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<\/a> Day Three arrives and there’s been a slight change in plans. I absconded to the studio late last night to take pictures of Horos & Thothos for the paint article, but the colorful figures had other plans. They (or maybe me) wanted to focus on articulation for today, so the pics took a turn for movement. <\/p>\nOur third installment in Scarabus Week could’ve gone one of two ways… Paint or Articulation. I wasn’t sure which one to do, but I loosely decided on paint and grabbed Thothos & Horos as they’re the two most colorful of the group. I have a different camera for close-ups and I started clicking away at all the little details, but after a bit of posing them to get various shots, I started to pose them more dramatically and, before too long, I’d grabbed the regular review camera and this became an articulation review instead. So, yeah, the figures more or less convinced me that they’d rather do articulation than paint. I didn’t argue.<\/em> <\/p>\n The first thing you notice about the articulation is that… you don’t notice<\/em> it. This is probably one of the underappreciated aspects of the design. The robes are layered not only to aid the articulation, but to also help disguise it. The cuts in the arm are similarly hidden by layered straps. In fact, very little of the articulation is even visible when the figure is in a neutral pose. I think, perhaps more than anything, that shows how expertly these figures are designed. At first glance, you might think him a little statue, but once you have him in your hands, you find out that’s he much more…<\/p>\n The leg articulation is pretty straight-forward though the curve of the calf and the ball-hoof required a bit of a learning curve. The articulation – a hinge knee and a ball-jointed hoof are relatively simple, but the anatomy itself requires a bit of though. Basically, if you leave the single-hinge knee joint fully closed\/upright and line up the thighs with the back, you can find a more balance neutral pose with the hooves. If not, you’ll find that Scarabus has a tendency to stand with one shoulder back.<\/p>\n For the rest of the leg, the hips are most similar to DC Classics along with a swivel thigh. The aforementioned hoof ball-joint is embedded into the calf a bit, so it doesn’t have a lot of movement, but it does gets the job done. <\/p>\n The torso only features a few points: the waist, the optional pincers, & the tail. The waist joint is a simple swivel. It does have some give, but I don’t think that’s an intended feature though (so don’t be rough with it). The ball-jointed pincers are a fun addition to the figures and have plenty of range, but I find that I keep leaving them off more often than not. They’re cool and they work well, but, for some reason, I favor the figures without them.<\/p>\n The tail is probably the only part of the figure that I’m going to tell you to be careful with. I haven’t had any problems with my 10pk yet, but Vault dropped off his Light & Dark Talismans yesterday and the white one lost his tail in the weeks since that review. The peg is visible back there, while the tail has broken free and is now MIA.<\/p>\n On the torso, an ab crunch was sculpted (you can tell from the back), but was dropped during production to keep the figure under budget (I’m pretty sure I remember the 4H telling us about it). I do miss the joint while playing with the figure, but it’s not a deal-breaker. The figure still has great range despite its absence. I should also point out that the layering would have appeared to obscure the cut lines for it had it been included, so that’s still pretty cool even though the joint wasn’t included.<\/p>\n What’s left… the ball-jointed head has good range though the “horns” do block some movement here and there. Still, there’s full-swivel, some up and down, and really good tilt. The smaller heads like Melchon & Nergall should be rather excellent. The arms feature ball-jointed shoulders, swivel biceps, hinge elbows, and ball-jointed wrists.<\/p>\n While the legs are fun, I love how expressive the arms can be. I know there’s not a lot of special articulation here, but it’s literally all in the wrist (and the six different hands). No matter what poses you can get a figure into, the face and hands are typically static and can’t convey the emotion of the pose. With the interchangeable ball wrists, Scarabus solves that problem and it can really sell the poses. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Okay, time to switch gears to the figures themselves. These two are actually part of a “trio” along with Anubos (who was paired off with Scarabus’ for Monday’s review) dubbed the Dark Deities<\/a> by the Four Horsemen that are based on the respective Egyptian Gods: Anubis, Thoth, & Horus. Scarabus obviously has some Egyptian ties himself, and here among his guardsmen we find some familiar look faces? Are thse the gods themselves now in servitude? Perhaps one day we’ll know the answer, but for now we must be content with the awesome figure.<\/p>\n The thing that makes these two guys really stand out is their color pallette; these two just seem more vivid than the rest of Scarabus’ cadre. I don’t mind one bit though. I like the blues on Horos and the white\/copper combination on Thothos ended up being one of my favorite color schemes. For him, the brighter colors and the lack of any particularly dark areas makes me see him as a wiser, more balanced character than the others. Again, we’ll have to wait and see if my hunch pans out.<\/p>\n Though I enjoyed his colors, I wasn’t as fond of Thotho’s head sculpt. That’s not a repudiation of the piece – it’s an excellent ibis head and is perfect for a figure loosely based on Thoth, but it just isn’t appealing to me. He has plenty of fans though, so don’t let me spoil the fun.<\/p>\n Thothos regular Scarabus faceplate has a nifty scheme to it (one that looks pretty sharp on the main Scarabus actually), but I really dug his accessories – largely because of the green colors. He’s got green flames, green trim on his gear, and green Timekeeper armor. I’ve long wanted a green repaint of the Timekeeper Nybbaz and this encourages me to finally get around to customizing one.<\/p>\n Horos finishes off the trio and is the brightest hued of the whole group. I love the blue on him, it’s fiting as Horos was the god of the sky. I guess I just like the way it makes him pop out when he’s in with the group in the same way that the silver & purple draws attention to the Dormant Form Scarabus.<\/P><\/p>\n The color choice on him that really surprised me though was the magenta for his gear. I wouldn’t have chosen it, but I ended up loving it. I admit that I played around a bit more with the green gear from Thothos (the Four Horsemen need to incorporate more green into Fantastic) I ended up really enjoying the magenta cool just as much. To round things off, Horos included a set of bronze Timekeeper armor.<\/P><\/p>\n There is one other thing I wanted to mention on these two figures in particular. I’m looking ahead to Raven and thinking about the hooves on these particular two figures. I’ve said before that the hooves weren’t my favorite part of the sculpt overall, but they do seem a little more odd on these two than the others (Harues & Azazel aside, of course). I’m not sure what the scale\/dimensions are on the upcoming Fantastic Exclusive 4 Winner, Raven, but I’m really hoping that I can swap those bird feet on to Thothos & Horos here when the time comes. As exceptional as this pair is, I think that might really enhance these two particular figures. We’ll give it a go when Raven reaches collector’s hands.<\/p>\n I think that sums up pretty much all I can say about the articulation. You might have noticed that no capes only appeared in the first and last pictures. The cape does block some of the movement at the neck and shoulders and gets in the way during some of the deep poses, but it’s still flexible enough that you can have with it on. So, one more thing that these figures managed to get right. Basically, these are well-articulated figures. There may not be anything innovative here, but there doesn’t need to be. The joints work well together and like some of the best articulated figures, you find more joints than you tend to know what to do with!<\/p>\n All the versions of Scarabus are currently available for order at StoreHorsemen.Com<\/a> and check back with us tomorrow for a look at two more figures from the 10-pack!<\/p>\n A huge thanks out to all the Four Horsemen – Cornboy, Jim, Chris, and Eric – for making Scarabus Week a reality!<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n Back to Day Two<\/a> | Continue to Day Four<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Day Three arrives and there’s been a slight change in plans. I absconded to the studio late last night to take pictures of Horos & Thothos for the paint article, but the colorful figures had other plans. 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