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Note: Figure reviewed is the variant with open mouth.
Series: Movie Maniacs 5, Tooth Fairy
Craftsmanship: 8.8 out of 10 - Wicked wings - Could be Soultaker’s grandma - Stands easily - Great display from the ceiling - Pretty good poseability
Playability: 5.5 out of 10 - “Actually, she’s yawning, son. No, she’s not going to attack you.” - Wings can get seriously screwed up after she’s tossed across the room - Small wings can be lost - Arm articulation is a liability
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Tooth Fairy (Movie Maniacs 5)
Imagine if you will, a small child places a newly lost tooth under his pillow in the hopes of luring the Tooth Fairy around to exchange it for some cold hard cash. It’s a sweet picture, isn’t it? Now imagine that child screaming with every once of his being as the Tooth Fairy smashes through his window, grinning hideously, and her wings making her bigger than she is…
Course, the kid wakes up then – screaming – and runs to his parent’s room. Dad wakes up with a scream too as the kid crashes onto his dad’s nose. Dad momentarily thinks the Tooth Fairy has come for him! Both kid and dad screaming, wife rolls out of bed and hits both solidly back to sanity with well-placed blows from a pillow.
This is the kind of insanity Tooth Fairy can induce in closed environments.
Aside from the bouts of panic, Tooth Fairy is actually a pretty good figure and a great addition to the Movie Maniacs line. She has all the detail and mobility expected of McFarlane, especially the semi-translucent wings.
The strangest thing about Tooth Fairy is that she could easily pass as Soultaker’s grandma. The articulation is nearly identical and the color scheme is very similar. (Just do a quick comparison.) But one portion doesn’t match up. The sprockets that make sure Soultaker’s wings move simultaneously and helps them keep their position. Tooth Fairy’s wings hardly |
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have “teeth” on the sprockets, meaning that they don’t move together but they do hold their position simply because they’re kind of jammed together.
The wings are more of a problem when Tooth Fairy is actually played with – a fact that has to be accepted since she will be played with. It’s a strange (but understandable) phenomenon really; anything with wings automatically becomes a flying toy. Doesn’t matter what it is, if it has wings, watch out! This goes for Tooth Fairy, however, the wings can be irreparably damaged during rough play. The pegs holding the wings are very |
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strong, making them more easily deformed rather than broken off. She has a second set of smaller wings that peg into the top of her shoulder blades that are 1) extremely hard to insert and 2) extremely easy to lose when they pop out. Also of concern is the articulation on the thin arms.
Essentially, Tooth Fairy should be displayed in a hard to reach location. Like, say, from the ceiling, where she looks good.
Tooth Fairy is a solid addition to the Movie Maniacs line and fuel to the fire of childhood nightmares, as long as you’re not particularly picky about playability.
- Omni (December 20, 2002)
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