Obviously, this figure is not intended to fit with the Super7 Ultimates line. But it's smaller size makes it fit. This Krang is closer to what an in-scale Krang would be. Let us remember that Krang is supposed to be an Utrom replacement and Utroms moved around in the bellies of human sized android bodies.
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| S7 Krang: I'm barely 4 years old and I can't stand!! PM Krang: I'm 37 and I'm standing like it's 1989! S7 Krang: Bullshit! You're a current year rerelease! PM Krang: I might be a rerelease but my sculpt is 37! S7 Krang: Fuck you! |
Articulation
Seeing that this is the umpteenth rerelease of a 1989 figure, Don't expect 2020s articulation.
4-6 PoA does enough for the Bubble walker AND HE HAS RATCHET JOINTS!!
FOR A 1989 TOY whose design already limits articulation:
5.0
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| S7 Krang: I can STAND! FUCK THOSE ARMS!! THEY WERE KEEPING ME DOWN! PM Krang: My arms didn't keep me down. S7 Krang: Shut Up, Dad! |
Paint and sculpt
Obviously here he will be lacking since 1989 toy and Playmates, who tends to skimp on paint applications even if they're charging 400% the price of the 1989 figure
4.0
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| S7 Krang: So, Saaaakiiiii who do you choose? S7 Shredder: Playmates! He's actually in-scale to me... just as 1994's smaller Android Body came with an in-scale Krang. S7 Krang: You fucking Judas... |
Accessories
Arms
Gun
Hose
I know it doesn't sound like much but it's serviceable for the figure we got. Let us remember that Super 7 had to pad up version with tons of extra hands and an alternate set of tentacles and a whole new body for Krang to justify their $55 price point. This was a $3-5 figure.($12-15 now)
4.0
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| PM Krang: SUCCESS!! NOW IT'S YOUR TURN PM Mike: Dude, 1992 version of me is one of Nefty's top 5 favorite Michelangelos. Playmates ⅛ assed me! I'm made in the wrong plastic! |
Overall
OG Krang gets a 4.33 as his final score... for a 1989 figure. I should use 1989 standards for a 1989 toy. Until Super 7 makes an official Android body, The Playmates Krang will be my official Krang on the Super 7 display.
Oh but I'm not done. I have to review that movie Michelangelo I just showed up. But he will not go through the standard toy rating because it would be unfair to him since Playmates fucked him up badly. Yes this is the other reason why Playmates will come after my ass!
For starters they got the plastic wrong. The original figure had a soft rubbery plastic to have this feels like the movie character counterpart. The colors are wrong since they are closer to his 2012 cartoon counterpart than his 1992 live action movie counterpart.
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| PM Mike: Playmates already fucked up by using the Leonardo body from the Leonardo anthology release, but they also gave me the wrong accessories. |
The accessories are wrong. They aren't the movie figure accessories but the first release Michelangelo figure. Last but not least they tampered with the sculpt and they gave him modern Playmates giant Peg holes which royally suck ass!! If I were to use the standard it came from the Toy Chest scoring system this figure would barely get a one out of five. I'm not rating him out of love to the 1992 toy and the character. Same that the storage shell version of him wasn't available when I got him.
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| Nefty VO: Fuck you Playmates! |
Before you ask:
- Rock and Roll Michelangelo
- Head Dropping Michelangelo
- Sewer Surfin Mike
- Skateboarding Mike
- Movie Star Michelangelo
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