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One:12 Collective Mile Morales: Spider-Man – Review

Scouring the lists of exclusive merch at SDCC is both exhausting and mouth watering. On the one hand, there is so much of it, and on the other hand, so much of it is so good. Part of that SO GOOD is this year’s exclusive offering from Mezco’s One:12 line: Miles Morales – Spider-Man. Within minutes of pre-orders going live, I had my order confirmation. I love Miles Morales. There was no way I was missing out on this figure.

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Mezco shipped the figure rather quickly. Yes, I did have to wait until after SDCC to receive it, but I was surprised with how fast it arrived after SDCC ended.

The greatness of this figure starts with the box art. That is some sweet Michael Cho art adorning this box. I will definitely be getting this box signed by Michael Cho if I ever get the chance to meet him at a con or store signing. The image looks so cool.

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This figure is a lot of fun. Mezco included five different styles of webbing.

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The webs fit between the hand and the arm of the figure. Pop a hand off, place the webbing’s ring on the arm, and pop the hand back on. It sounds easy, but honestly, it took me a few minutes of trying to get the hand and webbing to stay on the figure. But once it’s on, it looks fantastic.

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The attention to detail on these One:12 figures is amazing. Check out this arm.

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See that area right by the wrist, where the fabric arm sleeve ends? There’s a little bit of plastic on the fabric there, making the transition from the fabric sleeve to the plastic fist very nice. It looks like a glove extending from Mile’s hand, but it’s all part of the sleeve. Plus, just that level of detail, even being black on black, really stands out.

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My only quibble with the figure is that it only has one head sculpt included. I would have loved an unmasked Miles head or even a half-masked Miles head (think the Marvel Legends Pizza-eating Spider-Man). But that quibble comes from being spoiled by Mezco’s One:12 line in the past. They’re usually so generous with two to three heads per figure, that only getting one (admittedly gorgeous) head seems like a letdown. It’s a small letdown compared to the majesty that is this figure. If you are a Miles Morales fan, you need the Mezco One:12 Miles Morales Spider-Man!

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Mezco SDCC Thundercats Lion-O – Review

Raise your Sword of Omens in the air if you were a fan of the 1980s toy line and cartoon Thundercats. Me too. I really like what Mezco has done with their Thundercats license, and was super-excited when they announced their summer exclusive Mega Scale Lion-O figure.

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This figure is huge. I feel like I wasn’t quite ready for just how tall this figure would be when I ordered it. When the box arrived, it was in a much larger box than I was used to as far as Mezco figures were concerned. Lion-O is giant! Mega scale is an apt name. If you live in a studio apartment, this is not the figure for you.

Unlike their One:12 Collective action figures, this Lion-O is not collector friendly in the sense of being able to easily remove and put it back in the box. Once this figure is unboxed, it is unboxed.

The light up eyes feature is neat – basically, one head has light up eyes, the head that looks like it is shouting. You have to pop the head off the neck, unscrew a cap inside the neck socket on the head, and insert a couple of batteries (which Mezco included! Yay!). Once the batteries are in, a toggle switch on the base of the head controls the light up eyes. The eyes are bright! Even in a fully lit room, they look very bright. Not flashlight bright, but definitely “freak out a toddler” bright.

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The accessories included with the figure are all must-haves: the Sword of Omens, both the short and fully extended versions, as well as Lion-O’s claw shield gauntlet.

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If I could change anything about this figure, it would be the articulation. I just wish we had some functioning knee and elbow joints.

That said, if you are a fan of Thundercats and have the space, order this figure direct from Mezco. It’s great. At the time of this writing, it’s still in stock directly from Mezco’s website.