With the aim to create a storm of hype around the KR universe, it is always good to get another addition to the "not-yet-printed-comics" roster and, altogether, I think that TmohrrTM is a great (literally) inclusion!
When this character showed up in the final episode pre-prints, which I had the chance to view, I knew that he would become one of my most anticipated KR items. And this second large scale figure prototype from PoliganToys does not disappoint me.
Details
Name: Tmohrr
Subtitle: shocking ultimate enemy
Classification: temporarily unknown
Sex: male
Home: Tahron
Affiliation: Destructomorph
Rank: new chief marshal.
Background
As I mentioned above, Tmohrr's only appearance takes place in the not-yet-printed final KR comic issue. Introduced as the new leader of the Destructomorphs, this enormous, web-footed creature of a mysterious origin wields a king-sized axe and carries four massive technological tentacles permanently attached to his head. In the story's climax, it is revealed that Tmohrr is actually a giant robotic suit worn by Deptilion, who, after being weakened by Masq-Lor’s victory at the end of a previous battle, devised the armour to sustain himself. Having learnt of the power of a machine owned by the inhabitants of the city of Ra-Hal, he plans to lead his new army into another war against the Therioms. Deptilion is now ready to fight a spectacular mental battle, to destroy Masq-Lor and rule Tahron once and for all.
Articulation
Standard, excluding hinged abdomen. Each tentacle can swivel at both ends.
Description
Head: monstrous appearance characterised by an oblong face shape, wrinkled and warty blue skin, pointy ears (each ending in a long curved, spiky whitish horn), red glowing eyes and a large nose with five nostrils. His mouth is slightly open, exposing several razor-sharp crooked gnashing teeth (including two large fangs in the upper jaw and one in the lower jaw) and giving the face an overall angry expression. His eyebrows are replaced by a metallic dark-blue diadem with silver edges and a silver Destructomorph symbol at its centre. He also has a sort of silver cyber component with techno-tendrils going into the skull on the back of his bare scalp
Wearables: a silver chest armour with metallic dark-blue details, two silver bracelets, two silver calf protectors, a silver belt and scale armour (i.e., consisting of several overlapping metallic dark-blue plates laced together) trunks. The chest armour is embedded in the flesh and shows tubes, sensors and wires running everywhere. Some of those tubes and wires connect the armour to a kind of backpack, which is shaped like a robotic spine and bears what looks like a large battery (probably powering the cyber-structure on the head). The bracelets and calf protectors display large ridges that run down the sides, while wrapped around each biceps and thigh there is a silver band with a pair of spikes sticking out of the side, which is connected to the wrist/shin guard by a pliable silver tube and can be unhooked if one has the will to do so. The detail on his outfit that impresses me the most is the amount of greatly sculpted Destructomorph symbols all around: there is a quite large blue one at the centre of the chest plate, two smaller silver ones near the shoulders and another silver one on the belt.
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| Tmohrr's stylised chest armour; the three grey circles represent Destructomorph symbols. |
Action feature
Tmohrr carries four huge mechanical tentacles on his head, which he uses to seize and crush his enemies. The silver bendy tentacles plug into four slots in the cyber-structure on the back of the head and have four differently shaped articulated claws on their ends.
But what sets Tmohrr apart, aside from the gigantic scale, is that his torso can actually open to reveal an incredible surprise inside. After removing a piece composed of Tmohrr's head and neck and another bit consisting of his chest, we can see that the figure is actually an electromechanical suit of armour and includes a static bust of Deptilion’s upper body in the chest cavity. For reasons related to space, the inner bust lacks the head, which can be attached via a ball joint after opening the outer shell. Deptilion's shoulders and chest (the only visible parts of his torso) show a few metallic red sockets with real (i.e., not sculpted) wires connecting his body to Tmohrr's internal structure.
Weapons and accessories
Tmohrr comes with a few accessories, one of which is a huge metallic dark-blue staff with a silver axe blade and a pearly orb at one end, and a short curved silver blade at the other end. This weapon looks really sharp and is packed with amazing details.
The other accessories are two interchangeable heads for the inner Deptilion's bust. Both are very similar to the creepy head included with Ultra Deptilion, but one displays a multitude of dark-green living snakes on the top, while the other has a large greenish brain (with all the visible folds and vessels) that is fictionally formed by the snakes themselves. In the comics, the two hemispheres of this super brain move apart to reveal a powerful energy source, which Deptilion uses for sending mental signals to overwhelm Masq-Lor. The source of brainwaves is rendered in the figure by using a glow-in-the-dark spherical piece; the interesting thing is that the figure's brain opens up and allows the GITD sphere to be removed and replaced by other similar plastic elements of different colours (greenish -same colour as the brain-, translucent orange and translucent blue respectively).
Overall, I thought it would be hard for most giant figures to follow a spectacular specimen like CoBoN, but I think that Tmohrr did a fantastic job of keeping his head well above water. His sculpt and design are completely top-notch, I can’t say it enough, and all the accessories are nicely done. Even with his great size, the guys at PoliganToys didn’t skimp at all on the detail work, covering him horn to toe in cracks, wrinkles, warts and scars. The paintwork is sharp and, despite not being fully articulated, this figure has a fairly impressive range of motion. Also, it fits a Deptilion inside, which is kind of a big deal. If it weren't for the high demand of space on the shelves, I'd just wish such amazing characters would pop up a bit more often.
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