Marine Boy
Super Freak
Picked this up a little while ago. It doesn't seem to have been mentioned at all on the board, and hardly any vendors carry him in stock. A shame because i think it's a decent enough figure, especially for the price. I bought him off Ebay for just under ?100. It comes with 2 headsculpts, 2 outfits and some accessories. Just by adding a spare body and shoes, it's basically 2 figures for the price of one.
A look at the box, oddly, there is no indication of the extra red shirt and long sleeve shirt.
Green Lantern look consisting of jacket, Green T-shirt, brown pants and shoes.
The stock body is quite dark and does not match the skintone of the head or hands, so it made sense to cover it up as much as possible.
The accessories are really nice. The bag has 3 separate compartments, with proper functioning zippers.
The shoes are stitched with separate panels, laces and eyelets. Not the usual moulded plastic, which i was expecting.
I used a standard TT narrow shoulder body for the 2nd outfit, which works quite well. Just a little too broad shouldered for Sheldon, but looks ok. I borrowed the red trainers from the Six Million Dollar Man figure, as they went well with this look. The figure comes with a set of bendy hands, which i used for the Vulcan salute.
Overall, a decent figure and good value. Neither headsculpt is spot on, both looking very slightly caricature-ish, but i prefer the smiling sculpt, as it's more recognisably Jim Parsons. It's good that the 2 options are very different to one another. I would have liked a few more accessories, such as some textbooks or a laptop to put in his bag, but those can be sourced easily enough.
I do feel this release is a few years too late though. Popularity of the show peaked a few years back and most fans were not upset when it finally ended. I personally am only keen on seasons 1-7. It started as a show about 4 nerds and ended as a show about 3 couples. The jokes became cliched and uninteresting. Sheldon's character while quirky and interesting at the start, became annoying and occasionally quite bitter and petty sometimes.
I do like this figure though, and is fun to interact with other Sci-fi / Fantasy characters in your collection. I hope they will release some of the other characters but it seems unlikely.
A look at the box, oddly, there is no indication of the extra red shirt and long sleeve shirt.
Green Lantern look consisting of jacket, Green T-shirt, brown pants and shoes.
The stock body is quite dark and does not match the skintone of the head or hands, so it made sense to cover it up as much as possible.
The accessories are really nice. The bag has 3 separate compartments, with proper functioning zippers.
The shoes are stitched with separate panels, laces and eyelets. Not the usual moulded plastic, which i was expecting.
I used a standard TT narrow shoulder body for the 2nd outfit, which works quite well. Just a little too broad shouldered for Sheldon, but looks ok. I borrowed the red trainers from the Six Million Dollar Man figure, as they went well with this look. The figure comes with a set of bendy hands, which i used for the Vulcan salute.
Overall, a decent figure and good value. Neither headsculpt is spot on, both looking very slightly caricature-ish, but i prefer the smiling sculpt, as it's more recognisably Jim Parsons. It's good that the 2 options are very different to one another. I would have liked a few more accessories, such as some textbooks or a laptop to put in his bag, but those can be sourced easily enough.
I do feel this release is a few years too late though. Popularity of the show peaked a few years back and most fans were not upset when it finally ended. I personally am only keen on seasons 1-7. It started as a show about 4 nerds and ended as a show about 3 couples. The jokes became cliched and uninteresting. Sheldon's character while quirky and interesting at the start, became annoying and occasionally quite bitter and petty sometimes.
I do like this figure though, and is fun to interact with other Sci-fi / Fantasy characters in your collection. I hope they will release some of the other characters but it seems unlikely.
