MOON KNIGHT
MOON KNIGHT (HOT TOYS)
“We protect the vulnerable, and deliver justice.” – Marc Spector
Another Hot Toy? This quickly? I know, I usually do a much better job of spacing them out. But alas, I can’t. You know why? I’ll tell you why: MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON KNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT. …Ummm, Moon Knight’s why. There’s a Hot Toys Moon Knight. That’s essentially what I was getting at there. It’s…well, it’s pretty cool. But I’m biased, I guess. Oh well, biased or not, I’m jumping into this review, right here, right now.
THE FIGURE ITSELF
Moon Knight is part of Hot Toys’ Television Masterpiece Series, where he’s numbered TMS075, which places him squarely between Kate Bishop from Hawkeye, and Commander Appo from Clone Wars. He’s thus far the only entry in the line from the Moon Knight show. He’s based on the Marc persona’s Moon Knight garb, which is the most classically Moon Knight look of the two we get, so it makes sense to start here. He’s also a Hot Toy that’s actually managed to stick pretty close to his original release date, and he hit at the beginning of July stateside. The figure stands just shy of 11 1/2 inches tall and he has over 30 points of articulation.
A good number of Hot Toys are noted for their incredibly realistic sculpting on the faces. Moon Knight gets very realistic sculpting on the head…but there’s not actually a face. We just get the masked version this time around, so we’re left once again without an Oscar Isaac likeness on a Hot Toy, adding further insult to that Poe Dameron never materializing all those years ago. The masked head is, admittedly, still a very, very nice sculpt, with plenty of sharp detailing and texturing to keep things realistic, as well as interesting. His hood is also sculpted, and its permanently affixed to the head. On one hand, it does look better aesthetically, but on the other, I do sort of wish they’d done it as an actual cloth hood, to better match the cloak, and also add a little bit more variety to its posing. The paint work gives him a good deal of weathering, which matches the show design well. He’s also got a built-in light-up feature for the eyes. It’s quite impressive, but also doesn’t require the figure to look odd when the feature is turned off, which I very much appreciate.
Moon Knight has quite an involved costume construction. There’s an underlying jumpsuit, designed to look like his mummy wrappings. A combination of stitching and printed patterns helps them to look like the real deal, and even match up surprisingly well with the sculpted wrappings on the head and hands. He gets cloth add-ons for the cloak and belt/loincloth. The cloak has four wires running through it, allowing for all sorts of dynamic posing, and is a very impressively tailored piece. He also gets sculpted add-ons for his chest, shoulder, and wrist armor, two piece boots, and a mixed-media cloth and plastic combo for his knee pads. The two parts of the boots are so well matched that I almost didn’t realize they weren’t one solid piece at first. Once I freed them up, his right foot had a tendency to fall off during posing, but it stays in place once posed.
Moon Knight’s underlying body aims for the best possible posablity, and it succeeds on that front. Even with all the layers and parts tacked on, he’s capable of pulling off some surprisingly deep poses, especially when it comes to the arms. The legs, especially at the hips, are more restricted, but they still work pretty decently.
Moon Knight gets a decent selection of extras, including:
- 5 pairs of hands
- 3 small moonarangs
- 3 medium moonarangs
- 2 large moonarangs
- A display base, with flight stand and large crescent attachments
The hands come in fists, large moonarang crescent gripping, smaller grip, wide gesture, and smaller gesture. The moonarangs are nice and sharp, both in detailing and in actual sharpness. The base is a little larger than I’d prefer, honestly, but it gets the job done. The big crescent is cool looking, but it’s made of higher grade styrofoam, so I do worry a bit about its long term durability.
THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION
Have I mentioned that I like Moon Knight? Because I kinda do. Legitimately, when the show was announced, one of the first thoughts I had was “I’m gonna get a Hot Toys Moon Knight.” And get a Hot Toys Moon Knight I did indeed. After the lengthy wait on my last two HT preorders, this guy came surprisingly fast, but I’m hardly complaining about that. I wish he’d had an unmasked head, but beyond that, I really dig this guy. He’s a quality piece, and a fantastic addition to my Moon Knight collection. And I now begin the wait until the inevitable Mr. Knight figure.
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