There's some good news & bad news. The good news is that I did NOT preorder any of these horrors. (And I was sorely tempted last year.) The bad news will be self evident when you see these GIANT HEAD disasters. Look...I wasn't expecting HotToys quality, but I was sorta anticipating a human-looking figure...not a hydrocephalic bobblehead!
Round2 came so close. The costumes look pretty nice...and the gloves & alternate hands would seem to be a nice touch. I had hoped that, rather than trying to ape the quirky, kiddie look of the original Captain Action's silly masks, that Round2 would adopt swappable HEADS. Guess not...
Even at the refreshingly low price point, I would not buy one of these for anyone over the age of 4, unless they were severely visually impaired. YMMV, and I'm as nostalgic as the next buzzer...but inhuman proportions are a deal breaker for me!! Too bad. This new Cap Action line held such promise. Round2 had a good idea, and evidently worked to modernize Cap's base figure design...somewhat. If fact, the new Cap Action may even look more comical than the vintage Cap with his squinty face and overly long, "monkey arms."
Crawford has an excellent, though thoroughly disappointing review of the base Cap figure and the two initial costumes.
