Sentinel
The gimmick behind series 10 is the same as series 9, collect all the pieces to combine one big character. This time that character happens to be the mutant hunting robot Sentinel. There are six pieces to this figure, although there are seven figures, Mystique and Omega Red include the same torso part. Along with those two, this set also includes: first appearance Spiderman, Mr. Sinister, Cyclops, Black Panther and Angel. Once put together he stands 16" tall.
This is really an amazing figure, because of all the attention to detail. There are wires running in and out of his outer shell mainly around the joints and some on his torso. Those wires make him look like an actual machine. The design on him is very complex, he looks very sinister with the blank expression on his face and his hands look like they could crush any Marvel Legend figure. You would think since he is a robot and 16" tall that articulation would be a problem, but they do an amazing job on him. He has a ball jointed neck, double jointed elbows, hips, knees and shoulders, a ball jointed torso and waist, ball jointed wrists and each hand has ten fingers that move individually. For some reason each of the arm pieces also includes tentacle that can be unattached if wanted. It's practically the same bendable tentacles that Omega Red has. I really didn't see the need in including these, but if they are going to recycle pieces of a figure, this is the way to do it.
The thing that makes this figure more mechanical than anything else is the paint application. Since a metallic finish is given to the Sentinel it catches light easy and looks tons better than in pictures. His prime colors are blue and purple which is applied to perfection; there are no signs of paint bleeding or shavings. Wires actually look like wires, and he really does look like he is made of some sort of metal. There are scrapes and wear to give the metal monster a sense of aging. My only gripe with this figure is that you have to buy six figures to own just one Sentinel. I would love to have an army of Sentinels, but that would be rather expensive. Hopefully, they will repackage this figure and sell it separately. Overall though, this is really an amazing figure, the best so far out of their combiners (Had to throw in some Transformers lingo in there).
