Marvel Legends Endgame Captain America Figure Review & Photos

The first two Avengers Endgame Marvel Legends figures that I previously reviewed—Ronin and the Armored Thanos Build-A-Figure—were both overall solid figures with a few faults holding them back. But the third and final ML Endgame figure in this Wave is one I’ve had to gather up the motivation to review at all. Hasbro is hoping that we’ll all buy multiples of the Marvel Legends Endgame Captain America figure—but is this a figure that collects will want to own any of?

Marvel Legends Endgame Captain America Figure Review

Poor Chris Evans just does not have much luck when it comes to Hasbro Marvel Legends 6” figures. After years of Steve Rogers movie figures that looked nothing like Evans, I thought the rushed bearded Cap we got last year for Infinity War would be the bottom of the barrel.

But I thought wrong, because—spoilers—this is bar-none my least favorite Captain America action figure in a long, long time.

Avengers Endgame Legends Quantum Suit Captain America Figure PackagedWe’ll start with the good news: if you want to build the Armored Thanos BAF, you won’t have to buy this Endgame Captain America. This is a little weird since Cap is one of only two single-packed action figures for the movie in this wave, but I think Hasbro foresaw many collectors were going to want to pass on this one. Thank you kindly, Hasbro.

Back of Quantum Captain America Marvel Legends Figure

As a Marvel Legends figure, this feels just about as basic as it gets. The armor has some nice texture on the black areas, but the predominant silver plastic has zero weathering or wash on it and looks ridiculous—particularly from the rear view.

Box Back Avengers Legends Endgame Captain AmericaI had hoped I could cover the back with the shield, but for reasons we’ll get into, that’s not possible with this figure.

Front of Captain America Chris Evans Endgame Movie FigureThe proportions on this figure just look wrong to me. As a generic male body, this is okay, I suppose—but in no way does it feel right for Cap. The masked Chris Evans head has little resemblance to the actor, and even less when placed upon this body.

Captain America Endgame Legends Figure Fist Bumping Citizen VOn the bright side, the body has decent, mostly standard ML articulation: Swivel Waist/Biceps/Thighs; double-jointed knees and elbows; ab crunch; ball-hinge neck and shoulders; ball-jointed hips; swivel-hinge wrists and hinged ankles with rockers. The arms can’t be fully straightened at the elbows and there’s no boots/calves cut, but otherwise the articulation here is acceptable.

Captain America Endgame Legends Figure Back with ShieldWith all that articulation, you might expect that you can at least get some cool poses with the iconic shield, right…? Wrong. For whatever reason, the shield doesn’t have any ‘C’-clip to attach to Cap’s arm, now does it have a peg to attach to his back.

Quantum Suit Captain America Avengers Legends Figure with Loose ShieldBut so what: At least there are straps to slide the shield over his arm, right? Well, unfortunately, one of the straps is too small to easily slide over the arm, and consequently I was only able to attach the shield at all after a Twitter follower tipped me off I could rip off Cap’s hand to get the shield on and then reattach it.

Avengers Endgame Marvel Legends Quantum Captain America 6" Figure with ShieldBut even if you do things that way and get Captain America’s shield attached, his arm isn’t designed to bend or do much of anything once the shield is on. The poseability here is really lame, frankly.

Articulation on Captain America ML Quantum Suit Costume FigureI haven’t picked up the Target Exclusive Quantum Suit two-pack yet, but the photos I’ve seen online definitely make it appear that this body mold works much better with the heads in that set (such as Hawkeye) than it does for Captain America.

Avengers Legends 2019 Captain America Endgame Hasbro Figure ReviewOverall: I try to find the best in every Hasbro Marvel Legends action figure. But plain and simple, I straight up dislike this Quantum Suit Captain America Legends figure. The unpainted silver on the costume looks incredibly cheap, the proportions on Cap are highly questionable, the portrait is generic and nothing impressive, and prepare for a battle if you want to pose the figure in a cool way with the shield.

If you want extra male Quantum Suit bodies to use for the extra heads in the Target Endgame two-pack, then this is an easy way of getting them. But as a Captain America figure, this is easily my least-favorite Cap I can remember Hasbro doing in many years—if not ever.

GRADE: D

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Marvel Legends Endgame Captain America Figure Review & Photos — 10 Comments

  1. I got the two pack with Hawkeye and Widow, and the male body is definitely better with the Hawkeye head. I know it’s how it looks in the movie, but I think the blue cap mask with this suit just looks silly. It would look much better had the film made his mask the same colors as the suit he’s wearing.

    I don’t own any MCU Captain Americas, because I think they all are pretty bad. I’d consider the 2 pack with Crossbones if the price drops well enough to my liking. I won’t own this one, either. I do recommend the Hawkeye/Widow 2 pack, though!

  2. I have this cap and many other ones based on his earlier comic book look and I’d have to say I agree this is my most hated one and I’ve got several but I think its because I’m not big into movie figures as I like the comic book ones better.

  3. I glad that this one is so easy to buy that I can have some extra quantum suit bodies for other teammates. And it is not so bad if you replace with the Chris Evans head from crossbone 2pack. The cap head from this figure can also be used to replace that terrible head of the AVG1 Captain America.

  4. Yeah the rest of the figs from this wave sold very quickly but the Caps seem to be sticking around, which makes sense since he’s double-packed, has no BAF piece, and collectors looking to get the team in quantum suits is likely more interested in getting the target 2-pack than this figure. I currently have no plans to build the team so i’ll be skipping this figure.

    I suppose if we see that the team wears these suits for a substantial portion of the movie, that could boost enthusiasm for this figure. Also if the 2-packs become scarce and the price drops on this guy a bit, i could see army builders then grabbing up multiples just to use the quantum suit body. But if the 2-pack is plentiful i think this Cap figure could be as legendary a peg-warmer as the likes of Misty Knight and Gwenpool.

  5. Just saw a clip of the movie. There are 8 characters wearing the quantum suits (8 fists together). Rocket Raccoon is shown wearing one. The other is likely to be Falcon.

    • Does he actually wear the helmet mask with the quantum suit in the movie? Why didn’t they just stick the head from the Civil War Crossbones 2-pack in there?

      And what about the shield? He gave that up in that movie.

  6. The “C” clamp is why I have refused to buy just about every Cap in recent memory. That thing is utter garbage and ruins the shield. Not to mention is BREAKS way too easily. The last good comic shield ever released was the Toybiz Face-Off Cap version. The movie versions are much better because of the straps. I will buy this figure just to give his shield to the 80 Years Cap coming out in August. Death to the Hasbro “C” clamp and may it rot in Hell. It’s ruined every Captain America, Taskmaster, Red Guardian, USAgent and Vance Astro they’ve put out. Whomever keeps approving it needs to be fired and escorted out of the building by security where we can throw rotten tomatoes at him on the way to his car.