{"id":13394,"date":"2011-07-15T15:25:20","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T20:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13394"},"modified":"2011-12-05T02:31:21","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T08:31:21","slug":"scarabus-week-day-five-haures-azazel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13394","title":{"rendered":"Scarabus Week, Day Five:
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<\/a> Day Five of Scarabus Week is here! Today instead of focusing on a particular aspect and ending on the figures, I’m going to start off with some thoughts on Haures & Azazel and then move into some final thoughts on all the figures, some images of things I didn’t get to show on other days and wrap this week up!<\/P><\/p>\n

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While there’s a long list of great things about Fantastic Exclusive, the one thing I haven’t enjoyed so much is the focus on animal-inspired characters. That’s a topic for another day, but I mention it here because it meant that, for me, Haures & Azazel had a little higher hill to climb than the other sculpts. I’m just not as interested in them as the Dark Deities (I note the irony) or the unique designs of Melchom & Nergall.<\/p>\n

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That said, the duo really works for me because the colors help to elicit a really demonic, evil feel. StoreHorsemen<\/a> lists these two as “brutal enforcers” and I think that’s spot-on for how I feel about them. They’re darker than the others in conception and in colors. Azazel does have a bit of yellow to him, but Haures – Haures is the darkest figure in the 10pk. His armor is a mix of flat & gloss blacks, including the orbs on his armor which were brightly colored on all the other figures. His only bright color comes from the red of his cape and there’s not much friendly about that.<\/p>\n

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Azazel, on the other hand, projects his evil with red fur and a love for purple. Speaking of, I didn’t really get a chance to talk about paint this week. I almost felt like I didn’t need too. There’s been a little bit of slop here or there – some errant gold on Anubis for example, but nothing that I’d want to call these toys out for. You’ve seen the paint all week. It’s complicated and it’s done right on nearly every rivet, buckle, and clasp. If anything puts mass market figures to shame, it might just be the quality control on the paint.<\/p>\n

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The embedded part of all the ball-joints was done in black for all the figures, so that did occasionally clash with the figure’s colors and any paint that ended up on those joints will come off as you play with the figures. I thought that would bother me more than it did, but I haven’t really minded. It looks most out of place on Thothos and Melchom’s brighter gloves, but, out of ten figures, that’s hardly much at all.<\/p>\n

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I’m getting farther and farther from that picture of the accessories, so I should get to it. Haures gear is just about all black. His alternate Scarabus head features glossy horns and a flat black face, his staff is black with silver accents, and even his Timekeeper Armor is, yep, black! He does include some purple flames to get some color into his sculpt, but I almost wish he’d gotten some smoky flames (that makes sense in my head). <\/p>\n

Azazel’s accessories are a little more colorful, matching the colors found on the figure, and he includes a metallic purple Timekeeper armor. One of the cool things about both figures is that, in addition to their Scarabus heads and alt heads, they also both include a furry neck piece that fits under the head and snugly rests in the shoulder armor. It really helps sell the animal heads for both figures.<\/p>\n

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Despite my initial reservations about the Four Horsemen mixing some animal heads into the Scarabus variants, I have to say that they turned out pretty well! Scarabus has a mixture of demonic and Egyptian influences in his origin, so it only stands to reason that some of his minions would be more demonic in nature. No, I’m not saying be wary of goats (well, depending on where you live…), but a red goat and a black ram carry some demonic undertones and they fit in with the others pretty seamlessly despite having a completely different look. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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All week along, folks have been asking to see Scarabus alongside some other figures. I had wanted to focus more on Scarabus early in the week and saved comparison pics for today. It does keep Haures & Azazel a bit out of the spotlight, but I’m sure they’ll understand. I tried to use them in the background where I could for this last review.<\/p>\n

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Scarabus is basically in 6″ or 1:12 scale. Yeah, he’s tall, but compare the size of his face to most 6″ figures. In the real world, he’d probably make more money playing basketball (those hooves would be murder on the courts though) than conquering the world. As such, I think he’s more at home fighting with DC Classics or Marvel Legends than MOTUC or Ghostbusters (dammit… I didn’t think of that picture).<\/p>\n

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The only thing I think that might make him stick out like a sore thumb when you mix up the toy lines is the level of detail in his sculpt. He might make your other toys feel bad. Like with most toys, it’s basically up to you. I think he fits best with the other figures the Four Horsemen have produced this far than he does anything else. If you’ve been keeping up<\/a>, the Fantastic Exclusive line has produced 44 figures<\/strong> (45 if you want to count Commander Argus) and Raven looms out there somewhere on the horizon. That does mean you’re mixing the Gothitropolis & Seventh Kingdom toy lines, but it’s a highly-detailed, well-sculpted mash-up at least. <\/p>\n

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Overall, you won’t be disappointed with these figures. Yes, they’re $30 each (some discounts if you buy them in pre-selected groups), but they’re worth it. Having these 10 makes me wish I had the $95 to spend on the limited Toypocalypse Exclusive Light & Dark Talisman figures (the ones featured this week belong to Vault), so if I’m wishing I could run off and spend almost $100 for two more, how I can I balk at $30? They’re well sculpted, well painted, highly articulated, and come with over a dozen accessories. I do wish they had a little more gear than add-on pieces, but that’s hardly a complaint. The add-on pieces really do add to the value, particularly if you have them all. In the picture below, I’ve taken a photograph of Scarabus with each of the 25 face plates (if you have all 12 figures).<\/p>\n

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As cool as I think that is, it gets cooler. Remember, the twelve figures also include fourteen alternate heads for those plates to plug into. When you factor in the animal heads for Azazel & Haures, that’s 352<\/strong> different head combinations for a Scarabus figure. If for any reason, one of the decos just doesn’t draw you in, you can virtually making your own by mixing up the heads, plates, and bodies. It’s pretty cool side feature to some already cool figures.<\/p>\n

Anyway, that’s Scarabus Week! I hope you enjoyed the pictures and reviews as much as I did! If you have any questions or are wondering about something I left out, let me know in the comments and I’ll answer if I can. Thanks for reading and thanks again to the Four Horsemen for sending these Scarabus figures along!<\/p>\n

And I’d be remiss if I didn’t remind you that all of the figures are still available (as a set, in a few subsets, and individually) at StoreHorsemen.Com<\/a> right now! <\/p>\n


A huge thanks out to all the Four Horsemen – Cornboy, Jim, Chris, and Eric – for making Scarabus Week a reality!<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

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