April continues with the first, shiny Loghar variant - Loghar-possessed HerrionTM! But wait... is it a Loghar variant or a Herrion variant? We haven't even got a regular Herrion yet, so I'm a bit confused.
Anyway, I have several characters I can’t wait to be recreated in the KR line. Believe it or not, this 31st action figure prototype from PoliganToys is one of the figures I’ve been anxiously anticipating for quite a while.
Details
Name: Loghar-possessed Herrion
Subtitle: demonic identity of Herrion
Classification: uncertain
Sex: male
Relationships: supposed son of Tir-Hing, twin brother of Desion (Masq-Lor), older brother of Rhadiel (Fai-Rha)
Home: Tahron
Affiliation: Rexodon
Rank: lieutenant general.
Background
Loghar-possessed Herrion appears between the end of the fifth KR comic issue The factory of doom and the end of the sixth episode Reptiles reunited. Following the murder of his master Bi-Harr, Loghar reveals that he's actually Masq-Lor's missing twin Herrion. Living with the spirit of the real deceased Loghar imprisoned in his body and hungry for supremacy, he challenges Masq-Lor but fails to win. After surviving the destruction of the Troopers' factory, Herrion takes command of the Rexodon faction with a decimated army. He then forms an alliance with his former fellow Lor-Drek with the intention of fighting the Therioms once again.
Articulation
Standard, except that the left wrist is ball jointed.
Description
Head: Herrion is Masq-Lor's identical twin, so it makes perfectly sense that the head of LPH resembles the helmet-less head of Masq-Lor's original release very closely, including the characteristic daring expression; however, since Herrion is possessed by the spirit of Loghar, there are a few differences in terms of paint. The skin is grey, the hair is very dark grey and the eyes are glowing red. Additionally, there are dark rings under the eyes and some subtle scaly details on the forehead, chicks and chin, which match the partially reptilian nature of the character
Body: the robotic left arm and right leg are a regular-Loghar reuse and have the same black metallic look, showing lots of machinery/circuitry patterns; the leg is equipped with a silver tripod and the arm ends in a ball&socket connection. The reptilian right arm and left leg, on the contrary, show a couple of differences. First, the grey skin has highlights and lowlights that I think help sell the scaly texture as something more realistic than the regular release. Also, the black armband and garter, around the biceps and thigh respectively, display more decorative features, though they are still not removable. Finally, these limbs still bear a claw hand and a claw foot, but the hand is now bare and not protected by a gauntlet
Wearables: a silver armour with black details (not removable), a silver bracelet and a silver boot on the reptilian limbs, a silver cuff on the robotic arm, a silver belt and a Roman-style black leather loincloth decorated with silver studs. Compared to regular-Loghar, the boot still has a spike sticking out of the side, but also shows more details, while the loincloth looks a bit shorter. He also wears a new vac-metal gold shoulder armour with black details, which doesn't have an attached cape, but instead displays a hood-down variant of the regular headgear. Even if the hood hampers the head movement a little bit, good poses are still possible.
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| Loghar-possessed Herrion's stylised armour. |
Action feature
Like with regular-Loghar, the mechanism attached to the robotic arm extremity is the main feature of LPH. However, this device looks quite different and holds a black spinning fire-disc thrower. The weapon consists of a pivot with two curved, flat blades attached, each showing a hollow space along its concave edge; when flicked, the blades spin around a rotation axis that is perpendicular to LPH's arm. The whole thing can be detached to make the forearm look like a kind of cannon.
LPH also carries the same technological backpack seen on regular-Loghar, with identical sculpted details, such as wires, panels, piping, tubes and dials. The backpack has a sort of insulated tube that runs to the cuff on the robotic forearm and fictionally works as a portable fuel tank engineered to feed the incendiary device.
Weapons and accessories
LPH comes with a few accessories. The main one is his staff, which, like the regular version, is composed of a black shaft topped with an Iguanodon skull. Besides the different colour of the skull, which this time is ivory rather than grey, the weapon also has a brand new action feature - the skull can pop off and then, by remaining attached via a retractable string to the hollow shaft of the staff, be used as a sort of ball-and-chain flail.
Furthermore, we get two plug-in flaming effects for the fire-disc thrower, one for each blade. These effects can also be connected to an alternative arm-attachment, to create a sort of double fiery axe.
Finally, there are two fun accessories. The first is Loghar's loose, cracked demonic golden mask, which is a great supplement that I really hoped it'd be included. The second is a small shape-shifting object, which possesses the ability to transform from a smooth egg-like shape into some form of dinosaur, probably a little Iguanodon, characterised by a prominent pair of tusks protruding from the mouth and curving upwards. The gimmick is fairly simple and doesn't require much effort to transform; it's all about pulling the shell halves apart, unfolding the head, tail and legs, and snapping the shell shut. I'm not sure about where this comes from, but it's a welcome addition.
Overall, Loghar-possessed Herrion is a nice looking piece. I’ve waited for this figure for some time and I'm pleased that he meets my needs. I hoped that I could mix and match parts easily with the original Loghar, to create "unconventional" variants, and my wish has been fulfilled. I’m also happy they added a new shoulder armour, even though I'm slightly worried that the gold layer will begin to fracture and flake at some point, LPH has now taken the first figure’s place as group leader on my shelf... sorry Bi-Harr, there’s a new boss in town. To look even cooler, he just needs a ride...
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