{"id":16337,"date":"2012-01-20T05:18:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T11:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=16337"},"modified":"2012-04-16T03:57:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T08:57:25","slug":"vault-review-motu-classics-battleground-evil-lyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=16337","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: MOTU
Classics Battleground Evil-Lyn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>December was pretty interesting for MOTU fans.\u00a0 We here at IAT are still dealing with the Demo-Man fallout, since we haven\u2019t even received notice that our payment has been processed.\u00a0 But things seem to be getting back on track with our shipment of Battleground Evil-Lyn.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been highly anticipating Battleground Evil-Lyn ever since her announcement.\u00a0 With her increased power level and interesting back story, Evil-Lyn was probably my favorite updated character from the 200X series.\u00a0 Plus, she never looked hotter than when she took her helmet off and we got to see her white pixie-styled hair.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019ve been collecting this line for a while, you know there\u2019s not much difference in the body sculpt from the first Teela, yellow Evil-Lyn, and the Goddess.\u00a0 I don\u2019t really mind the reuse of parts for her boots and bracers.\u00a0 But I really wish the 4H would have given her a more 200X inspired tunic.\u00a0 Replacing the frilly leaves and horned piping with her spiky skeleton motif dress would have made this figure perfect.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if we\u2019ll ever get another Evil-Lyn variant in the line, but if we do I hope it will be inspired by her younger appearance in the MYP cartoon.\u00a0 This way we\u2019d get the correct dress and possibly a new younger looking head with longer hair.<\/p>\n

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Even though her body is the same, the new short haired head still looks damn near perfect on it.\u00a0 I love that the hair isn\u2019t just short, but it\u2019s also got a mussed up look to it.\u00a0 Maybe the short thorny locks are a bit windblown, or maybe she just doesn\u2019t care how it looks.\u00a0 Either way it\u2019s pretty cute, even if the rest of her head is giving off a murder-face expression.\u00a0 She also has some newly sculpted earrings, which is a nice touch.<\/p>\n

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Something else they added to the body is the opened spell casting hand that originally came with Catra.\u00a0 I was a bit concerned when I saw this on the prototype, because Catra\u2019s hand was made out of a very gummy plastic.\u00a0 Toy Guru did a good job of listening to fan complaints though, and Evil-Lyn\u2019s hand is made out of a much sturdier material.\u00a0 So kudos to TG for that.<\/p>\n

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The color choices for this figure are also what keeps me from hating on the clothing sculpt too much.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t use an exact 200X color palette, but it\u2019s close enough to make me happy.\u00a0 I actually like the added light purples and maroons on her tunic; they go a long way in helping the costume look a bit more unique.\u00a0 I also really like the light gray skin tone, which I think makes her look younger than the yellow Lyn.<\/p>\n

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Lyn\u2019s original head is also included.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s a byproduct of having a lighter skin color, or if her eyes truly do have a different application, but her face just seems more subtly menacing.\u00a0 Or course it doesn\u2019t hurt that her helmet is a nice glossy black with a metallic looking skull and plumage on top.\u00a0 Kind of makes me wish she had more metallics on her costume.<\/p>\n

I did have a couple of small QC issues when it came to the paint apps, but nothing out of the ordinary.\u00a0 Most of them could be overlooked or even fixed.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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No matter the color, Evil-Lyn still has the same articulation as the other Teela clones.\u00a0 Her dress is also made of the softer and more flexible material, so there aren\u2019t really any issues of it hindering her thigh movement.<\/p>\n

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Aside from her two heads, Evil-Lyn comes with some familiar accessories.\u00a0 First is her long staff, painted black with silver details. \u00a0There are two different head pieces you can put on the staff.\u00a0 They\u2019re both the same sculpt of the claw holding an orb, with the difference being in how they\u2019re colored.\u00a0 The first one has a translucent purple orb, while the second orb is made of glow-in-the-dark material.\u00a0 Both look pretty nice on the staff.<\/p>\n

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Lyn\u2019s other accessory is the jagged knife that came with the yellow Lyn and the Great Wars weapons pak.\u00a0 This knife is definitely with the right figure, since it was inspired by the MYP series and came with the 200X Evil-Lyn figure.<\/p>\n

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A figure of Evil-Lyn with short hair is something I\u2019ve been anticipating for a long time.\u00a0 Although I\u2019m not one hundred percent happy with reusing the Teela design for her costume, I\u2019m willing to let it slide because of how nice the figure looks in general.\u00a0 But I could definitely spring for one more Evil-Lyn figure.\u00a0 Especially if she\u2019s a bit younger and has a much more 200X inspired look.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

December was pretty interesting for MOTU fans.\u00a0 We here at IAT are still dealing with the Demo-Man fallout, since we haven\u2019t even received notice that our payment has been processed.\u00a0 But things seem to be getting back on track with our shipment of Battleground Evil-Lyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16338,"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":[7,34,10],"tags":[1334,365,78,20,2558],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/bgelTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-4fv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3520,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=3520","url_meta":{"origin":16337,"position":0},"title":"Matty on Facebook: Evil Lyn in Package!","date":"January 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Today on Facebook, Mattel posted images of the April Club Eternia figure, Evil Lyn: Skeletor's mistess of magic! 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