Concluding the look at the NECA series of Ghostbusters is the Gozer the traveler figure. And I must say that this is a figure that I had really been looking forward to due to the fact that she is such an important character in the Ghostbusters story. For a start, the Gozer sculpt matches up perfectly to the Slimer and the Terror Dogs. The figure stands at approximately 7 inches tall. It is an excellent likeness of Slavitza Jovan, the actress who played the part in the film. As a child I always wondered if Gozer was supposed to look as if she was wearing a costume, or if the look she had was supposed to represent her skin. Looking at the figure I can now see that what I once thought was a costume does actually appear to be the characters skin. Gozers body is covered with numerous warts and pustules that maker her look quite grotesque, without actually compromising the femininity. This is a great balance, and the warts are also painted in a different silver colour in places to make them stand out. It’s a great effect and helps to give numerous points of visual interest to what could have easily become quite a lack luster figure, in comparison to the other figures in the line. Gozer features several points of articulation, which included a ball socket neck, cut joint shoulders, wrists and hips. This seems to meet the average level of articulation that I have come to expect from Neca releases, which unfortunately is minimal. Personally, I am a huge fan of articulation, and I do feel that the inclusion of a waist cut would have given a little bit more life to the figure, and made it considerably more dynamic. And even though the arms and legs are movable the figure always has a very static feel to her. Gozer also comes with a few accessories. These include a display stand, an extra head and an extra set of hands. The additional head is a very welcome addition since this allows the figure to show 2 very different emotions. Both heads are sculpted and painted to a very high quality. She even has the painted mole over her left eyebrow which is clearly visible on both heads. The heads themselves are easy to remove, but yet sit in place securely enough so that they will not fall off too easily. It’s a great accessory, and provides some diversity to the way you may end up choosing to display the figure in you collection. The second accessory is a set of extra hands, which have Lightning effects sculpted onto them, to simulate the movie effects. Now this is where I have encountered a problem with the figure. The extra hands themselves are great, and the lightning effect does look fantastic. However, the small pin joint that connects the hand to the lower arm is extremely fragile, and believe it or not, the left had pin actually broke off completely in my first attempt to remove it. The Pin broke off inside the arm socket, which is extremely annoying, due to the fact that without delicate repair work, I would not be able to place the other hand in at all. And the only other option would have been for me to glue the broken hand back into place. The result of which would have been a permanent static hand, with no future options for swapping them over. Her final accessory is a display stand. The stand itself is not very exciting and is just a simple black disc. But it is a stand and it does what it is supposed to, so I can’t really fault the figure for this. So, while I was initially full of praise for the figure, this unfortunate hand swapping incident has made it slightly difficult to recommend it as much as I would like. To sum up this is a great sculpt, of a great character. The interchangeable heads are fantastic and very welcome. If you are very careful when changing the hands, you shouldn’t have a problem, so long as you exercise extreme caution in removing them. I would certainly recommend this for serious Ghostbusters fans, but casual buyers may be advised to seek out some of the other figures in the Neca line first.
Dean René Middleton
Staff Reviewer
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment