The Void, the evil alter-ego (of a sort) of The Sentry, is essentially a near-omnipotent dark god. This Dark Sentry has only physically appeared a few times in Marvel comic books, but is easily one of the most powerful and deadly villainous entities in the Marvel Universe. As Hasbro released an updated Sentry in 2022, the timing seemed right to finally create this monstrous force. Due to its massive size and bulk, fans will have to buy six figures in the Marvel Legends Void Build-A-Figure Series to complete the fiendish foe—is it worth dropping that much for the ML Void BAF?

Collectors wanting to build the full Void Build-A-Figure will need to purchase the recent Hasbro Vision, Justice, Power Princess, Savage Namor, Namorita and Crystar 6″ figures. The 90s Black Panther figure from the wave includes no Void parts and is not required.

This wave is exclusive to online and specialty stores, so it’s highly unlikely to end up on clearance or at discount chains like Ollie’s. This is good news for Hasbro and the health of the toy line, but bad news for collectors becoming accustomed to buying Legends figures at immense discounts.

I’m a Sentry fan, so my ears perked up when I heard about this Void figure, though I wasn’t sure I’d spring for all the figures necessary to build him. I did—but was that the right decision?

Well… in some ways yes, and in some ways no. There are things I truly love about this Build-A-Figure Void, and also things I loathe.

The sheer “cool factor” is probably the biggest factor in the Void’s favor. The Void looks like an anthropomorphic crustacean demon, and is appropriately terrifying. The translucent maroon plastic has an evil, otherworldly feel to it, and the teeth and claws are all sculpted to look deadly and dangerous.

The Void BAF has eight huge, thick, spiked tentacles coming out of his back, which look incredibly menacing and have loads of sculpting detail etched onto them. These are among the most impressive aspects of the action figure, although they also cause the toy’s biggest shortcomings.

Rather than snapping into place as most Build-A-Figure attachments do, each pair of tendrils had a square peg that just slides into the Void’s back. This is -highly- unstable, and the upper tentacles fall off nearly x constantly with any touch, breeze or vibration. It’s. Incredibly frustrating.

Complicating matters further, the translucent plastic the factory used is extremely “gummy”, and the lower body joints simply don’t have the rigidity or strength to support the top-heavy upper body stably. As a result, the Void was almost nonstop either falling over, having his upper tentacles fall off, or both while I was taking review photos.

I got pissed and gave up while trying to set up more dynamic photo poses for this review, which is an uncommon experience altogether.

It’s really a shame that this figure wasn’t produced with stronger plastic and a better construction design, as the Void Marvel Legends figure looks amazingly cool but I can already tell I’ll rarely want to touch him on my shelf and have to deal with him collapsing and falling apart.

Overall: it’s really hard to fully enjoy a figure that’s constantly 1) Falling over or 2) Falling Apart. The Marvel Legends Void Build-A-Figure does both—frequently. The grotesque design, otherworldly colors and sheer coolness factor are all in this dark god’s favor. But poor decisions on figure construction and the type/quality of plastic used really hinder this figure and hold it back. Assigning an actual grade to this feels murky, so be dure to consider your own tolerances for these type of issues.

GRADE: B-