MR. TERRIFIC — MOVIE

SUPER POWERS (McFARLANE TOYS)

“Mr. Terrific wields his trademark T-spheres – small, multi functional metal orbs the size of tennis balls which he controls with complex hand signals.”

The JSA’s coverage in the vintage Kenner Super Powers line consisted of exactly one figure, but McFarlane’s continuation’s done a really good job of getting those numbers up.  Today’s figure is *technically* a continuation of that, in the sense that it’s Mr. Terrific, who *is* a JSA member, but also he’s a movie figure, and a modern JSA member, contrasting the otherwise Golden Age membership up to this point.  Personally, I’m taking what I can get.  I’m hard-pressed to complain about getting any version of Mr. Terrific.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Mr. Terrific (Movie) is part of Series 12 of McFarlane’s Super Powers line, which is a whole assortment based on the Superman movie hitting at the end of the week.  Terrific looks poised to be a notable part of the movie, so he’s a very sensible choice.  He’s also one of two movie figures to not have a comics-equivalent already in the line, but his costume design is close enough that you could certainly use him as a comics stand-in, were you so inclined.  The figure stands about 4 1/2 inches tall and he has 7 points of articulation.  Terrific’s using the smaller Flash-based body, which is a decent enough match for him, at least in terms of just basic build.  It’s not a bad base body, so I can’t really knock it.  He gets a new head, jacket, and belt.  The head, much like the Superman head, has a resemblance to Edi Gathegi, but not really a proper likeness.  It’s a bit on the large side again, and I do wish that there was any sort of texturing on the hair, but it’s generally an okay sculpt.  The jacket and belt are more on the basic side, but both sit well on the body.  In terms of coloring, the figure’s got a fair bit going on.  It’s a bit of a mixed bag in terms of how well things work.  I do like the logos and writing on the torso, jacket, and arms.  An unfortunate downside of this figure’s assembly, namely the visible pins at the knees in contrast to the way Kenner did it, means he winds up with rather obvious black pegs on the inner knees, which isn’t great.  I was initially going to complain about just painting over the boots as if they weren’t there, but that’s accurate to the movie, so good for them on that one, I suppose.  Accessories aren’t standard with these guys, but a T-Ball would have been cool.  As it stands, if you want anything to go with him, you’ll have to buy the T-Ship for him.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I’m a fan of Mr. Terrific in general, regardless of which version.  While I was low-key hoping for a Terry Sloane to go with the other classic JSA-ers, I also don’t mind getting Michael in the slightest.  He was definitely one of my primary interests jumping into this set.  He’s perhaps not the most outwardly showy and impressive figure, but he’s still fun, and he’s a more unique design for the line.