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Informal Protector Reviews

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Protector of Jungle

  • bow is nice aesthetically but a pain to pose. He can hardly even hold it like he’d be comfortable aiming.
  • lanky limbs are offset by the Liefield-esque chest. A slimmer torso would have made a much more sprightly Protector
  • Too little solid green; I’d rather have 3/4 of the trans green shells be solid green, with the one under the add-on solid. the trans green should be an accent, not the main color, imo
  • still salty about using Bright Green over classic Dark Green

 

Protector of Water

  • same as Protector of Jungle, slender limbs are offset by bulky body. it’s also noticeably gappy from the side
  • weapon is better than Protector of Jungle’s in that its best pose is simple to achieve
  • only one dark azure piece but assorted pieces in two different shades of trans blue? the color scheme is ridiculously at odds with what the mask suggests is the main color
  • not enough yellow highlights to justify honking yellow turbines

 

Protector of Ice

  • bulky body actually fits with bulky arms so no complaints there. makes for a bundled-up look
  • arms are proportionate but difficult to pose
  • i hate buzzsaws but that’s personal
  • the stud shooter weapon is much less integrated compared to every other Protector. I wish they’d tried to make a bigger, more integrated weapon instead of this weak thing and a buzzsaw (which i hate)
  • the silver feet are offputting. it would have been nice to see them in white, but barring that, both the Protector of Fire and Protector of Water have silver elsewhere on their bodies; either could have had silver feet instead in exchange for black feet on this one, which would have stood out less.

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Aanchir

I'd ask why you have a personal hatred of buzzsaws but I'm not sure any answer could really measure up to the various possibilities my crazy mind can concoct.

 

I am not bothered by the chunky torsos and lanky limbs of the Protector of Water and Protector of Jungle. Truth be told I think the resulting look is kind of cute and amusing. Like Robotnik/Eggman from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.

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I'd ask why you have a personal hatred of buzzsaws but I'm not sure any answer could really measure up to the various possibilities my crazy mind can concoct.

 

It's actually disappointingly simple; I lost a finger to a saw with a blade like LEGO's buzzsaw piece so it honestly makes me kind of uncomfortable, especially when spinning. The obvious answer here is to not buy the buzzsaw piece, but I had to get PoI alongside Kopaka for completion's sake.

 

 

I am not bothered by the chunky torsos and lanky limbs of the Protector of Water and Protector of Jungle. Truth be told I think the resulting look is kind of cute and amusing. Like Robotnik/Eggman from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.

 

There's a few differences, I feel. Eggman's build is defined by the round egg shape of his body in contrast to his really thin limbs. The Protector's limbs aren't as universally thin as Eggman's, so the difference doesn't play out as well, and their bodies, rather than being round as this body type usually is, are more like a rectangular prism. It really doesn't give that feeling at all to me; instead, I feel like I'm looking at Rob Liefield designing an action figure.

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