Marvel Legends Maximum Series Hulk Video Review

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SharkEyes takes a look at the Marvel Legends Maximum Series Hulk figure from Hasbro. You can purchase this figure from our sponsors BigBadToyStore.com and Entertainment Earth.

[Hordak Rules]

It is nice figure but honestly I don't need to spend that for what I do which is just have them stand in my collection.  I appreciate it's for collectors that do a lot more posing with their figures. I'm perfectly happy with the Hulk I got with my Wolverine 2-pack

[raziel0203]

On 5/22/2025 at 4:17 PM, Hordak Rules said:

It is nice figure but honestly I don't need to spend that for what I do which is just have them stand in my collection.  I appreciate it's for collectors that do a lot more posing with their figures. I'm perfectly happy with the Hulk I got with my Wolverine 2-pack

Honestly, I'm with you on this. I'm extremely happy with the Hulk I got from that 2-pack. What was it, the 80th Anniversary Hulk? This one looks great and all; I like the effects, and I especially like the head with the gritting teeth, but not enough to justify this price point.

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Tuggernaut Collectables takes a look at the Marvel Legends Maximum Series Hulk figure from Hasbro. You can purchase this figure from our sponsors BigBadToyStore.com and Entertainment Earth.



 

[SpiderS]

If they invested into new double jointed arms and ball jointed waist/reverse ab crunch this figure could have been easily salvaged, and would feel indeed new but new rubber chest and toe joints hardly make the figure that appealing especially at that price point.

[Lord_Scareglow]

I'm happy I have zero interest in this figure, I just don't think it's "good enough" to replace the 80th Anni figure, The headsculpts are too stylized and I personally don't love any of them, It's also not much of a real update to the previous Hulk builds except for that rubber torso, which just weirds me out, and I have a strong feeling that material won't hold up threw the years, Sure if I was all about dynamic posing this might be something I'd be more inclined to buy, but since it's likely to just be in a vanilla pose 99.5% of it's time on my shelf I see no need for "extra articulation" I don't even think this feels like it is "maximum" and they still really could do better for Hulk, until then 80th figure is the one for me.

[GnarlyCharlie85]

While everyone is on the topic of pose ability. Who besides toy reviewers and toy photographers care that much about figure articulation? I'd bet that 90% of us put it in one pose and put it on the shelf. It's nice to have great articulation, which most marvel legends have. But most of us just don't care we just want the character representation on our shelf. 

[TheArrow]

On 5/23/2025 at 10:01 AM, GnarlyCharlie85 said:

While everyone is on the topic of pose ability. Who besides toy reviewers and toy photographers care that much about figure articulation? I'd bet that 90% of us put it in one pose and put it on the shelf. It's nice to have great articulation, which most marvel legends have. But most of us just don't care we just want the character representation on our shelf. 

Articulation and poseability is a huge factor for me because I want the option of different poses based on my moods and inspirations. I want characters that can interact ( via posing) with each other in a display and I want to be able to revisit those choices at a whim.

[SUPREME007]

On 5/23/2025 at 12:01 PM, GnarlyCharlie85 said:

While everyone is on the topic of pose ability. Who besides toy reviewers and toy photographers care that much about figure articulation? I'd bet that 90% of us put it in one pose and put it on the shelf. It's nice to have great articulation, which most marvel legends have. But most of us just don't care we just want the character representation on our shelf. 

I gotta say I disagree with this so hard. Yes its true that some figures are in a certain pose for a long time, but I am always changing the poses for so much of what I own, and much of what I have is not in vanilla posing, just prefer something dynamic. As someone who values just a basic modern articulation scheme, which Hasbro is 100% not at, there are years behind some companies in articulation, even at ones in the same price range ie, Jada, Storm, even Valaverse. I mean their common scheme is still a basic ab crunch, ya know the same engineering from 2000... regardless I have certainly passed on countless "must have" looks and characters due to the lacking articulation, I just won't buy it as in a 0 chance. And idk if u guys are seeing this, but some of these third parties (though at double the price sometimes triple) or smaller IP holders are just wiping the floor with ANY domestic and import product across the board that from sculpt, paint and articulation scheme they incorporate are ludicrous. I am not asking for Hasbro to look like Hot Toys and move like a Jada figure (though there is no reason they shouldn't move as well as Jada), just at least bring modern articulation across the board throughout their lines ie the maximum format scheme. And the fact that it is considered premium is ridiculous, and yes, I coughed it up. So I will not give Hasbro any passes; they MUST do better, especially in this market climate.

On 5/23/2025 at 5:33 PM, TheArrow said:

Articulation and poseability is a huge factor for me because I want the option of different poses based on my moods and inspirations. I want characters that can interact ( via posing) with each other in a display and I want to be able to revisit those choices at a whim.

