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In mysteriously dark conditions, Lobo brings a chain to a gunfight!

And now, we give you: Toy Month. From the Rev. Kessen half of things, anyway. It’s Christmas! Christmas means toys!

So: unlike Marvel, DC puts out its action figures all by itself, through a label called “DC Direct.” Your reviewer doesn’t have a lot of these. They’re not as good as Marvel Legends, having much, much less articulation. More to the point, your reviewer, try as he might, is just totally unable to understand the DC universe. Crisis on how many earths? Hawkman is a human archaeologist and/or an alien? There is one character in DC who is quite easy to understand, though: Lobo, a space-alien bounty hunter, and the Lemmy Kilmister of the DC universe.

…And wins anyway, through the power of Awesome!

Articulation: There are thirteen points of articulation to be found here, which is, shall we say, fair. Particularly because several of them are useless – the head-joint especially is purely academic, since the hair disallows any head-turning. The legs are just this side of pointless as well. Arms are okay, though. I guess.

Sculpt: Now this, this is excellent, and is the reason this figure caught my eye in the first place. The leer and the awesome heavy-metal boots are particularly good. Does Lobo usually have one sleeve ripped off, though? Dunno. But why not? In summary: ROCK.

Then, he passes out in his own vomit.

Paint: Simple – mostly black, white, and some blues – but that’s okay. There’s no bleed or any of that. Mmmyep. Listen, you try writing something interesting about the paint job on Lobo…

Durability: Seems good and solid. Actually, seems really good and solid. Almost too much so. Unseemly.

I lost my phone number; can I have yours? (Apologies to Keith Giffen.)

Standupaciousness: Fair to middlin’; you’ve got to pose his legs just so. But then, he comes with a stand. It’s a lame-ass stand – transparent blue, with the stylized word “reactivated” written upon it, whatever the hell that means – but even a lame-ass stand is much, much better than no stand at all. Still, think of how badass a Lobo stand coulda been! It coulda had a picture of a skull on it, maybe! A fanged skull! With batwings!

Accessories: Well, there’s the stand. Also, there’s a chain with a boathook on the end! Lobo’s signature weapon! Wooooohoooooo! The chain is metal, too, which is good. It is, regrettably, difficult to have him hold the chain in both hands with it hanging down in the middle, as it should be; the chain is a bit too light. Still, it can be accomplished with care. And really ought to be. Imagine the satisfaction, when you’ve posed your Lobo with the chain hanging down in the middle. Pour yourself a drink!

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