here's the concept. take the lords from the first series and blow them up into 5" figures with some articulation and the ability to swap out their arms, legs and heads to kit bash them into something different. sadly, this concept doesn't make up for all of the flaws these figures have.
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i purchased a polypus/poivrons figure. why? because he's the coolest. i used to be a sucker for gheos but my octopus side won over in the end. anyway, the biggest problem with this particular sculpt is the head. they changed him from octillion octopus to sledge hammer elephant. only one of his tentacles is attached to the head and the rest are basically on his torso. they're so muted that they no longer appear to be a part of the head. huge mistake. they've also lost some of their gormiti feel. there is a passing resemblance but they just don't seem to fit in with the minis. they're almost like the little tykes version of gormiti. that wouldn't have been a bad thing necessarily if it weren't for all the other flaws these little turds hold.
the next problem these figures have is the articulation. they have elbow and knee joints along with swivels at the shoulders, hips and neck. the nature of this articulation and the angles they used severely limit the posing. you basically have the option to move the hands up to the characters mouth or down to it's side. that's really it. as for the legs, they needn't have bothered with the knee joint. due to the angles they used if you want them to stand up straight you had better keep those legs unbent.
how much fun is it to mix-n-match these guys then? how the hell would i know. i was so disappointed with this figure that i will not be buying another one unless the price is around $3 or less. oh yeah, unless you get the series 1 clearance price on these they're $10. highway robbery. but i digress. since these are a disassemble/reassemble figure there's the possibility of wear and tear over time. that's where these figures don't seem to come up short. the plastic they're made of seems to be pretty decent and they've implemented a system to try to keep the wear and tear down. when you remove any of the pieces you'll notice that the peg doesn't insert into the regular plastic of the figure, but a much stronger/harder plastic female adapter. also, the pegs on the limbs and head all seem to be of a harder plastic than the rest of the figure as well. i believe that this is to avoid the type of problems that were seen with battle beasts when you'd remove their arms. the pegs on their soft rubbery arms often tore off. i don't believe under normal conditions you'd have this problem with the gormiti figures.
as i said before, they don't seem to have the feel of regular gormiti and as such it really takes away from the fun to be had by playing with them. since they have that little kid feel i thought i'd let my little nephew play with it and see what he thought. he's only 3. he didn't really seem all that interested in it. of course his favorite toys are red and green hulk when he comes over, so he's kind of spoiled for choice. and, being as young as he is, his attention is easily moved from one thing to the next.
so, why on earth did i buy this? it wasn't readily apparent in the store the overall crappiness of the figure. also, one thing i haven't mentioned yet is the really cool bonus that comes with these figures. each one comes with a completely new color scheme for their original mini sculpt. and these are exclusive to the u.s. release so far.
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you can see from the comparison pic that the new color is much better. everyone of the lords has this treatment done and the effect looks awesome. but is it really worth the price tag to get a crappy large figure just for the re-paint of the mini? i don't think so. but my money is sometimes more sensible than others. sometimes.
