I’m circling back around to post the Marvel Select Guardians of the Galaxy Star-Lord because I wanted the figure to simmer a bit before I started typing out my thoughts after voicing them on video. Yeah.
My wording was a little harsh, but even after thinking about it further I still think the figure is a huge disappointment. It’s definitely the weak link in this set that consisted of Gamora with Rocket, Groot, and Drax. As I’m typing this, I have finished initial pics and video of Drax and it’s awaiting edits. I have to say I love the rest of the team. All great figures. Sure, a loose joint here and there, but nothing like the floppiness of Star-Lord.
And I think that’s what got me. It wasn’t the odd accessories that either look awkward or don’t really add anything to the figure. It wasn’t the left hand that wouldn’t hold the gun correctly. It wasn’t that the hair between the two heads looked nothing alike in either color or sculpt. It was the loose ankles, knees, shoulders, and wrists that just hit me wrong right out of the package. Basically, I shoot my videos all in one block. Intro, open the package, take some pics, shoot the rest of the video. You can tell I was excited at first but that was reversed really quickly. When the figure wouldn’t even stand without a fight and the range didn’t allow for too many really dynamic poses, it just, quite frankly, pissed me off. It can’t even hold the gun with it’s arms outstretched without the arm drooping under it’s own weight. No. Just no.
Can all of the be fixed? Yeah. The engineering is what really brings the piece down here, thankfully it’s nothing cosmetic. Some Future, some popping, some dremeling. But I wanted to see what the rest of the team was like before devoting any time towards it. Because really, I like the sculpt and paint here on Star-Lord, even if it doesn’t exactly match up with the rest of the team. I’m emphasizing “team” here, and the whole is worth fixing the one. Hell, some of the others need some range tweaks too, especially the torsos and necks, but ol’ Quill here needs it most of all.
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