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Series: Final Fantasy X Craftsmanship: 9.4 out of 10 - Catches your eyes - One of the coolest swords ever - Nails the video game likeness - Lots of articulation - Surprisingly stable Playability: 8.6 out of 10 - Sword is extremely pointy - Can take on your 12” Star Wars figures - Sword tassel can be lost moderately easily - Chains can be broken off
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Tidus (Final Fantasy X)
While many older gamers often poke fun at Tidus for resembling an escapee from a traveling sideshow – and they’ll say the same thing about this figure – for Final Fantasy geeks this is one cool figure.
The mix of colors is extremely pleasing to the eye. The blue, yellow, black, red, green, and gray colors, contrast in such a way as to be as eye-catching as you can get. After close examination, I didn’t find any oversplash either. His overall presentation is highlighted with real chains and the great big, blue-tinged translucent sword. The sword is one of the best ever action figure swords ever, toppling Darth Maul’s double-bladed light saber. Probably the only downside is the lack of definition of his face. The sculpt is very good, however the shading applied to his legs, torso, and right arm, is missing from his face (or at least it’s extremely subtle). From across the room making out facial features is impossible. It also makes the head look almost separate from the rest of him, however it’s not enough to be a major blow to the overall craftsmanship.
The small details have all been brought over from the video game, right down to the tassel on the end of his sword and sparkling earring. Another extremely small touch, but absolutely authentic to the video game likeness is the working clasp on the chain attached to his hip.
The 1/6 scale matches the rest of the large FFX figures, so for display purposes Tidus fits right in.
Probably the most amazing thing about Tidus is his stability. His sword is big (and heavy) by anyone’s standards but it doesn’t matter what position you put the sword in Tidus won’t fall over. This is, of course, provided his legs are solidly positioned. For display, you’re |
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restricted to repositioning his arms and neck – if you bring his legs into it he becomes vulnerable to falling over at the least provocation. The sword itself fits snugly in his right hand.
Articulation is good and most points are very unobtrusive. (The hinged left elbow is completely hidden.) All together he has 13 points of articulation, including semi-ball-jointed hips.
Tidus is very playable too – most of the points are subtracted because of the extremely pointed sword. Your mom always said, “Don’t run with scissors” and I’ll tell you, “Don’t run holding Tidus’ |
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sword.” This sucker could cause major problems to your internal organs if you fell on it. Other issues of note are the chains and the “rubber” pants. While the chains are much stronger than plastic ones, they can be broken off. The pants (or shorts) are made from some kind of rubberized plastic and they can be split and cut with some effort (actually quite a bit of effort). Because of his size, Tidus is an obvious contender for taking on 12” GI Joes and Star Wars figures.
While Tidus is a strong display piece, he’s an equally good play toy (if you take away the sword) that should appeal to (and be highly recommended for) fans of Final Fantasy.
- Omni (May 8, 2002) |
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