{"id":10639,"date":"2010-12-22T02:24:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T08:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=10639"},"modified":"2010-12-26T00:34:54","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T06:34:54","slug":"vault-review-revoltech-santa-jack-skellington-sci-fi-017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=10639","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: Revoltech Santa Jack Skellington (Sci-Fi #017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>November just wasn\u2019t festive enough for Christmas toys so I decided to hold back this review until a little closer Christmas. It\u2019s been difficult because I like this figure almost as much as the original. So, with Christmas just a few days away, here’s Sci-Fi Revoltech No. 17: Jack Skellington in Santa Suit. <\/p>\n

I like The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/em>, but I\u2019m not a crazy fan. I don\u2019t own every version of every character ever made, but Revoltech\u2019s Sci-Fi line did such a good job with the original Jack that I just couldn\u2019t help being tempted by the Santa version. I think I might have gotten away without pre-ordering it until I clicked on the picture that contained his accessories. It just goes to show if you see something that may be tempting, don\u2019t keep looking at it. Just run the other way.<\/p>\n

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In many ways Santa Jack is very similar to the original. In fact, when I first saw the pictures I thought he was just a repaint. He\u2019s the same size and he has almost all the same joints, but I can assure you that he\u2019s no repaint. The Revoltech folks have just done such a wonderful job fabricating this figure that it literally looks like the original one just changed clothes.<\/p>\n

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Where Jack\u2019s original figure had an overabundance on the sculpted details to his suit, Santa Jack\u2019s costume is very minimalist. Gone are the sculpted pinstripes and tattered tails. Jack\u2019s Santa suit is entirely smooth with a sculpted belt and fur lining his color, wrists, and boot tops. But it\u2019s the subtleties of the sculpt that impress me the most. Looking at the two figures side by side you\u2019ll notice that his Santa suit sits on his frame in a slightly different fashion. It\u2019s slightly bulkier on his upper body and cinches off at the belt. Another very tiny detail that I love is that his shoes are different. Original Jack has smooth and shiny dress shoes with a slight heel, while Santa Jack has boots with a slight wrinkle in the texture and no heel.<\/p>\n

Santa Jack\u2019s paint job is also very basic. Most of his pieces are molded the color they need to be with the exception of a few areas like his belt and face. Something I really liked was that the white fur trim of his costume has a light touch of gray added. It really gives these sculpted patches of fluff an extra layer of detail.<\/p>\n

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Santa Jack\u2019s head, shoulders, waist, hips, knees, and ankles are all revolver joints. While his elbows and wrists are hinges. Interestingly, the original Jack had a revolver joint where the head meets the neck and where the neck meets the body. They left out the neck\/body joint on Santa Jack, leaving him with just the head\/neck joint. His neck is also angled forward slightly, where the original\u2019s was straight. I\u2019m pretty sure they did this so his Santa beard would be able to hang down and not be pushed forward by his chest. But even with the lack of this one joint, the figure is still very poseable.<\/p>\n

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Now this Jack figure is good, but it\u2019s his accessories that are the real icing on the cake and what got me to buy him. Up first are his extra body parts. Santa Jack comes with three new heads. One head has a slightly opened smiling mouth, another is laughing with his eyes closed, and the last is either singing or enraptured by something. This Jack also comes with five extra hands. Three of them are from the original Jack. But he has two new ones that are in a clutching motion, making it easier for him to hold things. The best thing about these new pieces is that they are all interchangeable with the original. So if you bought the first Jack, this gives you a total of eight heads and seven hands for either Jack figure to use. Continue to Page Two…<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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You can\u2019t have a Santa Claus without his personal effects. So Jack comes with a Santa hat and long shaggy beard. The beard fits very snugly around Jack\u2019s face and is attached to the hat. You can easily remove the beard from the hat, but it makes keeping the hat on his head much more difficult. Jack also comes with a sack of goodies which is slightly blue on the bottom from being dragged through the snow. Lastly, there\u2019s a small white present wrapped in a black bow that he can terrify all the good boys and girls with.<\/p>\n

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Santa Jack also comes with a new base, which he can be attached to for easier posing. It\u2019s very festive with its layered snow and decorated Christmas tree. I really like the textured stones in the wall also. There\u2019s even a miniature snowman that you can place wherever.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve saved the best for last, and what certainly cinched the deal for me. Santa Jack comes with his ghost dog Zero (Woo Hoo!). With as good as the original figure is, it bothered me that he didn\u2019t come with his dog. Well, I should have realized they had a plan.<\/p>\n

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Zero is perfect. Even though I put him in the accessory category, he really deserves to be considered another figure because that\u2019s how much work and detail they put into him. His whole body has been molded in a translucent blue and frosted over with white. This gives him wonderful ghostly glow that is difficult to capture in pictures, but looks awesome in person.<\/p>\n

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What makes this figure even more fantastic is that he\u2019s articulated. His head is on a revolver joint, while each ear is a swivel\/hinge and his mouth is a regular hinge. This gives him a huge array of expressions for posing. Speaking of posing, Zero can be attached to either the original Jack\u2019s or Santa Jack\u2019s base with a tube that also has two revolver joints.<\/p>\n

Plus, he comes with his own accessory. A small curved rib bone that Jack pulls out of his own chest during the movie and throws for Zero to catch.<\/p>\n

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Like any other Revoltech, you\u2019ll be paying about $30 for Santa Jack. If it was just the Jack figure with a base, I wouldn\u2019t say it was worth it. But, with the inclusion of the different heads\/hands plus the Zero figure that can\u2019t be improved on, I think this definitely ends up being worth the money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

November just isn\u2019t festive enough for Christmas toys so I\u2019ve been holding back on this review for a few weeks. It\u2019s been difficult because I like this figure almost as much as the original. So, without further ado, Sci-Fi Revoltech No. 17: Jack Skellington in Santa Suit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[34,10],"tags":[557,558,834,559],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/sjacTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-2LB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6116,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=6116","url_meta":{"origin":10639,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: Jack Skellington (Sci-Fi Revoltech #005)","date":"June 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"In 1993, Tim Burton\u2019s The Nightmare Before Christmas hit theatres. 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