Day 271 September 28th
Captain America army
builder singles Review
DST started
making these army builders single pack dump cases back with the BSG Cylons and
with the Marvel line they started with the Hammer Drones of Iron Man 2. So far they are only doing them with the
Marvel movie lines as they did Iron Man 2, Thor and now Captain America. In this review I will look at what I got in
my case of the Captain America ones.
Packaging – This
is a bit two fold in this review as I will talk about the case as a whole as
well as the packaging of the single minimates.
The case itself is a similar concept to all the other singles
cases. It holds three rows of minimates
across and four rows deep. It has a
great shot of Captain America
on the top which becomes the stand up portion of the box once opened. The sides of the box have Caps shield and
there is a shot of him running towards the viewer on the back. Both the sides and back have the official
Avengers Assemble logo which first appeared back on the Iron Man 2 singles as
well as appearing on the Thor ones. The
bottom of the case has a nifty little piece of info, the numbering of the
case. My case is numbered to be 477 out
of 500 cases produced.
The
minimates themselves are packaged in a single box with a display window to
allow the customers to see who is in each one.
No blind box BS here and I for one appreciate that! The sides of the box show artwork for each of
the minimates available in the case and the back has a check box listing of the
minimates with a little red dot sticker indicating which one is in the package. I really like this packaging for the singles;
it works very well and does not require a new package for each different
minimate in the case. Inside the box the
minimate is packed in the standard plastic tray and if it is one that has an
accessory it also has a spot in the tray.
On one of my Hydra Flame Trooper minimates the arms seemed to stick out
of the tray, almost like it wasn’t big enough but the other one was fine.
Hydra Pilot – I
am starting out the reviews with the minimate I got the most of in the case,
the Hydra Pilot. I thought it seemed a
bit odd to get more of these then some of the other Hydra variants since we
didn’t really see a bunch of these guys in action in the movie but honestly I
really like the way they look so I can’t complain too much. The design is so simple and sleek looking
with only the belt piece and the glove cuffs being actual extra pieces. The lines of the tampo are clean and crisp
and the red of the Hydra logo on the left arm really looks great! The pilots all come with the same gun that
came with the Red Skull in the regular 2-pack release which makes sense but
with no holster it may not get used too much by me. I really do like the looks of these minimates
and am already thinking about finding a few more to cannibalize for custom
ideas!
Hydra Soldier – These
were my next most plentiful minimates in the case. The neck piece of the uniform, the chest
straps/back power pack and belt/skirt are all one continuous piece which really
makes for a seamless look to the uniform.
I really like the facial expression on these guys, much more angry
looking and it suits their henchmen status.
Much like the pilots the details are nice and clean and the Hydra logo
on the belt and left arm look great! All
of mine had good clean lines for the red colours too which was great to
see! They come with a smaller rifle type
weapon, obviously not a standard rifle but anyone who has seem the movie will
understand the reasoning there, and it looks good when they are holding it.
Hydra Infantry – These
are the same as the Hydra soldiers that came packed with the variant in the
regular movie wave 2-pack releases.
Aside from the head and helmet the rest of the costume is shared with
the Hydra Soldier also in this case. I
love the look of these guys and how well the green looks in the costume. Much nicer than the comic version which I
found was almost too green this much darker tone really works for me. The helmet piece seems a bit bulky but still
looks good and accurately covers what it needs to cover. I am sure customizers will look at that piece
if working on a Dr Midnight custom, for some reason it seems to make me thing
of that. These guys come with the big
powerful blasting guns from the movie although they do seem a bit too large and
almost clumsy looking for them to hold nicely.
Hydra Flame Trooper –
This is another Hydra minimate that is released elsewhere as it is part of
the Toys R Us wave of Captain America
movie minimates. These guys are a lot of
fun as they have a huge chest piece that covers down past the waist and the
huge flame throwing cannons on the arms!
All this bulk actually works for these guys as it is easy to imagine
that to carry that kind of gear you would be pretty bulked up. They have the same helmet piece as the
Infantry and their face under that is fully covered like the pilot, which again
makes total sense and is source accurate.
The one other difference is the fact that these guys have a newly
sculpted upper leg piece which adds some more of an armoured look to their
uniform.
Red Skull in Hydra
uniform – I can honestly say I do not recall the Red Skull wearing this in
the movie, but none the less it makes for a great looking minimate! It is more of a military dress style uniform
than the regular soldiers in the release, it has none of the chest straps,
instead it has a separate neck/collar piece and the chest torso has more of a
suit looking tampo on it. This Red Skull
has a more serious expression on his face when compared to the regular 2-pack
release and I think DST did a great job with it! As with the previous release this one also
comes with the same style pistol, which only makes sense.
Much like the previous army builder dump cases I think this
is pure win! The character selection is
fantastic and they look amazing! All the
details and paint are crisp and clean and it is nice to get a big army of bad
guys in one shot! I would gladly give
this set a 5 out of 5 as it is fantastic! If you don’t have it go get it!
