{"id":17348,"date":"2012-03-05T03:47:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T09:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17348"},"modified":"2012-03-05T03:52:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T09:52:39","slug":"motu-classics-com-fisto-review-17-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=17348","title":{"rendered":"MOTU Classics.Com:
Fisto Review (17 Pics)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>For me, February was a \u201cfinally!\u201d month for Masters of the Universe Classics. And while there\u2019s finally a figure of Shadow Weaver, finally a Fearless Photog figure, and Sorceress finally got her due in the Classics line, my personal \u201cfinally!\u201d is for none other than the Heroic Hand-to-Hand fighter himself, Fisto! <\/p>\n

I have to laugh at the thought of Fisto as a Hand-to-Hand fighter. The name implies some sort of an even match or a fair fight, but getting into a fistfight with a guy named Fisto is already questionable. And that\u2019s before you see the big hunk of metal at the end of his right arm. It\u2019s like pitting Rio Blast against Blade and calling him the Heroic Gun-to-Knife fighter. It\u2019s just not fair. (And, with that, the Blade fans will write in assuring me of Rio\u2019s imminent defeat…). <\/p>\n

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When I was a wee tot, Fisto was one of my more cherished vintage figures, sometimes replacing He-Man as the main hero. I’m not sure what originally made me like Fisto so much as a kid. Looking back, he was kinda the rugged hero, an outsider even in the group of heroes, but I don’t know if he had that. It might’ve just been the cool beard. Anyway, I enjoyed him enough that he was one of the few vintage Masters that simply had to be replaced after the flood wiped out my nine-year-old self’s burgeoning \u201ccollection\u201d. <\/p>\n

As I got older and was able to better appreciate MOTU (i.e. paying more attention to what actually happened in the cartoon), Fisto earned a new level of respect from me too. I had forgotten or never knew that Fisto had originally been a villain and only reformed after his first encounter with He-Man. Now, the episode itself is not particularly deep, but I so love the idea of reformed villains that it only made Fisto that much cooler. <\/p>\n

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Fisto as an outsider was a theme that continued into MO2K. I\u2019m still not sold on that gigantic bare fist, but MO2K portrayed Fisto as an alleged deserter that had to again earn his way into the Masters fold. Some new elements were added: he was Man-At-Arms’ brother, and possibly Teela\u2019s father, but at his core he was the same rough-and-tumble outsider that I\u2019d come to appreciate some twenty years before. <\/p>\n

When he was finally announced in Classics, I couldn’t have been more excited. I still have a short list of “characters-I-can’t-believe-aren’t-made-yet-why-won’t-they-make-them-aaaaargh!”, but Fisto is a big name crossed off my list.<\/p>\n

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As an avid supporter of MO2K elements in Classics, I have to point out this figure is a crowning achievement in that cause. While getting vintage characters that had unique MO2K looks is still an uphill battle, Fisto comes with the vast majority of his MO2K gear as options for an alternate build. I\u2019ll detail them more specifically in the next sections, but Fisto includes what\u2019s ostensibly a MO2K head (thanks to his gear, not his face), a MO2K belt, and his giant friggin\u2019 MO2K sword – an accessory we were denied with the MO2K version no less. Regardless of what else I have to say good or bad about Fisto, there\u2019s definitely an element of \u201cmore like this, please\u201d with this figure. <\/p>\n

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As I’ll detail in later sections, Fisto has a nice complement of accessories. That’s largely due to the fact that the basic figure needed next to no work. The vintage Fisto look is achieved through new armor, his fist, a new head, and a new right bicep for good measure. The bicep is a funny touch, but the downside here is that it ended up being cast in a dark color (brown, I believe) and had to be painted. It\u2019s not too bad, but the painted bicep between the molded shoulder and forearm is definitely noticeable. <\/p>\n

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The crowning achievement here is the head sculpt though. It’s simply fantastic in both versions and the pictures do all the talking. Easily one of my favorite sculpts in the line. I’ve got my Fisto mostly decked out in his MO2K gear, but I love the vintage head a bit more, so he’s sporting that head on my shelves long term. <\/p>\n

Both Fisto’s armor and fist are upgrades to the classic look (though the armor now supports a slot for the MO2K sword) and I enjoy both, particularly the little added level of detail around the collar. With all the MO2K going on, I do lament the lack of a MO2K Fist somewhat. I can’t complain because this figure came with a lot already, but it would’ve been cool to get a “classicized” version of the “Battle Fist” here. I should note that the vintage fist is not necessarily intended to be removable, but mine pops on and off easily. It does contort a bit as it comes on and off, so I might be doing some incremental damage to the silver paint (the piece is molded brown) over time, but it’s been fine through all the popping on and off I did for this review. <\/p>\n

