# 47 : Astro Boy, The Movie: Astro Boy, 3 3/4"
Some things are better left on the shelves. Some things are best shot out of a cannon. Some things are meant to be praised But I'm not sure where the new Astro Boy figure based on the new movie falls into. I picked up this figure yesterday at TRU for AUD 10. I haven't seen the figures anywhere else except TRU.
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Packaging
The front packaging is your normal blister card with pics from the A.B. movie I guess.
They were 6 figures on the shelves and I picked Astro Boy with the black short-shorts and the red boots(damn, a man shouldn't have to say stuff like that). The back of the packaging is a bit too plain for me because there's no info about Astro Boy.
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D.S.A.
|Details|
A.B. is in the 3 3/4" scale. These line of figures are from Jazwares Inc., the same people who brought us Sonic the hedgehog figures. A.B. is also available in 6" and 10" but I have yet to see those at TRU. Maybe I'll pick up the 6" because it looks promising. For some strange reason I find the figure is lacking in terms of quality. I just can't pinpoint what it is. Whether its the paint app or the plastic used but I felt cheated and a little violated. Ok, maybe not violated.
|Sculpt|
The sculpt is decent. Frankly, I don't know how they could've gone wrong with the sculpt anyway. A.B. is as simple as you can get when it comes to design.
The face is slightly different from the 80's cartoon that we know and I think they made him a bit taller in the movie. But the iconic hair style remains the same minus the eyelash...remember his eyelashes back then???
|Accessories|
Interchangeable boots. You can swipe the normal feet for the flamed-in-mid-flight boots.
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Articulation
Here is where I'm a bit dissapointed. Just a bit. The figure has a ball-jointed neck, Swivel-hinged shoulders, hinged elbows, Swivel waist, Swivel Hips, Hinged knees and swivel ankles. I'm dissapointed there's no articulation in the hands(swivel hands? or maybe interchangeable hands? him flipping us off? anything man)
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Fun Factor
I wished they had provided a stand so we could display A.B. when he is in flight mode because I really like him displayed like that. In terms of having fun with A.B. I found that I couldn't find the right figures for it to go with. Its too big for the S.W. or G.I Joe figures. It could go with my M.L or DCU but the size of the head looks a bit off. I'm tempted to get the rest of the figures in this line but the price is a bit of a let down. We'll see how it goes.
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Overall
While I thoroughly enjoyed the cartoon series in the 80's I find this figure is lacking in terms of value for money. At AUD 10, its normal considering you pay more for a S.W. or Joe figure. But the thing is that THIS is Astro Boy. Even in the 3 3/4" size I was expecting cannon arms. To be fair they have another version in the wave with the cannon arms. But that A.B has a different outfit. In my opinion, this line has potential. The Peacekeeper and Soldier looks very nice and those might be in my list next. I'm just hoping TRU will have them on sale soon. Anywho, the new movie will be released on the 23rd in the States but here in OZ for some reason it hits the cinema yesterday. I'm not sure if this figure will be received well by A.B. fans. But for me, I got it mainly for nostalgic reason. Plus, when I go and see the new movie and it turns out to be really good, I can say to myself "I got the figure at home".
Score: ***
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