Christ, the savior has come to us once again in toy form. This time he is delivered to us by Ashley Wood as part of his 3A toy line. Fighting JC makes his debut as part of the Adventure Kartel storyline. JC was sent back to Earth after God realized that the shit had hit, JC obliges and comes back to kick zombie ass.
The figure is in the 12 inch 1/6 scale format. It comes dressed in track pants, Adidas and boxing robe. His hands are wrapped and tattoos cover his body. I don’t collect 1/6 figures, but a fellow board member and good friend of mine does and he dropped the figure off during his visit over the Easter break. He is also promising to let his TQ stay over in the near future. Good stuff since this gives me a chance to get up close and personal with figures that I otherwise would not come into contact with.
Personally, I’ll hold out for the 1/12 or 6 inch version.
As with the Blanc de Plume reviewed by me earlier the articulated buck is the same, super articulated and ready to kick all kinds of ass.
The sculpt on this figure is amazing. The buck is plain but the Adidas shoes, the wrapped hands and the head sculpt give this figure the life that makes it a pleasure to pose and play with. The head sculpt really stands out, the pissed off look that JC wears is perfect for a Messiah sent back to clean up shit. But of all the sculpted parts the shoes rock. Scuffed Blue Adidas. Awesome.
As mentioned above the figure is covered in tattoos, painted on the buck and then washed in dirt. The tattoo’s themselves are amazing, the attention to small details what makes these figures great.
Ashley is delivering toys with cloth clothing, not rubber or sculpted. Jesus comes with track pants and a boxer’s robe. The pants, combined with the Adidas just look awesome. The robe is well done, there is a small wire in the red trim allowing one to “pose” the robe. This comes in handy with action poses, “windy” poses, and with resting the hood of the robe over the head.
In addition the robe is stitched with what appears to be JCS on the back, Jesus Christ Superstar? [edit 1-May-2011] ennui at the 3A boards confirmed it is only JC, so it’s just a fancy C. But I think I’ll let my imagination run wild with the JCS.[edit]
Seriously this figure is all kinds of cool and if you haven’t made the leap to 3A toys, then I suggest you start; these extremely expensive works of art are worth it. JC currently stands to be my 2011 Action Figure of the Year (if only he were 6 inches).
