{"id":25948,"date":"2013-12-02T00:38:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T06:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=25948"},"modified":"2013-12-02T00:38:17","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T06:38:17","slug":"watchmen-club-black-freighter-ozymandias-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=25948","title":{"rendered":"Watchmen Club Black
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<\/a>Seems like just the other day I was reviewing Club Black Freighter\u2019s Comedian figure\u2026 well, it was just the other day. Comedian kinda sorta fell by the wayside when it came to review time. And the truth is that Ozymandias could well have joined him in late review limbo, but l\u2019ve been at work for 10-12 hours a day the last three days and well, I could use a short review. Thankfully (I guess?) Mattel is often great at making figures that don\u2019t leave you with much to write home about. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say Ozymandias is a bad figure. Like the best of the Watchmen figures, he has some serious flaws, mostly brought about by bad engineering, but the base of the figure is strong and the sharp sculpting goes a long way to aid the figure overall. I have no idea what I\u2019m about to say, but I should say at the outset that I do enjoy having the figure. <\/p>\n

Fun Fact: Ozymandias is my favorite character whose name I steadfastly mispronounce!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ozzy kinda matches up with Rorschach to bookend the line. Both of the figures look gorgeous standing on your shelf. Rorschach mainly got by on the little costume details; Ozy does too. The collar, belt, gauntlets, and boots are all news pieces with simple line work, but they really make the figure pop visually. The drapery is good on the tunic. And the head sculpt itself, particularly on my preferred unmasked head, is one of the better DC 4H head sculpts in recent memory (It\u2019s kinda the face I wish they would\u2019ve used for Superman). <\/p>\n

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The colors, particularly because Mattel wisely opted for the gold over yellow, looks striking. That may make for some more paint issues down the road, but this figure won\u2019t be seeing a ton of heavy play that could cause it to get scratched up. The purple areas are molded and contrast great with the satin sheen. The head is molded in the blonde plastic for the hair with a painted skin tone, but features sharp work. In all, I think he just looks great! <\/p>\n

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But there is one little hiccup, just like Rorschach, that kinda skews the whole deal. Matte, this is supposed to be an action figure. Emphasis on action. For toys that generally implies movement, posing, or that dirty word: articulation. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Maybe I shouldn\u2019t harp it on all that much. Below the waist, things are great (that\u2019s what she said!). Things are also articulated well at the neck. Elbows and wrists work fine. But if you collect a lot of toys, you know what\u2019s left \u2013 what you could tell was going to be an issue even on the prototype. Ozzy\u2019s shoulders? Well, he may as well not even have them. The heavy plastic on the tunic, though it looks great, basically removes that articulation point. <\/p>\n

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You can get some use out of the ab crunch, but the arms just aren\u2019t there \u2013 even the bicep swivels are hard to turn because they can\u2019t clear the torso! I could give Mattel an easy out here and say they were going for aesthetics. I more or less did on Rorschach. But this is different. Rorschach was in a trench coat and some cuts for articulation might have messed up the look a little too much. That\u2019s not the case for the tunic here. Some smarts could\u2019ve stayed hidden in the folds and retained the arm movement. Kinda lazy, Mattel. <\/p>\n

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In addition to his Watchmen stand, Ozzy included one of the potentially best accessories in the entire line. Something I really would\u2019ve liked to see on more than a few of the other figures: an alternate head. On the one hand, I\u2019m ecstatic to get the piece, a masked, younger version of Ozzy. On the other, the paint really takes away from it. The same great sculpt is under there \u2013 and I do think the size is good, the figure appears pinheaded at times, but I blame that giant plastic tunic, but the mask just isn\u2019t painted well. There\u2019s not really a sculpted line for the mask over the nose and, as a result, the paint over the bridge of the nose is just off. It looks weird. I prefer unmasked (he\u2019s almost always sunmasked), so I\u2019ll deal, but the extra accessory kinda nullifies itself here. <\/p>\n

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Overall, though, it\u2019s here. It\u2019s done. I have the six main Watchmen characters in figure form. That, in-it-of-itself, is awesome. I would\u2019ve liked the figures to be better, but they\u2019re okay \u2013 I think Doctor Manhattan\u2019s misshapen noggin perturbs me most, but I like what I see more than I don\u2019t. I make the \u201cDesperate much\u201d joke at myself as much as anyone. It may be the love of the property lifting up these figures, but I do love it so. Even now, I\u2019m happy to have the six. I\u2019m happy to have one less subscription from Mattycollector, but I\u2019d be lying if I said I\u2019d pass on more figures. I\u2019d be all over it. Captain Metropolis, Hooded Justice, Silhouette, Nite-Owl I, Silk Spectre I, Bubastis\u2026 Yeah, I\u2019d sign up again in a heartbeat. <\/p>\n

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