Toy Review: McFarlane Toys Collectors Edition Hellboy Makes Doom Look Good

He’s the right hand of doom, and one of the greatest heroes in comics. For the first time in several years, Hellboy is back in action figure form! This time, from McFarlane Toys.

Mike Mignola’s demon/ paranormal investigator/ federal agent hero first appeared thirty-three years ago in the pages of Dark Horse Presents before moving on to his own series. Since then, the character has become one of the biggest independent superheroes in pop culture. He’s appeared in four feature films, and headlined multiple video games.

This year, Hellboy is getting several new action figures after having been out of the toy game for a few years. McFarlane Toys’ figure is the first to his shelves, and honestly, I’m absolutely thrilled to have him in-hand.

This is a gorgeous figure from first sight. The box is sturdy and well designed with Hellboy theming throughout. The figure itself looks great, too. It feels like it jumped straight off the page — from Hellboy’s trademark grimace, to the little bit of chest hair, to his trademark jacket. One of my favorite parts of the design is his belt. It is full of detail, from the “HB” stamped on his holster to his rosary. This is one of the best designed figures I have in my collection.

For accessories, it’s darn near perfect. We get two versions of the Right Hand of Doom, three alternate hands, and Hellboy’s pistol (which was cast in a softer plastic that made me nervous I’d break it). There’s also the stunning soft-goods coat, which looks fantastic. An angry alternate head and the sword he’s sporting in the box art would have been nice to have, but far from necessary.

I had a lot of fun posing the figure, and that’s really where I saw some faults. The biggest: the figure, in being comics accurate, is fairly top heavy. Outside of a simple standing pose, he needs a stand for any posing. It also unfortunately meant that flight-stand-posing was out unless it’s a stand with a fairly large base.

Regardless, it was a lot of fun to pose even with those limitations. He looks good every step of the way, with some really fun movement. The tail and belt both do get in the way of action poses a bit, but overall, it still poses incredibly well.

This has quickly become one of my favorite figures of the year, and I hope it leads to other B.P.R.D. heroes from McFarlane. Clearly, I need an Abe Sapien.