PSYCHO

BORDERLANDS 3 (MCFARLANE TOYS)

“Psychos are bandits who have gone insane with a freakish obsession for the Vault. Shirtless, wearing a white mask and dressed in orange pants, these outlaws can be immediately identified by their homicidal cries, psychotic laughter and constant desire to get into close combat.”

McFarlane’s approach to their Borderlands line was much like their approach to just about anything else.  They were very excited at the start of things, but they quickly got kind of bored and everything since then just felt like a rush to get it over with.  We got a small assortment of new figures alongside the release of Borderlands 3, though, and I guess I’ll look at the one I picked up.  Here’s the Psycho.  Woooo?

THE FIGURE ITSELF

The Psycho is one of the two Borderlands 3 figures put out to coincide with the launch of the game (the other being Tina).  He’s technically an  army builder, I guess, since this particular model gets used many times throughout the game.  So, I mean, I guess that means you can buy multiples?  The figure stands 7 inches tall and he has 27 points of articulation.  The Psycho is sporting the same improved style articulation we saw with Krieg and Zer0, meaning he’s a decently poseable figure, though not quite as good as, say the DC or Fortnite figures.  I found things a little more limiting on this figure than on the other two, largely due to my desire for some slightly more intense poses for the Psycho.  The sculpt’s a pretty solid recreation of the character model from the game.  Honestly, I think it’s an even better recreation than Krieg; the sculpt’s certainly a fair bit sharper on the details than that one.  They get the mask down pretty much spot-on, which is certainly a plus, given how distinctive it is for the franchise.  The paintwork on the Psycho is again something of an improvement on what’s come before, with overall cleaner and sharper work.  He’s also got a fair bit of accent work going on, and even a few smears of blood and mud.  The Psycho is packed with a display stand and a buzz-axe accessory.  The axe is quite impressive in its own right, with a spinning blade and sharp detailing.  It’s slightly tricky to get into his hand, but once it’s there it’s not going anywhere.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I got the Psycho at the same time as Krieg, mostly due to Super Awesome Wife picking up the Lillith and Tina figures, and me wanting to contribute to the line.  I myself am not really into the Psychos on a whole, so this wasn’t a figure I needed, nor one I really planned on buying.  He’s okay, and a better figure than Krieg, I’ll give him that.  That said, much like McFarlane’s stance on the line, I’m mostly just writing these reviews to get them out of the way and move onto other things.  The figures don’t do a ton to excite me.