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Series:
McFarlane’s
Monsters 2, Twisted Land of OZ
Craftsmanship:
9.0 / 10 -
Great detail right down to the glistening intestines -
Scary -
Big hulking figure -
Manages to have decent articulation
Playability:
1.0 / 10 -
Fits in with the other OZ figures -
Spear is sharp, sharp! -
Kids will run away screaming Related
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The
Lion (McFarlane's Monsters)
After
studying Lion extensively over the last week, I have but one question:
How long could you go while holding your intestines in your hands? There’s no denying that this is one gruesome action figure
but before I get into that I should briefly cover the story included in
the cardback.
In
the first installment (included with the Dorothy figure), we got a brief
overview of Dorothy and her Victorian bondage fetish.
In this set of chapters, she gets carted off to Oz via mysterious
happenstance still wearing her leather corset.
After gathering her wits (and her dog Toto) she hears voices
approaching from the underbrush… and so the story continues.
Next
to Toto, the Lion is the largest figure of the series – standing with
impressive bulk and a ragged mane.
He has 10 points of articulation (not including the bendy tail),
all seamed except for the neck. His
neck is ball-jointed and completely hidden from view, which not only
makes it unobtrusive but provides a wide range of movement.
The other articulation points are mostly unnoticeable, especially
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Just in case you didn’t notice, the Lion is a grotesque and twisted figure (and admittedly not for anyone under 18). Although the detail is stellar, you definitely have to be in a certain frame of mind to appreciate it. The Lion’s skin fits him like a relaxed pair of jeans – a ripped and bloodied pair of jeans. His skin is split in many places granting us some insight to his muscle and bone structure. But the real feature here is the various bladed weapons – two small swords and one spear – that can be pinned into and through his back (making them difficult to lose). The spear is installed through his abdominal cavity to create a somewhat |
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tragic pose. Couple that with the gooey-looking – so help me, gooey – intestines that can be installed and you have a truly battle-ravage figure (and one that meets McFarlane’s detail level).
Stability
is horrible even with the rigid legs.
He absolutely needs to be installed on the section of yellow
brick road to stay standing.
Playability…
let us be serious. There
isn’t a whole lot. Besides
the swords and removable intestine, the other accessory is probably the
most evil-looking leg-hold trap I’ve ever seen.
It doesn’t really disappoint in terms of accessories, but the
overall figure is just too horrid to actually play with unless you want
to recreate the closing scene of the retelling of the Oz story (when
it’s revealed why the Lion looks the way he does).
Besides, the damn spear is sharp enough to break skin!
Fans
of McFarlane’s more violent and grotesque figures shouldn’t be
disappointed with Lion. He’s
more for display – display where? – and won’t even register on the
play scale.
-
Omni (October
17, 2003)
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