THE HEAVY

TEAM FORTRESS 2

Birthday Reviews chug along, now working into Part 7. We’re nearing the end, but we aren’t there just yet! Today, I’ll be looking at a video game figure, a first for me, but not for the site. Most interestingly, while I have played a few video games, and I do have some figures from them, this one doesn’t come from a game I’ve personally played. But toy, so…

THE FIGURE ITSELF

The Heavy was released as part of the first series of NECA’s Team Fortress 2 line. This particular version is the Blue Release, which was put out a little while after the initial Red Release. The figure stands just shy of 8 inches tall and features 32 points of articulation. He’s based, shockingly enough, on the design of the Heavy from Team Fortress 2. The figure has an all new sculpt, which isn’t too surprising, given the unique nature of the character designs in the game. The sculpt seems to be pretty spot on to the design from the game. Some changes have been made here and there to facilitate the articulation and make the figure a bit more stable, but they’re minor changes. The blocky nature of the design really translates nicely to figure form, which is a definite plus. The paint work marks the distinguishing feature between the two versions of the character. I have the Blue Version, which means I have the one painted blue, which is what the Heavy looks like when a player is playing on the Blue team. The default looks tend to be Red, but Blue was a little easier to find, so it works for me. Otherwise, the paint all seems to be done pretty well. There aren’t any noticeable occurrences of slop or bleed over.  The Heavy comes armed with his big gun and a shotgun, as well as a pair of hands to properly hold both.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

The Heavy was given to me by my really cool brother this year for my birthday. I’ve never actually played TF2, but I know of it, and I’ve always found the designs, particularly the Heavy’s, to be pretty cool. This is definitely a neat figure, and probably even more so to someone who’s actually played the game!