MOTU Classic Scareglow

Classic Scareglow from the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe figures was one of the very last figures to hit stores in 1987 and to be honest he was one of my favorites. At the time I had a fascination with skeletons and action figures and what more could I ask for than a skeleton action figure that glowed in the dark from one of my, at the time, favorite toy lines!

I don't really remember what happened to my original Scareglow but I do know when I heard that Matty Collector  was making a Scareglow action figure for the new MOTU Classics line I was excited but also disappointed, you see the problem with Matty Collector is that it is nearly impossible to get anything from their site because it crashes and they only put out limited amounts of characters so when you want one you have to be faster then the Flash to get one, also I heard about Scareglow entirely too late when he had already been released to the public.I looked to find him on ebay but that was a lost cause on my part as he was going for almost $100 a character. I lost hope in finding him when all of a sudden I was at Emerald City Comic Convention with my friends and in one of the booths there had Scareglow on display and was selling him for just $40, knowing that was as good of a deal I was ever going to find him for I picked him up and haven't been happier since.

Scareglow has yet to disappoint me in the least in fact other than a few rare find figures Scary there is one of my holy grails. His paint apps are just what you would expect from Mattel which means it is great, or at least in my eyes it is! He still has the black paint on his glowing parts that when he starts to glow looks like a skeleton, that is one of the features that drew me to him in the first place. In the light he looks sort of dumb, but is nearly impossible to take a picture of a character in the dark trying to capture the glow.

 

The articulation on Scareglow is ball jointed head, ball and pin shoulders, swivel biceps, hinge elbow, swivel wrist, hinged torso, swivel waist, ball and pin hips, swivel thighs, hinge knees, swivel calves, hinged feet. The 4 horseman (the sculpting team of Mattel) did an amazing job on this character, they kept the crack in his forehead just like the original character had, he's also got the beady red eyes that make him look vacant and angry. His wrists have spikey fins on them and his feet are monster like feet with three toes.

 Scareglows accessories include his cape which is purple with a little bit of translucence on the bottom to actually make him look all the most ghost like. He also has his 'Scythe of Doom' which he also came with in the original but this one is more detailed in that the edge of the bladed part is cast in the same glowing material that he is made of. His final accessory is his club like it which was never part of the original character is a type of mace item that is chained to his wrist but the neat thing about this club is that inside there is a key what the key is supposed to be to I have no idea but I have read around on the interwebs that it is the key to Castle Greyskull itself, this might very well be since the top of the club is a small replica of the castle. 

Scareglow in any form is one of my favorite characters and if anyone out there that reads my blog and has the original or knows where to get one please let me know so I can have a classic and new one for my collection. As always comments, suggestions and critiques are welcome. 

Wal-Mart Exclusive Iron Man Mark VI

The Iron Man Mark VI really didn't get much screen time in Iron Man 2, it was the last armor he wore in the final battle with Whiplash but we only got to see it for about 15 minutes, not enough time to see a beautiful armor that it was.

Compared to the other Iron Man Armors from the Mark III-the Mark IV the Mark VI is a much lighter red than the others. It is almost a candy apple red instead of the deep red that was used for the Mark III-IV, I actually liked this color red a lot better than the darker of the previous models.

This armor is very movie accurate too with the silver knees and biceps as well as the new triangular arc reactor. Hasbro did an amazing job on the pain applications too. My figure has no smudges that they are notorious for in face there is only one area on the whole figure that has any paint that shouldn't be on it on it, and that area is the right calf with a small almost unnoticeable speck of silver on it.




Mark VI is articulated just like War Machine and he also has the goofy shoulder pads too. But the shoulder pads are much better than the ones on the Mark II and III where you just move the arm and they shoot off at you. Iron Man has a ball jointed head, hinge and ball shoulders, double hinge elbow, pin and swivel wrist, articulated chest, ball and hinge hip, double hinge knee and pin and swivel feet.

I would like to go on record and say that this is one of the two favorite of my Iron Man 2 action figures. Not only is it movie accurate but is is a solid figure that would look good with any hall of Armors you have around your home

Tomorrows review will have to be a surprise for you all cause I ain't tellin you til its up and running. As always comments and observations are welcome. Also please keep in mind that all my pictures are taken with a camera phone as my camera is lost. So be gentle

Wal-Mart Exclusive War Machine

Normally I don't go to Wallyworld to shop for toys but I did for four different figures that were exclusive to them. They were the last 4 I needed (until Iron Man 3 comes out) to complete my hall of Iron Man armors. The first review on my miraculous return to my blog is the Exclusive War Machine.

Now this War Machine is one of the best that has been made since Toy Biz and Hasboro started making legend sized action figures! At least in my opinion he is one of the best, aside from a few flaws that always seems to plague toys. My one gripe is that War Machines missile launcher is on his right shoulder, when in the movie any one who has seen it will know that it is supposed to be on his left. I am not sure why they decided that the missile container is going to be located on that arm.

War Machine has a ball jointed head, ball and pin shoulders, swivel biceps, double hinge elbows, ball and pin wrists, ball and pin hips, swivel thighs, double hinge knees, and ball and pin ankles. Some extra fun parts of his articulation are his guards on his hands have a small bracket in which swings up and he can do his repulsor blast for his hands, there is also hinges on his shoulder guards so he can sort of put his arms out to the side, but that looks really dumb because the pads usually end up higher than his head, bah! War Machines mini gun on his shoulder is on a sliding bar so it can go all over the place on his back this is really one of the neater features of this character, you can put the gun aiming behind him while the missile bracket can aim forward and he can also protect himself on the sides too because of his arm guns.

The paint on War Machine is crisp and clear and looks like he just stepped out of the movie and into your hand. In some areas you can see how the Iron Man Mark II was the body for this but for the most part there is so much armor on him that he looks like something that Tony Stark designed for heavy attacks, which he did in the comics. the colors are mostly a smokey grey and silver with red for the eyes and arc reactor in the chest also on the arms where his guns are there is some yellow giving that hey look this area is a little dangerous.

When you want to have a different hand style than what he has (I choose the repusor hand, its the open one) War Machine also came with two different other hands, one is a closed fist and the other is a partially opened hand. Both look pretty good but I like the open hand the best out of all of them. Also for his missile bracket when it is removed there is a small smokey grey piece that fits over the hole and makes it look like there is nothing there, this is where Hasboro has been doing a great job with their hide a port like things.

Well readers tomorrow will be Iron Man Mark VI and then continuing on from there. Please leave any comment you want I will likely reply with any suggestion or comment you have for me.

Starting back up real soon

So I've been on a semi long hiatus from doing my reviews but that doesn't mean that I have stopped collecting my figures and as of next week I will start up again with the Wal-Mart Exclusives War Machine, Iron Man Mark IV, V & VI these are the 6 inch characters then I will move on from there to Mini-Mates, the treasure of my collection! Now what I ask of you, my readers is do you want to hear about articulation, paint apps, how close to the movie or comic they stay or just everything in general? Leave comments here so I know what you look for in a figure review and I will do my best to fulfill that wish for you, I have missed your feedback and comments and will try to do a review everyday, Sunday through Thursday taking Friday and Saturday for myself and my boyfriend.

Thats right I have a boyfriend now too. He is a Half-rician, mulatto guy who I am very much in love with. If you wanna meet him come to our usual haunt and you can, where we frequent is Casey's Bar in Portland on NW 6th and Couch. Come down have fun and enjoy the show (And by show I mean the crazy fun drunks)!