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\"\"<\/a> “Once again we must fight for the freedom of our home. Are you ready?”<\/strong> -Queen Angella. Princess of Power, “Portrait of Doom” <\/p>\n

The problem with being a little too busy to keep up with toy news this year is that I\u2019ve felt really disconnected to some of the toy lines I collect. Reviewing the figures typically brings everything back in a rush; I pick up a cool figure and it\u2019s like an express train right back into something I really love. It\u2019s been that way for a lot of the MOTU Classics reviews in particular. Lizard Man, Ninjor, & Oo-Lar have all been great examples of it. <\/p>\n

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But I\u2019m just not feeling it with Queen Angella. Some of it is likely because my affinity for POP is a late development. My interest in POP is more about me going back as an adult fan to appreciate it instead of a straight nostalgia trip. That said, some of it is from the figure too.<\/p>\n

I feel like I should be ecstatic. This character is probably one of the most prominent ones we\u2019ll be getting this year (why it took so long is beyond me). She\u2019s the leader of the Great Rebellion and kinda the matriarch of POP, She-Ra being the hero notwithstanding. And, if we forget about Spritina (the hot twigget we\u2019re probably not getting), Angella finally completes the group shot that preceded each episode. POP collecting is slow business, y\u2019all. I’m glad she’s finally here, but the figure just isn\u2019t bowling me over.<\/p>\n

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Looking at the sculpt work, everything is solid there. The new boots, new skirt (it\u2019s still a skirt piece, we\u2019ll get to that), the shoulderpads, torso, and head sculpt are all well done. The wings, on loan from DCUCs Hawkgirl are some of my favorite pieces in both lines now. If I saw this figure in prototype grey, I\u2019d probably be plenty excited.<\/p>\n

The problems crop up once we get to the execution, the paint, and when I put her on display. We\u2019ve long covered the skirt problems for the MOTU ladies. Nearly all of the MOTU\/POP girls wear leotards in the various canon. The MOTUC hip articulation cannot handle leotards. It\u2019s great that the thigh cut has been moved up under the furry underwear on the guys, but it just doesn\u2019t work as well on the girls. Some figures, like Teela, just look like they\u2019re wearing a skirt and its fine unless you\u2019re a stickler and\/or wanted waist articulation. The waist joint was added with She-Ra who wore a skirt proper and it worked great. After that though, the leotard-wearing girls started to end up with this bulky, soft plastic underwearesque piece that tried to emulate the leotard, but looked like a diaper. It wasn’t cool. Trimming it down didn\u2019t work either as it revealed the \u201cdreaded\u201d articulation. On Angella, we have a new variant of this issue. The tip of this piece is now glued to the interior lower torso joint. It clearly wasn\u2019t sculpted with that in mind since it just ups the bulk at the hips and creates weird contours along the thighs. It was a nice attempt, but it\u2019s another bad fix in a line of bad fixed. <\/p>\n

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Then comes the paint. Most of the paint is great! The detail on the skirt is nice. The lower & upper legs match (low bar here, folks). The bodice piece of her outfit looks a little unpainted. I like the toy details being added here, but some paint could have been added there to flesh that detail out too. The shading on the wings is amazing. The paint on the face would be great too\u2026 if her eyes were just even… Damn. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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There aren\u2019t always a lot of crucial spots on a figure that have to be absolutely done right, but the eyes are one of them. Truthfully, I got \u201clucky\u201d as my figure will almost pass for being normal. The right eye is just slightly off and can be glanced over in many poses. I\u2019ve seen some bad pics on Instagram and Twitter though. I\u2019m not sure if this was just a misaligned paint mask or what, but it\u2019s a soul crushing error on an important figure (not that it\u2019s okay to screw up the eyes on other less important guys either). <\/p>\n

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And the last problem? Well, this one is almost funny because it\u2019s so odd. There must be a new, smaller hip assembly because, honey, they shrunk Angella! She\u2019s Gilmmer\u2019s mom. We already overlooked that Glimmer should\u2019ve have been smaller, she\u2019s a teenager in the show, but now Mattel has gone completely the wrong direction – Angella is shorter than her daughter. Posing her with the group kinda blends it out, or even better posing her flying, but in smaller groups like poses with her daughter or She-Ra, you have to shake your head. <\/p>\n

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Angella includes two accessories, a sword and the halo from her vintage toy. I believe the sword is a new piece (I\u2019m really not caught up on things) and it looks great with the figure. These POP ladies need more offensive weapons and this is a great addition. The clear pink halo is a nice inclusion. It snaps onto the top of the wing assembly, a little plug was created specifically for it, and looks sharp all put together. I\u2019ll probably keep it up there. I still would\u2019ve liked one more accessory for value, maybe a clear pink shield? Why not at this point? <\/p>\n

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Overall, I\u2019m trying to focus on the positives here. It\u2019s nice to finally get Angella. The wings are fantastic and so much of the figure is good. It\u2019s just has that usual POP problem of that few at Mattel seem to care when we get to the ladies. The skirt issue has gone on laughably too long. The height seems to have been overlooked anda little bit of extra paint on the bodice and boots would\u2019ve gone a long way. But nothing is as bad as those eyes being off. That\u2019s an enthusiasm killer right there. We just need to be fingers crossed that Peek-A-Blue & Perfuma make it out without a hitch at this point. <\/p>\n

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