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Okay, so the fist has one big flaw by my count. I’ve gotta get this out of the way because you’ve seen me harp on Mattel about it for months. I love this figure – it’s awesome, but I absolutely, unequivocally, hate that the fist wasn\u2019t designed to come off and work with Roboto & Trap Jaw. I know there’s some of you out there that feel it’s trivial and it probably is, but after inquiring about it almost immediately after Roboto’s parts were made Trap Jaw compatible (i.e. awhile ago) and getting positive feedback from Mattel about it multiple times, I thought this was a lock. My disappointment is further complicated by the more recent and inane Q&A answers which read as if the positive buzz before hand never happened and the compatibility was never intended in the first place. It’s not a dealbreaker, but it was going to be a bit of a bummer… until I got the figure in-hand. Continue to Page 2<\/a><\/p>\n

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It turns out that whether intended or not there is some compatibility. Fisto’s fist was made to slide over the standard Tri-Klops forearm. That particular design also allows it to stretch a bit and fit over Roboto’s arm. Again, I’m probably doing some incremental damage to the plastic on the fist, but it works and it looks as awesome as I thought it would. I’m still bummed that it doesn’t work precisely (and Trap Jaw’s left it out in the cold here), but this soothes my “rage” somewhat. It also means that, should Jitsu be done the same way, we still have the possibility of Mattel doing a future weapons pack with a fist in Jitsu colors and an open hand in Fisto colors that would allow the two to swap and for Roboto to be included for the ride. <\/p>\n

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Since Fisto features the basic MOTU Classics body, the articulation is pretty much what we\u2019ve come to expect. The only things of note here are the internal joint on the ankles which makes ’em super-tight and that the fist still includes the basic wrist swivel since it simply pops over the standard forearm. The armor does come down over the ab crunch for the most part, but it is flexible enough to not get in the way. <\/p>\n

For paint, Fisto walks that line where I’m not sure how much slop is okay. In hand, I thought Fisto was painted extremely<\/em> well. And, in the pics under closer scrutiny, most of that holds up. The head is fantastic, the little gold details are sharp, the paint apps on the accessories are good too. But when I look at these pics, man that armor looks sloppy. It doesn’t look that noticeable in person, so I’m not gonna knock too many points off the score, but some of these pics left me scratching my head. Oh, and Mattel spent money on painting the wristband under the non-removable fist. I don’t mind, but that’s unlike them. It made me want to pop a normal hand on there to see what having a Malcom figure would be like. <\/p>\n

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One other thing of note is that the lower torso is in silver (like normal for an armored figure like this), but the upper torso is flesh tone. This was likely done to keep Fisto’s neck the right color without the use of paint which is preferable to him having a silver neck, but it does make the figure look a fair sight odd from the back. <\/p>\n

If you’re keeping your Fisto strictly vintage then you only get to play with one accessory (seriously, if you’re anti-MO2K you best be putting all those other pieces away!), the classic purple sword. Ye olde Fisto sported Tri-Klops accessory in purple and the same is true here. It works. Looks good purple and marks our third colorway for this accessory (the other being a gold\/silver cardback art version from the weapons paks). <\/p>\n

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Now, if you’re ready to get your MO2K on, then you’ve got a lot more options. I already mentioned the MO2K head (I\u2019m calling it that every time I reference it because it makes me happy), but you’ve also get an extra belt and the aforementioned giant ass sword. The giant ass sword was not included with the MO2K Fisto (he came with a snake grabber thingy) so it’s excellent to finally have it here.* I love the size, the level of detail in the sculpt, and the fact he can actually stow this bad boy on his back – because a guy with a giant fist really needs to have a place to store all these relatively unneeded weapons, y’know?<\/p>\n

* – I did end up with an excellent ‘garage kit’ version of the sword from the Org’s Royaltus!<\/em><\/p>\n

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The other MO2K piece is the belt. I still wish Fisto could’ve gotten the longer loin cloth because I think this belt would look much more kickass in that combination, but I love the belt nonetheless. My Fisto isn’t going to be caught without it. While the front looks great with the bull’s head and hammered bronze, it’s what’s around the back of the belt that really sells me: two little pouches, one with a sculpted flask, and the book. I wish I knew if these were anyway related to media or are just cool 4H add-ons, but I don’t. The book has a neat little bit of detail on the cover too. <\/p>\n

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Overall, Fisto rocks. My chief complaint is that the fist wasn’t worked up to be compatible with Trap Jaw & Roboto, but it did end up slightly compatible so I’m not going to get too uppity about it (which is great because as Matty lets us know Fisto was never supposed to have any type of interchan- blah blah blah… I feel that uppity coming on…). Also, I begrudgingly admit that it’s not really an essential part of an awesome Fisto figure. So with that, I’m left my only real lament – the lack of a longer loin cloth which would’ve look great with the belt.<\/p>\n

Anyway, Fisto is solid figure. Some original thought went into the design instead of just a straight vintage redo, the new pieces are all sharp, the colors great, the head sculpt amazing, the accessories are loaded and kickass, there’s display options, he’s just an overall amazing figure for the line. If you’re a vintage fan, you should be thrilled. If you want MO2K elements, you should be thrilled. If you just want MOTU to have cool standalone figures, well Fisto fits that requirement too. <\/p>\n

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For more MOTU reviews, check out our
MOTU Classics Collector’s Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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