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<\/a> ” I wouldn’t work for you in a million years, you cruel, evil, heartless tyrant! “<\/strong> \u2013 Peekablue, to Hordak, She-Ra: Princess of Power “The Perils of Peekablue”. <\/p>\nAs I\u2019m working on this review, it\u2019s some \u2018clock-in-the-morning and I just finished up a long night at work and then wrapped up taping a podcast, so my mind is a million different places. Still, I wanted to get something up today after skipping Monday due to the checklist, so I\u2019ll be taking a quick look at Peekablue. Hopefully, it\u2019ll come across slightly more polished than a last-minute, late night toy review normally might. Hopefully.<\/em><\/p>\n I don\u2019t have much recollection of Peekablue from the show, so I\u2019m guessing she was a character that appeared infrequently. That would make sense given her powers \u2013 she can basically see pretty much everywhere, sort of an in-the-moment omniscience. A character like that could be plenty powerful and opportunistic, but Peekablue is often shown as rather timid & afraid; that her power comes with some serious drawbacks that a less upbeat fiction would probably take and run away with. <\/p>\n I do like the idea of her character & peacock motif, but this is one of those rare times where Kitchen Sink MOTU feels like it\u2019s really stretching. She\u2019s a human peacock who can spy on everything, or peek, so she\u2019s Peeka\u2026something? Did they try things beside colors? Peek-ra? Peekabird? Or did Peekablue just roll off the tongue real quick? I\u2019m not knocking strange names \u2013 MOTU is rife with them and I love them, but I think this concept is just a little out there even for me. I don\u2019t have care that it\u2019s the male peacocks that have the brightly colored feathers, it\u2019s just a little too on the nose for me. Your mileage may vary. As such, I haven\u2019t really been feeling one way or the other about finally getting the figure. <\/p>\n In hand, I have mixed feelings \u2013 I want to like her more than I do. There is plenty to be happy with. The newly sculpted bits are great. I love the new head sculpt, it\u2019s very in line with the basic POP look while still being unique. And the two-part dress really pops due to the layering. She has a unique torso to accommodate the plumage, but her bodice is still thankfully a separate piece. The skirt, another separate piece, layers over that to give the figure a depth often lacking (& sorely lacking on some recent POP figures). The new hair is also a nice piece, but I might like it more for the color than anything else. <\/p>\n Of course the big part of the sculpt are the feathers. And while it\u2019s kind of a big obnoxious piece for a toy line that\u2019s a real shelf-crowder, it\u2019s amazingly done. It\u2019s got three separate pieces, one molded in place and two that are articulated allowing the whole plume to close or be fully spread. Each piece is it\u2019s own unique sculpt and makes for an impressive 8\u201d spread. The attachment, as tends to be the case for MOTU, is a little clunky and requires a big square peg to go into her back. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s apparently removable. I didn\u2019t know this ahead of time and was at a loss for how to get her out of the tray she comes packaged in. She\u2019s packaged with it facing down and you have to remove it to put it in back in right side up. I\u2019m glad it pops out \u2013 I tempted to leave her on display without it to save space, but I also worry this might be an area prone to breakage years from now. <\/p>\n So all that sounds good, right? And articulation is standard fare we\u2019re used to, so it\u2019s also good \u2013 though the ladies could really use getting that boot swivel back. So what\u2019s causing me to hesitate with my rubber stamp? One thing: Paint. <\/p>\n The feathers don\u2019t bring this problem. They\u2019re gorgeous with a nice metallic overspray and carefully painted and exact-looking eyelets. Good there. But the rest of the figure \u2013 just feels too playskool? Maybe it\u2019s the bright primary colors, or maybe the completely unwashed (not like that) neon green hair. Something in the paint just throws her off visually. I really do love the green hair, but it just needs some color or variation. There\u2019s also the matter of her size, like Angella, she\u2019s shorter than the POP lot. I don\u2019t mind as much here since she doesn\u2019t need to be taller than Glimmer per se, but it\u2019s apparently going to be the norm on these last few POP figures. <\/p>\n If you don\u2019t count that giant removable plume, Peekablue included two accessories, the trademark shield and a new fan-turned-blade. They\u2019re both nice pieces. The shield actually has some paint on it again, so it\u2019s looking sharp. The fan has a touch of metallic on the center and looks like it could be deadly if Peekablue were inclined to use it instead of holding back from getting involved. <\/p>\n Overall, Peekablue isn\u2019t a bad figure. She\u2019s not hitting that button for me because the feathers are sucking up so much of the budget that the rest of the figure just doesn\u2019t look as sharp, but it makes a good overall package. It might also be that I haven\u2019t really displayed her with the feathers on\u2026 I\u2019m trying to save space here, y\u2019know? The longer I look at her though the more and more I do like her. The face sculpt is great and the colors grow on you, even the monotone neon hair. I may end up with two just so I can work that into a custom at some point. But, yeah\u2026 I\u2019m just not going to display her with those feathers. 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