flyboy Posted November 24, 2003 Posted November 24, 2003 Back to the original subject. So has anyone picked up one of the APU's yet? First impressions? I saw the sentinel at TRU this weekend, and I was impressed. All the "arms/tentacles" are fully articulated. And the weight of the toy and packaging was far more than I would expect - considering that the toy is only $25. Felix Quote
Jolly Rogers Posted November 24, 2003 Posted November 24, 2003 Which TRU did you see it at? The local ones never even heard of Matrix series 2 figures. They probably won't get it until end of December. Quote
flyboy Posted November 25, 2003 Posted November 25, 2003 Which TRU did you see it at? The local ones never even heard of Matrix series 2 figures. They probably won't get it until end of December. Actuall, it wasn't TRU. It was the FAO Schwartz inside Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas. =P Felix Quote
NERV Posted November 25, 2003 Posted November 25, 2003 OH MY GOD!!! I JUST PICKED UP THE SENTINEL AT MY LOCAL SUNCOAST, WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE HOW MASSIVE AND AWESOME THIS THING IS! MY ARM GOT TIRED JUST FROM HOLDING IT FOR ABOUT 15-20 MINUTES PICS TO COME Quote
NERV Posted November 25, 2003 Posted November 25, 2003 even these pics dont properly convey how huge this thing is, probly cuz of my crappy webcam Quote
NERV Posted November 25, 2003 Posted November 25, 2003 i wonder if i shudve shrunk these pics? sorry to anyone with dialup, i did reduce the filesize tho Quote
NERV Posted November 25, 2003 Posted November 25, 2003 that said, i have 1 small complaint, 1 of the claws came broken, i can fix it tho, thats why its a small complaint, now for a full review: Sculpt: 9.5 the sculpt is dead on, and even at this massive scale they still maintain lots of tiny detail, there are 3 types of claws, open, closed, and articulated, there are 4 open, 6 closed, and 4 articulated, for a grand total of 14 human shredding claws, only gripe is that the articulated claws seem kind of pointless to me as i will be keeping them all in the open or closed position anyway, personally i would have made 14 open and 14 closed claws that could be interchangeable Paint: 9 the paint job is extremely good, no overspray, all the panel lining and weathering is is excellent, my only question is i dont remmeber the sentinels being as brown, but you never really see them in good lighitng conditions in the mvoies so i dont know Articulation: 10 every single tentacle is fully articulated and unlike many other toys that wire-in-rubber poseable, these tentacles will take any pose and hold it, also the small arms under the head have ball joints at the base QC: 9 this area woul have got a 10 except for the one claw that was broken and it seems a few of the claws and small arms suffer from gashapon disease, altho its notihng a heatgun cant cure Packaging: 5 oh i didnt not like that packaging, especially since it was problably responsible for the gashapon disease, it comes packes with the sentinel tied in a giant knot and held tight with zip ties and twisties ties, it also isnt a very good display package as the sentinel is all knotted up and u cant really see how big it is when its in a knot Value: 11! literally a bargain at twice the price, something of this size and quality i would expect to go for at least $60 but it was a mere $25, AMAZING! Overal: 9.8 there is not much you could do to make this toy any better, this is quite possible the greatest thing mcfarlane has ever made, IMHO Quote
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