SCYTHE MEISTER

Zarles Krieger, the transformed assassin of Primordium, responsable of the falling in its dinasty of rules, was the piece i was more looking forward from the Tortured Souls line.

Back in 2001, i had the feeling this guy was a puzzle i wanted to experience. I didnt fully understood his design just by looking at promotional photos, and see him in pieces inside his clamshell was no better. Once i got him last week, i had my doubts to open him since i wanted him in mint condition, but i am really glad i open him (and the rest).

This is a toy that must be seen in person to be belived.

As much as i try, the photos i took are not able to show the full deep of this mechanical peacock and his many details that appeare suddently every time you watch him.

Like Venal Anatomica, he is fully articulated with his legs, shoulders, wrists, elbows and head and can stand on his own perfectly (amazing!!!). The mechanical device on his back is fully articulated as well as the arm on his shoulder.

Again, his costume is made with soft rubber like the rest and perfectly painted n black and grey and the extra pieces of flesh hanging from his chest are made with a pretty thin layer of suft plastic with a weth texture. No other McFarlane toy have this many textures.

His face is a nightmare, and to my surprise, one of hes eyes is peeking below the straps. His eyes have veins and a blue pupil, perfectly done for such a hidden detail and with this small scale.

He comes with many chains and hooks coming out from around his body, like tentacles. This chains can be wrapped around his body or weapons to form a spiderweb of metal and chains. This chains are bloody of course.

One of this chains comes with a knife (sadly, is plastic) with carvings on the blad and blood stains. He also have a pair of giant scissors/scythe like weapon that fits into the structure on his back. By moving the small handle in the rood, the blades open and close.

The structure on his back have a veil of chains that join on the back on his head, into a weird plug, and the closer they are to his head, the bloodyer they are. My only complaing is that this structures and weapons are all plastic. This mades them extremelly delicate. One of the stinges that keep his flesh pinned to the wheel on his head was broke even inside the package. I am afraid to try to fix it soo i will leave it like that but a sturdier material for this pieces would be much better.

While he is the same size of the rest, he looks much bigger and menacing that the rest thanks to his satanic peacock design. Sadly he have a pretty pathetic end in Clive Barker´s story. While his background was really nicelly done, he later is killed thanks to his pathetic love for Lucidique. I wish Barker had a better story for this incrediblly characters.

I really doubt i get more of this toys tough, maybe Agonistes but i am happy with this 3 monsters. This one specially is an almost ethereal vision, a trully frigthining and surreal toy that could drive anyone into madness if he was in real life scale.

For creating a toy this size that is trully scary and this hellish looking, McFarlane Toys trully deservs devotion for this avant garde works of art.