Loki.

There is also the 80th anniversary 2 pack with Photon. This doom is ideal for that Doom Bot head. Furthermore? That doom has an unmasked head and a separate mask plate that Doom can hold. It also has a bit of a "collar" to simulate his hood being down.

There are also a few plasma effects to simulate his rocket boosters or Patriot's repulsor blasts.

The Cabal is a bit hard to find at the moment and can be pricey. Whether you feel it is worth picking will ultimately come down to how much you want any one of or a few of these. Doom isn't exactly an easy character to find at the moment. There may be a new one that releases to coincide with the new Avengers with RDJ's return as Doom though that will be a MCU doom rather than a comic Doom. Doom seems to be one of those characters you don't want to sleep on if he comes out. He certainly won't end up at Ollies.

In the end it's a solid pack with mileage that will vary depending on you the individual.

      4 stars by Wes68

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