I'm pretty excited about today's review as it fills a neat space in my collection. I really was impressed with the recent set of Scare Mare and Scare Glow that Mondo put up for preorder this past summer. Impressed looking at it online, that is. The set of a new Scare Glow and the all new Scare Mare in Mondo's 1/6th scale Masters of the Universe line was available as a pair for $775 dollars. Yikes! If I had really wanted it, I absolutely could have afforded it, but I've definitely reached a point where the prices of some action figures and collectibles really just cause me to balk. I'm also at a point where space is at a premium in my collection. The wingspan of Mondo's Scare Mare is 54" and I just couldn't even think where I'd put something like that. I've been scaling back my collection this year, selling off older pieces I didn't have on display or that I'd lost interest in. I love Scare Glow, but already having two Mondo Scare Glows, not having space for the Scare Mare, and reluctant to pay $775 for a preorder, I passed. That's why I was pretty excited that Funko added Scare Glow and Scare Mare to their Funko Fusion line based on the recently released videogame. I didn't even know what Funko Fusion was at first but it's since come out and doesn't seem to be lighting the world on fire. At least having a POP! Rides of care Mare & Scare Glow allows me to have a representation of the character in my collection at a fraction of the price of Mondo's. ready to check out Scare Mare & Scare Glow? Then join me after the break...
Height: 6 1/4ths inches
Articulation: None
Accessories: Redemption code card for in-game item in Funko Fusion.
Non-Scalper Price: $25
* Scare Glow and Scare Mare are not separate figures. They're connected, like many/ most POP! Rides, and they make for a pretty substantial figure. This guy is heavy with a footprint much larger than your average Funko POP! offering. It's heavy, too, so if you needed to chuck this at someone, it would do some damage. Why might you feel the need? Who knows. You'd probably leave them with a crack on their noggin, though.
* The wings are undersized, sure, but that feels like it fits the Funko POP! aesthetic. They're very bony looking with holes in them where I assume the original wings have rotted and decayed away.
* The saddle looks a bit like Battle Cat and Panthor's saddles, but there is a shield like cover with a skull on it. The saddle is sitting on top of horse blanket or robe of some sort and has little bones hanging down from the saddle.
* Not only does Scare Mare have some cool armor on his front legs but he also has spooky flaming hooves that are glowing a ghastly green. Creepy!
* Like the cats in the Retro Toy Series POP! Rides line, Scare Glow's mount has a buckle and strap across the stomach that is reminiscent of the buckles on the vintage MOTU cats and the Princess of Power horses.
* To tie in the Funko Fusion POP! vinyls with the game, the figure comes with a redemption card with a hidden code for unlocking "Exclusive In-Game Content." From what I've learned, Scare Mare & Scare Glow are not unlocked with this code. In fact, they're apparently not even in this game. The codes are random and can get you either a Slime Pit He-Man skin, a damaged M3gan, a dilophosaurus possessed by the game's villain Eddy Funko, the Big Boy, or a Mecha Freddy Funko. It's a cool little extra, though not one I'll use or anything.
This is the first toy of Scare Mare I've reviewed.
If you're a Scare Glow fan, check out my review of the MOTUC Scare Glow, the Masterverse Scare Glow and Scare Glow (exclusive), the MOTU origins Scare Glow, the Mega Construx Heroes Scare Glow and standard Scare Glow, the Funko POP! Scare Glow pencil, the Mondo Scare Glow and Scare Glow (Classic Variant), the Vinyl SODA Scare Glow, and the ReAction Scare Glow and Scare Glow (Clear).
For more POP! Rides reviews check out the following:
Skeletor on Panthor #98 (Flocked)
I've never much liked Pops but this one's pretty neat.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't mind a Masterverse Scare Mare.