MEZCO TOYZ KING KONG OF SKULL ISLAND | Figure Review

Being primarily a Godzilla/Kaiju toy collector, I like to check out a wonderful thing called Toy Fair for the chance that maybe something related to my interests will come out that I simply have to have.
And one of these things revealed at last year's Toy Fair happened to be a King Kong figure!
This got me very excited because unlike Godzilla, Kong doesn't get many figures produced unless he has a new movie coming out. And this was announced a year after "Kong: Skull Island" was released.

This Kong figure is mostly based on the original 1933 Kong, but adding battle scars on the body like the 2005 and 2017 incarnations.

Mezco Toyz has made a fantastic looking Kong. The body has a great sculpt and is perfectly proportioned. Kong's fur is very nicely sculpted and the dark brown paint mixed with touches of light brown and grey looks great.

And as I mentioned before, there are scars on the body which look great and adds some character to Kong.
The expression on Kong's head looks very grizzled and stoic, which fits perfectly.

It may be because it's winter and delivery trucks can be pretty extra cold during that time (speaking from experience here), but when I first got this figure and opened him out of the box, trying to move his joints proved to be difficult especially the legs. I actually let my Kong sit for a bit before trying to move it around some more. If yours happens to be hard to move around, I suggest doing that. That or use a hair dryer to heat the joints and make it easier.

But that aside, the articulation on Kong is great!

Kong's head can look really high up, look left and right and can tilt side to side. Trying to force movement on the head will cause it to pop off, which is actually a necessity.

The body can twist all the way around at the torso, tilt left to right and can bend forward and backward.

Kong's arms are incredibly expressive. The arms can move outward, rotate and twist at the shoulder. And the elbows and hands can bend and rotate.

As for the legs, mine are still a little stiff. From what I've been able to accomplish, the legs can move forward, a tiny bit backward and twist at the hip. The knees can bend and there is rotation there as well. And the feet can rotate and bend.

Kong comes with a fair number of accessories.

The alternate roaring head looks amazing! The teeth are nicely sculpted and painted.

Kong comes with a pair of closed hands, and a hand meant to hold the included Ann Darrow. The scaled Ann looks okay, there's only so much you could do with something that small.

And lastly, a pair of shackles are included with actual metal chains attached to them. These shackles can be opened and attached to Kong's wrists.

There is also another version of this figure, the Black and White PX Previews Exclusive that comes with some different accessories.

Scale wise, this Kong doesn't exactly fit with your standard 6 inch Godzilla figures. He makes them look puny in comparison. The only Godzilla figures I could match up to Kong and have it kinda make sense were the SH MonsterArts Kou Kyou Kyoku Godzilla 1989 and NECA's 24 inch Godzilla 2014 figures.

It's been a while since the SH MonsterArts King Kong figure was released and that figure has since become hard to find and commands some pretty high prices online.
While that is a shame, I say that this figure is a better alternative to those looking for a great Kong figure to add to their shelves. This figure is truly amazing and I cannont recommend it enough!

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