Zica Toys Muscle Body 1.0 (AFB-001) - Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:49 pm
This is a very brief overview of the Zica Toys muscle base body, since I mentioned it elsewhere. I've been meaning to review it in a long time, but between other things and generally limited response to reviews, hadn't gotten around to it. So here it is, in brief...
Packaging. The body comes in fairly basic packaging: a carboard box with a transparent plastic window contains a clear plastic trey with its own clear plastic lid. The body and all of its accessories are located within. Safe, simple, and collector friendly.
What's in the box. The body features an articulated neck and comes with a total of five swappable hand sculpts. These include fists, knife-grip hands, trigger hands, grasping hands, and relaxes/extended-finger hands. There is no base, stand, or alternate feet and, of course, no head sculpt. The body and neck are made of hard, relatively shiny plastic. The hands and feet are made of softer, rubbery plastic material.
Sculpt, Heft, Height. The body stands and balances pretty well and looks pretty good for a pretty muscular hard plastic open-jointed body. Muscles and veins are molded with some care, and the shoulder articulation is handled in as unobtrusive a manner as possible without dispensing with it. It is not as hefty as World Box bodies, which can be a good thing if they should have weak ankles, but has some weight to it. With this head it measured about 31.5 cm in height. There is a little bit of a color disagreement between the harder plastic body parts and the hands and feet, perhaps in part because they are made of different materials; also, the neck piece (which is hard plastic) is a little lighter in color than the body. Without being the shiniest plastic I have laid eyes on, the surface is not as realistic as what ACI and World Box have produced; then again, with so many open joints, one is likely to cover it up.
DISCLAIMER: Honi soit qui mal y pense : I grabbed the first head I happened to find with a matching skin tone, and only retrospectively realized how creepy some of the photos might possibly look with this expression. Remember, this is just showing the body's appearance and range of poseability.
Articulation. The double-jointed elbows and knees work very well, as do the ankles and wrists. There is plenty of lateral swivel at the waist and mid-torso, although the design of the lower trunk and the pelvic and waist areas limits the body's ability to bend forwards and backwards very far. The neck's lower articulation point is pretty meaningless in practice, apart from swiveling sideways. Not shown, but the arms have no problem extending straight up or straight out (perpendicular to the body).
Being fairly soft rubbery plastic, the hands swap very easily. I like and appreciate this, although I know some prefer harder plastic hand sculpts; these are not excessively soft. In principle, the rubbery feet ought to have been a problem for the figure's stability, but perhaps being lighter is an advantage, and they did not seem to compromise it. The following photo has an amped-up contrast, so the difference in coloring between different parts is more apparent.
Overall, I think this is a pretty good body, comparing pretty decently to others. I did not experience any annoying wobbly joints or the figure easily losing balance. At $45 (USD) if bought from Zica Toys (they have an eBay store) or Cotswold Collectibles, it is more than some and less than others.
I hope this is useful.
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#body #male #zica #zicatoys #muscle #muscular
Packaging. The body comes in fairly basic packaging: a carboard box with a transparent plastic window contains a clear plastic trey with its own clear plastic lid. The body and all of its accessories are located within. Safe, simple, and collector friendly.
What's in the box. The body features an articulated neck and comes with a total of five swappable hand sculpts. These include fists, knife-grip hands, trigger hands, grasping hands, and relaxes/extended-finger hands. There is no base, stand, or alternate feet and, of course, no head sculpt. The body and neck are made of hard, relatively shiny plastic. The hands and feet are made of softer, rubbery plastic material.
Sculpt, Heft, Height. The body stands and balances pretty well and looks pretty good for a pretty muscular hard plastic open-jointed body. Muscles and veins are molded with some care, and the shoulder articulation is handled in as unobtrusive a manner as possible without dispensing with it. It is not as hefty as World Box bodies, which can be a good thing if they should have weak ankles, but has some weight to it. With this head it measured about 31.5 cm in height. There is a little bit of a color disagreement between the harder plastic body parts and the hands and feet, perhaps in part because they are made of different materials; also, the neck piece (which is hard plastic) is a little lighter in color than the body. Without being the shiniest plastic I have laid eyes on, the surface is not as realistic as what ACI and World Box have produced; then again, with so many open joints, one is likely to cover it up.
DISCLAIMER: Honi soit qui mal y pense : I grabbed the first head I happened to find with a matching skin tone, and only retrospectively realized how creepy some of the photos might possibly look with this expression. Remember, this is just showing the body's appearance and range of poseability.
Articulation. The double-jointed elbows and knees work very well, as do the ankles and wrists. There is plenty of lateral swivel at the waist and mid-torso, although the design of the lower trunk and the pelvic and waist areas limits the body's ability to bend forwards and backwards very far. The neck's lower articulation point is pretty meaningless in practice, apart from swiveling sideways. Not shown, but the arms have no problem extending straight up or straight out (perpendicular to the body).
Being fairly soft rubbery plastic, the hands swap very easily. I like and appreciate this, although I know some prefer harder plastic hand sculpts; these are not excessively soft. In principle, the rubbery feet ought to have been a problem for the figure's stability, but perhaps being lighter is an advantage, and they did not seem to compromise it. The following photo has an amped-up contrast, so the difference in coloring between different parts is more apparent.
Overall, I think this is a pretty good body, comparing pretty decently to others. I did not experience any annoying wobbly joints or the figure easily losing balance. At $45 (USD) if bought from Zica Toys (they have an eBay store) or Cotswold Collectibles, it is more than some and less than others.
I hope this is useful.
Other recent or relevant reviews:
Homelander from The Boys (Toys Works The Republican)
Hot Toys Star Wars Luke Skywalker Bespin Review and Fun
Hot Toys Star Wars Return of the Jedi Scout Trooper and Speeder Bike
Hot Toys Star Wars Rogue One Assault Tank Commander
Hot Toys Star Wars Rogue One Director Krennic
TBLeague Female Seamless Bodies S24A-S27B
Jiaou Doll Male Bodies
Kamisoul MAF Extreme Seamless Body with Jiaou and TBleague comparison
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HH Model & Haoyu Toys Dragon Banner Bearer
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JX Toys Peggy Carter
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#body #male #zica #zicatoys #muscle #muscular
