The Fireplace and Ice line from Icon Collectibles continues with one other one of many major characters from the movie, Teegra. The primary determine, Darkwolf, arrived early within the yr and has remained considered one of my favorites of the yr to this point, so I used to be eagerly anticipating this one. How does Teegra stack up? Let’s have a look!
The field options the enduring Frazetta poster for the movie on the entrance and a few pretty pictures on the within flap and facet panel. It’s a pleasant high quality piece that I really feel a bit of dangerous recycling.
The determine comes with a spear, a knife, three heads (smile, impartial, and gritted enamel), three units of arms (grip, unfastened, and splayed), a panther (Shaitan), two heads for Shaitan, a scarf, a loincloth, and two hairpieces.
Shaitan is generally a slug determine with minimal articulation within the ball jointed head and tail. The pinnacle doesn’t transfer very a lot, however the tail swivels. There may be one head that has a extra calm face with relaxed ears and pupils and the opposite has pinned ears, no pupils and a hinged jaw. The sculpting is great and you’ll clearly see the muscular tissues and sinews at play beneath his fur. The pinnacle swap was a bit scary with the ball joint being extraordinarily tight. I undoubtedly would have most popular a extra articulated panther, however I do have already got that with the Guenhwyvar from Hasbro’s Drizzt determine.
The arms swap simply and match securely, appear applicable for the character, and work effectively with the included weapons.
The knife has a little bit of ornate element design within the grip and a few battle injury on the blade highlighted with metallic paint and a darkish wash.
The stick seems appropriately stick-like with a bit of little bit of bark texture. I actually don’t bear in mind this from the movie, however it’s been fairly some time since I’ve seen it.
The spear has a reasonably skinny shaft with a little bit of wooden grain texture and a few skinny wire wrapped round for grip and to safe the spear tip. It feels a bit of delicate and lifelike with sharp sculpting.
The scarf and loincloth are forged in a really skinny translucent plastic. I believe to match the movie it ought to in all probability be a smidge extra translucent, however it seems nice on and sits fairly naturally. The loincloth is held on by an elastic thread. My reminiscence of the film was that the skirt piece didn’t have a seperate string than her bikini backside so after I put the loincloth on, I line up the elastic with the sculpted line of her briefs.
The heads permit for some good selection and I really like that they included extra windswept hair together with the impartial.
The sculpting is fairly phenomenal. Teegra’s design is deceptively easy, however they’ve accomplished wonderful work executing it and bringing the 2D art work to 3 dimensions. The portraits are all very lovely and so they’ve made one of many shapelier figures I’ve seen on this scale. Frazetta girls are likely to have a specific physique and the sculpting captures that effectively. At about 6 and 1/4 inches tall, she matches in effectively with Darkwolf and Mythic Legions sized figures. I really feel like she’s a bit too large to slot in with the Mezco Conan figures or Legends, not that she was supposed to take action.
The articulation meets the minimal fundamental factors to nonetheless be thought of super-articulated. I get the sense that poseability is much less of a precedence for this line than sculpt continuity, however she nonetheless strikes pretty effectively. The elbows knees and hips get a few 90 diploma bend and I did discover that one thing contained in the hip meeting would go away an indentation on the thigh if I pressed the motion too far. Fortuitously a bit of warmth popped that indent proper out. Teegra has:
- Ball and socket head and mid-torso
- Swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and ankles
- Swivel biceps and thighs (hidden)
The hair does restrict the neck motion a bit so there isn’t quite a lot of trying up vary, however the tilt is spectacular. The crunch within the mid-torso has considerably restricted ahead crunch motion, however the tilt and backward arch are each very nice there. The swivels on the bicep and thigh are hidden throughout the arm and leg and get a bit of motion, the thighs greater than the bicep.
Paint is sweet with a strong base colour for Teegra’s pores and skin and a few rosy overspray that brings life to that pores and skin. The face particulars and contours on her bikini are all actually sharp and clear.
General I’d say that is one other very nice launch from the Fireplace and Ice line. I believe I’d have most popular a bit of bit extra clearance carved out on the biceps and the again of the thighs so the elbows and knees had higher vary of movement, however there’s a good stability of unpolluted sculpting traces and articulation. Drop-down hips may need helped with the ahead leg motion and I want there was a waist swivel, however can see how there isn’t actually the actual property for that on this costume design. My major concern is that the worth is fairly tough. After delivery and taxes this is available in round $100 and whereas good, my expectation is for a bit of bit extra modern and efficient articulation for that value. I’m nonetheless in for a Larn or Nekron in the event that they get there. Whereas I’d love the cave man baddies too, at these costs I’d must suppose lengthy and exhausting about it.