Yes to all this^

[GnarlyCharlie85]

Yea guess that I'm probably alone in my opinion. But I just think articulation is overrated. I know the younger generation loves it. Me personally I just don't care to pose them in more than one way. Probably because I have over 1000 marvel legends and let's just say space is a problem. Totally understand y'all's points.

[jscottt991]

On 5/23/2025 at 7:11 PM, GnarlyCharlie85 said:

Yea guess that I'm probably alone in my opinion. But I just think articulation is overrated. I know the younger generation loves it. Me personally I just don't care to pose them in more than one way. Probably because I have over 1000 marvel legends and let's just say space is a problem. Totally understand y'all's points.

I'm with you. I like minimal articulation (ab crunches, in particular, bother me), but give me appearance over horrible slash marks on the figure any day.

[SUPREME007]

On 5/23/2025 at 7:11 PM, GnarlyCharlie85 said:

Yea guess that I'm probably alone in my opinion. But I just think articulation is overrated. I know the younger generation loves it. Me personally I just don't care to pose them in more than one way. Probably because I have over 1000 marvel legends and let's just say space is a problem. Totally understand y'all's points.

No, you're not alone, man. I think it's more of a quiet split, and I understand your guys' preference for aesthetics over movement. You are right about the younger generation, with me semi-included. To me it is just crazy to have seen the evolution of figures from Toybiz to today, where now some companies have high ingenuity, where they don't need to compromise the aesthetics for articulation because their sculptors/engineers are wizards, but ik as a domestic company Hasbro will never be that but I just hope they make a modern scheme baseline something akin to maximum spidey so I can at least get some nice headtilt and better torso in all figures. I think ROM should at least be the standard + boot swivel (and butterfly would have been nice, but I too, would have opted for no butterfly due to the gross overcompensation it would have caused the sculpt).

[Psychosomatic]

Glad to see a side by side comparison with the 80th Anniversary release...the greens look close enough to be able to do head swaps.

[Psychosomatic]

Oh, wow - I just noticed that the chest isn't just flexible, it is actually a different sculpt, and I like it better! I might just have to buy this thing now!

[SUPREME007]

On 5/23/2025 at 11:21 AM, SpiderS said:

If they invested into new double jointed arms and ball jointed waist/reverse ab crunch this figure could have been easily salvaged, and would feel indeed new but new rubber chest and toe joints hardly make the figure that appealing especially at that price point.

Agreed. But alas 6-year-old buck at maximum price will suffice for Hasbro.

[TheArrow]

On 5/23/2025 at 5:25 PM, SUPREME007 said:

No, you're not alone, man. I think it's more of a quiet split, and I understand your guys' preference for aesthetics over movement. You are right about the younger generation, with me semi-included. To me it is just crazy to have seen the evolution of figures from Toybiz to today, where now some companies have high ingenuity, where they don't need to compromise the aesthetics for articulation because their sculptors/engineers are wizards, but ik as a domestic company Hasbro will never be that but I just hope they make a modern scheme baseline something akin to maximum spidey so I can at least get some nice headtilt and better torso in all figures. I think ROM should at least be the standard + boot swivel (and butterfly would have been nice, but I too, would have opted for no butterfly due to the gross overcompensation it would have caused the sculpt).

I come from a time..........a realm long ago that was GI Joe.  No, not the 3.75" figures, but the 12" ones, And stuff like the famous Marx Best of the West and Knights.  And the numerous Marx static figures, like Marvel and DC heroes ( did Marx do DC, I recall only Marvel....) , the Astronauts, the various cowboys and Indians, the Nutty Mads.
Toys all, to be sure.............but the latter were so MADDENINGLY FRUSTRATING........because they did not move. 
Action figures then had all manner of engineering --from corded elastics, to wire-encased bendies, 5 POAs ( if you were lucky. They'd have  good elbows and knees, and then have "nose-picker"  ( GI Joe)  hands that were next to useless.
No one figure design incorporated all the NEEDED toy design elements to make an action figure functional...until Hasbro/Palitoy came about with the gripping hands designs--late 70's/early 80's. Even then it wasn't a sea-change by any stretch---it took another 20+ year for toys to START to evolve into what we have now.
But this isn't a history lesson...............action figures have long been a tease -product----so much potential, so much disappointment.

  As a kid, I was STARVED for function with my toys.  I wanted them to emulate what i saw on TV shows and cartoons, and in comics.......because those are what fuelled my imagination. 
 That's where the possibilities lay, where I was engaged. I mean, I played with my stuff.

