MR. KNIGHT

TELEVISION MASTERPIECE SERIES (HOT TOYS)

For about a decade now, every time I’ve reviewed a Moon Knight figure, I’ve done this whole bit about “yelling” out the name and all caps and being very overly excited.  But, these days, I’ve matured.  I’ve found myself as a more refined connoisseur of Moon Knights.  It’s all a very classy affair.  Ah, yes.  Moon Knight.  Did you hear?  There’s a new Moon Knight.  Quite exciting, isn’t it?  Yes, quite.  See, classy?  And what could be a classier Moon Knight to review than a Hot Toy?  And not just any Hot Toys Moon Knight.  Oh, no, this is a Hot Toys Mr. Knight.  He gets the honorific because of how refined and respectable he is.  What’s that?  Oh, Mr. Knight is when Steven’s in control, so he’s actually kind of a goober the whole time?  So, I’ve just kept it all in check for, like, nothing?  Cool.  Great.  Well, you know what, let’s review this figure.  Of MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON KNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Mr. Knight is part of Hot Toys’ Television Masterpiece Series, where he’s figure TMS139, placing him between Vi from League of Legends and the Artisan edition of hooded Moon Knight.  He’s the second entry from the Moon Knight show, following up on the 2023 standard Moon Knight.  This one was shown off way back at the end of 2024, originally with a mid-to-late 2025 release window, but he got dragged out to August of this year due to all manner of distribution issues emanating from the insanity that is the world we live in.  While the first Moon Knight was based on Marc’s more classic incarnation of the avatar, this one is based on the Declan Shalvey-designed suited look sported when Steven is in control.  The figure stands just under 11 1/2 inches tall and he has over 30 points of articulation.

The first Moon Knight figure only sported a single head sculpt, fully masked.  This one goes back to the Hot Toys tendency towards having options.  The one he comes wearing is the masked one, which, like the prior one, is quite an impressive piece.  All of the texturing present in the show mask is clearly replicated here, and you can clearly make out the face beneath it all.  Like the prior Moon Knight, the masked head has a light-up eye feature, which works more or less the same way…or at least it’s supposed to.  On my figure, a few hours after putting the batteries in, it stopped having an “on/off” switch and instead had a “on/more on” switch that just modulated the brightness, and required taking out the batteries to turn back off.  That’s really not ideal.  The figure’s second head is an unmasked Marc/Steven, sporting Oscar Isaac’s likeness, the first time on a Hot Toy, despite a Poe Dameron figure having been teased a literal decade ago.  It’s quite an amazing sculpt, very clearly capturing Isaac’s likeness, which is something that’s proved rather difficult for Hasbro in all of their many attempts.  This head also gets moving eyes, much like Superman and Spider-Punk.  It’s cool that this has become a more standardized feature, and it gives him a lot more variety for character.  Also, if you position them just right, you can hide the pupils entirely, to get a mid-transformation look like in the show.

Mr. Knight, both in the comics and in the show, is always seen in a three-piece white suit, and the figure replicates that here, with an outfit tailored to the underlying body.  While the standard Moon Knight had some cheats involved to approximate a complicated outfit design, Mr. Knight really doesn’t employ any cheats.  They’re really just gone and done the whole suit, with a full vest, shirt, and tie underneath of it.  Much like the actual construction of the thing, there’s some layers to all of this.  The patterning on the material is nothing short of amazing, as are all of the tiny little details, and the stitching and assembly is all really on point.  He’s even got a little pocket square (though be careful; it’s not attached and will fall out while you aren’t looking), and the jacket has a wire running on the edge, so you can pose it dynamically.  There are, however, some curiosities at play.  As noted, every article of clothing is a full article, no partials or stand-ins.  The vest is fully tailored and detailed, right down to the strap and buckle on the back.  The shirt is likewise full-sleeved, and even has said sleeves rolled up, just like they are when he removes the jacket.  The underlying body uses the muscle forearms, which are the ones meant for showing, rather than the more basic ones for when they won’t be visible.  So, I was a bit surprised that none of the promotional photos showed the jacket off, and the instructions with the figure noted that the outfit wasn’t removable.  Well, I noted the instructions thing *after* taking the jacket off, unfortunately, at which point it was really difficult to get back in place, and I ultimately did some minor damage getting it back on (just some undone fabric glue and a popped seam, both hidden in pretty much any pose), so, you know, don’t take it off, I guess.  Given all of the various extra detailing under the jacket that will never be seen, I’d guess there was at some point a plan for it to be removable, but they couldn’t make it work, so they abandoned it.  Clearly, this was decided after the body was picked, but before it was cast, as the elbow joints are notably black plastic, which is certainly not something you’d do if you intended the arms to be visible.

In addition to the interchangeable heads, Mr. Knight gets a rather basic assortment of parts, including 4 pairs of hands, 1 pair of eskrima sticks, a scarab amulet, a doohickey for moving the eyes on the unmasked head, and a display stand.  The hands come in gripping, fists, relaxed, and open gesture, and make for a decent variety of posing options.  They swap easily enough, and there’s also a spare pair of wrist pegs should you have any breakage issues.  The sticks are nicely detailed, featuring the markings seen in the show, and slide well into the hands.  The scarab isn’t really for this figure, but it’s a neat little extra.  The display stand is one of the basic ones, and as impressive as the more deluxe stand from the last figure was, I’m glad this one’s just basic, if just for the space considerations.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I began my wait for this figure at the end of the review of the last HT Moon Knight.  I knew it was a good likelihood he was coming, it was just a matter of when.  Admittedly, it was a longer gap than I was expecting before he was announced (and I almost caved on getting a third party version in the mean time), and then it was an even longer gap than I was expecting between his announcement and his actual arrival.  I honestly wasn’t even sure he was gonna show up.  But he did, and I’m glad for it.  He’s not perfect.  The last one, though lacking the unmasked head, was a pretty solid figure, without any notable issues I can recall.  This one has some issues.  Not minor.  Not enough to ruin the figure.  But, certainly enough for me to feel like there may have been some concessions made just to get him out the door.  At the end of the day, though, I really am just glad to finally have him.

Shoutout to my friends at All Time Toys, from whom I purchased this figure for review!  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.