{"id":18505,"date":"2012-05-02T11:24:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T16:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=18505"},"modified":"2012-05-02T20:12:25","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T01:12:25","slug":"dc-classics-com-nekron-week-sinestro-corps-sinestro-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=18505","title":{"rendered":"DC Classics.Com Nekron Week!
Sinestro Corps Sinestro Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>If anything lets us know that the line ended, it\u2019s this Sinestro. He\u2019s essentially an apology figure. The original Sinestro figure was famously craptacular and it took Mattel nearly three years to make a corrected version. But that original figure had a variant, leaving one more error for Mattel to correct. <\/p>\n

I was never the biggest fan of Sinestro growing up. I don’t really know what it was. It could just be that I never made a connection with Hal Jordan and thus his rogue’s gallery is of little interest to me (what other classic Hal rogues do you guys want to see?). <\/p>\n

Sinestro is one of the few characters that I think Geoff Johns has actually improved upon though it took a bit for Johns to get a good handle on him – I distinctly remember being pretty annoyed when Johns had Sinestro kill Black Condor II in Infinite Crisis<\/em>. Since then, Johns has written Sinestro somewhat more nobly, thought that may not be a take you like if you prefer to view Sinestro as a villain’s villain. <\/p>\n

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Since Johns took the idea of his yellow power ring and extrapolated it into an entire Corps though, Sinestro has taken off. He’s even currently starring in the Green Lantern title alongside Hal Jordan and the book is arguably more about Sinestro than Hal. Even though Sinestro’s back in his green jammies for the current run, a corrected height Sinestro Corps version was a must for Mattel. While it’s not my favorite thing in the world, it was important that they got him down before the line wrapped up – and they did. This is my preferred version of Sinestro and it’s really the only one I need to own (I’ve bought eight, five from Mattel and three from DC Direct). <\/p>\n

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Like the original Sinestro Corps Sinestro<\/a>, this figure is a repaint of the classic costume. In this case, it’s repaint of the corrected figure that came in TRU 2pk with Hal Jordan<\/a>. The good thing is that the height and build are much closer to being comic-accurate. The downside is that I’ve found myself spending another $16+ to get a figure that features no new parts and reuses some parts that I wish he wouldn’t, like Deadman’s striated and pock-marked legs. <\/p>\n

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That said, the reused Sinestro parts cobbled together with the leaner, taller buck definitely work for Sinestro and finally give me one a figure that’s able to replace my DC Direct figure (which I had apparently used in a previous shoot and forgot to put back, I couldn’t find it for this pics!). The DC Direct figure still has a better, more menacing, sculpt, but I prefer the articulation and solid sculpt here over the more detailed sculpt and limited articulation on the DC Direct offering. <\/p>\n

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All the paint lines are sharp on the figure, mostly due to some nicely down tampo work. The only thing that looks a bit odd, and it’s hard to tell from the pics, is the overlapping yellows around the collar. You can see how the tampos were applied and it looks weird, but it’s not a deal breaker. I did have a little fuzz around the armband, but again, not a dealbreaker. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sinestro\u2019s articulation is what we’ve come to expect, but like the previous figure the range is hindered in some areas. The head is a tight fit on the larger buck\u2019s neck and doesn’t do much beside swivel. The shoulders don’t have as much range as I’m used to and I wish the ankles had a little more range for deeper poses. Those minor issues aside, his articulation is standard for the line and he’s plenty poseable. <\/p>\n

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Sinestro included the classic lantern sculpt in a flat yellow. <\/p>\n

Overall, this isn’t the Sinestro figure we deserve, but it’s the one we needed. One of the horrors of Wave 3 has finally been put to bed, leaving us with just those overly muscled Robins and white gunk on our Grundys. In the coming years, as my collection shifts and grows, I may not have as much for yellow lanterns on my shelf. Romat Ru and Kryb may find themselves packed away or sold on eBay, but Sinestro is an important part of the collection and I think he’ll be in the mix on my shelves for some time to come. No matter what happens to him in the comics, I think he’ll always look best as a Yellow Lantern. So, for that reason and because you kinda have to buy him to get Nekron’s head, I don’t mind adding a fifth DCUC Sinestro figure to collection. <\/p>\n

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For more DC reviews, check out our
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If anything lets us know that the line ended, it\u2019s this Sinestro. He\u2019s essentially an apology figure. The original Sinestro figure was famously craptacular and it took Mattel nearly three years to make a corrected version. 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