Jazwares Fortnite Legendary Series Peely

After weeks of searching, I finally found the Jazwares Legendary Series Peely figure. I'm a fan of the Legendary Series line, so when I saw that they were releasing Peely, I had to get him, even though I already own the McFarlane version.

This Peely comes with 3 face plates (winking, eyes closed smiling and eyes wide serious). He comes with 2 rifles, his harvesting tool which is a machete in a coconut, a power up mushroom and a backpack with bananas that serves as his back bling and pegs into his back. All the accessories are nice, though there are some issues.

His serious face plate doesn't stay on too well. In order to clip it in securely, you need to press the top end in, but that causes the bottom half to have a significant gap. You can press the bottom in and reduce the gap, but that causes the top half to not clip in securely and the entire face to fall off easily. The other 2 plates don't have this issue. The other issue is the shape of the rifles make it challenging to get the hinged fingers in a secure enough grip. The hand guns that come with the other figures fit in his hands much more easily. Luckily that's the extent of the problems with Peely.

His articulation is quite good. He sports all the standard joints you find in all the Jazwares Legendary Series line, including great double jointed elbows and knees. Some were a bit tight but a little heat helped to un-stiffen them. There's nothing in his design that gets in the way, so he can be put in many poses, as well as stand on one leg fairly easily. This is a big plus. After all, who wants an articulated figure that can't hold poses too well?

As far as detail and sculpt, he's a banana with arms and legs, simple but cool. He does sport shading on the knees, elbows, top of his peel and "crotch" area, capturing the look of a real 'nanner. And finally, the top of his head is peeling, one side lower than the other. Despite his plain design, he looks great.

Jazwares Fortnite Legendary Series Peely is another good release, despite the few issues with his rifles and face plate (which may only be QC specific to mine). He's a cute, goofy, potassium delight.

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