{"id":21808,"date":"2012-11-07T02:05:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T08:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=21808"},"modified":"2012-11-07T02:06:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T08:06:03","slug":"motu-classics-com-rattlor-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=21808","title":{"rendered":"MOTU Classics.Com:
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<\/a> Admittedly, I’m not the biggest Snakemen fan. In fact, I can\u2019t even recall having a single Snakeman as a kid. I picked up all the MO2K Snakemen, but they didn\u2019t do much to convince me. I\u2019ve been hoping that Classics could warm my opinion of these cold-blooded villains.<\/p>\n

Well, I shouldn\u2019t say I didn\u2019t have any Snakemen as a kid; I absolutely love Kobra Khan. He\u2019s still one of my favorite vintage figures, I\u2019m still bummed that I couldn\u2019t get him in staction form, and his Classics figure will be forever in my Top 5. But\u2026 Kobra Khan has never really been a Snakeman in my eyes. He\u2019s always been in service of Skeletor if you ask me and that really hasn\u2019t changed over the years despite the various canons. <\/p>\n

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Anyway, with Kobra Khan out on a technicality, Classics hasn\u2019t had much to go on. King Hssss has never really won me over. Snake MAA was quickly cannibalized into the greatest Man-At-Arms figure ever. The Snakemen 2pk is probably the best addition to the Snakemen ranks, but I wanted more from that set. And Rattlor? Well, he\u2019s really the closest the Snakemen have come to being cool for me. <\/p>\n

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The overall sculpt, shared with its \u201cpre-paint\u201d in the Snakemen 2pk is damn impressive. I look at the body of the figure and I kinda find myself cursing how much shared tooling the line needs to stay healthy. Toy Guru often talks about this being the greatest iteration of MOTU in figure form \u2013 that\u2019s debatable, but if more figures could feature this much \u201cunique\u201d sculpting, it\u2019d be a much simpler debate. The scale work is fantastic; there\u2019s ton of detail all over the figure. It\u2019s sharp. The new loin cloth with the snake belt looks good. The tail is good. There\u2019s a lot to like on this sculpt. <\/p>\n

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But the head drives me nuts. Partially, it\u2019s the open mouth. Years ago when one of my all-time favorite DC characters, Firestorm, was getting a screaming sculpt \u2013 the internet chatter got a little loud and the 4H grabbed things by the reigns and resculpted it. I have forever been grateful to them for that (and for many other things since), but it really saved one of my most wanted figures. I\u2019m just not into open mouth sculpts (this might explain why Snakemen figures are a hard sell for me). The Snakemen as a group just look like they\u2019re going \u201cWasssssuppp!\u201d all the time. I don\u2019t know that I would\u2019ve wanted tooling money wasted on a closed-mouth head or a hinged jaw, but I know I\u2019d like Rattlor better if I could shut his mouth once in awhile. <\/p>\n

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This is particularly true when combined with the paint. The way the eyes are painted I can only ever see him like his eyes are bugging out as he\u2019s being strangled or like he\u2019s waiting for praise after a bad pun. Either way, what it\u2019s not is scary. Now, I don\u2019t need a creepy Geiger-esque McFarlane Snakemen (but we all know the 4H could do it!) \u2013 that wouldn\u2019t fit in with the line, but it\u2019d be nice if this right-hand snakeman could look like a credible threat. His tail rattles, that\u2019s menacing and all, but Rattlor should make some of the Heroic Masters mess their furry shorts. This head sculpt isn\u2019t that. <\/p>\n

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The rest of the paint work, other than being marred by the black plastic underneath (which does show through in some areas), is spectacular. It works in tandem with the sculpt to sell the figure. The color palette for Rattlor has always been fantastic and the intricate paint work on the Classics figure takes it to a new level. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rattlor includes three accessories, but only one really matters to me and that\u2019s the neck extension. It\u2019s a key piece that replicates the vintage figure\u2019s action feature and works as well as Mekaneck\u2019s I love it. <\/p>\n

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The other two, not so much. The Horde band is fine \u2013 the vintage Rattlor came out in the line at an odd time and ended up debuting in the She-Ra cartoon as a Horde member. His introduction in the mini-comics followed suit with his being transported from Etheria back to Eternia to again serve King Hssss (Rattlor had fallen in with the Horde after Hssss had been imprisoned). It\u2019s a nice piece. I\u2019m always thankful for extra bits, but I\u2019ll be giving it to Cy-chop (who shoulda had one\u2026). <\/p>\n

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The other accessory doesn\u2019t work for me either. In the vintage line, nearly all the Snakemen had the snake staff, similar to how the Horde nearly all carried crossbows. In Classics, and maybe in the vintage line I don\u2019t know, the crossbows have unique elements to differentiate them to their owners. Rattlor\u2019s staff is simply a repaint of Hssss\u2019. Also, it feels to me like the staff has taken on more significance \u2013 it feels like it should be reserved for King Hssss from all the mythology and bios. I don\u2019t think every Snakeman needs one anymore. <\/p>\n

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But, you might say, \u201cNoisy, you love unique accessories like the power sword getting dozens of colors!!\u201d And you\u2019d be right. In fact, I think I\u2019ll be tossing the neon green snake staff and giving Hssss this one. Anymore, normally I don\u2019t mind the value of added in bits like the Horde arm band or even \u201cfun\u201d repaints of existing weapons, but Rattlor did have a piece cut, his MO2K armor. I\u2019d much rather have it than either\/both of the accessories. It may not be that simple, cutting both may not have allowed enough room in the budget for the armor, but it\u2019s a bummer to me. Luckily, it\u2019s tooled so we have hope that it\u2019ll end up somewhere. <\/p>\n

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So has Rattlor made me appreciate the Snakemen more? Maybe a little. I\u2019d really like to figure out a good way to repaint those eyes and I\u2019m still holding out hope for that armor, but the body sculpt on the figure is fantastic and the color palette downright gorgeous. Rattlor pops on the shelf. That\u2019s high marks from me despite the drawback. Snakeface, Tung Lashor & Sssqueeze still have some lifting to do though. <\/p>\n

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For more MOTU reviews, check out our
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