I picked up this guy from Walgreens the other day, none other than Johnny Cage from the Mortal Kombat game. I had seen a few reviews on YouTube, he seemed pretty cool. so here he is.
Johnny doesn't come with much accessories; only a pair of sunglasses, a trophy, a small statue of him doing his split kick, and a stand. However, the figure itself is quite colorful, with a shiny blue and purple jacket that pops, high top tennis shoes, blue shin guards, and black pants with white stripes. At the front of his jacket there's even a pattern that resembles a zipper, and his initials on the left hand corner. His silver belt with the name CAGE on his waist, and his name tattooed across his bare chest in silver letters. The back of his jacket has a cool design with shades and bandana'd head. His trophy is gold and his small figure looks buff in an action pose. His stand has one peg where you can put his foot onto. As for his purple sunglasses, the dark lenses are stickers, and as you can see in the photo above, the right sticker was placed incorrectly, so it looks rather bad. I might just peel off the stickers and color the lenses in with a sharpie.
His articulation is pretty good. His head and neck are on ball joints, his shoulders are hinged ball joints, upper arm swivel, wrist swivel, double jointed knees and elbows, waist on a ball joint that has a good amount of range, his thighs that kick out and forward, and his pivot ankles. You can get him into some decent kicking, one leg and action poses, and of course, his legs can go out far to the side, Jean Claude Van Damme style. The design of his tennis shoes does impede the ankle movement. He could've benefitted from an upper thigh cut to give his leg articulation more range, but what he has is good enough, and I figure they probably skipped that thigh cut as it would break the pattern of white stripes on his pants.
Another thing that stands out is the cut on his waist. While the wide upper torso allows him to have more free range in every direction, it doesn't look very good, as he resembles a torso that was put on the waist of a smaller figure. The jacket somewhat hides this, but it can still be an eyesore.
The other thing that the figure could've used is some extra hands, in particular some fists. His only pair of hands are designed to hold his trophy and statue, though turned at certain angles, they can resemble closed fists. I still like him, and it seems as though McFarlane are improving their figures. I had purchased their Saitama last year, and I really did not like that one. This guy's articulation, paint and sculpt seem much better.
I would say that Johnny Cage is worth picking up. He is bigger than Marvel Legends and will tower over 1:12 scale figures, but he does fit in nicely with NECA horror figures and the larger S.H. Figuarts Super Buu. His sculpt, articulation, and especially his shiny colorful jacket make him a stand out.
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