The Lowland Gorilla is the smallest subspecies of Western Gorilla, and is the one most commonly seen in Zoos around the world. The males, which this one is supposed to represent (based on his paint job), standing erect can be up to 5'11" tall and can weigh up to 600 pounds -- though there average weight is 310 pounds (females 200); there weight in captivity varies, but has reached up to 606 pounds. They possess no tails and have jet black skin along with coarse black hair that covers their entire body except for the face, ears, hands and feet. The hair on the back and rump of males is grey, but turns more white as they age -- which is why the older males are called "Silverbacks".
Overall I think they did a decent job with the sculpt on this one. It comes with two heads: one neutral and one "roaring"/angry. The arms are also detachable -- though not sure why the left one was made that way, unless it was for packaging purposes -- since it has a locking key to keep it in place. All of the detachable pieces are held in place by some serious (I'm assuming Rare Earth) magnets, that if you're not careful -- particularly with the heads -- will pull the piece out of your hands and snap onto the body before you even realize it. The heads have nice details, especially how realistic the eyes look -- particularly on the neutral head sculpt, which is my favorite of the two.
I think they got the size of the Gorilla pretty well -- it's very hard to measure with all the bends and curves in its frame -- but being the smallest of the Western Gorilla breeds, he seems about right. And the arm length is appropriate -- as the span is about double that of the animals height in 1:1.
The seams between the arms and upper body don't look so great, but at least the right arm has the ability to rotate, offering a couple different looks. The head can, of course, swivel to have the gorilla "looking" in different directions, including slightly upward.
The detailing in the fur is nicely done, and the paint work is okay. Mine came with a couple small splotches (hard to see in the photo -- though I did circle the spots) on his torso where a small amount of the white paint hit his chest and belly.
My two cons for this piece, are the sculpt/fit between the back of the heads and the back of the body. There is a considerable overlap of hair from the head that doesn't match up to the back. My other complaint, and maybe some won't care, but I do: He doesn't have any "Man-Junk" -- Only the males have the "silverback" hair, so you'd think they would have sculpted him some Gorilla Family Jewels (they do it for their dogs and horses), so why they left them off of this particular piece makes no sense. This may sound gross, but a male gorilla's penis resembles a squashed purplish bag (no urethra) about the size of a billiard ball. This has NOTHING -- sorry no crotch shots.
Overall, I'm glad I got him, and it's nice to FINALLY see some exotic animals making their way into the 1/6 scale accessory world. It would be cool if some of these would be articulated, but my guess is there isn't a really huge market for that sort of thing.
Anyway, here are some really bad pics -- due to the color, and without decent photography lights, this thing is really hard to photograph.
Overall I think they did a decent job with the sculpt on this one. It comes with two heads: one neutral and one "roaring"/angry. The arms are also detachable -- though not sure why the left one was made that way, unless it was for packaging purposes -- since it has a locking key to keep it in place. All of the detachable pieces are held in place by some serious (I'm assuming Rare Earth) magnets, that if you're not careful -- particularly with the heads -- will pull the piece out of your hands and snap onto the body before you even realize it. The heads have nice details, especially how realistic the eyes look -- particularly on the neutral head sculpt, which is my favorite of the two.
I think they got the size of the Gorilla pretty well -- it's very hard to measure with all the bends and curves in its frame -- but being the smallest of the Western Gorilla breeds, he seems about right. And the arm length is appropriate -- as the span is about double that of the animals height in 1:1.
The seams between the arms and upper body don't look so great, but at least the right arm has the ability to rotate, offering a couple different looks. The head can, of course, swivel to have the gorilla "looking" in different directions, including slightly upward.
The detailing in the fur is nicely done, and the paint work is okay. Mine came with a couple small splotches (hard to see in the photo -- though I did circle the spots) on his torso where a small amount of the white paint hit his chest and belly.
My two cons for this piece, are the sculpt/fit between the back of the heads and the back of the body. There is a considerable overlap of hair from the head that doesn't match up to the back. My other complaint, and maybe some won't care, but I do: He doesn't have any "Man-Junk" -- Only the males have the "silverback" hair, so you'd think they would have sculpted him some Gorilla Family Jewels (they do it for their dogs and horses), so why they left them off of this particular piece makes no sense. This may sound gross, but a male gorilla's penis resembles a squashed purplish bag (no urethra) about the size of a billiard ball. This has NOTHING -- sorry no crotch shots.
Overall, I'm glad I got him, and it's nice to FINALLY see some exotic animals making their way into the 1/6 scale accessory world. It would be cool if some of these would be articulated, but my guess is there isn't a really huge market for that sort of thing.
Anyway, here are some really bad pics -- due to the color, and without decent photography lights, this thing is really hard to photograph.
