Darklord Dave
Super Freak
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2005
- Messages
- 19,029
- Reaction score
- 80
Got my punk Spike today. I had some real reservations about this figure, Spike is my favorite character but I wasn't sure about the expression and the arm exposure troubled me. But I have to say that I'm really digging him. The sculpt is about as good as it can be - really expressive with a Billy Idol attitude but is definitely Marsters. I really didn't think they could do justice to the safety pins either, but these are plastic and look great unless you're right up on them and can tell they aren't safety pins. But I can't think of another way they could have gotten it to look right. The dog tags are a bit big, but go with all the metal on him, from the wrist chain, metal rings on the 2nd belt and the paint op pin in the eyebrow. It all works well. Even the fact that the body color doesn't exactly match the head and hands is mitigated a bit by the wrist accessories.
As for accessories, sorry for the buyers of the regular version - all you get is the pole. But it's metal and looks great. I guess with all the little details on this guy there wasn't much room in the budget for accessories.
And the boombox is metal! Hadn't expected that at all - it has some real heft to it and looks fantastic.
So overall I'm very pleased with "Subway Spike" - bring on Origins William the Bloody or Boxer rebellion Spike!
As for accessories, sorry for the buyers of the regular version - all you get is the pole. But it's metal and looks great. I guess with all the little details on this guy there wasn't much room in the budget for accessories.
And the boombox is metal! Hadn't expected that at all - it has some real heft to it and looks fantastic.
So overall I'm very pleased with "Subway Spike" - bring on Origins William the Bloody or Boxer rebellion Spike!