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\"\"<\/a> Well, in case you haven\u2019t noticed, it\u2019s the 30th Anniversary of Princess of Power this year; while She-Ra & her friends hit the airwaves in September of 1985, the toys debuted a year earlier in 1984. Now, I\u2019m admittedly not as into POP as I am MOTU, but I love the shared universe and welcome the POP figures in Classics. And I figured we should celebrate, so I turned a few things pink, and then another, and another, and well, it\u2019ll be a visual regular readers won\u2019t soon forget! <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got three POP reviews lined up this week (and hopefully we get to all three, my wife will be 38 weeks along on Wednesday! Time to freak out!). Looking at the three ladies, I thought I\u2019d kick off with Madame Razz since she\u2019s the most visually interesting of the three figures. <\/p>\n

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It\u2019d be easy to just write Madame Razz off as the Orko of POP. There are a lot of similarities: the color scheme, the mixed-up magic, the comic relief. Heck, she\u2019s one of \u201cjust three people\u201d that knows Adora\u2019s secret. And just saying that one is a Trollan and the other is a Twigget doesn\u2019t mean a whole lot to the casual fan. <\/p>\n

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The two developed to be more different over the course of their shows and now Mattel\u2019s MOTUC bios add layers to Razz to exemplify her importance the same as they did for Orko. That struck me particularly, Razz is the \u201cWitch of the Whispering Woods\u201d the safe haven for the Great Rebellion. She may not have been ready to go toe-to-toe with Shadow Weaver should the need arise, but I like appreciating the comic relief characters as more than just the comic relief. <\/p>\n

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Razz is a 100% tool for the line. There had been some talk that she could\u2019ve been given a makeover to use existing parts, but Mattel thankfully ignored it. That would\u2019ve been a terrible idea. There aren\u2019t many non super-model She-Ra characters and I\u2019d hate to lose one to such a dumb reason as mold re-use. No, Mattel and the 4H went the full mile and gave Madame Razz her due. <\/p>\n

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The new sculpt looks great. I think the only nitpick I have is the cape \u2013 it looks fine flared out like is, but I think I\u2019d like it a little narrower, closer to the shoulders. But that\u2019s it. The head sculpt looks sharp and the body is fantastic in its frumpy glory! Some details like the patches and stitching were lifted from the show while a little extra details like wrinkles and seams have been added to make the figure one step up from the simple Filmation design. She looks fantastic; like she cast a spell (Razzle Dazzle!) and popped right out of the show. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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The paintwork is also solid. I was thankful that the eyes are centered for one, but the paint is sharp overall and the colors look fantastic. There is a lot of plastic simply molded in the appropriate color, but the paint details help flesh out Razz where they are. I\u2019m going to go back and nitpick on that cape again. No, it\u2019s not about the glossy smear on the back (though that stinks too), but its one little detail on the two-tone cape. I love two-tone capes, they always look neat. But Mattel should have gone with black on the front edge instead just the back. It just looks weird blue. And speaking of missing black paint? Well, the figure looks okay this way, but the lower part of her calves should be black. They\u2019re the boots, not the pants. I can understand it bothering folks, but thankfully it looks okay this way. <\/p>\n

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With an all-new figure, there\u2019s a little more scrutiny on the articulation. Most of the usual stuff is present, but in slightly different ways. Most notably, lots of ball-joints: the neck, shoulders, elbows, hips, knees, & ankles. All those ball-joints \u201celiminate the need\u201d (not really) for most of the usually swivels, but we still have three, the waist and both wrists. The ankles are a little too loose on my Razz and posing can be pain, but the figure has decent range overall. And no cape nitpicks this time, though I would\u2019ve been happy to see a swivel for the flower on her hat. That would\u2019ve been cool. <\/p>\n

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Since Razz required so much tooling, she only includes one accessory. But it\u2019s the one she needed: Broom. Broom is quite literally her straight man in the show. Like Razz, Broom looks great. The sculpt is spot on and the colors look straight out of the show. The paint on the eyes looks a little messed up in the pics, but I don\u2019t notice on the figure in-hand. Broom also sports two points of articulation, a ball-joint on each shoulder. Like Loo-Kee (stupid chase figures!) & Kowl, Broom is pretty much an essential pack-in figure and I\u2019m glad Mattel got him in the package here despite all the tooling. <\/p>\n

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Overall, I know Razz isn\u2019t everyone\u2019s cup of tea, but I think we all have to appreciate the work Mattel did here. It\u2019s a little \u201cglass half full\u201d for me right now because Rio Blast just arrived and, suffice to say, he\u2019s not as amazingly spot-on as Razz is here. The 4H gave her a great sculpt and Mattel executed well to the end. The paint is crisp and the articulation works great \u2013 I would like to get some better flying poses with Broom (& a stand), but the figure is fun to pose and play with as is too. I\u2019m glad she got into the line and that Mattel did such a great job on her figure. I wish Mattel would hit them out of the park like this every month. <\/p>\n

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