It's Christmas, so let's look at something that I didn't necessarily originally want. The 60mm Scorpion - Flesh
is one of three unpainted figures from the initial runs of these molds,
and dagnabbit, it's pretty good. Creator Jon Karis runs
LittleRubberGuys.com, which covers the male action toy figures that are
too small to be deemed "action figures" by the serious (read: boring)
adult collector. It's a wonderful site and a great resource, mostly
because this is where you're going to see Japanese capsule figures or
American Garbage Pail Kids figures early - it's not wildly active, but
it's one of those sites that I personally find informative and useful.
The biggest success in that little rubber figure space is, in the eyes
of many American fans, Mattel's M.U.S.C.L.E. - and this figure (as well as his Rhino companion) are a tribute to that classic line of toy figures.
Generally speaking most Kickstarter toys have one exclusive-to-early-backer figure, but not Gothitropolis. The Four Horsemen took about eight extra months to deliver Cardinus
and his friends, and during this time those who neglected to support
the line on Kickstarter could pre-order figures at a slightly higher
price. All of these save for one pre-sold out, so at this point it
looks like if you want these figures and didn't pre-order them, you're
out of luck. Given how long some of the Horsemen Glyos-compatible
figures stuck around this is probably a wise move, but seeing how
wonderful these figures are I'm sure more than a few of you are going to
read this review with some anger and hope of schadenfreude. Despite
delays, high costs, more delays, and the Horsemen flat-out saying
figures may have problematic joints I experienced no problems with
Cardinus (and as of my writing this, I'm still opening the other
figures) save for the spare feet. The alternate claws had a stuck
joint, but this was easily remedied by my favorite Boiling Water Trick.
