Here is Super Poser Silver in his box , as seen at Toyfair 2014. It's the same white/pale checker background with Sonic portrait as the other 2014 release boxes. The dot at the bottom says "Over 25 points of articulation" , as is the usual with super posing figures like this. He looks about like he does above in the factory photo.
Do note that the paint from his nose has been smudged onto the interior of the clear plastic packaging (makes it look like the eye has a flaw) which is REALLY unfortunate to have to show at Toyfair because it exposes the fact that the packaging can let the figures get damaged pretty easily before they even get bought / make the store shelves. The people at Toyfair also tend to be buyers & press...not people you want to show slightly messed up toys to. This is caused by crush damage. The box bends in with enough force to wipe the paint off the figure's nose & onto the box. Full review & turn arounds pending actually getting this figure.
Retail price should be: 16.99
Retail location should be: Toys R Us
Super Poser Silver Sonic Gear Review!
Here's Super Poser Silver in his retail box. This figure is in the Gear collection with all Gear photos. Two things can be noted right away, first is that his name tag has fallen (They were all like this in the store) so the glue on there probably isn't great for MIB collectors. Then, the box is not personalized in any way. The card at the bottom says "Super Poser" not his name, & the back (inset) just has Sonic and the usual "he goes at the speed of sound" blurb they have on pretty much all of the merchandise. Also see that his nose paint has been smeared onto the inside of the box (black trail visible 'over' chest fur there) which every single figure had. Nobody ever put a bumper in to prevent it. Look at the interior plastic as well, it's "hole" for the figure is too wide because it's made to fit any of the 3 Super Poser hedgehogs. So, the box is ok, just not personalized, and with the 2 flaws being name glue & probably universal nose-rubs or breakage.
The figure itself looks really nice. The points of articulation are as follows:
1 joint at the base of each main spike that lowers it, wrist swivels & hinges, center hand hinges, shoes hinge in 3 places, head turns, waist turns, & the obvious hip, shoulder, elbow. His eyes are yellow, it's just hard to see in the photo, it's very clear if you hold the figure. He's VERY "frown mouth", but since they didn't paint the mouth, it doesn't overwhealm the expression with anger or sadness.
THIS figure was VERY floppy. LOOSE joints for the legs absolutely plague it. The huge hands drag the arms down, and he barely could stand for poses for the photos. If you de-box and get a floppy figure, you can possibly use the "super glue" method to fix it up a litte. A drop of glue in the joint, then wiggle the joint around as the glue dries. It won't lock up the joint, but it'll clog it a little making it slightly stiffer. The right-side photo actually shows his knees cocked backwards because they're overly loose and poor at holding up his heavy head.
At right, you can see all the joints opened. That's how far the head spikes go, the toe of his boot & the palm split. They painted the interior of the boot joint so the line is continuous, which is a rare & very nice touch. The shoe really does have a great range of motion.
They did not paint the interior of the hand joints (Where those glow circles are on his gloves) OR the bottoms of his shoes. Some of the hexagons on the shoe tread should be aqua blue. Normally, it wouldn't be a complaint, but when the 3.5 inch size 6 dollar figure has them painted, and this 17 dollar figure does not.....it becomes a bit of something to nit-pick at, because it's something they could have done, but didn't.
The head sculpt is great, the chest & back fur has some texture & detail, & the super-pose-ability is very apparent. With a fix for the floppyness you can really have a lot of fun with this figure. The action pose at right shows him leaning on a backboard, but he's really capable of being dynamic.
Overall Grade: A
Reccomendation: Get this figure
He doesn't get an "A+" because the upper arms are super thin, the nose rubs the package, the shoe bottoms aren't painted & the figure will more than likely not support itself or stand on its own easily. The last, most glaring part is user-fixable though & is moot for MIB collectors anyway. The cleverness of the boots is wonderful, the likeness of the head
is GREAT & they painted the inside of the boot joints shows care. The figure isn't an ugly or corney thing like Sonic & Shadow are on this line. It actually looks like the character & has good posing and play value.
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