Feb 25, 2016

It Came from the Toy Chest: You call that a Giant?

Y'all know that I am NOT a fan of the MOTU Classics Giant figures:
Once again I shall explain my reasoning before going into the review itself:
-The Vintage Giants were 18 inches and the vintage figures were around 5 inches, making the Vintage Tytus and Megator 3.6 (approx) times the Vintage figure. In Classics the Giants are 1.71(approx) times a Classics figure. That isn't pretty big. Hell! IF the giants were truly to scale they'd be bigger than Grayskull... (The castle, not the king, although they'd tower over the king.) and Granamyr.

-They have a LOT LESS Articulation than their shorter pals.

-HE IS SMALLER THAN HIS VINTAGE COUNTERPART...

But, there is only one reason that I got Megator... It has nothing to do with him being one of the rarest vintage characters that never made it to America... Rarer than the Laser figures...
Yup... It involves the Billy Ray spawn...
I blame fellow Council of the First Ones member René for this... He made a pic just like that one and that's what began to change my mind on my anti Megator Stance... Though I want Procrustus the most... He looks like a Rock version of The Dude and everyone loves referencing The Big Lebowski.

I guess I should jump to the review of Megator: Evil Giant Destroyer... Wait does he destroy Giants, or is it that he is a Giant Sized Destroyer... I could make a Giant Sized Man-Thing being a Destroyer, but damned Political Correctness would call it cis-heteronormative shaming or something... Cannot offend those who identify as Wind Raiders.

So, Megator... And here we GO!

Articulation:
Mr. Moleb the Destroyer has less Articulation than A MOTUC Figure:
No Ball Joint Shoulders, no Thigh Rotation, no pseudo balljoint thighs, no ankle articulation, and ZERO AB CRUNCH!
This is like going from Marvel Legends Articulation to Early 90s Toybiz Articulation.

To make matters worse, the Knee Articulation is POINTLESS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT USE IT IF YOU WANT YOUR MEGATOR TO STAND!

2.5

Paint and Sculpt:
Here is where the Horsemen excel at: Making Monsters and Megator is... Take it away, Arnie! 
 There are no visible issues with the paint. He even has this cool gradations on his skin.
5.0

Accessories:
Cue theme!
His first Accessory is the Infamous Wrecking Ball, uh Whip?
It has a Real Chain and a nice Knuckle Duster design on the grip. For a Hollow ball, it has some heft to it.

The Second Accessory is a Zombified Megator Head...
Some people say that he looks like Cynthia from Rugrats... All I see is a green Hulk Hogan after a massive stroke. Also, Rooted Hair!? What the Hell!?
Why did HE get Rooted hair, but not the female figures? It's a mystery...
4.0
Overall:
Mr. Megator gets a 3.83 as his final score.
This guys should have been an easy 5.0 because he looks frigging awesome. The lack of Articulation kills him and being super short are what dragged his score down.

Teela's face should NOT BE AT CROTCH LEVEL of a Giant... It looks inappropriate, especially seeing it's a Zombie Giant... If you know what I mean! Mattel should have AT LEAST TRIED TO MAKE HIM VINTAGE SIZED... That way he would have been at least 2.57 times a Classics Figure.

Well, Tytus, Procrustus, Goddess, and Wun Dar, are all that's left for me to have ALL the Classics characters not counting Color variations (ie: TOD Sorceress, SDCC King Grayskull, SDCC Insignia He-Ro, Translucent Orko)

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