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Write a Review link for that item. Simpsons (Super7) (Super7)It's been a good long while since I covered one of Super7's Simpsons Ultimates, and with the next few waves showing up early next year, it's about time I got the last figures from wave one I needed, including the Robot Scratchy to my Itchy. Originating from season 6's "Itchy and Scratchy Land," the Scratchy bot's design is executed much like Itchy's. The head is a blockier version of the cartoon cat it's based off of, with a protruding brow and tongue hanging out. The head is fully painted, which is a surprise for Super7, but the work is mostly clean aside from a bit of clumping on its lower jaw. There is an alternate head that looks the same, but the face can be removed to reveal the inner workings underneath. There isn't a ton of wiring, but what's there is neatly painted. Robot Scratchy was designed by Nomi Kane, who did a good job replicating the character's appearance, whose simple, geometric design made it pretty easy to convert to three dimensions. The body follows a similar design path to the Itchy robot, but with an angle abdomen and a big tail with a wheel on the bottom. The torso and legs (save for feet) look to be unpainted, but everything else is, which is odd. Still, the colors look spot on, and the metallic buttons on the chest have clean edges. The stomach should be painted a darker color, and the alternate head could've used black "powered-off" pupils instead of red ones, but paint is good other that those little nitpicks. Robot Scratchy isn't the heftiest figure in the first wave, but it is the tallest at 8" up to the tips of the ears. If you've seen my review of Itchy, then you'd know the articulation on Scratchy is the same. The robot cat gets a ball/hinge head, swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, and wrists, swivel neck and waist, ball-jointed tail, T-crotch hips, and hinged knees and ankles. I had to pour hot water on the head and right wrist hinges, but everything else moved just fine. The tail's design can interfere a bit with the legs, but you can simply turn in up to keep it out of the way, and the arms can achieve nice poses. While the like the hinge for the head since it allows the figure to look up well, more tilt on the ball would've been nice. I feel a simple ball joint would've worked well too. Robot Scratchy gets a good handful of accessories, some of which are shared with Itchy. The mallet, axe, chainsaw, and tommy gun are all reuse, and there's a pair of gripping hands for holding them. They hold the mallet and axe the best, but the other weapons not so much. There's the alternate head I mentioned, and it swaps with the regular head with ease, but I'd recommended heating them up before popping them on and off just to be safe. Scratchy also gets some unique extras, such as a knife. The knife is another weapon that can be held in the gripping hands, albeit awkwardly. The baby ax is a slug figure with little robot legs, but it can't stand well on its own, which is a shame. Lastly, there's the ever-memorable Bort license plate, with text that isn't just painted, but sculpted as well. You can't have Itchy without Scratchy, and even though it took me this long to have the two robots together, Scratchy may be the nicer of the duo. It gets some pretty cool extras, and the articulation is a little tighter than with Itchy. Sure, these robots are cool, but I really hope Super7 gets around to doing the real deals in the future. - 9/25/23   by RMaster007 |
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