Year: 2013
Series: Movies
BACKGROUND
Well, Funko Week comes to a close with RoboCop. I’ve spoken
previously about my deep love of RoboCop, and what an amazing film it is.
Really, if you’re a regular reader of this blog it probably doesn’t need a
whole lot of introduction. So let’s just say that if you haven’t seen it yet,
you should definitely do yourself a favour and go check it out ASAP. The second
one, not so much. And I’ve not watched the entirety of the third one…but I
certainly wasn’t sold on it based on what I’ve seen of it. Which is about 15
minutes. This particular POP! was presumably released on the back of the hype around the 2014 remake, which was predictably okay, but not spectacular film. Funko doesn’t seem to have done a “new” RoboCop to match, but perhaps they only had the license for the original film.
THE POP
RoboCop’s condition is actually pretty horrible if you think
too much about it. The original film is pretty vague about what’s left of his
human body, but you get the strong impression there’s not much more than his
face and part of his brain. And when he takes off that mask, it’s pretty
horrifying. I’ve watched a huge amount of horror films, but one image that has stuck with me more than just about anything from those days is RoboCop’s unmasked face.
Of course, the Funko POP! version doesn’t really convey the
horror of his existence so well – he’s just a cutesy cyborg, rendered in the
distinctive POP! style. And I must say, it’s turned out pretty well. All of the
main details are intact and present – his chestpiece, the screws on the side of
his head and his separate big toe. Held in his left hand is his signature Auto-9,
the ridiculously powerful handgun that deals out justice on numerous occasions
during the film.
Now for the paint. Oh Funko…you do so many fun sculpts and
then do such an average job on paint! RoboCop is painted primarily in silver, to match his appearance in the first movie – as opposed to the blue-tinged armour he’d later get. In theory, this shouldn’t be a problem, considering that they did a great job on the Silver Surfer, but in practice it’s little thicker and goopier than it should be.
This is forgivable – but the main thing that bugs me here is
that RoboCop’s skin-tone paint is not properly aligned with where it should be
on his face. It might be fixable, but it shouldn’t really have to be. Funko isn’t
at the same level as Kidrobot when it comes to making this stuff, and to be
fair I don’t think they’re trying to be, but it can be extremely frustrating nonetheless.
So if you pick one of your own up, check it out closely.
OVERALL
Like many of my Funko POP! figures, the paint is
disappointing but the figure is overall great fun. As a big fan of RoboCop, I’m
very pleased to have him as part of the collection. Though it seems unlikely, it
would be great to see Funko produce figures of Clarence Boddicker, this guy
and a variant based on this
figure. Now that would be a line to
see! 
No comments:
Post a Comment