I give a decent rating out of respect for that fallen combatant in the toy arena of the 80s, LJN.Īh, ogres. Overall, he looks okay skulking about near the back of a display, but that's about it. It occurs to me that a lot of the PVCs came with some sort of treasure. I said in an older Tumblr post that I couldn't figure out what else he might have, apart from a thieves' tools kit or grapnel. Everyone else gets two accessories at least, sometimes a bit of softgoods, even. Now, this thing is shoulder-high to a GI Joe. Still unfortunate, as is the lack of a matching dagger and empty sheath. ![]() ![]() I get that these were intended to be either actively played with or left on a shelf anyway, and diorama displays were rare at the time. Unfortunately, because he's only armed with a dagger, he's mostly limited to standing there looking like he's cold and trying not to show it. Or maybe it's because the head was gang-molded with other figures' parts, I dunno.Īnyway, the usual 5-point articulation spread feels more appropriate with such a small toy. warts? It's like the toy people had never seen comic art before, and thought the blue highlights were actually blue cloth. And then you get to the head, with its primary blue hood and lime-green face with angry red. We do get a few fun extras on the back: a bundled rope and belt pouch.Īnd then there's the color. The clothes seem a little baggy for a rogue, and he lacks the satchel and knife sheaths shown in the art. The gloss plastic doesn't do the sculpt any favors, but in soft light, it's alright. He's also stupid cheap compared to most, so here he is.Īt a glance, he doesn't look like much. Zarak is not at the top of anyone's list. But for the completionist, it's not a hard pill to swallow at around $10-20 for a good cherry specimen. If I hadn't gotten it in a lot, I'd have skipped it. Maybe if you learn it on something, it'll look like it's grappling it. The fact that a doll stand is literally the only way to make it look presentable (small ones fit neatly in the ring of cilia), and even then it's weirdly splayed out, makes for little in the way of display options. Or a piece of possessed playground equipment. It has to crawl around like a red velvet mite. ![]() A ring of fat cilia hang from the center.Īnd the tentacles are too damn fat to hang down as they should. The tentacles have a halfhearted leathery texture, with weirdly shallow suckers sculpted onto the underside. 1st edition art wasn't always the right way to go. ![]() The eyes are seriously large it's very cartoony. It's far too dome-shaped, like the bug-eyed monsters that likely inspired it. The trouble is, most of it just doesn't work. The only other solution would be a separate "pillar" of tentacles, but even then, the head would have to be either vertically or laterally flattened- the latter would turn out pretty flea-shaped, which would've actually been a fun take. They went with "bendy" here, probably for a couple reasons: it's the only way a radially-symmetrical being can have any kind of size on a blister card, but still be able to flex the tentacles downward. A little cartoonish, but that's the house style at LJN. It's got a bit of airbrushing, some wavy lines to follow, and it all looks good. Gather 'round, and I'll elucidate on what happens to toys when mistakes are made.
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