{"id":13108,"date":"2011-06-30T03:14:25","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T08:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13108"},"modified":"2012-08-18T02:59:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-18T07:59:48","slug":"dcclassics-com-review-scarecrow-sinestro-corps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13108","title":{"rendered":"DCClassics.Com Review:
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<\/a> Scarecrow technically hasn’t had a proper DC Universe Classics figure. Sure, there’s the old DC Superheroes figure from long ago (and I do like that one), but this Scarecrow figure makes me realize that we need a new one. Yeah, Sinestro Corps (Yellow Lantern?) Scarecrow is that cool.<\/p>\n

Scarecrow isn’t my favorite Batman villain, not by a long shot. The only story that I can really remember liking him in is actually an episode of The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians<\/em>. Don’t groan. While there are plenty of groan-worthy SF episodes, the later ones are better, and this one, “The Fear” is particularly awesome. It retells Batman’s origin (the first TV\/movie\/cartoon to do so, I believe) by means of Scarecrow making Batman relive the deaths of his parents. Batman has to overcome his fears and pain to defeat the Scarecrow. It’s a great episode.<\/p>\n

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Scarecrow and his yellow ring is actually something I wished the comics would’ve spent more time on. During Blackest Night, Scarecrow had become immune to his own fear toxin and was desperately in need of the only thing that scared him: Batman. With Batman dead during this time, he’d gone a little crazy – like a junkie in need of a fix. The solution turned out to be a Sinestro Corps ring. The possibilities seemed interesting, but Luthor stole his ring almost immediately and that plot point never got the chance to go anywhere in the cluttered mini-series.<\/p>\n

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Below his ab crunch, Scarecrow’s the standard lanky buck (meaning he sports tights instead of comic-accurate pants) with Sinestro’s boots, but above? Above, he’s kinda awesome. His torso, arms, and coat are all-new pieces that capture the right details for this look down to the threads and stitching. Any where you look on his upper body, there’s detail – straw sticking out from his jacket, a raised Sinestro symbol, and the rope and bottom of his burlap mask added to the torso sculpt. It’s a great piece, but the cherry is literally on top. <\/p>\n

I love the head sculpt! The crazed eyes, the wicked grin, the damaged hat, etc. It just looks kickass and we simply must have it on a traditional Scarecrow figure at some point. I really can’t tell you how much I like it, I mean, just look at it…<\/p>\n

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The paint on the figure was also well done, check out the eyes and teeth on that head sculpt. This is a figure that had a lot of opportunity for sloppy paint, but I’m happy to report my figure came with almost no slop. Most of the figure’s costume is done in molded colors – the black uniform and the brown trench coat, but the paint details that need to be there are there and it really sells the figure. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alas, not all is well in Scarecrow-land. His left arm pops off every once in awhile. It doesn’t appear to be deformed in anyway, but the end of the shoulder just won’t seat in the bicep. I’m gonna have to throw a QC spotlight on that one, even though it’s more of an annoyance since nothing is broken. Still, figures should stay in one piece.<\/p>\n

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Articulation is at the high end for Scarecrow… almost. Everything you expect to be there is there, and the lanky buck gives Scarecrow the added double-hinges on the knees and elbows and the ball wrists. There are some other nice things too – like the coat not restricting the ab crunch and some great range on the neck articulation. There’s only one drawback – the ankles. Like the Creeper, Amon Sur, Sinestro, etc., before him – these ankles suck. They can barely move; the top of the foot is simply too flush with the bottom of the leg and there’s almost no range. You can see his foot lifting on the ground in any picture where the feet are visible. Mattel needs to retire this particular ankle mold.<\/p>\n

Like the majority of the wave, Scarecrow includes a lantern appropriate to his corps.<\/p>\n

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Though the ankles perturb me and the arm falling off can be a nuisance, I still really ended up liking this figure overall. And really, it’s all the sculpt’s doing. I love how the figure looks and he’s bumped my regular Scarecrow to the extras box. Her might end up there himself someday, should Mattel use some of these parts to make a proper Scarecrow, but for now he beat out his non-Blackest Night counterpart for shelf space. Not many of the other fighres from this wave did, so that’s a plus for the Scarecrow here.<\/p>\n

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For more DC reviews, check out our
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Scarecrow technically hasn’t had a proper DC Universe Classics figure. Sure, there’s the old DC Superheroes figure from long ago (and I do like that one), but this Scarecrow figure makes me realize that we need a new one. Yeah, Sinestro Corps (Yellow Lantern?) 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