FLASH GORDON — KING OF THE IMPOSSIBLE

HERO H.A.C.K.S. (BOSS FIGHT)

Hey, it’s more FLASH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!  SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE!  …Do you see what I’m getting at here?  It’s, uh, it’s Flash.  You know, Gordon?  He’s the savior of some stuff, and some things as well.  Perhaps even the whole universe.  When last I discussed Flash Gordon, it was NECA’s first round of movie figures.  Now I’m looking at more movie figures, but not more NECA ones.  Admittedly, that would require NECA to make more, which they haven’t, so I guess I have to outsource things.  Boss Fight Studios picked up the whole King Features license a few years back, and amongst their stable of offerings was a couple of Flash Gordon movie figures, one of which I’m taking a look at today.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Flash Gordon — King of the Impossible is part of the second assortment of Hero HACKS Flash Gordon, which was the one, and sadly only, movie assortment for the line, and was released in 2022.  It was Flash and Barin, released following the “preview” release of the Lunchbox with Football Flash.  The figure stands just under 4 inches tall and he has 29 points of articulation.  He’s got the standard HACKS articulation set-up, specifically the slightly more improved range of motion like we saw with the Zorro figure.  His sculpt was largely new, and a pretty solid one at that.  His build is slightly more idealized set-up, but the costume details are nice and sharply defined, and a good match for the movie.  The folds and hang of the outfit are especially nicely rendered.  The head is one of the ones included with the Lunchbox release, and it’s a respectable likeness.  It’s certainly on par with NECA’s work, and it’s at a much smaller scale.  The paint work on the figure is generally alright.  It’s on the basic side, but clean and crisp.  The head’s detailing is a bit low contrast, with the hair being a bright yellow, fairly similar to the skin-tone, so it gets a little lost.  His accessories cover the basics, with two sets of hands (gripping and fists), two different styles of rifle, his sword, and a red Hero HACKS base.  I don’t believe I’ve gotten fists on a Boss Fight figure before, so those are cool.  I also really like that not only can he easily hold the sword with both hands, he can also hold the rifle without the trigger breaking off.  Those are certainly both plusses over the NECA release.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I recall the announcement of the license from Boss Fight for these guys, and fully intended to jump in on the line, but by the time the figures actually materialized, my mind was on other things, and I wound up missing them.  This one wound up getting traded into All Time, which gave me a shot at actually getting one.  He’s quite a nice little figure, and he’s at least as good as, if not a little better than, the NECA figure.  It’s a bummer the line was so short-lived, because Boss Fight certainly put together a solid figure.

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