This will be Fwoosh’s second review for Mezco’s One:12 Spock figure, but some figures are so awesome one review just isn’t enough. Actually, the first review (you can read it here) was a bare-bones preview edition, so it was missing all the accessories like extra hands, etc. While the stripped-down version looked great, all the additional elements that come with the full version rocket the figure into a completely new stratosphere.
If you’ve been following the One:12 figure releases, you know that Mezco is attempting to bring 1:6 scale quality to 1:12 scale toys. This means fabric that looks right at a smaller scale, multiple hands, multiple heads, a bucketload of accessories, and so forth. With a ton of figures planned and new reveals popping up regularly, the deluge doesn’t look to be stopping any time soon.
If you’re not a fan of cloth on figures, then it’s very likely that these figures just won’t do it for you. While it’s true that 1:12 clothes can go very wrong in mass-market toys, so far I have been extremely impressed with what Mezco has managed to accomplish. Spock takes everything great about the previous Judge Dredd and DKR Batman figures and amplifies it. I knew there was a Star Trek line I wanted to collect somewhere, but I had just never seen it. Companies have attempted to make various Star Trek toys, but none of them had ever made me want to jump in. With more of the bridge crew upcoming, this looks like it will be the line I was waiting for.
Spock is, to put it mildly, so much hand candy that I went into sugar shock playing with him. I fiddled, I fiddled some more, and then I fiddled even more. I pon farred this motha. It is photogenic. It is playagenic. It did not disappoint.
The previous review covered all the basics about his look. Essentially, there is absolutely no doubt that this is Leonard Nimoy’s Spock. The likeness is practically 1:6 scale-worthy, and the skin tones are eerily realistic. These are expensive, high-end toys, but the end result is worth it. The clothing looks great, and there’s nearly no restrictions to his movement except for in the most extreme poses.
He comes with two heads. Spock was not the most expressive of people, so the most you get here is a raised eyebrow. But as any fan of star trek knows, Spock could say volumes with that one eyebrow. The heads pop on and off easily. Despite the head and neck being one solid piece, he gets plenty of range on the ball joint, so there’s no issue with his expressiveness.
The figures comes with a wide range of hands. In addition to a pair of neutral hands, he comes with fists, his signature split finger “live long and prosper” hand, a phaser-hand, a device-grabbing hand, a mind-meld set of hands, and a nerve pinch hand. Basically, if Spock did it on screen, you should be able to approximate it with this figure. All the hands swap easily and nothing feel fragile. They’ve hit the right combination of strong peg and flexible plastic so that nothing feels like it will tear, nor does it feel too stiff for comfort.
He also comes with a tricorder, a communicator, and a phaser, all of which he can hold or manipulate with his various hands. The communicator flips open just like on the show, and the tricorder swivels open. The tiny paint apps on all of these are very impressive. He also comes with a stand that features the Starfleet logo on it. There’s a peg that fits into peg holes on his boots, or the peg can be removed and a clear plastic jointed arm can fit in for more action-esque poses.
Speaking of that jointed arm, it was something that I had to go digging for. There are a couple layers of plastic tray. Once you start pulling them apart, you find a surprise lurking in the package that I almost missed. While I was fiddling with him, the one thing that I felt he was missing was a belt and holster for his phaser like the bridge crew used when they beamed down to a planet. Well, if you sift down through those layers of plastic trays, you’ll find not only the extra jointed arm, but a baggie with “Mezco” stamped on it that you’re supposed to use to hold your extra bits. If you’ve bought previous One:12 figures, you know what I’m talking about. Well, inside that baggie is the belt that I felt he was missing. It snaps on and stays on and holds both his communicator and his phaser. A great figure managed to get even greater, and Mezco managed to pull another rabbit out of its tiny little hat.
The Star Trek figures have started off on a very strong note with Spock, and I can’t wait to have a fully bridge crew assembled. We’ve had a few more announced, but no sign of Uhuuauauaahauhrrurruura yet. Either way, I’m in for them all.
