{"id":25971,"date":"2013-12-05T00:49:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T06:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=25971"},"modified":"2013-12-06T00:21:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T06:21:29","slug":"marvel-select-rhino-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=25971","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Select
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<\/a> We\u2019ve got a Theme Week planned for next week, and that sorta encapsulates nearly all of my recent purchases (also, I haven\u2019t shipped my POL in awhile), so I was looking across my shelves for a good, quick review subject. I didn\u2019t see one because this guy isn\u2019t on my shelves. He\u2019s big, he\u2019s too fun to bury in the back (even if he\u2019ll tower his way into getting noticed), and my Marvel Legends shelf is like a house of dominoes. I don\u2019t want to touch it. <\/p>\n

Yep, Rhino is actually hanging out with some other unshelfable items. My boxed up Hot Toys Collection, my still incomplete & supine not-Superion (I should at least get that second leg out of the way),, and my really sweet set of 25th Anniversary Adventure Team vehicles*. Rhino hangs out there in his massive glory, but he hasn\u2019t been there long. I actually passed on him when he was released late last year. <\/p>\n

*- Gee, was that a list of reviews I need to get around to, or what?<\/em><\/p>\n

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My wonderful LCS Guy showed me Rhino when he came out. In the box, he\u2019s damn impressive. His size is amazing, if not entirely ML-compatible, the sculpt and paint is wonderful. But I knew a secret about Rhino \u2013 his articulation is partially ill-conceived. For once, I showed restraint. I passed on him. Flash forward to a few weeks ago when I was at an out of town Hastings. There sat Rhino. His box crushed, but the figure intact. The markdown sticker partially torn off, but enough to get the point across. I turned Rhino down at full price, but everybody loves a discount, particularly for damaged, trash-destined-anyway cardboard. <\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t advise this, but I opened Rhino while driving home. I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a \u201cdon\u2019t open your toys & drive\u201d slogan out there and I\u2019m going to get an e-mail, but I did it. I admit it. He was half out of the package anyway! The highways in Kansas are pretty strai- alright, alright. I\u2019ll try and do better. Thanks, Mom. <\/p>\n

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Out of the package, Rhino\u2019s sculpt is even more impressive. The craggy level of detail is fantastic. The horns and toenails look great. The proportions are solid. He\u2019s just gorgeous. I still regret parting with that awesome 4H-Sculpted Rhino from the ML Sinister Six pack, but this figure does help heal that wound more than I expected. I mean, he is too big for the MLs. Marvel Select runs at a larger scale \u2013 that comes in handy for some figures like Uatu or Thanos – and Rhino is big, but he\u2019s not this big. The figure clocks in at a proud 9\u201d tall. He makes Thor & the Wrecking Crew look small if that says anything. But I don\u2019t care about scale on this one. This is my new Rhino. Spidey can suck it up. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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The paintwork is similarly impressive. The washes on the figure\u2019s rhino-suit really add a fantastic extra layer to the sculpted texturing. The figure also has this shimmer to it, which I can\u2019t quite explain, but I like it. The duller paint used on the toenails and horn also help with the realistic feel (even a bit of slop seems to work), but the key paint area is the face and it\u2019s done well. I\u2019m still not totally sold on the yellow space between the teeth, but unless it\u2019s got up-close, direct light on it, it actually seems to add much needed depth. It\u2019s interesting. <\/p>\n

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And then we get to the articulation. It\u2019s not all bad. In fact, some of it is deliriously awesome, but that might just further illustrate the one dark spot. There are a lot of fantastic ball-joints here. The neck has excellent range, including great side-to-side tilt. The ball-joints on the shoulders, elbows, knees, and the inverted ball-joints on the ankles are all fantastic with great range. The ab joint is particularly useful and the wrist swivels don\u2019t hurt either. The knee ball-joints are a little loose, but it\u2019s not a dealbreaker as the other joints are all tight and really make the figure shine. But dem hips. <\/p>\n

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The hips absolutely kill me. It\u2019s frustrating because everyone in the toy industry should know \u2013 they should know – that putting the hip pegs up into the torso stinks. My hop bones don\u2019t connect that way and for good reason. It\u2019d be mighty hard to walk. For Rhino, it makes him difficult to pose. There\u2019s not a ton of great range anyway, so I\u2019m not sure having proper, horizontal pegs would do great things, but it would have to help. If you look at the pic above, even that slightly wide stance requires me to turn Rhino\u2019s thigh to face inward. It\u2019s just funky. Maybe they did this to keep them from being loose on such a massive figure \u2013 those knees are annoying, but there had to be a better solution so that the legs could be as possible as the rest of the figure. <\/p>\n

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Overall though, those bad hips and somewhat loose knees are just blemishes on an otherwise awesome figure! I kinda regret not picking him from my LCS earlier this year, but I can\u2019t knock getting him on discount. He was worth the wait and he always would\u2019ve been worth not waiting. I think I might have a soft spot for Rhino (Spidey villains are some of my favorite Marvel characters, strangely), but I think this is a must have figure form a Marvel Select line I rarely collect. The aesthetics are amazing and the articulation almost keeps up. With releases like this, Venom, and Wolverine, I think I need to be paying more attention to ol\u2019 Marvel Select.<\/p>\n

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For all our Marvel Reviews, check out our Review Index<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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