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This a review of the Gambit action figure from Mezco Toyz released in August 2020. The One:12 Collective Gambit is outfitted in a black mission suit with an X-Men issued armored vest and removable leather-look overcoat. Complete with 2 head portraits, the master of kinetic energy comes complete with a bo staff and a variety of throwing cards and throwing card FX.
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What's up guys it's Jason from AIPT Comics back again with another toy review
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It's not another Lego build but you know we can't get those all the time
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Hey Lego if you're listening please send us some more stuff. But it is kind of
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cool it is pretty exciting especially if you're an X-Men fan. It is the 112 Mezco
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Gambit action figure at long last. I feel like I've been waiting for this guy
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for quite some time. Yeah fully posable comes with seven replacement hands, two different faces, a whole mess of card effects, his staff
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Allegedly the trench coat is made of actual leather. We'll see how that goes
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once we open this bad boy. All sorts of cool poses that you can do with him
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This is of course with it being Mezco not for playing so much as it is for
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big old nerds like me who just want to have a cool Gambit looking guy on their shelf. So why don't we open this guy up and see what we can do. So here's the
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Gambit figure of course in this nice little box. You can check out all of these
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cool details and different locales listed on the back. But you guys are here
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for a review of the box so let's instead take this guy out of there and voila
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So as you can see he's a perma sealed at this point sort of like he's been
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kidnapped and they decided to over plastic the face. A whole bunch of cool
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stuff. I'm gonna try and be careful not to mess with the box. I'm not one of
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those people who keeps their figures in the box mint all that sort of stuff but
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all the same, I like to be neat and orderly. If it's not a real Mezco if it doesn't have one of
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these guys in there warning you not to play with these toys. Okay so let's work on the figure itself
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Here of course we've got the stand. We'll get to that in a little bit
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For now let's take a look at the Gambit figure itself. First off, a little facial treatment
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Okay so right off the bat the trench coat does in fact feel like leather
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It's probably a leather substitute sort of thing but it's definitely fabric
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It's got little belts in the back. Let's take this stuff off his arms and stomach
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And yeah he is definitely poseable. Wow he's got a lot of points of articulation
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Foot has two, not three, damn I was really hoping by that foot that he would have two, three really
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That's a typical actual action figure posing. Arms, okay it's a ball joint
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And the shoulders, see the head. Head's very poseable too. This is the default face
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Remember he's looking all handsome and ish. Yeah so pretty cool figure so far
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Let's throw him down for a little bit. Take a look at..
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Now this is a pretty cool version of his staff. And for no other reason it's not super flimsy
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It's light of course but it doesn't feel like I'm going to break it just by touching it
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So that's a positive. Let's take a look at some of these card effects
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So an excluding card. An individual charging card. Here's a hand slash card effect
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So it's for when he shoots straight out. We'll see if we can set that up in a second
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Okay here is his big swath action. I'm throwing out so many cards
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That one's going to be cool to use. And then of course down here we've got some little baby cards
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Little baby cards just in case we want him to not be charging a card
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In our office pose, whatever we're going to do for him. Let's compare the two heads
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Let's see. So if I'm honest, there's not a whole lot of difference in the build on the two heads
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He's kind of smirking in this one. In this one he's a little more serious
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But looks pretty indistinct from one another. It's also a little... It's kind of a shame that his eyes are kind of squinted
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Because then you don't get the full gambit eyes with the red sclera
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Well the red iris isn't black sclera. I also, while the face build is cool and definitely looks a little Jim Lee-ish
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When you compare it to the Marvel Legends face build. I feel like there's maybe a little more character here in the Marvel Legends
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Than in this Mezco one. Very similar side swept hairdos too. Of course that trench coat is all plastic
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And his car effects aren't as cool. New figure. Smell. So let's take..
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Oh there's more plastic back here. Let's close. So yeah, actually when you look at the chest armor
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They really put some neat little rivets I guess into it. To make it look more like metal
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You can see snaps on the waist. He's got a little pouch on either side
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Presumably where he keeps his cards. It kept the racing stripe that I've never understood why he has on his pants
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Um, yeah. Let's take a look at the non-card hands. So this one is kind of the reach out, I'll be there, touch your hands
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That one's pretty cool. Oh, I could have caught that one before it fell on the floor
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That could have been a problem. And here's the other hand. They are both kind of..
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I'll be there. Sorry. Four-topped guy. So it looks like these next two hands are for holding the staff
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You can tell because he's got the little holes in there. Just basic fists
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Again, he's got little dainty little man hands. Which, yeah, I suppose that's fine as a thief
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Supposed to be able to have nimble fingers I guess. Then the seventh hand is another one that..
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Oh, actually, you know what? There's a little gap between the finger and thumb
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So I think that it would be for... Yeah, it's for sticking the single charge card in which is pretty cool actually
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Do a couple of poses. And close this video out if you are interested
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It's a pretty cool figure. He's very poseable. The figure itself retails for about $85 depending on where you get it
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It comes with a stand which is cool. And of course that's the X-Stand which is great if you have a lot of these guys
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And it's a fun little figure. It's very detailed, very ornate. Something Gambit fans will want to actually consider
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I believe the Kotobukiya's are pretty popular as well. This is a really cool Gambit figure
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It's a slight upgrade I would say from the Marvel Legends Gambit
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Although the Marvel Legends Gambit does appear to have a few more points of articulation
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Like the thighs move on that one. Well, the ankles do here, but the calves are able to be twisted
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And there's a piece in the chest that's also maneuverable. Whereas this torso is pretty rigid
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But yeah, still a cool figure. Check him out. And yeah, check us out
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