More than 15 years ago, Corpse Bride was one of my most hyped Tim Burton movies soo i naturally get the action figures from McFarlane. Back then, NECA was doing an amazing job with The Nightmare Before Christmas and McFarlane pick up the Corpse Bride serires since each blockbuster movie had a McFarlane Toys series, now that i think about it, this Corpse Bride action figures are probablly the last thing i liked from McFarlane Toys.
I managed to avoid the singular release of the figures and i got the Limited Edition two pack to conmemorate the DVD release of the movie, a nift and pretty cool box with the poster artwork and a window with the two figures mimicking the same artwork.
The main character, Emily, is probavlly the best figure from the series. She is extremelly faithfull to the movie model in both details and anatomy with beautifull and vibrant blue colors and pink lips (is she maybe too blue???). She is articulated on the neck, shoulders, elbows and wrists and her waist can turn around and can stand on her own perfectly thanks to her dress.
Her leg and skeleton legs are perfectly sculpted and painted but they are not articulated, soo theres not a lot of poseability chances with her since her dress is one solid plastic piece. She cant be posed in a karate kick or anything like that.
Her wedding dress have an extention “tail” that is pretty tricky to place but gives her a trully amazing look. The dress is really long and magnifiscent and looks almost iridiscent thanks to the white color with blue washes and tones. Her veil is not transluscent sadlly, but is made with soft plastic soo it can be posed flowing around her head.
Victor Vandort is amazinglly close to the movie figure as well, maybe more than the Bride herself. His hair, face expression, jacket, everything is sharply sculpted with a monotone and greay color palette.
His face expression is perfect for him as well, surprised and confused. I just wish Emily dosnt look this sad and melancholy.
Victor is much more articulated than Emily since he can move his legs a little bit more, tough the jacket restric his legs movement as well. Since his feet are soo tiny, he cant stand on hiw own soo he have a small island like base.
This double release pack have some differences over the single release figures: character´s dosnt comes with theyr accesoryes (the Bride´s bouquete and Victor´s books and butterfly) but instead they come with a Scraps figure.
This little dog is not articulated but have a really intrincate and amazing sculpt and complements the poster display perfectly.
The other difference with the single release are the characters eyes; they are looking to each other. This detail gives a lot of personality to theyr faces but it limits the posibility to display them a little bit.
One could say Emily´s color is a little simple but in my opinion, this two are perfect from a visual point. My only complaing is how delicate they are. The Bride´s limbs are pretty thin and i am afraid to brike her neck thanks to the weight of her hair and veil. Victor articulations get stuck and i am afraid to add force given how incrediblly thin he is.
This is not too much McFarlane´s fault but a distinction of Tim Burton character design and McFarlane actually… had some pretty delicate material used as well.
Gladlly, after more than 10 years, this figures are still in perfect shape and i displayed them for quiet some time years ago and now rest on theyr box perfectly. This is one of the reasons why i miss McFarlane Toys soo much…
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