Fire Emblem Toyz
Oct. 25th, 2009 05:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mark_asphodel So, my shipment of Exceed a Generation Vol 1. (where's Vol 2?) figures arrived today in little black boxes. As I couldn't read the descriptions on the box, I cracked open one at random. My inner Pokemon-battle announcer voice shouted, "You've caught Levin!" Levin is pretty cool, but he's anything but an action figure-- a single piece of molded plastic plus a little gray stand that sez "Fire Emblem." The figure is well-made, with lots of free-standing details like decorative tassles. Not bad. So, I put Levin on his stand and cracked open a second box at whim.
Out tumbled a heap of Sigurd's dismembered body parts. Jeez, even the toy manufacturers have it in for the poor guy. It turns out that Sigurd has a "wide stance" that certain ex-senators from Idaho would envy, so he couldn't fit in the box intact. Assembling Sigurd is actually a neat trick. First, you attach his empty scabbard to his rear end. Then, you place his belt (a separate loop of molded plastic) around his waist, and then connect his upper body to the lower half. The belt disguises the join, and meshes nicely with the placement of the scabbard to fool the eye into thinking it's all one piece. Pop the blade of his sword into the hilt, and Sigurd is ready for action... once you get him onto his stand. Mine doesn't fit the stand very well. Sigurd, like Levin, is nicely detailed, but he has one drawback-- he's rather like the girl in the horror story with the green ribbon around her neck. His belt conceals that fact that he's zombie!Sigurd, and with minimal maltreatment, the top half of his body comes apart. My husband decided to investigate my toy collection, and within seconds was proudly announcing that he'd taken Marth's head off.
Me: "That's not Marth, dammit."
He then had some very interesting questions about Sylvia and the whole "dancer" business. Explaining to a non-fan that scantily-clad girls do special dances to make the troops feel better is just a wee bit embarrassing.
I don't have a place to display my new toys, as we're in the process of moving to our new house, but pics will come when I get the chance.
Out tumbled a heap of Sigurd's dismembered body parts. Jeez, even the toy manufacturers have it in for the poor guy. It turns out that Sigurd has a "wide stance" that certain ex-senators from Idaho would envy, so he couldn't fit in the box intact. Assembling Sigurd is actually a neat trick. First, you attach his empty scabbard to his rear end. Then, you place his belt (a separate loop of molded plastic) around his waist, and then connect his upper body to the lower half. The belt disguises the join, and meshes nicely with the placement of the scabbard to fool the eye into thinking it's all one piece. Pop the blade of his sword into the hilt, and Sigurd is ready for action... once you get him onto his stand. Mine doesn't fit the stand very well. Sigurd, like Levin, is nicely detailed, but he has one drawback-- he's rather like the girl in the horror story with the green ribbon around her neck. His belt conceals that fact that he's zombie!Sigurd, and with minimal maltreatment, the top half of his body comes apart. My husband decided to investigate my toy collection, and within seconds was proudly announcing that he'd taken Marth's head off.
Me: "That's not Marth, dammit."
He then had some very interesting questions about Sylvia and the whole "dancer" business. Explaining to a non-fan that scantily-clad girls do special dances to make the troops feel better is just a wee bit embarrassing.
I don't have a place to display my new toys, as we're in the process of moving to our new house, but pics will come when I get the chance.
