Trick Or Treat Studios: Michael Myers 1:6 (1978 Edition)
Sept 5, 2021 21:39:16 GMT
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Post by Deviancy on Sept 5, 2021 21:39:16 GMT
For the record, I'm totally new to the 1:6th scale, didn't have the display room for one, still really don't, had to squeeze this one into the display case. Hoever, I found the Ebay seller who made my case for me and I'm having him build me one that is a bit taller, not wider however, if I went wider, I'd probably collect more which I shouldn't do. 
Anywho, on to the review.
Trick Or Treat Studios has been around for awhile, they usually supply shops like Spirit and others with great latex masks of Freddy, Michael, Chucky, and various other horror icons, they even have a line of masks that the band Ghost use when they perform. However, they decided to get into the toy world, and they're playing hard ball. The average price for a solid sculpted 1:6 figure is around 180-350 dollars, they put figures out of Michael from the first film, fifth, and 6th for 120 dollars and they don't cut corners on the sculpting, they did an outstanding job on Michael's mask from the first film, even has a seam split down the back like a latex mask is supposed to have. They also did a great job on the overalls, and the zipper is functional, and well, that's about it, and that's the catch. Mezco and Sideshow charge twice as much but they include stands, tons of hands, extra weapons, 2-4 head sculpts, etc and so on. But does a collector really need all of that? Not with Michael. Trick Or Treat included one extra open hand and then the hand that can hold the butcher knife he uses in the film and that's about it. Would have been nice if they had included a stand, but I was able to modify a 1:12 Mezco stand to kind of work for now.
The articulation is solid, not as good as Mezco but just as good as Neca, the legs, knees, and feet are all very easy to pose different, and there's a decent level of tightness so unless one keeps posing the figure, shouldn't be any issues with the joints going south. There is one odd thing about the figure however, and the 1:12 version Mezco put out had it as well, the hands are a lighter skin tone than the rest of the body, not that visible though since Michael's overalls cover the arms.
Halloween Kills is almost upon us... but sadly, what I'm looking forward to more about that time of year is the heat going way. Yes, there have been times when it was 95 degrees on Halloween but that's better than 105, which is what it is right now.
Anywho, on to the review.
Trick Or Treat Studios has been around for awhile, they usually supply shops like Spirit and others with great latex masks of Freddy, Michael, Chucky, and various other horror icons, they even have a line of masks that the band Ghost use when they perform. However, they decided to get into the toy world, and they're playing hard ball. The average price for a solid sculpted 1:6 figure is around 180-350 dollars, they put figures out of Michael from the first film, fifth, and 6th for 120 dollars and they don't cut corners on the sculpting, they did an outstanding job on Michael's mask from the first film, even has a seam split down the back like a latex mask is supposed to have. They also did a great job on the overalls, and the zipper is functional, and well, that's about it, and that's the catch. Mezco and Sideshow charge twice as much but they include stands, tons of hands, extra weapons, 2-4 head sculpts, etc and so on. But does a collector really need all of that? Not with Michael. Trick Or Treat included one extra open hand and then the hand that can hold the butcher knife he uses in the film and that's about it. Would have been nice if they had included a stand, but I was able to modify a 1:12 Mezco stand to kind of work for now.
The articulation is solid, not as good as Mezco but just as good as Neca, the legs, knees, and feet are all very easy to pose different, and there's a decent level of tightness so unless one keeps posing the figure, shouldn't be any issues with the joints going south. There is one odd thing about the figure however, and the 1:12 version Mezco put out had it as well, the hands are a lighter skin tone than the rest of the body, not that visible though since Michael's overalls cover the arms.
Halloween Kills is almost upon us... but sadly, what I'm looking forward to more about that time of year is the heat going way. Yes, there have been times when it was 95 degrees on Halloween but that's better than 105, which is what it is right now.
