Lost, Series 2 - Action Figure Reviews

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Series

Lost, 2

Craftsmanship

- Useful articulation would have heightened display value; as it is, poses are good

- Great detail and likenesses

Playability

2.0 / 10

- Jin is fun to fool around with at the office, otherwise they’re all plastic statues

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Lost (Series 2)

With the X-Files vibe of the television show Lost, it’s really no wonder that McFarlane Toys picked up the rights to produce action figures. The X-Files figures – based on the movie – came in more variants than can be listed in this review, but suffice to say that the two-in-one packs were the bane of any collector since it meant buying approximately 76 figures to get them all. The Lost figures are less “variant” than those old X-Files figures, but they’re actually a lot better thanks to the fact they are larger figures, afford more detail and come with display bases that do a lot to heighten the sense of place for each figure.

Sawyer takes it easy (left); Jin makes a break for it (right)

Jin

This is my favorite figure to have displayed on my desk. With blood streaming down one side of his face, his hands tied behind his back, and sculpted in a running stance with a look of terror on his face, for some reason just seems right to display at work.

Setup is straightforward – just install him on the pegs on the display base and you’re done. And that’s pretty much all you can do with Jin. There’s no useful articulation to speak of so once you have him on your desk you can only appreciate

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the great detail that McFarlane has lavished on, not only this figure, but the entire Series 2. The facial detail in particular is extremely well done and there is a distinct feeling of motion, like if you looked away for a second Jin would be gone.

The paint application on both Jin and the display base are good.

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Sawyer

It seems fitting that Sawyer comes packed with a section of the ill-fated raft. He also looks heroic.

The sculpting here is fantastic. Because there’s no articulation, McFarlane’s sculpting gnomes could concentrate on making every detail stand out and appear important. The ripples on his shirt and pants, the way his hair is “wind swept” conveys the constant breeze of the island. Hell, it looks like he might actually be enjoying himself – like he just made landfall at Gilligan’s Island and Ginger and Mary-Anne are giving him a “come hither” look. (Or maybe he’s watching Sun in her bikini.)

The raft base is the best of the bunch but it’s also the largest so bear that in mind if you have issues of shelf space to consider.

Mr. Eko

As the only survivor of the tail section in this group of figures, Mr. Eko could be considered an outsider and if you’ve only seen Season 1 of the show you’ll have no idea who he is.

He’s the most menacing of the group, not only because he’s holding a club, but because the base he comes packed with resembles a corn field. And there are only two things that come from cornfields: corn and evil, cursed beasts with only blood and gore on their minds. (This is absolutely true – ask any farmer.)

Once you have three figures out, it’s easier to compare the scale of the figures to one another. I’d say it’s spot on.

Once again the sculpting and paint application receive high praise. It’s all accomplished by sacrificing articulation, like a big-boobed, blonde-haired co-ed running through a cornfield during a horror movie. Which is to say, there isn’t any articulation. But speaking of boobs…

Sun gets some rays (left); Mr. Eko even looks menacing in the box (right).

Sun

The lone female figure of Series 2, Sun is presented in a blue bikini. I find that it’s always telling when the male figures are all fully clothed with just a little bit of skin exposed and the female figure is wearing a bikini. Whatever sexual objectification may be going on, Sun looks like the secret Korean member of Scott Campbell’s Danger Girl troop. (That’s a good thing.)

There’s not much else to do with Sun than install her on the piece of beach she comes packed with then stare at her.

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What else could there possibly be to write about in regard to Sun? A picture says a thousand words so come up with your own as you take a look (again) at the picture above.

All of the bases have relatively well-hidden buttons to press to elicit phrases taken right from the show. It’s a nice touch but in an effort to save some bucks, McFarlane opted not to include any batteries, so you’ll spend some time hunting down some AA-batteries to get them working. My bitterness about having to pillage the batteries from my TV remote is counterbalanced by the fact you don’t need a handful of watch batteries when the batteries eventually need replacing.

The final point here is that each figure is marked with “Full Scale Replica” enclosed. This amounts to a couple of photo slides from the Dharma Initiative film strip. Collectors might appreciate these little pack-ins otherwise you won’t miss them if they get lost.

- Omni

(October 2, 2007)


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