{"id":25398,"date":"2013-10-24T02:43:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T07:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=25398"},"modified":"2013-10-24T10:10:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T15:10:33","slug":"vault-review-motu-classics-lord-dactys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=25398","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review:
MOTU Classics Lord Dactys"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m always happy to see 200X influences in the MOTU Classics line.\u00a0 The majority of those seem to be alternate heads and accessories, but every now and then we get an entirely new character.\u00a0 Dactys has always been on my short list of figures I\u2019d like to have, but I honestly never thought he\u2019d show up ever since the big vintage push started.\u00a0 I\u2019m definitely glad to be proven wrong.<\/p>\n

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Not only was I wrong, I\u2019ll even take it further and say Dactys\u2019 figure actually benefited from being pushed this far back in the lineup.\u00a0 Like every MOTU figure before him, he uses a certain amount of shared parts.\u00a0 Some of them are pretty common, like the torso or the bumpy forearms and legs.\u00a0 But others, like the wings and armored biceps are a bit rarer in the line, so you\u2019ve already got these touches of distinctiveness accenting the figure.<\/p>\n

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But it\u2019s all of Dactys\u2019 unique parts, and how they\u2019re used, that really makes this figure amazing. \u00a0We\u2019ll start with the most obvious, his head sculpt.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always found this design interesting for a bat-like creature.\u00a0 The large ears, small red eyes, and upturned nose are definitely bat traits, but then you have the strange lipless and jagged mouth, mandible like tusks, and spiky goatee that gives him a very alien feel.\u00a0 This combination of realism and fantasy really reminds me of a D&D or Robert E. Howard style of universe.<\/p>\n

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Aside from the head, Dactys has brand new hands and feet.\u00a0 That may not sound like a lot, but it\u2019s how they\u2019re incorporated into the figure that makes him so exceptional on the shelf.\u00a0 Both sets have been sculpted larger than the average MOTU figure.\u00a0 The hands have four long serrated fingers, while the feet have massive talons that are widely spread.<\/p>\n

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The larger than average head, hands, and feet are connected to the main body with extended sculpting.\u00a0 Dactys\u2019 head gets a longer neck.\u00a0 His hands have an additional segment of armor, creating an extended wrist.\u00a0 His feet are probably the most impressive because they\u2019ve been attached to the ankle with another armor piece that slopes backwards, giving the figure chicken-like legs below the knee joint.\u00a0 All of these slight sculpting extensions push Dactys to nearly eight inches tall.\u00a0 Combine this height with the bulk of his armor and massive wings, this figure towers over your average Eternian.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Speaking of armor, Dactys also has an all new chest armor and loincloth piece.\u00a0 Both items were sculpted to fit over the standard male torso.\u00a0 The chest piece is pretty unique though.\u00a0 It has an interesting star\/bird-like face on front, a high collar, sculpted on spiky shoulder pauldrons, and two holes in the back where the wings attach.<\/p>\n

The loincloth has a pretty generic look from the front, but Dactys\u2019 tail is actually attached to the back.\u00a0 So if they use this piece again they\u2019ll have to get creative and cover that little hole up somehow.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately there\u2019s a downside to Dactys\u2019 huge size, he\u2019s a bit unstable and difficult to balance.\u00a0 Even with all those new pieces, the figure doesn\u2019t actually have any new joints.\u00a0 His neck is a ball joint.\u00a0 The shoulders, wings and hips are swivel\/hinges.\u00a0 Biceps, waist, wrists, thighs and boot cuts are swivels.\u00a0 And his elbows, abs, knees, and ankles are hinges.\u00a0 There is no rocker joint for his ankles, and since his feet are so large it makes him difficult to stand straight since his weight is always shifted from one to the other.\u00a0 The other downside is that his wings put a lot of weight on his back, forcing the figure to lean forward and making it difficult to stand him at his full height.<\/p>\n

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Dactys comes with one accessory, a nicely designed sword with a bat-shaped hilt.\u00a0 While it\u2019s pretty obvious this sword was designed for him, it still has a fairly generic look.\u00a0 I\u2019d love to see it recolored in a future Weapons Pak.\u00a0 If for no other reason, it would give Batros a more appropriate weapon to wield.<\/p>\n

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Even with his balance and ankle articulation issues, Dactys is an amazing figure.\u00a0 I love the fact that he towers over almost all the other figures.\u00a0 Plus his simple design and impressive use of new parts gives me hope that the line isn\u2019t done improving on the very familiar buck body that it began with.\u00a0 I really think he may be the best MOTU Classic figure of the year, and not just because he\u2019s 200X.\u00a0 (Although that doesn\u2019t hurt!)<\/p>\n

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

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