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DC Universe Classics Wave 1 The Demon!

Reaching to past figures from DCUC,

To review this figure finally.

Had him now for many months,

Always close to opening him but never took the chance.

So in my new den, Ive taken him out of package,

To play around with, and bring you some photo-age.

The Demon, Etrigan, his name might be,

But Jason Blood is his human reality.

Say this rhyme he does to change,

From human form to the occult, strange:

"Gone, gone the face of Man,
Rise the Demon Etrigan!"

A weird minor comic book character he might be,

Rising to prominence in JLU Animated on TV.


A favorite of mine hes been since then,

Especially in an episode when,

He becomes a little baby,

And helps the Justice League defeat Mordred and his Mommy.

So how does he fair from paper to silver screen to plastic?

Click onwards to see the embed and more, I also threw in some comics!


Like: His bigger buck, broader from shoulder to shoulder,

Especially the upper torso, arms, and thighs irregular.

Like: His head sculpt with face all scowl-y, molded yellow,

His teeth and horns and eyes well-detailed--the washed shading--bravo!

His ears, nay fins, are are comic book accurate,

A face so wild and demon-like, its hellishly immaculate.


Like: Etrigans hands I do so love,

Soft supple plastic, holding crystal balls high above.

Tridents, magic pendants, are no problem at all,

In his demon hands, look very magical.


His fingernails are painted black as night,

Long and gnarly, to show his devilish plight.

Dislike: Theres only one issue I have with Etrigan,

Its his thigh cuts that seem to have a problem.

Not movement-wise because the swivel joints are perfect,

But seam-wise because the cut there seem disjointed.

Like: The blue of his cloak, tattered and torn,

Has been the victim of some online scorn.

"It should be darker," some have said,

"Better to match the torsos dark red."

But I like the blue, it makes the figure pop,

Its also comic book accurate, without being too over the top.


RATINGS

Aesthetics: 9/10 - "Pretty" is not a word you call a demon,

Especially one of from the Rhyming class, like Etrigan.

But he does look awesome, I would say,

And I doubt anyone would say nay.

From head to hands to tattered cloak,

And the Demons buck, built like oak.

Impressive, considering this is Wave 1,

Theres no way a figure looking like this couldnt be fun!

Poseability: 8.5/10 - His large chest restricts his front-of-body arm movement,

But longer limbs and thicker legs allow for poses more than decent.

His tattered cape, short as it may be,

Still adds support to certain poses, like on a single knee.

His lovely hands can scratch, grab or cast (spells),

His neck joint near perfect, rotating up, down, and round well.

An eye scratch here, and high-kick there,

How can you not love his flexi-yellow derriere?

 






Fun: 9/10 - As you can see from this review,

Value: 10/10 - Hard to find he is in Singapore,

But in the Phillipines, hes abundant in most stores.

If you could find him here hed cost $25 (US$19) at least,

But for $12 (US$9.25) in Manila, the Rangerlord found me this beast.

He doesnt come fancily decked with any accessories,

Except for Metamorphos left arm and "element- hammer"--the CnC piece.

And for all the tooling, yellow skin wash and sculpted detail,

This guy is a winner, with "Value" thats way far from fail.

Overall: 9.2/10 - Etrigan is from the very first wave of this line,

And 15 waves later hes still a piece-of-ass fine.

Starting from a couple of years back, with this sort of quality,

Its easy to see why people got into DCUC.

Mattel havent always maintained this level of detail,

But to be fair they have to make some money on retail.


Content to use a more standard-sized buck,

They gave some characters short shrift, like our good friend The Shark.

Hopefully, the toy makers at Matty can see,

What a great buck did for Etrigan, and may they use it more freely.

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