“THIS IS SPARTA!!!”
So much testosterone rage in that line. In fact the whole 300 movie is love song to bro-rage. If you haven’t seen the movie, it’s two hours of almost nekkid men, well built with perfect abs, yelling a lot and fighting a bunch of Persian invaders knowing full well they are going to die, and their only objective is man up and try to make a dent and slow down the invaders. There’s more testosterone packed into this movie than an entire season of the NFL. And it’s awesome. Seriously, it’s awesome.
Figma released the first fully poseable 6-inch Leonidas figure and it is an excellent figure. Leonidas sports a basic sculpt and clocks in at a perfect 6 inches tall. For those of you hoping for a Marvel Legends-sized, or NECA-sized figure, you aren’t getting that. This figure is suitably sized for your Figma or S.H. Figuarts action figure movie collection. He looks great standing next to Figma’s Indiana Jones and Captain America and will act as a great giant to fight your Boss Fight Studios figures (Or fight with).
The figure has a non-smooth surface. Figma tends to release their figures with a grainy surface and are not super smooth like with Mattel DCUC figures or Hasbro Marvel Legends. This gives the figure a bit of texture and a bit of realism. The proportions of the figure are a bit cartoony: the feet are large and wide, and the legs are long. Compared to Figma Guts, the legs are almost equal, while the upper body is kind of small. This is what is considered standard heroic proportions, and it works really well on the figure, giving it a sense of power. The details on the sculpt are incredible. The scratches, dents, seams, hair, face lines — this is a really well sculpted figure. Speaking of the hair and face, these are great. Both the grimacing face and the yelling face are excellently sculpted.
The articulation is once again Figma standard. They have their joint system that works perfectly and they do a better and better job incorporating the joints into the sculpt. The only issues I’ve had with the articulation is the left hip (not right, Indy) popped off out of the box. It seems to push back into place snugly, but further play is required. The underpants prevent Leonidas from sitting; his thighs can’t be brought up to a 90-degree angle with his waist, but then who plans on displaying him sitting around a bonfire . . . And, finally, the ab joint has a great range of motion going backwards (but not forwards), so crouching warrior poses will be stiff.
Leonidas comes with a ton of accessories: hands, sword, shield, spear, helmets, cape, heads, and stand. Figma really knows how to pack the goods in. There are two helmets, one with a crest and one without. That means you could, technically, buy a ton of these and army build, if you have the spare change. The only hindrance is that there is no generic head/face that comes with the figure. But you can probably figure out how to sculpt one and plug it into the hair piece. And the cape is cloth and looks great hanging over his shoulders.
This is a figure that is a ton of fun to play with. Despite the minor articulation quibbles, you can pose Leonidas in a buttload of movie poses and have him fight different monsters in your collection. If you are building up a fantasy line of action figures, Leonidas is a good fit.
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