I was never a statue kid, because statues are pretty much akin to picking up a rock from the ground and playing with that.  Yawn.
Big deal. 

Marvel Legends and their contemporaries are, largely, the action figures I have always wanted, featuring characters I have long deeply loved.  To me, poseability is storytelling....stories that I get to tell, in the ways that I want to tell them.   But that is WHY i collect and everyone else can be different.
 

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[frozentenderloin]

On 5/23/2025 at 7:11 PM, jscottt991 said:

I'm with you. I like minimal articulation (ab crunches, in particular, bother me), but give me appearance over horrible slash marks on the figure any day.

I feel like I am kind of the opposite in a way. I don’t mind visible articulation. I actually sometimes like it when a toy looks like a toy. There are exceptions to that, especially if the joints look really weird or the gaps are too visible, but for the most part I don’t mind. I know people tend to really like pin-less joints, but joint pins don’t bug me. And I prefer that a figure have some kind of ab crunch or torso articulation. 
 

That said, I get not liking all the gashes and breaks that articulation creates in figures. I think it’s cool when companies go the extra mile to try and hide the articulation as much as possible without sacrificing movement. Some companies do better than others when it comes to that.

[LoneWolfSones]

Hi all,

First post here. I only recently started collecting legends last year? With finishing the Adventure series, I began looking to Legends. That said, I never had figures like this when I was a kid that were this posable and generally looked decent. I feel the best way to describe Maximum Hulk is "your mileage will vary." If you already own a Hulk? You probably don't 'need' this one. But I understand if people are upset if they were looking forward to a new "definitive" Hulk, who doesn't seem to get figures as much or as regularly as Spider-Man. Certainly not updated as often as Spidey. I think that has to do with licensing and sharing rights with Universal? 

Anyway, I think his articulation is fine and he can do the thunderclap. But was the Vinyl overlay worth it? I don't know. I think people probably would have been fine with a butterfly joint. Look at the new Gamerverse Juggernaut. I like the heads more than I thought I would. I almost feel you get more for your money comparatively speaking than you do with Maximum Spidey. Spidey's accessories felt more...underwhelming? beyond the full complement of hands. Hulk's accessories feel more useful? You can use those whoosh effects even without the thunderclap. The clap effect can even be used as an impact effect. The missile feels cheap. I think if they had thrown in that ripped shirt overlay? It would have felt more 'complete' or "definitive.'

My bigger concern is how the vinyl overlay holds up long term. 

[AndyL]

I know it can't just me but even from just these pictures I can see a significant difference in the color of the torso from the face. It reminds me of when people wear face makeup that is a few shades different from their neck or chest. It hurts my eyes. And I also share in @LoneWolfSones concernse that the vinyl will not hold up over time. Anyone who's displayed one of Mattel's C'n'C figures from their old DCUC line that often included rotocast parts may be familiar with issues over time. It could fade, turn brittle or warp if the figure is left in a certain pose too long such as the Thunderclap. Looks good. Especially the Smart Hulk portrait but I just can't. At least not until they do a proper Smart Hulk. And even then if they do this rubbery torso thing I'll probably pass.

[Psychosomatic]

On 6/2/2025 at 3:34 PM, AndyL said:

I know it can't just me but even from just these pictures I can see a significant difference in the color of the torso from the face. It reminds me of when people wear face makeup that is a few shades different from their neck or chest. It hurts my eyes. And I also share in @LoneWolfSones concernse that the vinyl will not hold up over time. Anyone who's displayed one of Mattel's C'n'C figures from their old DCUC line that often included rotocast parts may be familiar with issues over time. It could fade, turn brittle or warp if the figure is left in a certain pose too long such as the Thunderclap. Looks good. Especially the Smart Hulk portrait but I just can't. At least not until they do a proper Smart Hulk. And even then if they do this rubbery torso thing I'll probably pass.

Not sure if I have ever been so conflicted about whether or not to buy a figure - one moment I want it, the next I don't! Love the toe articulation, the different chest sculpt on the rubber piece, and the crazy Deadato jr. head, but like most people are saying, this isn't a must have if you already have the 80th anniversary version. Like you, I have seen enough rubber pieces degrade over time, so not enough good in this offering to make me buy it. All right, it's settled then - I am going to pass! 

[since83]

Well, I just took mine out. Got it a week ago. 

It. Is. Awesome! I wish he had new arms and legs too, but that is not in any way hindering my fun right now! A very playable cool a$$ figure! The "concussion" effect fits perfectly on Crusher Creel's ball and chain...it looks amazing smashing Hulks face while Titania gets in a kidney shot! This is a fun toy for those of us that like posing figures in action scenes!