Zoe Washburne
Review by JoshB
Zoe Washburne is the wife of Hoban Washburne, pilot of the Serenity. Zoe fought alongside Mal in the Unification Wars, a fellow Browncoat. Today she is another badass in the crew of the best damn firefly-class ship in the galaxy.
The ReAction figure comes carded in the retro-style packaging. Looks good.
Zoe's likeness is a little cartoony but it works. It's passable.
What doesn't work though is the giant gap where the two halves of her body meet. Each bend of a joint splits the gap farther apart.
Despite the manufacturing flaw, she looks good. Good color palette, plus a cool gun.
So after now having gotten a fair amount of ReAction figures, what have I learned? I've learned to look closely at the figure in package before purchasing as it seems about 50% have some kind of defect. I've also learned that I get about just as much enjoyment of these figures inside the package as outside. If it wasn't my sworn duty to review them, they may have stayed entombed forever.
Comments
4 comments postedI've seen a bunch of the ReAction figures, and I thought they were meant to be badly made - that the sculpts were deliberately off, etc. It's not a notion that appeals to me, and I've never been tempted to buy any of them, but I guess I can see the appeal of toys that you can throw in with your late 70s/early 80s 3.5" figures and that fit the same aesthetic.
Funko's Firefly Legacy line looks terrific (and the Rocketeer figure is gorgeous), so they definitely know how to do things properly.
That side splitting...I don't think I've ever come across that on a toy that wasn't a bootleg. The aforementioned Legacy figures look great, but issues like this and the misaligned head on the Kaylee review make me worried for that line. I just want a good action figure of the Rocketeer!
Yeah, I've got about 35 ReAction figures at this point, but I don't expect that I'll be taking any of them off of the card. I just love the idea of them. They not only remind me a bit of the figures of my youth, but oddly, also of all the Ben Cooper Halloween costumes I've been buying the last year or so. I mean, the quality may not be great, but man, they are making EVERYTHING!
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