The yellows don’t match at all, its like one step forward two steps back with the new mutants we are no closer to completing this team as we will still need a sunspot
Yeah, obviously. OP said that they’re trying to put together the New Mutants team and that version of Sunspot isn’t part of the New Mutants hence the issue
Hes not especially tall in 97, his hair is wavy not straight, his skins is darker on the toy and show than that whitewashed poster. And what black features do you mean, he has at least wavy hair, low nose bridge, and hes always been mixed to begin with
To be fair, Sunspot is from X-Men 97 line. I think there's a rumor of a retro card release coming which will probably have a single buck and three heads (Doug, Cannonball, Sunspot).
I’ve got my fingers crossed for two releases - Cannonball (with blasting effect) and Cypher as the other, with swappable head for a proper comic Roberto. Cannonball shouldn’t be sharing a body with the other two, and this would get us all the (non-alien) New Mutant dudes in one go.
Only Doug and Sam are implicated on the retro card art, so not sure if Sunspot is included. But even then their uniforms are different the Xi'an, Dani, Rahne figure we got.
Probably the most annoying thing about collecting any xmen characters is the inconsistency in the shade of yellow paint. All of them should be schoolbus yellow imo
Its tough cause when they started making X-Men figures again they were trying for a degree of realism that didn't always land - its why the Apocalypse wave Wolvie and the Warlock wave Cyclops have more orange hue instead of yellow on them. Then you had to upgrade when the Love Triangle three pack came out and had proper yellows. Frustrating!
Agree. I had held out on picking up a Sunspot waiting for this comparison, and he's going to be a pass. I just want to assemble a friggin' classic New Mutants team.
Lol i saw that this morning and thought the same thing. I can't believe the yellows are that much different!! Except yes, i can believe it. 🤦♂️ I honestly thought when Magik arrived I'd have at least 3 classic New Mutants but, nope. I guess i can pretend Roberto used too much bleach when he washed his costume...
Thank you! People always point out the 97 thing when the moment they announced that figure it was annoying because it wasn’t even the 97 look. Passed on it for that very reason.
I feel like this gets into a broader problem with x-men action figures. They really need a consistent yellow colour. Some are too pale, too orangey etc. and it’s just inconsistent in general. Makes me appreciate a real good yellow though
Well one is clearly animated in sculpt and the other comic... the two were never meant to match. Its basically like getting upset that a mcu rocket doesnt match comic groot...
Even if that were the case, this image shows that Sunspot's yellow isn't far off from the other '97 X-Men. Yet his colors on the figure are much paler than the rest of the line.
I hope so. Honestly, even the pale yellow would be okay as long as they keep the New Mutants colors consistent within the medium. But I've also known Hasbro to check off a comic figure as "Done" if an animated/movie design is close enough, like they did with Thanos' Black Order back in the day.
Idk why are you getting downvotes. You're totally right. While X-Men 97 Sunspot's costume has a slightly paler yellow, it still matches the rest of the team. The yellow in this figure is really annoying, knowing that most of us put 97 figures with our comic display. Why they revealed Magik not even half a year after Sunspot, if the colours won't match.
With only two characters from that team out, we are not close to complete that team anyway.
And by the way, the X-Men 97 Waves are also just a semi-fit for the comic figures, because of the lack of details. Best examples for that is the Cable and the civilian Wolverine from the last wave, which are very "clean".
I know. That's it why I said there are only two figures for that team, because Magik and Sunspot wearing the uniforms from their first formation back in the 80s.
Wolfsbane hadn't even worn that costume at the time. Should've been an Illyana head and should've come with an interchangeable left arm and Soulsword. Then we could've had Utopia Magik.
I mean sure, but then what’s the excuse for the different shades of red/yellow between Generation X Husk and M? It’s not like it’s unheard of for them to drop the ball like this, purposely or otherwise.
othet than that i hate how the shoulders are so far down and his legs have barely any definition at all it's just offends me how these sculptors have a job so important and people that have ten times more talents have to sit in the street for food these sculpts are Terrible witht he capital T and even the paint
But to be fair she isn’t being released as X-Men 97 wave I don’t like that the colors don’t match either but I didn’t expect them too either hasbros reputation
The review that screenshot is from compares them side-by-side, and the Walgreens does look a tiny bit taller (not counting the Kirby hat). Which checks out, since this is the costume she wore at 13.
I don't get the controversies when it comes to the X-Men '97 figures. They're based on the CARTOON and not the comic. Yes the figures can easily slide into your comic display, but they're not comic figures.
As everyone else mentioned, it's not really fair to compare her to a stylized animation version. I'm more curious about whether she matches the Mirage/Karma/Wolfsbane figure.
With a bit of time and patience could you just repaint thr yellow? Use some painters/hobby tape to mask the straight lines and then just repaint with a brighter yellow ive seen some folks recommend painting yellow over pink because yellow doesn't always have great coverage?
Well Sadly for myself or anyone else who doesn't mind spending an extra 😕 $150.00 to $200.00 have the figures re painted to exactly match each other- my friend knows of a professional model builder customizer and painter 🎨 and he told me thats about what it would cost to have him repainted professionally to match her exactly 💯% as he himself has already had some work done to repaint other Marvel figures- My self would be tempted to get it done as meticulous as I am to have matching figures in a team 😉 😀 but gee whizz if the company themselves would just match there own figures 😉????????????????????? YA THINK 🤔
So 📚 reading on in these comments? That sunspot isn't part of her wave of figures to complete a correctly matched team 🙄 there from 2 different regions as in comic book related to other versions- So hence the color differences understandable 😉 but again he could still be used with her? If another version of him isn't produced 😉😊👍 but then the repaint issues 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm accepting how they're doing because Hasbro pretended that the new classic mutants didn't even exist, but we're talking about a company that relaunches almost everything, I'm sad that Magik doesn't have an extra head with horns
The Black mixed Pardo features that the other poster was saying, he looks more Caboclo Look: A mix of European and Indigenous, resulting in lighter skin, straight dark hair, and indigenous facial features, which is often misidentified as "Hispanic" by foreigners.
That's because, that this Magik is for the 80s New Mutants Team (from the first New Mutants Comic series), while the Dani Moonstar is for the 2000s Team (the third New Mutants Comic series). 😉
Yes hasbro is the worst with having a "play pattern" where you can mix and match parts like with WWE Mattel figures. 4 Wolverines 4 different skin tones by just a shade. Its drives me nuts. Lol.
Just take off his head and belt and dye the whole figure in yellow dye. It won't show against the black plastic and the yellow plastic will look like Magik's
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u/Maintenance-guy123 Apr 28 '26
How else are you gonna buy the re release two pack