Finally. Lots of useless filler to drive up the price, and I'm disappointed that they didn't add a proper unmasked head with his glorious hair, but I'm buying this, period. It'll be my only Mezco, unless they release another Doom variant or something down the line.
But geez, talk about taking their sweet time with it.
It's sacrilege, but I never was a huge fan of the original bulky Kirby design. If anything, I'm kind of disappointed they didn't add some more royal flair and left his design mostly unchanged. The classic never was regal enough for me. The clasps at least should have some engravings or something. Still, I can't complain for an accurate to the source toy. I'll take it over the nonsensical lines they so often add. I am a tad peeved that they gave him blue eyes, considering he's one of the few characters with canon brown. I like it when they're drawn orangish/yellowish so that they resemble the Sith and a sort of demonic glow. I could try to paint them, but considering even Hasbro got it right, I'm let down. They even made two sculpts, couldn't they use each colour in each head at least?
I'm torn on what mask to use though.
The smooth one is really tempting, it has a sort of 2000s feel, or Kang's liquid metal. But I feel it needs a different sort of look to really work. More streamlined and futuristic. It'd fit 2099 more. I'll probably go with the modern version, as the classic is too bulky for my taste. Then the question becomes do you keep him with it on, or him holding it? I'll probably go with a masked look, but if they release a repaint down the line, I'll play around with the options a bit. The syphon will stay in its box, obviously. We'll see when I get him in hand.