Feb 14, 2023

It came from the Toy Chest: L'Arcivescovo Trappola Mascella


 R
emember Il Papa Tríclope, well here's his subordinate, L,Arcivescovo Trappola Mascella... Archbishop Trap Jaw.

This is the Masters of the Universe Revelation take on Trap Jaw, who as a "deluxe figure" comes with both his Traditional Trap Jaw stuff and the Church of the Motherboard attire.
He-Man VO: Halt!
Tri-Klops:  We have a right for religious assembly.
He-Man VO: You can go, three-eyes. I want to talk to the boy.
Trap Jaw: Did he just call me boy?
That's racist! Start recording, because I'm being racially profiled and unjustly detained.
Tri-Klops: I do not know this man nor I have any association with him.
Trap Jaw: freaking Judas...


While I'm curious on what a theoretical "New Eternia" Trap Jaw would look like, I'm somewhat thankful that Revelation has a normal looking Trap Jaw.


Articulation
Standard Revelation Articulation except the right arm, which has less articulation due to the action feature... Beware, his peg for arm attachment swapping is kinda thin and long. I fear potential breakage.
4.5
Trap Jaw: It SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!!
He-Man: You're not a Well-Regulated Militia. You're a Terrorist!!
Trap Jaw: Just because I'm not a Zoarian, doesn't mean I'm a Terrorist!


Paint and sculpt
It is accurate to the cartoon so there are no complaints there. There is some strange issue in the paint job on my figure mainly the Torso armor but other than that he's pretty good. Personally I don't like all this stylistic choices they took on the character mainly on the face but it's accurate.
4.5
Trap Jaw: I have rights!!
He-Man: Like the right to remain silent!
Trap Jaw: Help! Police Brutality! Blue Lives Matter!!
He-Man: Do Not Resist!
Nefty Note: Racist He-Man is a running gag mocking the weird deconstructions of the brand by the so-called "woke" folks or trolls who work from a conclusion like "everything is sexist, everything is racist, everything is homophobic and you have to point it all out" all the way to a hypothesis. It's a bad and immature joke and beaten like a dead Stridor for the sake of faux edginess. Here's the original MOTU is Racist rant that specifically starts from the conclusion MOTU is racist and cherry picks points to justify said conclusion as a parody of current year criticism of vintage media by trying to find problematic stuff when the media in question was progressive for its time.

Accessories
Hook
Gun
Claw
Green Belt
Archbishop robe
Archbishop overlay
Extra hand


Sure he has "plenty of extras" but most of them feel kind of "hollow". Like his green belt not being able to fit properly over the generic belt on his loincloth is a huge mistake in my opinion. They called robes are just useless for a traditionalist collector, because they're going to end up in a drawer. Although the robes could be used for a Theoretical Time traveler He-Man (aka Preternia disguise), there isn't much to talk about. Feels like it was made overpriced for the sake of being overpriced.
3.0

Overall
Trap Jaw gets a 4.0 as his final score. He's not bad but he could've been so much better. My biggest issues are the ill fitting belt and the incredibly skinny peg for the interchangeable attachments. I can almost see a New Eternia Spector reusing Trap Jaw's Boots, maybe a new bracer inspired by Trap Jaw's with Tri-Klops arms and hands, and Man-E-Faces crotch being used as the main body. 

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