General Maximus arrived today.
The art box is nice and the foam inserts holding the accessories always give me an impression of high end collectible.
Unfortunately, when I removed the top foam cover, I was greeted with a contorted figure with loose boots, wrinkled outfit and what may prove to be the most difficult part to fix, the helmet's mohawk bent to one side with the "pony tail" portion somewhat unkempt. I wish I had taken pictures of it. First impressions were not good at all. It looked like the factory had offered a bonus to the first worker that filled the figure box up. Even the foam insert used to brace the helmet was jammed in, which I think is what messed up the helmet "hair". Sorry if I'm not using the correct nomenclature...
Once I was able to remove the figure, insert the boots and work out some of the wrinkles, my opinion of the figure rose dramatically.
The head sculpt is actually better than what I've seen in pics. Definitely not as chubby looking as in the photos I've seen. If I didn't have the replacement sculpt, I would be fine with the stock head sculpt. I'm not sure if I'll have to replace the figure body for the replacement sculpt, though. Will check that part out later.
What I did find impressive was that the helmet, "shin guards" and sword blade are all metal. The sword's blade is actually pretty sharp, too!
Figure will require futzing but it's a much wanted addition to my collection. By the way, I got the least expensive version, as I didn't like the "battle damaged" version and wasn't impressed with the super-dee-duper expensive version. I actually prefer the base that came with this figure, too.
Obligatory crappy pics from me...
I just noticed that the face indeed looks chubby even in my pics but in person, it's not as bad.
P.S. General Maximus is my 13 thousandth post in forum. Pretty cool.