So... Rothchild. Urgh... Honestly, I am having a tough time explaining why I bought this figure. It is the last 3AA figure that I bought as a non-3AA. Now I'm starting to think that it is probably due to this fact that I decided to go for it when I was presented the opportunity... The final product doesn't differ much from what was shown when he was sold: blend. Darwin Rothchild is supposed to be the inventor of all the mech from the World War Robot series. It is an interesting background story, but as a figure, there really isn't much to say. Well, nothing much too say that is good.
For a simple figure, I guess it goes without saying that the detailing must be impeccable. For me, what would do it is perhaps very fitting shirt, tie and pants, well cut and suited to the figure. There isn't many accessories on him, except his belt and arm band. Straight outta the box, the shirt is creased rather unnaturally. The boots, chunky and clumsy, obstructs the ankle articulation. The tie just floats about and ent stay down. So really, I thought it was really a mediocre figure, at best. I have seen better tailored 1/6 men's shirts and suits so...
The head sculpt is probably something you could call unique. There isn't any visible expression, which is somewhat intriguing in the sense that you could never pin down what emotion he is trying to portray... HA! Well if you bought that, good for you. Personally the expressionless head sculpt does little to add interest to the figure. Some commented that the boots, arm band and hair style is a reference to Hitler, which probably lends the figure much of his sinister appearance.
So what is the one good thing that came with the figure...? If any, I would say that it is the timber bertie mock-up model that came with the figure. Since he is the inventor of all the mechs, goes without saying that he is gonna have scaled down version of one of his greatest invention, the Bertie. I like the fact that it was made to look like it was carved out of timber. Unfortunately, the tiny figure is very refined, which, if it was a mock-up, should probably look more chiseled, like an actual working model.
What was the last straw for me is really the belt detail. The trousers were held together at the waist by a button, which already had quite some substantial thickness. Then came the belt, the buckle of which looked cheap, and the strap double backed. These were all stacked on top of the button, which, naturally, caused the buckle to bulge out significantly, around 7mm. So on a 1/6th scale this detail represents 42mm in real life. All in all, this figure is really a mixture of bad details that I thought should've been better designed.
Forgettable, really.
1 comments:
Great review, I agree with you. This is just too plain. You´ll have to be a hardcore fan of the WWR universe to like this. Maybe some more accesories could have made this into something cool.
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