I needed an Apocalypse figure to use in a Heroscape game, and this does its job. I didn't need to pose it a certain way, but if I did, it would be kind of hard, the tubes on the arms don't allow much room for arm movement, and the waist and legs are too loose to hold any kind of extreme stretch. Basically, if you want a 4 inch Apocalypse figure to just stand there in one pose, then this one is great. My only big gripe is the base. Apocalypse's feet are so big that they cover his name and number, plus the pegs aren't wide enough to really grip the holes in his feet. So, when you pick him up, most of the time, the base falls off, then you have the joy of reposing his legs and feet on the base so he will stand even. Most action figures (GI JOE, Star Wars, etc etc) have a nice snug fit for the base so you can move the thing around and keep the figure attached to the base, Geez, even my daughters Strawberry Shortcake and My Little Pony figures can accomplish this amazing feat! So, why does this figure not? Beats me, but I assume they were so focussed on how the figure LOOKS (which it looks great by the way), that they spent little time on how the figure FUNCTIONS.