{"id":33148,"date":"2017-10-16T04:28:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T09:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=33148"},"modified":"2022-11-20T21:54:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T03:54:15","slug":"funkos-disney-afternoon-ducktales-scrooge-mcduck-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=33148","title":{"rendered":"Funko’s Disney Afternoon DuckTales Scrooge McDuck Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I get older, my childhood becomes more of a blur. There are oddballs that made an impact. I remember watching Transformers: The Movie in the theater with my Dad and going home to tell my Mom all about it. I remember getting two Super Power Martian Manhunters for Christmas and returning one to Walmart for a Red Tornado, inextricably linking the two forever. I remember the clean, black & white simplicity of Topps 1986 baseball cards. For the most part though, I just can\u2019t keep track of all the cool things about the late 1980s and early 1990s. The result is that nostalgia can really sneak up on me.<\/p>\n

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Last week, I ran across a LEGO Forestman and suddenly I couldn\u2019t stop thinking about the Camouflaged Outpost for the first time in nearly three decades. I loved that set! It was part tree, part giant rock, all secret base. I had a similar revelation last month when my son & I sat down to watch the new DuckTales. I\u2019ve left Disney behind a bit as an adult and am getting to reexperience some of it with my son. I find myself right back to explaining how Goofy & Pluto can co-exist and identifying which one is Huey and which one is Louie.<\/p>\n

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When we set down to watch the new DuckTales, I was caught in between the flood of my own memories and watching my son learn the characters anew in what\u2019s essentially \u201chis\u201d version. Of course, while I was thinking back to Gyro, the Beagles, and the Number One Dime, my son was picking out his favorite character, the Aflac Duck from the crossover commercial. Well, maybe he\u2019ll have a sentimental moment for an old insurance commercial in thirty years, who knows?<\/p>\n

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After enjoying the new show and being drawn back into the old one, my mind turned, as it often does, to action figures. I may have been away from the site for a while, playing Dad and working too hard, but my toy addiction is still quite robust. It doesn\u2019t seem like there was a lot of collecting options for DuckTales figures, though Darkwing Duck got some love back in the day. Striking while the iron is seemingly super-hot, Funko has stepped in to end the long wait \u2013 which has been decades for some and only a few weeks for me. Shucks.<\/p>\n

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Last week, Funko announced a new 3 \u00be\u201d line featuring characters from the Disney Afternoon cartoon block. The first wave features characters from Talespin, Darkwing Duck, Rescue Rangers, and DuckTales in the form of the richest duck in the world himself, Scrooge McDuck. Last week, they looked wonderful in the mock-ups and the collector response has seemed overwhelmingly positive so far. Which is great because now I can tell you they look great in person as well. The excitement out there will be richly rewarded when the figures arrive. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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The good folks at Funko contacted me soon after the announcement and offered me a chance at this Sneak Peek, so let me add a huge thanks to them for hauling me out of semi-retirement and getting me motivated to make some much needed updates to the site.<\/p>\n

When I opened the box this weekend, the packaging struck first. Scrooge has a unique DuckTales card. It\u2019s a clean presentation with a very retro feel. I think any MOC collectors out there will be able to create a nice display. I, of course, had to tear that thing up though.<\/p>\n

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Scrooge stands about 4\u201d tall thanks to his hat and looks pretty much like he walked straight off the show. There might be a cartoon connoisseur reading this that can immediately spot some deficiency in the sculpt, but I don\u2019t see it. He looks great. I think I\u2019m happiest with the glasses; done as a clear piece set into the bill. They\u2019re situated just right to work in concert with the painted eyes. It seems like a silly detail, but that is done poorly all too often.<\/p>\n

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On the technical side, the quality of plastic is fantastic. Scrooge feels like a durable figure that would hold up to some wear and tear. The paintwork is clean. I have a little slop on the red here and there, but everything is within tolerance for the scale. The articulation incudes well-ranged ball-joints at the neck and shoulders, hinged elbows, and swivel cuts at the waist and base of the legs. There\u2019s the meat of the review in one tiny paragraph. At least some things never change.<\/p>\n

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Two accessories were included, his trademark cane and a bag of money. Both are well done and each fit in a specific hand. The cane can be held in a couple classic poses either with Scrooge using it to walk or pointing with it. The big thing for this figure is that my Scrooge toy itch is so thoroughly scratched by it. The only thing he is missing is his nephews. My fingers are crossed for wave two.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be looking at the various Disney Afternoon figures are week, but we\u2019re kicking off with a home run in the form of Scrooge McDuck. He\u2019s a great visual on the shelf and was fun to pose and photograph for this sneak peak. Scrooge and the other figures are available for pre-order at both BigBadToyStore<\/a> and Entertainment Earth<\/a>. Look for the figures to be in-stock in November.<\/p>\n

**Thanks again to the folks at Funko for providing this figure to IAT for this review!**<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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