A heavy hitter in the Princess of Power cartoons, the Masters of the Universe ClassicsAngella rules what's left of her people with a look that's about as subtle as they come in this series. Packed with numerous new bits and pieces, a lot of work went in to making this figure look just like the Filmation animation model and less like the original toy. The wings are gorgeous, the sword seems to be new, and the optional halo is a nice touch. Really, the only thing wrong with it is that it's not something else - such is the problem with the clubs and the crates and the things of this nature.
The more or less normal buck is back with pink boots and vambraces, plus a jewel-and-belt clad shirt with a flipped-up preppie collar that would be the envy of many a proud snob in the snobs v. slobs camper situation. Mattel did a bang-up job painting it with multiple purple hues on her belt, lavender on her chest, and not a heck of a lot on the boots. Overall, though, they got the paint where it needs to be with puffy blond hair and a typically fantastic face.
One detail that Mattel really nailed was the wings. You can't really do feathers or flocking well on jointed figures with pieces rubbing against each other, so to make these stand out they seem to have cast them in a very pale translucent blue plastic and wiped it down with white. It works! The detail really pops and the wings give off a hint of being in the sky. What's more, they're jointed at their tallest point and clip together on the back of the shirt - so they won't pop out like other figures in this line. They basically nailed it, plus they put a mount for the halo right at the back. Someone was really going out of their way to make sure this one turned out well.
Since Mattel's 2016 "2.0" figures didn't exactly reinvent the wheel in terms of joints, it should come as no surprise that this 2015 brings nothing new to the table. 18 places to move this queen-in-exile seem like a decent offering, and I doubt that investing more in to developing the buck would have done much to make this figure better. It looks good - that's what counts.
Well, maybe - what really counts is that you care about the character. If I didn't see her in the cartoon when it was rerunning on Qubo, I would probably just shrug and say it's a decent looking figure. I can say with some level of assuredness that Mattel and the Four Horsemen did a good job here, but structurally this figure offers nothing that my other figures gave me over the last several years. It's very good, but it relies heavily on your interest in owning the character. This is one reason why really cool accessories or seemingly "useless" action figures can add a lot to a toy, and one of the reasons I'm largely disappointed that the likes of Hasbro, Mattel, and Jakks Pacific completely engineered the toy part out of their action figures. Part of the fun of getting a new toy is seeing what it can do - and for the better part of the last 20 years, that answer has been that they do less and less each and every year.
16bit.com is best not viewed in Apple's Safari browser, we don't know why. All material on this site copyright their respective copyright holders. All materials appear hear for informative and entertainment purposes. 16bit.com is not to be held responsible for anything, ever. Photos taken by the 16bit.com staff. Site design, graphics, writing, and whatnot credited on the credits page. Be cool-- don't steal. We know where you live and we'll break your friggin' legs.
RSS 
