Thursday, July 17, 2008

Crimson Guard 32 1/2 Comic Pack

I'll be reviewing The Crimson Guard from the 32 1/2 comic pack, he was packed with the Scar-Face Cobra Trooper. Crimson Guards were usually people who went under surgery to have the same face as any other Siegie unmasked. All of their names were Fred, and they sported a red head look.

This Siegie uses the same body as any other 25th anniversary Siegie, same color scheme as the Siegie Trooper (check last review with the Crimson 3 pack...). Mostly same accessories too. What's cool about this figure is the removable helmet, to reveal Fred. The helmet and mask are all one piece, molded in the Crimson Red with the black helmet painted on, it lacks the silver visor though. Fred is revealed as a dirty blond. Not accurate to the red head, but still a nice feature to have. With the regular Siegie, his neck is painted Crimson Red, but this version he has a skin painted neck, so you can lave him helmetless without having him wearing a turtle neck, but it looks funny and bare when he has it on.

The accessories, consist of the regular backpack, revolver, and instead of the battle rifle with the knife on the end, he has a rifle that looks somewhat like an M1 Garand, which is one of my favorite guns. He can hold it, but he can't hold it like he's aiming, the handle is like a shotgun, how it holds at the angle. He can hold it like he can shoot with one hand, or hold near his waist, or even a reloading style position. Something I forgot to mention in the previous TFAC review, is that mostly all figures include a stand with their name. Except maybe the figures with a vehicle.

This is a great figure, pretty cool army builder, I have three of them now, but they are getting rereleased later on. The next army builder for me will probably be the Hiss Tank Driver, The Vipers, and later on the Iron Grenadiers. If I could find any of them which I hope since they will be in comic packs and the TRU 3 pack exclusive. The Vipers and Hiss Driver, I can't find. If anyone has extras or just even one of each I would be thankful, if you could offer me one... Well this is a great figure 9.5 out of 10 for him. The holding problem and the hair is a bit of problematic, but it's a good figure despite that.

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