Baron Harkonen (Dune) - Action Figure Reviews

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Craftsmanship

7.5 / 10

- Good overall sculpt though the facial detail could have been increased

- Good paint application

- Supporting peg in his rectum. Never again!

Playability

5.0 / 10

- Very specific sculpt with little regard to how it affects poseability

- Could be Fat Bastard's father

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Baron Harkonen (Dune)

by SOTA Toys

baron harkonen

Before Fat Bastard – last seen in Austin Powers: Goldmember – there was Baron Harkonnen, a character so fat he uses a sci-fi floatation device to allow him to move around. But the similarities don’t end there. The Baron has red hair as well

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as horrible skin, and his gaping mouth seems to indicate that he should be swearing with a Scottish accent.

For those of you not familiar with the sci-fi “classic” Dune, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen headed up the evil House Harkonnen – bent on controlling the planet Dune for its valuable “spice” he embodies evilness. The figure is based on the

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character as portrayed in 1984’s Dune by Kenneth McMillan and while the detailed facial sculpt is only relatively close to the source material, the rest of the figure is spot-on. The stitching and stretching of the “bondage” outfit is great, as is the coloring, including the small touches like his black toe nails.

Due to Vladimir ’s bulk, articulation is extremely limited. The neck is ball-jointed but because of the collar there’s actually not that much mobility. His shoulders and wrists have been given seam articulation but not very limited effect.

Vladimir comes packed with a display base. Installing him on the base is the only way to keep him from falling over. It’s just unfortunate that the securing peg needs to be inserted, uh, in the neighborhood of his rectum.

Playability is low, for the simple reason that this figure is more of a display piece. It takes some imagination to actually play with Vladimir . He’s in good proportion to many other like action figures, but unless you want to play “proctologist” there’s not a whole lot to bring you back to the figure once he’s on display – he’s up there, he looks nice in a deranged psychotic archlord kind of way.

Fans won’t have a problem justifying their purchase, but anyone that doesn’t consider themselves hardcore collectors can give it a miss.

- Omni

(May 16, 2007)