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[Archonix]

Should have put these up too. The ship! And accessories!

Why do I get the feeling Beb will squee over the little blue dude?

[Assistant Crone]

The crocodile's more ador-- I mean, how dare you make such assumptions?!


EDIT: Hm. Now I can't decide.

[Archonix]

Briefly, I got the new Bender and Kif figure but not taken pictures yet. First impressions: Kif's arms move at the shoulders but not the elbows, which seems to be a trend with the new sculpts... it's actually starting to disappoint me quite a bit. On the other hand he's wearing underpants, unlike Zapp... there's a couple of nasty looking seams on the back of his head which makes me wonder if that's the reason they included the great big hat. He has a cute picture of Amy to hold and stare at. At arm's length... oh yeah, his wrists and waist can rotate so it's not a total loss.

BENDER is great. He's a recast of the old MAC figure, has an opening chest, removable head, swappabkle eyes...basically he's everything Bender should be. Oh yeah, and you can put Nixon's head on his body!

So disappointment and awesomeness combined. That's... actually confusing. At least I have a Robot Devil to play with now.

[Archonix]

And now with the help of a crappy camera (it's a video camera, so taking still pictures? Not a good idea...)

So here's the new crew. We've got The Robot Devil, Kif and Bender. Excuse the mess in the background, I didn't really take time to clean up. Silly me.



Like I said, there's one or two disappointments with these figures, which I'll start with right now. The Robot Devil... he looks great! But there's a problem. His legs are horrible. They don't support him at all, which means either gluing them or using his tail as a support instead. I'm tempted to glue them. Fortunately my super glue ran out... this has a downside later.



He has a couple of accessories; a cane and a hat. The hat is magnetic, and it seems there's also a lump of metal in his head. I was wondering how they'd get it to stick, on but it actually works very well, and seems reasonable considering he's a robot. I'm a little disappointed at the lack of a hole, though, since I was kind of hoping to put it on Bender as well. Nuts. Never mind.

He's a big guy, too... at least an inch taller than Bender. I've heard that his hands are removable and that you can swap them with Fry's hands but I'm not really willing to risk it after having this happen:



That's his cane. It snapped when I tried to very gently thread it between his fingers. And me all out of super glue...

Anyway, next up is Kif. This is the really great and yet really annoying figure. Like Leela and Zapp there's not much articulation - and like Leela his poseability is what you could describe as "apprentice Zombie". Arms out front. At least his wrists can rotate, which is more than you can say for the other two.



(Sorry for the blurry picture; crappy camera like I said). There's one thing, which I noticed quite by accident when the figure fell over...



Two things spring to mind: The first is "Lucky Amy", but do they even have genitals? The second is... well, Zapp down there is pink like the rest of his skin. In other words, it's probably confirmed that Zapp likes to go commando. Either that or he wears flesh-coloured underwear.

He comes with a cowboy hat, a cute picture of Amy and a Brain Ball or whatever they're called, from War is the H Word. It doesn't bounce. A cynic might say the cowboy hat is to disguise the nasty seam on the back of his head... I'm not a cynic as such but it does seem to cover it quite well.

Now for Bender. Bender is Great.



Bender rocks the world. He comes with his beer and his oil, and three different sets of eyes for different emotions.



Left to right: Sad at not being able to get Fry's blood; mindless; everything else.

There's a possiblity that Bender is great because, like Fry, he's a recast of the original MAC figure. Or at least sculpted to be identical to the MAC figure. It doesn't make much difference which, he's indistinguishable, apart from one thing. His head is removable. Now, remember the Nixon head that came with Zapp?



"I am not a crook's head!"

Is that not the most awesome thing you've ever seen? Well?

Next up seems to be Nudar and Fry as Captain yesterday. I really wish they'd done Amy instead of Nudar but what can you do?



Biggest collection of figures I've ever had...

[A Spy in Mancunia]

Figures=great fun for all involved.

"The Robot Devil's cane should be thicker..." *snap*

[Lord Kingsley]

Man, they should know better than to put bulges in their pants.  Then they get fans like us asking, "Do they really have genitals?" 

Looks like fun!  I wish my desk was decorated like that!

[Officer 1BDI]

Isn't it possible that it's just the bottom of his gut?  I mean, it it really was what everyone thinks it is, then why wouldn't Zapp's figure...

...

Actually, that's a thought I'd rather leave untouched.

That Bender figure's pretty awesome.  I might have to splurge and get Fry his friend; he's so lonely on my bookshelf... still in his box....  Gawd, I'm a horrible action figure owner.

[A Spy in Mancunia]

Isn't it possible that it's just the bottom of his gut?

No, it's definitely the wrong shape for that...

I can't believe I'm answering this.

[Andreas]

Hey, it's just natural.

Considering the fact that his species exchanges genetic material with their hands, I assume that, since he's clearly amphibious, it's some kind of swim bladder, or maybe even his lungs.

[Ariel Ponywether]

...Bender just totally shot to the top of my figure wishlist (right underneath the upcoming Dread Pirate Roberts Princess Bride figure that NECA's supposed to release in the fall).  SO ARTICULATED ZOMG.  And The RD looks terrific and filled with expression!