Series:
POP! Games
Year: 2016
The Call of Duty games are fun and all, but
I’m years behind on them. I think the last one I bought was Black Ops 2, maybe?
Long time ago now. Nonetheless, this particular piece of CoD merchandise jumped
out at me – not because of my interest in the game, but because he is perfect
as a Deadite to go with Ash from Army of
Darkness!
This guy is
gross, on par with Funko’s Walking Dead
figures – a range he’d fit in with quite well. His face looks almost like it’s
melting, and he’s leaking blood out of his eyes…which is quite an effective (if
disgusting) rendering of the decomposition process that “real” zombies would
likely go through. There’s been quite a bit of attention paid to sculpting; in
life, this guy looks to have been some kind of frat boy on vacation, dressed in
some very Abercrombie & Fitch-esque clothes. That said, I can’t find a
reference image from the game that seems to match this particular character. If
you have one, mention it in the comments below.
Overall,
this detail is great, but does seem slightly strange; apparently this obscure
character gets a bigger tooling and paint budget from Funko than some of the
world’s biggest superheroes. I can’t imagine it’s selling in anywhere near the
same numbers!
This guy
was exclusive to Target in the US, but over here you can get him from
Popcultcha or – if you’re lucky, EB Games. Thanks to the success of The Walking Dead (among others), there
is now a total plethora of zombie merchandise on the market. As with any trend,
it’s a mixed bag; some of it’s fantastic, other stuff is total garbage. This is one of the good ones -- if you’re a
zombie fan in any way shape or form, Spaceland Zombie here is a very sound investment.
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