Mar 30, 2018

It came from the Toy Chest: Sister-Wife of Stratos edition

Thumbs down = bad one
Hawke and Delora are a two for one deal.
One is the sister of Stratos and the other is his wife. (Ginger sister, Blonde Wife)
I bought two... Kinda regret it now.
She is BAD... And she's just as bad in person as online.
I got a "decent one" and a bad one.
Let's work on the review itself...
Articulation:
Theoretically speaking, both Hawkes have decent Articulation. In practice, it's hit or miss... The Thumbs up Hawke in the pic above has no locked joints. Though her ankles are a teensy weensy loose. The Thumbs down Hawke has her left Leg locked in place. She's unable to sit down lest I break her leg.  She can do the Johnny Cage splits, but she ain't riding no wind raider...
She has Club Filmation wrist hinges... I welcome this new POA... Should've been there since the beginning. The underboob Articulation is similar to Fembuck 1.0 which is a good thing.
4.5 for the Good Hawke and 3.0 for bad Hawke.

Paint and Sculpt:
The paint is decent, but translating the prototype into a figure, the ball was dropped big time. She ended up shorter, with a wider jawline that makes them look mannish. Those Long peg errors give them wide birthing hips like the egg TMNT from 96... The choice to go Full Filmation... You never go Full Filmation. But here we are... Now due to the materials chosen to make this figure, I have to try to figure out a way to customize one of them to make 'em pop!
Being fair, both get a 3.0

Accessories:
A sword with a male grip near the hand guard, which makes it useless for a female hand. The thinner grip near the pommel is ridiculous and impractical to use in combat... Looks like Palace Guard Nefty-kun is getting a new pair of swords!

The gun, oh goodness, the gun... She cannot hold it in any proper way to use. That awkward pose was the only way she could hold it. I'm a bit worried about the suede strap. So basically, Hawke and Delora are weaponless... Here's praying that the Heroic Shapeways Masters can save us!
3.0

Overall:
So, Good Hawke gets a 3.5 and bad Hawke gets a 3.0 as their final score. This figure is problematic as heck, due to all the factory blunders. I'm going to put on a green hoodie and pretend I'm Batman with a Robin Hood fetish when I say this:
"Hawke, you have failed this Toyline!"
Super7, this figure, while it got a somewhat decent score, it IS a stinker and I ain't talking about the Evil Warrior. My leniency on accessories, due to the new use for her sword saved them.

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