Wolverine (Time Ripper)

*cue the "Like a Prayer"* A broken and shame-fueled Logan reluctantly joins Deadpool's side to fight for their survival - and a shot at redemption. Okay, so Brown Costume Wolverine can get a unique bio on the back of his box, but this Target exclusive just gets recycled text from the sleeveless yellow version? That seems unfair. This figure is based on the movie's climax, where (in the most comicbooky moment of the entire series - and we mean "the Fox X-Men movies," not just "Deadpool") Wolverine gets hurt so badly that his costume literally explodes off him. Does it make any kind of sense? No. Is it rad as hell? Sure is! There doesn't seem to be any real reason this couldn't have been a normal release, but we'll get to that later in the review. Hugh Jackman was 55 when filming Deadpool 3, and clearly had to undergo one hell of a workout routine to still have the physique of a comicbook character. He could have gone the easy way out, and just counted on wearing the full-body costume to hide any softness, but he put in the (frankly dangerous) work, and the movie found an excuse to show it off. You can tell this is based specifically on the final action scene and not the "standing around after for the denouement" scene because of the neck: he's been sculpted with all his tendons standing out, straining with effort. Maximum effort! The figure includes two heads, and they're both new: when Wolverine's costume exploded, it took the bottom half of his mask with it, so while the first head has the same sort of grimace the plain figure sported, that head still had material covering his jaw, and his one has sculpted sideburn-y stubble. The second head is even more specific to the finale, with the mouth open in an excruciated yell. Wolverine's skintone is more saturated on this toy than on the others, which has to be an intentional choice: remember that he was in the midst of exploding, so he was glowing from the inside. They've painted hair on his chest and forearms, but none on his back. To really up the likeness, they could have done thin cracks of orange energy splitting his skin, but no such luck. Similarly, the eyes on the fully screaming head should be glowing orange, not just white like the snarling head. There's a little bit of dirt on the pants, but again, only on the front. You're charging nearly $30 for a 6" figure, Hasbro, you can afford to paint more than one side of it. Because his sideburns don't meet in the middle, there's a harsh stripe of skintone paint right under his chin, which looks weird if you top the head back at all. The legs are the same mold as before, and so have the same articulation: swivel/hinge ankles, no shins, double-hinged knees, swivel thighs, balljointed hips, and a swivel waist. The arms had to be new, since even the sleeveless Wolverine still had his gloves on, but he's still got swivel/hinge wrists, double-hinged elbows, swivel biceps, and swivel/hinge shoulders. No balljoints or extra hinges for the shoulders, either. All the chest gets is a hinge in the middle and a barbell for the neck. Of course, all he does while he looks like this in the movie is T-pose for victory, so this is plenty. Wolvie has a pair of hands with the claws popped, a pair of fists without claws, and a pair of relaxed hands. The grippy hands are good, for recreating the important pose, but also kind of pointless since we don't have a Deadpool to match. Honestly, they could have dropped the relaxed right hand, and given us a matching replacement for Deadpool instead. Because "Time Rippper Deadpool" isn't visually different enough to warrant a release of his own, even as an exclusive. If you want an excuse, other than "Hugh Jackman's workout routine," why his costume blew up and Deadpool's didn't, you can say the adamantium skeleton channelled the energy more efficiently than normal bone would. That also explains why his pants didn't blow up: path of least resistance means the energy would have gone straight from one arm to the other, not taken a detour down to his feet. Since this figure is an exclusive, it could have been an opportunity for Hasbro to really go wild with it - you know, mold the upper body from translucent orange plastic and just paint a few spots of "intact" skin on the surface, which would also have opened the door for a matching Deadpool molded in translucent blue, letting them use the molds even more. Or even a two-pack of them holding hands. It's fine as a standalone thing, but it could have been more inventive. -- 08/12/26 When did Jackman look best as Wolverine? Tell us on our message board, the Loafing Lounge.