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The Toyark › General Toy News › Heavy Metal 5-Inch Figures by Incendium – Toyark Photo Shoot

Heavy Metal 5-Inch Figures by Incendium – Toyark Photo Shoot

Posted on January 9, 2020 at 3:35 pm by Joe Moore under General Toy News, Random Photo Shoot

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In 1981, an incredibly ambitious animated film based on Heavy Metal magazine was released. The film was an anthology that brought together major Hollywood talent, as well as a number of legendary rock artists for an experience that was unlike anything that had been released at the time. The movie, like the magazine that inspired it, was geared strictly towards adult audiences, with heavy violence and plenty of nudity throughout. Heavy Metal featured a wrap around story of a green sphere, known as the Loc-Nar, that tells a young girl of the terrors it has witnessed.

Incendium has released two new action figures based on the cult film. The first is Taarna, a warrior bent on destroying the Loc-Nar. The next is Nelson, a World War II tail gunner reanimated by the Loc-Nar as a zombie. The figures stand at 5″ tall, and come packed in specialized card backs. They are priced at $29.95 each, and can be purchased directly from Incendium Online (sold out at the moment).

Today I have a photo gallery and review of the new figures. Incendium was kind enough to send over the figures for review. After the jump you can see my thoughts on the figures, as well as a full photo shoot.

Heavy Metal – 5″ Scale FigBiz Action Figures by Incendium

Pros

  • Solid sculpts
  • Great looking card backs
  • Decent articulation
  • Colorful paint apps
  • Nelson makes a great generic zombie figure
  • Nice accessories

Cons

  • Needs ankle articulation
  • Couldn’t get Taarna’s sheath to attach
  • Taarn’s hips are oddly designed

Overall
Each figure is packed on a classic style cardback, with a bubble glued to the backer card. Each card features art from the animated film, as well as details on each character. Taarna includes a sword, an energy effect piece, a sheath, and a strap. Nelson includes an interchangeable hand, a .50 caliber tail gun, and an ammunition box accessory.

For the Heavy Metal figures, Incendium is taking inspiration from late 80’s and early 90’s style Toy Biz figures. As such, they’re a little more retro feeling, as opposed to more modern action figure lines. Both Taarna and Nelson stand about 5″ tall. They have roughly 12 points of articulation. The sculpts are pretty nice looking in hand. They sculptors did a solid job of replicating the look of the animated film with these. Though, Taarna’s hip design looks a bit odd, and breaks up the sleekness of the figure. Nelson, being a decomposing zombie, has a lot more going on with his sculpt, and more defined detail work. The plastic feels decent, in line with say a Black Series or Marvel Legends figure. Articulation itself is okay for a retro inspired line. Paint work is solid, with a few hiccups here and there where paint bleeds outside of the lines a bit. Nothing that looks bad in hand, but noticable once you start inspecting it up close. The included accessories are great. The energy sword effect is a nice touch with Taarna, and that tail gun included with Nelson is huge. I can see that making its way into the hands of other figures. I did like that Nelson included a swap out hand as well.

Fans looking for a highly articulated series of figures are probably not going to be swayed by these. They can do some basic poses, but nothing overly dynamic. Ankle articulation would have been a plus here, as they stand a bit awkwardly when the legs are bent. However, the joints are pretty strong, which makes balancing the figures fairly easy. They never felt like they were going to give out, and there were no paint locking issues.

If you’re into the style, and looking for some Heavy Metal figures, then I’d say these are worth picking up if they come back in stock. While these wound up not being to my taste, I can definitely see why fans of early 90’s style figure would be into these. Check out a selection of photos below, and see the full gallery after that.

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› Companies: Incendium Online › Characters: Taarna, Nelson Zombie Tailgunner › Scale: 5 Inch

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Discussion / Comments (Jump to this Thread on the Forum)

  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    01-09-2020, 01:35 PM

    Heavy Metal 5-Inch Figures by Incendium – Toyark Photo Shoot





  2. Alucard1138 has no avatar! Alucard1138 says

    01-09-2020, 01:38 PM

    I got mine last week but decided to keep them carded because they look really good blistered to the card. Awesome to see the full review here, now I can throw them up on the wall and be less tempted to pop them open. Great pics as always!

  3. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    01-09-2020, 01:41 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Alucard1138 View Post
    I got mine last week but decided to keep them carded because they look really good blistered to the card. Awesome to see the full review here, now I can throw them up on the wall and be less tempted to pop them open. Great pics as always!
    In the card, they look great. Like ReAction figures, if the card art is solid, I'd be happy with keeping them in package. Since they were for review, I had to open them.

  4. Black Arbor's Avatar Black Arbor says

    01-09-2020, 02:06 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Joe Moore View Post
    In the card, they look great. Like ReAction figures, if the card art is solid, I'd be happy with keeping them in package. Since they were for review, I had to open them.
    You could always do the poor man's resealable package and just cut 3 sides of the blister, leaving the last one as a hinge!

  5. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    01-09-2020, 02:08 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Black Arbor View Post
    You could always do the poor man's resealable package and just cut 3 sides of the blister, leaving the last one as a hinge!
    That's what I typically do, as I don't have much display space, so putting them back on the cards makes it easy to pack away.

  6. metalalchemist has no avatar! metalalchemist says

    01-10-2020, 08:25 AM

    Wondering how well they sold. The price/quality factor was a big deterrent if I understood correctly.

  7. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    01-10-2020, 08:38 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by metalalchemist View Post
    Wondering how well they sold. The price/quality factor was a big deterrent if I understood correctly.
    They're sold out on their website. Not sure how many they had available though.

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