{"id":22365,"date":"2013-01-15T02:49:45","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T08:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=22365"},"modified":"2013-01-15T23:06:08","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T05:06:08","slug":"vault-review-motu-classics-procrustus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=22365","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review:
MOTU Classics\u2019 Procrustus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When the MOTU Classics line first began to pick up steam, Noisy and I started going through the more obscure MOTU characters to see who might get made.\u00a0 We ran across Procrustus early on, but didn\u2019t have high hopes that this four armed giant would ever get made.<\/p>\n

Now that his figure is in-hand, and mingling with the other characters on my shelf, I can definitely say that I\u2019m glad Mattel proved us wrong.<\/p>\n

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Procrustus is just another great example of how the Four Horsemen can really bring a character to life.\u00a0 He only appeared in two pages of one mini-comic, yet the 4H took his basic design and added more detail than ever appeared on those pages<\/a>.\u00a0 Most obvious of which are his rocky details.<\/p>\n

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The mini-comic gave an impression that Procrustus was made of stone, but there\u2019s definitely no question when you look at the figure.\u00a0 His upper body is pebbled and fractured, while his clothing and hair look like cascading slabs.\u00a0 All these sculpted details look fantastic and really give the character a Harryhausen-esque feel that I definitely welcome in the MOTU-verse.<\/p>\n

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Procrustus has a very basic paint scheme, and I really found him a bit difficult to photograph.\u00a0 The figure itself is made up of a light tan plastic with a darker brown to accent his belt and bracers.\u00a0 The muscles of his legs and joints between rock pieces were also given a darker tan spray.\u00a0 But it\u2019s the pale brown dry brushing that really gives him that living stone look.\u00a0 This is also the effect I had a hard time capturing in my pictures.\u00a0 But I can attest that the figure\u2019s color really pops in person.<\/p>\n

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Although Procrustus shares his crotch, legs, and hands with Megator, his range of movement surpasses the first two giants.\u00a0\u00a0 His head is on a ball joint, although it\u2019s a bit limited by his hair.\u00a0 His shoulders, wrists, waist, and hips are all swivel joints, while his elbows and knees are hinges.\u00a0 The designers also gave each of Procrustus\u2019 arms a swivel bicep, which the other two giants are sadly lacking.\u00a0 This one joint adds so much more movement and personality to the figure.\u00a0 It also allows him to do his holding-the-world-together pose, which is pretty essential.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Procrustus comes with one accessory, the Star Seed.\u00a0 The Star Seed actually appeared in the original Filmation episode \u201cThe Search\u201d.\u00a0 This is one of those times that the new Classics bio does a great job of wrapping the various MOTU mythologies together.\u00a0 It also gives us a nice explanation about why there\u2019s a four armed giant holding the planet together.<\/p>\n

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The Star Seed itself isn\u2019t very impressive.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a large translucent yellow orb.\u00a0 But the various MOTU canons are teaming with artifacts and objects of power, and I personally love getting them in toy form.\u00a0 Multicolored weapons paks are fun, but these relics add much more flavor to a shelf of mostly warriors.\u00a0 (I think they\u2019d also look great inside a \u201ctreasure room\u201d of the upcoming Grayskull.)\u00a0 The only thing that could make the Star Seed better is getting a crystal-like stand that\u2019s similar to the one in the Filmation episode.<\/p>\n

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Out of the three giants, Procrustus has become my favorite.\u00a0 That little bit of extra articulation really helps, but when it comes down to it he\u2019s a fantastically sculpted colossal rock man with four arms.\u00a0 There\u2019s also a definite feel like he should be fighting Sinbad in stop-motion animation.\u00a0 These are the kinds of figures that I collect this line for, and hopefully Procrustus won\u2019t be the last giant we see.<\/p>\n

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

When the MOTU Classics line first began to pick up steam, Noisy and I started going through the more obscure MOTU characters to see who might get made.\u00a0 We ran across Procrustus early on, but didn\u2019t have high hopes that this four armed giant would ever get made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22366,"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":[1824,78,20,16,2558,1822,1823],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/pcruTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-5OJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22804,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=22804","url_meta":{"origin":22365,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: MOTU Classics Granamyr","date":"February 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I feel that Granamyr is one of the more recognizable characters to spring forth from MOTU.\u00a0 Not everyone may know his name, but a large dragon with a pot belly and horned helmet tends to leave a lasting impression.\u00a0 (Heck, even my mom recognized him.) 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