I’m still on an experimental kick with my toy-buying. This time around, I tried out a robot.
It’s not hard to get me to buy a robot, but I usually go for robots in larger scales. Unfortunately, a part of that bias means I’ve glossed over things that aren’t in my fairly rigid 1/12 or slightly larger scale preferences. But then I saw the mechs being made by Fresh retro in the 1/18th scale and figured what the hell, let’s give them a shot.
Once again, I’m glad I did, because this figure hits every note I want in a robot figure.
Despite being in 1/18th scale, the figure itself stands at 5 inches, being a “heavy” mech. When checking them out on BBTS I had a choice of the one with red accents or the one with blue. I chose the one with red since that’s my favorite color. The combination of red, silver and gunmetal grey all make for a beautiful figure. There’s a metallic sheen to the parts, giving it a very metallic feel. There’s no grungy lived-in quality to this figure; he feels like he’s straight off the factory assembly line, and while I do like weathering on figures, I also like pristine clarity as well, depending on the figure. In short, it’s gorgeous.
The design and sculptwork is excellent. There is complexity to the design, but it doesn’t feel over-crowded. There’s a balance between simplicity of design along with obvious robotic themes. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel in terms of robot designs, but instead presents a very clean aesthetic that looks futuristic and, in a way, cinematic.
The articulation is where the figure really blew me away. This figure has everything (and more) that larger figures have, including butterfly joints, dual wobble joints in the torso and even articulated hands! The legs feature drop down hips, but even without dropping them down you can get a better split out of the hips than most modern Spider-manseses are capable of. This little dude can Van Damme with the best of them.
The elbows and knees are single-jointed, but the clearance in the joints allows them to get nearly double-jointed range out of them. The feet have 45 degree pins that allow you to put his feet flat to the ground regardless of how wide his stance. There are bicep swivels, hip swivels, and even mid-wrist articulation.
The figure comes with a jetpack that snaps onto his back. It adds a bit of extra bulk to his already thick frame.
For accessories, he comes with a futuristic shotgun, axe and what is called a fighting dagger but looks more like a machete. But a machete in the future. Which might be three times as dangerous, but I’m no expert.
The articulated hands allow him to grip all three of the items very securely, so there’s no chance of them casually dropping out of his hands. Despite the bulk in his chest, his arm articulation and butterfly joints allow him to hold his shotgun convincingly, cradling the grip with ease. However, he can’t two-hand the axe, but there had to be something he couldn’t do. I guess it would be his Persian flaw.
The figure comes with a base. It’s pretty cool as a stand alone piece, but it can apparently connect to separately-sold diorama pieces as well. There’s a metal plate on the base that the figure can attach to with the magnets in his feet. Because unless I forget, there are magnets in his feet, and they’re pretty strong.
This is an excellent, fun figure. I’ve got the thinner, smaller scaled figure as well that I may do a review on as well. I’m very tempted to pick up the blue-accented figures. I saw a review of one with purple as well, but that one isn’t available on BBTS, and I’m not sure how it was available. I like it when a figure is so good that it inspires me to want to pick up the rest of the line. And by “I like it” I mean it fills me with rage, because I’m going to have to spend even more money. Because self-control is for wimps. Or something.
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