{"id":12193,"date":"2011-04-04T03:47:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T08:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=12193"},"modified":"2011-04-04T03:48:45","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T08:48:45","slug":"dcclassics-com-review-green-lantern-sodam-yat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=12193","title":{"rendered":"DCClassics.Com Review:
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<\/a> About a month ago, right after Bane Week, I found GL Classics Series II. Star Sapphire was painted like crap, so I left her. Over the last month, I waited patiently for a second case to show up. No luck. And I’m tired of these guys clogging up my desk. Thus, Armless Stel Week<\/strong>! Let’s kick off with Sodam Yat<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

The plan for Armless Stel Week<\/strong> is to review one of the figures I have bought each day, culminating in my “Armless Stel” review on Friday. Some people have told me I’m crazy to review an incomplete C&C, but why not? It can be a nod to all of us who have incomplete Gigantas, Brimstones, or Validus figures. Sometimes, you just don’t find all the pieces in a timely manner. Or, maybe the toy gods will shine on me and I’ll find Sapphire before Friday (it could happen?). Either way, if all goes to plan this week, look for Stel’s “I’m way too big” review on Friday. <\/p>\n

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So Sodam Yat. I should tell you guys, I kinda loathe him. A good friend always reminds me to not hate characters because of the writers that handle him, but man, it’s hard with Sodam Yat. <\/p>\n

His humble origins begin with a brief (and unobjectionable) appearance back in the mid-eighties that makes him the product of Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill. He’s shown as part of a prophecy, the destruction of Oa and the Green Lantern Corps. His death comes in this final battle: “Sodam Yat, a Daxamite* hailed as the ultimate Green Lantern, will perish battling the lobe-spawn.” Moore’s plan was to use Yat again in a proposed limited series “Twilight of the Gods” where he would ultimately kill Superman, but that story never came to fruition and Sodam Yat fell into obscurity pretty quickly.<\/p>\n

* – If you’re not familiar with your DC Aliens, Daxamites descended from ancient Kryptonians. Put one under a yellow sun and you get another Superman. Though their weakness is to lead, not kryptonite. Think Mon-El of the Legion of Super-Heroes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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As Green Lantern exploded from character to franchise over the last few years, Sodam Yat made his in-continuity debut as a new recruit in the reformed Green Lantern Corps. You could say that his rise was meteoric. In a few short issues, he went from being a rookie, to a phenom, to Ion (host of the green willpower entity), and then after a time, he became a sun-reigniting messiah for his people. It really felt like we were all supposed to go “Cool! Superman with a Green Lantern ring!” and embrace him. I wasn’t able to and I just kinda groan when he shows up at this point. Don’t worry, I won’t harp on poor Sodam Yat after this (at least not in the text) as it\u2019s not really relevant to the figure.<\/p>\n

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Sodam Yat is one of those figures were a new head and deco were sufficient to capture his look. He’s depicted here in his Ion costume which makes sense in regard to the majority of his appearances. He does feature a ring hand, but he’s still Hal Jordan’s sculpt from the neck down like most of the GLs so far. I thought he was a little taller at first, but it’s just that his head sits a tad higher and then there’s his hair.<\/p>\n

Since the sculpt is really just about the head, it’s good that it’s well done. The face almost looks like a young Superman in a way and his face has this nice expression of disapproval. His hair is a little crazy. He generally has more of a crew cut, but the artist who drew him battling Superboy Prime did tend to draw him with the extra tuft of hair at the top. Maybe it’s a call back to the mohawk\/mullet he sported in the prophecy? Either way, it\u2019s odd, but you get used to it.Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Paint does most of the work to differentiate the figure and it doesn’t take too much, most of the figure is molded in the appropriate color. Strangely, the symbol on my Yat is well done while the collar just above is a fuzzy mess. The head, unfortunately, is closer to the fuzzy neck line instead of being more like the symbol. The eyes and mouth look fine in person, but in the images you can see that the white for the teeth and the left eye (right in the photos) aren’t as crisp as a collector would like. It’s kinda funny because the figure on my desk seems to have a nicely painted head, but the photos tell a different story. The hair line is sharp, but just a tad too high.<\/p>\n

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Articulation is what we’ve come to expect. Ball-joints at the head and shoulders, swivels at the bicep, wrists, and waist, hinges at knees, elbows, and ankles, the Mattel hips, and the ab-crunch. The head is a little limited, but everything else works well enough. I still wish Lanterns were deemed important enough to have ball-wrists.<\/p>\n

I should also mention the mold lines too. I don’t normally mind or even notice them. Toys are toys and I accept seams, articulation cuts, etc. with fairly wide latitude, but Sodam here has some really bad seams and lines, particularly the ones running down his neck and across his shoulders. I’m going to have to take an x-acto knife to those.<\/p>\n

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Sodam included one accessory, an alternate hand with a lantern projection. I have mixed feelings about it. I like the idea of it and I like that it swaps easily with no fear of snapping off like Mercury’s alternate hand, but I’m not sure what Sodam’s doing with it. I guess it’s just a ring blast that happens to be in the shape of the lantern symbol. That’s cool enough, I suppose.<\/p>\n

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Overall, Sodam Yat is an okay DC Classics figure. I want to make sure that I’m giving him a fair shake despite my dislike for the source material, but I’m having a hard time getting excited over the Sodam Yat figure. He’s sporting only two new pieces and the paint doesn’t quite live up to the job required of it. He is serviceable though and when it comes to a healthy Green Lantern shelf, it’s important to remember that there’s going to be a lot of Hal bodies with new heads. With that in mind, Sodam Yat will get his spot in my collection. He’ll be the sun-reigniting messiah towards the back.<\/p>\n

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For more DC reviews, check out our
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