I noticed on IMDB the other day that there's a
third Animated Hellboy film in the works. (Hellboy
Animated: The Phantom Claw) Which made me remember I had
started this review a while ago and never finished it.
I've had a pretty tough time finding Hellboy
stuff that I like. But, after getting one of Gentle Giant's
Bust-Ups, I was hooked. This one is my favorite from the
series.
Appearance:
I won't say he's a perfect Hellboy. He's
in a kimono, inspired by his adventures in Japan depicted in
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms. I re-watched it, not
that long ago, and I don't remember him wearing a kimono.
Kimono, by the way is from the Greek...never mind, wrong movie.
Even though not directly from the film, the red
monkey is displaying his attitude in this little mini plastic
marvel. The sword on the shoulder and a grim face give this
H.B. all of the character you would expect. He looks up to
what ever the next supernatural challenge might be.
The sculpt is decent, from the tiny feet to the
horns on the head, this is a pretty good likeness of the animated
version of Red.
The paint work is not lacking either. From
the tiny yellow eyes, to the gold on the robe, the one I picked up
is pretty flawless. Considering the less than perfect paint
on some Star Wars figures that are almost twice his size, that's
impressive. The design on the back and detail on the sword
only add to the nice execution of details on this figure.
Fun:
Well, these are basically mini Hummels.
So, a lot of the fun is putting this guy together. Which
mine did flawlessly. The engineer in me was definitely
impressed by the ease he went to together and stayed together.
Hellboy here is one of those small things you
could keep next to your monitor in your cubicle. You know you
bought him because he's a toy. But the rest of the world
thinks, oh look a little Hellboy, he must be a fan. That's the neat thing about some of these Bust-Ups. They can
be part of your collection, but not so geeky that you wouldn't
have them on your desk at work.
On top of that, this guy comes with an
accessory. In this case a piece of cemetery. This
piece is part of a larger BAF (Build-A-Figure) of a ginormous skeleton
featured in the film. I actually went out of my way to get
the whole series of HBA Bust-Ups just to build him. The
Skeleton is
awesome, and really help offset the cost factor of these little
guys. Maybe I'll get around to a review of him one of these
days.
The nice thing about this extra cemetery piece
is that it makes a nifty
little back drop for the Hellboy. It's hard to do that with a
giant skeleton leg.
Overall:
While not a Hellboy shown in the animation, the pose
and attitude make this a pretty cool representation of Big Red for
me. Now if they would just make some of these for the
next animated film....
Engineernerd Score: 95/100
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