While fans may have reasonably hoped for an MCU Ancient One or even Kaecillius as the fourth movie character in this year’s Marvel Legends Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness series, Hasbro decided to go wild and crazy instead with a character new to the MCU in Doctor Strange 2: the headliner Rintrah Build-A-Figure that collectors will have to build the rest of the series to assemble! Is this fuzzy green minotaur-looking sorcerer worth your effort and investment to put together?

The Marvel Legends Rintrah BAF is going to be a tough figure to review because, well… we know basically Jack squat about the character and his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe just yet.

Sure, every casual fan recognizes the green-furred other-dimensional being from his 80s and 90s comic book appearances apprenticing under Dr. Strange (including battling the Fear Lords, thus giving a through-line to D’Spayre’s inclusion in this wave), but it remains to be seen just what Rintrah is gonna do or amount to in the Multiverse of Madness movie.

If you asked 1000 fans at this time last year who they thought we’d see as a movie Marvel Legends 2022 Build-A-Figure, I confidently suspect zero of them would have said the R’Vaalian, Rintrah.

And they might have been right to assume such, as the movie iteration of this character hasn’t even debuted yet, and most fans buying this wave are probably still asking “Who is Rintrah?” while they do it. Fans have no idea of what this character will be all about in the MCU—and I’m not entirely convinced Hasbro does either, based on this action figure.

For a Build-A-Figure, Rintrah feels really, really plain. Visually, the maroon robes that make up the majority of the figure look incredibly generic. The rope-like belt helps break up the monotony, but the aesthetic is still dull.

 

The green, furry parts of the arms and legs—plus the tail and bovine head—are somewhat more interesting, but the overall look is still less captivating than you might expect from a magical green Minotaur.

Rintrah himself is also rather expressionless and with eyes deviating a bit from each other, which doesn’t help with the lifeless feel of this BAF. The paint wash and deco on the horns, inner hands and head are all subtle but well-executed, however.

The fur and hooves are nicely-sculpted, but it’s the painted earrings and bracelets that are easily my favorite details on the figure.

As far as accessories go, there’s very little to get excited about with this Build-A-Figure. Rintrah’s got some interchangeable fists and, well… that’s it. Someone suggested to me that the magic lamp from the new Astral Doctor Strange Legends figure could be for Rintrah, but there’s nothing official indicating such, so I’m not counting it.

Hasbro couldn’t go rogue and give the movie Rintrah BAF comic-based accessories like a Cloak of Levitation or an Eye of Agamotto, and the character is barely glimpsed in the Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness trailers, so there wasn’t a lot Hasbro could really do here to make this figure feel exciting.

In essence, this is just a bulky robed figure with furry green lower arms and lower legs, a tail and a horned bovine head. And… it doesn’t feel all that fun or inspired.

Articulation rundown:

• Ball-Jointed Head, Waist and Hips
• Ball-Honge Shoulders and Knees
• Swivel-Hinge Elbows and Wrists
• Swivel Tail, Thighs and Lower Legs
• Hinged Hooves with Rockers

This is a very unique articulation scheme, but it feels a bit awkward and balancing the legs can be quite difficult. The lack of biceps swivels is a sucky surprise. I do really enjoy doing funny head tilts to try to grant poor Rintrah some personality, though.

Overall: The basic figure we get here is decent, but it’s really nothing exhilarating by modern Hasbro Marvel Legends figures. Compared to insanely impressive BAFs like Age of Apocalypse Colossus and Ursa Major, Rintrah falls really short. There’s simply little here to get excited about with no non-hand accessories, an expression-less portrait and hard-to-balance articulation. I’d have much rather had a 6” Ancient One than poor Rintrah, who is merely average—especially as an expensive-to-assemble BAF.

GRADE: C-