The Fireplace and Ice line from Icon Collectibles continues with one other one of many primary characters from the movie, Teegra. The primary determine, Darkwolf, arrived early within the yr and has remained one in every of my favorites of the yr up to now, so I used to be eagerly anticipating this one. How does Teegra stack up? Let’s have a look!
The field options the long-lasting Frazetta poster for the movie on the entrance and a few beautiful images on the within flap and aspect panel. It’s a pleasant high quality piece that I really feel somewhat dangerous recycling.
The determine comes with a spear, a knife, three heads (smile, impartial, and gritted tooth), three units of palms (grip, unfastened, and splayed), a panther (Shaitan), two heads for Shaitan, a scarf, a loincloth, and two hairpieces.
Shaitan is generally a slug determine with minimal articulation within the ball jointed head and tail. The pinnacle doesn’t transfer very a lot, however the tail swivels. There may be one head that has a extra calm face with relaxed ears and pupils and the opposite has pinned ears, no pupils and a hinged jaw. The sculpting is fantastic and you may clearly see the muscle groups and sinews at play beneath his fur. The pinnacle swap was a bit scary with the ball joint being extraordinarily tight. I undoubtedly would have most popular a extra articulated panther, however I do have already got that with the Guenhwyvar from Hasbro’s Drizzt determine.
The palms swap simply and match securely, appear acceptable for the character, and work nicely with the included weapons.
The knife has a little bit of ornate element design within the grip and a few battle harm on the blade highlighted with metallic paint and a darkish wash.
The stick seems appropriately stick-like with somewhat little bit of bark texture. I truthfully don’t keep in mind this from the movie, nevertheless it’s been fairly some time since I’ve seen it.
The spear has a reasonably skinny shaft with a little bit of wooden grain texture and a few skinny twine wrapped round for grip and to safe the spear tip. It feels somewhat delicate and real looking with sharp sculpting.
The scarf and loincloth are solid in a really skinny translucent plastic. I believe to match the movie it ought to in all probability be a smidge extra translucent, nevertheless it seems nice on and sits fairly naturally. The loincloth is held on by an elastic thread. My reminiscence of the film was that the skirt piece didn’t have a seperate string than her bikini backside so after I put the loincloth on, I line up the elastic with the sculpted line of her briefs.
The heads permit for some good selection and I really like that they included extra windswept hair together with the impartial.
The sculpting is fairly phenomenal. Teegra’s design is deceptively easy, however they’ve completed wonderful work executing it and bringing the 2D paintings to a few dimensions. The portraits are all very lovely they usually’ve made one of many shapelier figures I’ve seen on this scale. Frazetta girls are inclined to have a selected physique and the sculpting captures that nicely. At about 6 and 1/4 inches tall, she matches in nicely with Darkwolf and Mythic Legions sized figures. I really feel like she’s a bit too huge to slot in with the Mezco Conan figures or Legends, not that she was meant to take action.
The articulation meets the minimal primary factors to nonetheless be thought of super-articulated. I get the sense that poseability is much less of a precedence for this line than sculpt continuity, however she nonetheless strikes pretty nicely. The elbows knees and hips get a couple of 90 diploma bend and I did discover that one thing contained in the hip meeting would depart an indentation on the thigh if I pressed the motion too far. Luckily somewhat warmth popped that indent proper out. Teegra has:
- Ball and socket head and mid-torso
- Swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and ankles
- Swivel biceps and thighs (hidden)
The hair does restrict the neck motion a bit so there isn’t a whole lot of trying up vary, however the tilt is spectacular. The crunch within the mid-torso has considerably restricted ahead crunch motion, however the tilt and backward arch are each very nice there. The swivels on the bicep and thigh are hidden inside the arm and leg and get somewhat motion, the thighs greater than the bicep.
Paint is nice with a strong base shade for Teegra’s pores and skin and a few rosy overspray that brings life to that pores and skin. The face particulars and features on her bikini are all actually sharp and clear.
General I’d say that is one other very nice launch from the Fireplace and Ice line. I believe I’d have most popular somewhat bit extra clearance carved out on the biceps and the again of the thighs so the elbows and knees had higher vary of movement, however there’s a good stability of unpolluted sculpting traces and articulation. Drop-down hips may need helped with the ahead leg motion and I want there was a waist swivel, however can see how there isn’t actually the true property for that on this costume design. My primary concern is that the worth is fairly tough. After transport and taxes this is available in round $100 and whereas good, my expectation is for somewhat bit extra progressive and efficient articulation for that worth. I’m nonetheless in for a Larn or Nekron in the event that they get there. Whereas I’d love the cave man baddies too, at these costs I’d need to suppose lengthy and arduous about it.
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