Jan 20, 2022

It came from the Toy Chest: This toy is Garbage...

 


I mean it literally is a sentient pile of garbage thanks to improper retromutagen ooze disposal by The Shredder. I'm talking about the TMNT's tribute to The Toxic Avenger, Muckman... and Joe Eyeball. Everybody forgets Joe Eyeball.

There isn't much I can say about this figure, outside maybe how as an ignorant child, I wasted so much of my grandma's beauty products to use as Ooze substitute with the vintage figure.

We had a Mando and Grogu LONG
BEFORE we had a Mando and Grogu

Articulation
Muckman has Standard Articulation for this line. He even has a waist twist. Pleasantly surprised that his left hand didn't lose any articulation despite the sculpt. Also his leg articulation Blends really well with his sculpting.
He has a lot of trash on him and seeing it for the first time IN COLOR is amazing 


He might not have the articulation range of a Marvel Legends figure or a Japanese import, but the articulation he has Suits him well.
4.5
He's so big that his left foot,
the one with the manhole cover,
can fit an entire turtle... if only
Rocksteady's shield was this big.


Paint and sculpt
Here he fulfills the idea of Super7's ultimate figures: he looks and feels like a bigger and more articulated version of the Vintage figure. He also has an advantage over his vintage counterpart, a lot more of painted details. Areas that were left as green plastic in the original figure are painted here and you can see things that you couldn't originally on the vintage figure. Funny thing is that even this figure has some additional details that weren't painted. I keep discovering new stuff every time I look at him...
5.0
Oh look he's making Trash hands!!


Accessories:
Muckman blew most of the budget on this wave. So he only has 2 extra hands and his Super Scope 6...
Joe Eyeball is NOT an Accessory. He's a character on his own. He is now fully painted and has 3 points of articulation... and He's kinda big too...
But with that said, he feels lacking... Most people would argue for extra hands... Me? I'd argue for 2 pieces of sculpted slime to put in his holes, because we can't display him with actual ooze... without having a huge mess that is.
3.5
The twist tie is entering from the trashcan and it flows out his chest hole.
The Receipt is entering through his brain hole and coming out his mouth.


Action Feature
I don't have ooze or fancy conditioners  to use on him, BUT it seems that his action feature ACTUALLY WORKS!! The brain hole allows Slime to be poured and it cones out his mouth.
The Joe Eyeball Trashcan can hold slime and it comes out his chest cavity.
4.5
He is a big boy and holy crap!
Joe Eyeball is kinda large as well!!


Overall
Some might complain about Action Feature getting a category, but he has a functional non-intrusive feature, so I have to count it somewhere... but for the sake of fairness I will also use the traditional ratings... So here we go:
Traditionally, using the normal ratings criteria, Muckman gets a 4.33 as his final score... but looking at his action feature and taking it into consideration, his score would turn into a 4.38 which isn't a HUUUUUUUUGE difference, but in his case was beneficial. I haven't even opend up Mondo Gecko and Muckman already eclipsed the Entire toyline. Let's see what the future will bring... Y'know, Muckman's left foot has given me an idea...

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