LARA CROFT

At the end of the century Tomb Raider was extremelly popular even tough the games were kinda....awkard, even for back then standars, but wath made them popular was the heroine Lara Croft, a character that is still remembered now even with a lot of new versions of her around. Back then too, Playmates made a lot of action figures based on her and they did a great job adding dioramas and playsets as well.

I never own any of the "standar" figures but instead i got the "deluxe" figures that were more like statues. The figure of the first game had Lara on her original outfit surrounded by ruins on a jungle but the figure based on the second game was very different.

This Lara from Tomb Raider 2 its on the same huge scale of the first one but unlike the first, this one cant stand on her own thanks to the pose of her legs, tough in the base she will never fall thanks to screws on her feet, but....she somehow is leaning to the left, i dont know if its because of the material or the time.

Despire this leaning issue she is pretty much perfect, with the imposible curvy shape, huge eyes and big lips, a design 100% from the 90s, the sculpt is solid, really perfect and the paint is sharp and clean, perfect for a cartoon character like this. She is articulated on the neck and shoulders only soo she is even more statuesque than the figure of the first game, and again, her hair is cast on sift plastic soo the her braid dosnt get in the way of the head movement.

The leather hostlers and metal bucklet are now gone and are made of plastic, and her guns can be removed tough she cant hold them on her hands. Instead she is holding a harpoon, a much bigger weapon with great detailing but that cannot be removed from her hand.

She is also using a grey and blue swimsuit with the logo of Sola on it and sporting a more relaxed and casual pose, perfect to show her rock abs.

The base is a dock scene from Venice, with barrels underneath and one and a half wall surrounding her. The sculpt and paint are really good on it, i like a lot the cracks on the paint and the barrels underneath show how much Playmates care for details and to make the display as spectacular as they could. The logo of the game is this time behind her instead of the front (and yes, theres dust around the rope on the floor, this figures has been with me for 23 years).

Overall, a pretty excelent figure for the character, with the same quality of the first game figure but with a very different athmosphere thanks to the color palette and pose. I wish i could change her guns for the harpoon and the leaning detail is anoying, but despite this she looks fantastic on display even 23 years later.