Something is off, this time. If not with the Figures, then with me: I just haven't been motivated enough to go back for more after getting just three bags on launch day, last Friday ("Redhead" - as per Luftgaengerin, Sleepwalker, and Stoner). This is odd.
Perhaps it was the uncomfortable level of disappointment upon assembling Redhead. I had been looking forward to him, but, I'm sorry to say, am now of the opinion that he is poorly designed. Pointless metal on his arms, mainly. My surroundings also tell me that the beard is just too much, and they are right: It would fit a dwarf, or some fanciful character, but it isn't appropriate if the goal was to present a 'historical' figure in the league of the holy Series 6 Highlander. He simply doesn't compare, even after adjustments (highlanders 5458 [original], 9202 [amended] and 70025 [amended] together):
The colour is newish, first seen with the dwarfs, I believe. I'm not sure whether it is nice, though. The printed tartan pattern seems modern to me, but I am no expert in this. Any ideas?
Another, more fundamental issue that I want to raise is the fixed peg on the side of the body:
I came across it before (one - or both? - of the tomb robbers in 5387; the female dwarf in 6588). It clearly substitutes the hole where a detachable peg - or a gun holster - can be fitted, and is - I suppose - easier for play (i.e., fewer small parts that can get lost). But the fixed peg prevents the arm from rotating 360°! It obstructs the figure's inherent flexibility!!
It sins against the original design!!! Hans Beck certainly would not have approved.
And there is nothing we can do about it, because Geobra forbids any physical modification of the figure parts. So, for me, quite unusually, one of this figure is quite enough.
Still, I will be back for more. But perhaps not tomorrow.
Best wishes
StJohn
