“I’ve taken the name Parallax.“
Way back in 1994, DC decided to drive Hal Jordan insane. In the Emerald Twilight story, Hal absorbed all of the power of the Central Power Battery on Oa, wiped out the rest of the Green Lantern Corps (except for Ganthet), and became the baddie that we all know and love as Parallax. McFarlane recently released their Walmart Exclusive Gold Label version of the character and I was lucky enough to find one. Yes, you’ll have to visit the Big Blue Box Store to pick up this figure (or order it online), but it’s worth the trip.
There was only one Parallax figure on my store’s shelf, and the box was damaged on the top. Since I planned on opening the package, this wasn’t a big deal to me. I just made sure that all of the included accessories were there. Thankfully, everything was intact so I grabbed Hal and a Flash figure that I’ll review soon and headed for the checkout.
The figure comes with a collector card featuring artwork from the Emerald Twilight books. It also comes with a DC figure base, a lantern, and two green energy orbs. Unfortunately for me, one of the orbs was slightly brown on the inside as if it had burned during its creation and the coloring actually bleeds through to the outside of the orb. I’m also a bit miffed that the figure did not come with a flight stand. The lantern and other orb looked great, however, and I have other flight stands that I can use for posing the figure.
The figure looks amazing. The contrast between the green and black coloration is beautiful. Hal’s hands are green and translucent, as if he’s about to inflict some damage with them. The green orbs fit fairly well on Hal’s hands and he holds the lantern with relative ease. The figure comes with over twenty-two points of articulation (the box officially lists twenty-two but I count twenty-five). All of his joints are surprisingly strong and hold their pose.
The paint applications look great and I love the design of the cape on the figure. The figure is very imposing and looks great on the shelf, especially when paired up with comic versions of characters like Superman. This is a great figure overall and I really recommend you snap one up if you get the chance.
Thanks for checking out my review. I really like this figure and have been attempting to take better photos with it. I’ve been experimenting with a ring light and the above photo is just one of the many photos that I took. Hopefully I’ll be able to add a bit more “pizazz” to the images in my reviews as I continue working with the ring light.
See you again real soon!
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