The Facts:
NOTE: I have a stand pictured with the Phantom. This is not included with the figure! It’s a DC Collectibles stand I had in my box of stands which fits him well.
The Positives:
* While he has the animated style that the Toony Terrors line delivers, this is also a really darn fine depiction of Lon Chaney’s Phantom. The likeness, the costume, and the pose all work together and feel like both an animated depiction of the character and yet still very true to Chaney’s performance and look. His fancy suit looks accurate, especially considering how stylized the figure is, and the way it’s depicted as moving and flowing while the Phantom is wildly gesticulating is excellent. There is some precise paintwork here, too, and it’s all neat and clean, enhancing the simple and crisp animated style.
* The portrait is excellent. The way the eyes dart left, the uneven teeth, the turned up nose; it’s all just ghastly and wonderful! The paintwork on the teeth is just excellent and really captures the look of the character. NECA’s out here making portraits as impressive in a stylized, animated line as other companies are making in their “realistic” styles.
* Erik also comes with a second portrait, like the Bride of Frankenstein and the Invisible Man in this same series. It’s his initial disguise in the 1925 film that looks like a standard mask of a regular male face wearing a scarf over his mouth and the strange black cap that is what keeps the mask on over the Phantom’s face. It’s not my ideal way to display this figure but it’s a terrific extra and very well done.
* These guys are largely preposed, so that’s not a negative or anything; it’s just part of the design. With balljointed ankles, swivel shoulders, swivel wrists, and a balljointed head, the Phantom has as much or more articulation than most figures in the line. Due to his expressive arms and legs, though, there’s not a lot you can do with it. His shoulder swivels are fairly limited though posing his hands and balljointed head do help to really nail a great pose. These are definitely meant for display and not play, so a little bit of motion like that does help to really nail a particular look.
The Negatives:
* Like a few other Toony Terrors before him ,getting the Phantom to stand upright on his angled feet is a difficult task and I couldn’t make it happen. Why did NECA not include a stand here? I know not every figure in the line does but when the figure is mostly pre-posed it seems like a weird oversight not to include one. Other Toony Terrors figures have included stands, so including a stand isn’t unheard of for the line. I grabbed a DC Collectibles stand and it’s working just fine, but I wish NECA had included one for him.
In terms of the look of the figure, including the sculpt, the paint, and the pose, I can’t really say anything negative. This is a remarkable depiction of the Phantom of the Opera and the ability to swap the standard portrait with the masked portrait is a great extra. Unfortunately, the fact that a figure meant to be displayed pre-posed can’t stand on his own without an extra stand (not included) is a bit of a negative. He’s a Good figure, and fans of this series and the character or Chaney will definitely want him, but I do wish he’d come with an accessory and a stand, especially considering the recent price increase on these guys.
If you’re looking for more of the Phantom of the Opera then check out my review of the Sideshow Phantom of the Opera (Silver Screen Edition), Funko’s ReAction The Phantom of the Opera, Super7’s ReAction of The Phantom of the Opera as the Masque of the Red Death, and The Phantom from Monster in My Pocket.
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