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Series: Metal Gear Solid 2 Craftsmanship: 8.3 out of 10 Hard to get the guns in his hands Great sculpt Flaring coat is kinda cool Likeness hits the mark Decent poseability but can’t turn neck Playability: 7.0 out of 10 Good-bye guns Needs a hat Coat can get torn off Yet another Old Man figure
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Revolver Ocelot (MGS2)by McFarlane Toys oce-lot
– a medium-sized American wildcat (Felis pardalis) that ranges from
Texas to northern Argentina and has a tawny yellow or grayish coat
dotted and stripped with black. re-volv-er
– a handgun with a cylinder of several chambers brought successively
into line with the barrel and discharged with the same hammer. Is
there much point to explaining the two halves of Revolver Ocelot’s
name? Is there some hidden
meaning? Nope, I got a big
desk dictionary recently and I’ve gotten into the habit of looking up
any word more than 5 letters long. Revolver is part of that elite echelon of action figures known as Old Man Figures. Not only that he looks strikingly like one of my favorite Canadians, Donald Sutherland. Neither of these points detracts from Revolver in any way, shape or form. What does detract is his lack of ankle articulation. Solid Snake and Solidus Snake both have great leg articulation which allows a whole lot more poses than Revovler, who has seam hip and boot articulation, with a hinged knee. If display is your thing, he’s got one correct stance to be placed in. However his arms are a little more versatile, especially his right which can be posed to emulate Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven (or like he’s scratching his ass). For whatever reason, he can’t turn his neck. He can nod in that “Ma’am” way that anyone approaching cowboy status has to |
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master before he gets his spurs.
Unfortunately it doesn’t help to pose him staring down the
barrel of the gun – marks off for this oversight.
Of course, getting the gun in his hand – and keeping it there
– can be difficult. (The MGS2 figures could have used the “rubber”
hands found with the NHL figures.)
Besides those details, Revolver is solidly modeled on his video
game counterpart; the flared coat, gun holster, the spurs, and silly
ponytail have all been captured. Although
opinion is split, I like this rendition of Revolver better than the
original from Metal Gear Solid (also by McFarlane). |
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I
can’t exactly recommend playing with Revolver due to a few things.
First of course, are the small guns.
He’s got two revolvers but only one holster, which is really
beside the point because the guns don’t fit especially well – not
like the holsters on Raiden, Fortune, or Solid Snake – and as a result
are easy to lose. The coat
is surprisingly easy to split up the back but the limbs all stayed
attached – even his hands remained attached as I attempted to get him
holding the guns. As he’s
a semi-cowboy, Revolver is bound to get played with by the younger
crowd. Plus, he also fits
right in with the rest of the MGS2 bunch. Revolver’s
more display piece than play toy, but he still ranks well in each; a
must for fans of the game. - Omni
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