Figma Easter Island Moai

I only have 2 pre-ordered figures due in December. This Figma Moai is the first one to have arrived. When I first saw this I immediately wanted it. I've always liked the Easter Island Moai statues. They're so odd and interesting, like Stonehenge. I thought it was really unique of Figma to make an action figure out of it. Let's check it out.

The included accessories are the figure, 4 pairs of hands (fists, flat, grabbing and curled fingers), a base with a stand, an extra peg, a hat, a bust piece to display the head by itself, and a plastic peg stand to place the extra hands on. The figure looks great, molded like a statue and painted as such. He has a long, lean body with thin arms and legs, as well as an extra loincloth piece that fits loosely on his lower waist. Since he's highly articulated, you can put this statue into all sorts of cool, fun poses.

The bust base comes with a T-shaped peg that you pull out and peg the head into. The hat is actually magnetized, so it sits securely on top of the head. You simply have to align the "D" shape on the hat's underside with the head and on it goes. Using a small magnet was a great idea; it allows you to pose the figure with the hat in all sorts of poses without fear of it falling off.

For the articulation, his head is on a ball joint, allowing it to look slightly up, down and to the sides. His shoulders and thighs are on ball joints that allow the arms and legs to move far out forward and to the sides, single jointed elbows and knees, upper torso on a ball joint that move a bit from side to side and turn, and ball jointed ankles that allow for a decent amount of range. All the joints are nice and firm, nothing overly loose. It's able to balance well on it's own without the stand.

Figma Easter Island Moai is part of their table museum collection, which includes famous pieces of artwork, statues, etc. I own Munch's The Scream from this series, and now am happy to have added a Moai statue to my collection. He really is cool and unique.

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