Toy OTD: Toy Biz 13" Raging Hulk Figure (2003)

Let me say up front that I've never been a big fan of Toy Biz in general or the Marvel Legends line in particular. While I understand that fans enjoy the poseability, I've found the sculpts and paint work to be consistently wanting, and the abundance of joints winds up making the characters look more like robots than people. This figure, though, is a nice exception.

It was released in conjunction with the Hulk movie, and was left stranded on store shelves for months afterwards. Ironically, it's one of my favorite Toy Biz items. I like the sculpt, and the real cloth pants. The articulation isn't staggering, but you can pose it in a few different ways.

There were a few variants - two head sculpts (calm and raging), and the pants came in a bluish-purple, or redder like the comic. It was never terribly expensive, and I got it remaindered for about seven or eight dollars. The only places that I can find it for sale are at toybiz.com, who has it for $34.99 + shipping; and eBay, who has it for $22.95 + shipping. I'd say keep looking, considering how many of these there were around.