I wish that could be the entire review but I wanted to detail everything about this figure. Especially the many, many bad things.
ARTICUMALATION
The figure's neck bends forward and backwards, and a tiny bit from side to side. Also it turns around 360 degrees just like an actual person.
The wrist bends at a joint up and down
(Palm can't face inward), with a trigger finger joint and the other fingers together also on a joint. This seems pretty nice when I saw it from the package, but after trying to have it hold any of its fabulous accessories I found the hand doesn't grip tightly enough and the trigger finger isn't long enough to fully grip the trigger in a fist.
Waist articulation is 360, feet bend inwards and outwards and 360, arms are 360, elbows bend 90 degrees forward and almost 90 degrees back, knees aren't double jointed and bends 90 degrees back and almost 90 forward, and the legs can go sideways from the hip and is surprisingly not hindered much by the pants.
FABULOUS ACCESSORIES
Flint comes with his beret, a rifle, a shotgun, a knife, a pistol, and his rubber boots. Of all of these he probably holds his hat the best.
The shotgun folds out like the one in Jurassic Park, in the scene where he is hunting the raptor. You know, that scene.
The beret has a tiny bit of foam padding on one side of the inside of the hat that is apparently supposed to keep it on its head...but doesn't. The hat still comes off very easily.
The pistol is probably the most interesting of his accessories, mostly because it not only has a clip that comes out but you can also cock it back on a spring.
The clip on the rifle does not come off but it does have a stretchy strap. Yup.
The boots are rubber and very flexible, and thus keeps the figure from standing up well. Coupled with Flint's adorable baby feet it takes quite a few tries before he can stand up. Actually, the figure stands up better on its bare feet rather than with the boots.
FRILLS
There's a G.I. Joe tag on the back of its pants, metal buttons instead of velcro at the zipper, there's a pocket on the left side of his pants
(No velcro or anything to keep it closed), none of the pockets on his web gear open, the knife can be put into any of the three "brass" straps at the front of his web gear, the pistol is held in a holster on his right but the inside of the holster is open, and he has a scar on his face.
Oh, and his underwear/hip is black. Because you were all thinking it.
ANALYSIS
He's likable but his problems vastly outreach his good points.
Pros:
-He's Flint
-Some nice details
-Pistol cocks, mhm
-Decent articulation
-He's Flint
Cons:
-Can't stand unless you have a lot of patience
-Can't hold most of his weapons in one hand alone
-Knees can't bend fully back meaning crouching is out
-Chest is huge and disproportionate
-Feet bend inside the boot but doesn't help at all in posing
-Wrists can't bend inwards
All in all he looks sort of nice but I'm fairly certain he's going to have a lethal run in with the customer service desk sometime this week. Until then I'm going to try to find ways he can stand without falling down.
EDIT: And I should probably note this was my first 12 inch figure so I have nothing else to compare it to.
The figure also comes with a pretty neat little poster featuring some of the DVD pack figures, vehicles, and Major Bludd pointing a rocket launcher that doesn't have a rocket.
