Name: FasyanTM
Subtitle: black-hearted count
Line: KR|Enmity
Item type: action figure - Nº 9 in the line.
Character details
Name: Count Fasyan
Family name: CleorsuTM
Classification: human
Sex: male
Relationships: Wordron's younger half-brother
Home: Tahron
Era: 20 years before Foundation
Affiliation: Dark Legion
Rank: count and, temporarily, ruler's official representative of the small Kingdom of O-Kin; commandant of the Dark Legion troops.
Background
First appearance: KR|Enmity #1 - Flares of enmity
Brief bio: a malevolent figure among the blue bloods of O-Kin, Fasyan was injured, together with his half-brother Wordron, in a Reptonoid guerrilla attack during his childhood. Years later, he built a system of cybernetic blades, which, once mounted to his back and connected to his bionic headgear, could spread out into a menacing wheel that would give him outstanding abilities. Thanks to the optics and the weaponry at the ends of those blades, Fasyan was endowed with the powers of ultra-vision and perfect aim, making him a master spy and sharpshooter. After Lord TafmohrTM, O-Kin's legitimate ruler, had been overthrown, he joined Wordron and the other members of the Dark Legion in starting the fight for the throne of Tahron against the Therioms.
Articulation
Description
Head: brown skin, shaved scalp, long and twisted black moustache and beard. While his left eye is green with a bushy black eyebrow, the right one, together with three quarters of his scalp, is concealed by a steel plate equipped with a translucent red targeting sight and a small rod-shaped antenna at the side. The back portion of the steel skullcap is seemingly connected via a black wire to the armour
Body: the arms show brown skin, while the legs are covered with tight dark-green trousers
Wearables: a black armour with dark-green details, two black bracelets, two black boots and a black belt with an eye-shaped silver buckle that holds two short strips of dark-green fabric. Besides the Dark Legion emblem (i.e., a diamond-shaped black gemstone, which, when looking deeply into it, shows a subtle discolouration resembling a demonic face), the armour sports a real chain over the chest plate and a nice fan-blade design in the abdominal area. Finally, each cuff and boot-top has a V-shaped notch that accommodates a single blade-shaped silver decorative element.
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| Fasyan's stylised armour; the circle at the centre of the chest piece represents the Dark Legion symbol. |
Action feature
In the comics, Fasyan is equipped with an apparatus attached to his back and composed of seven techno-looking blades that expand like a fan. Each blade bears either an imaging device or a blasting weapon, which, thanks to the connection to his electronic headgear, give Fasyan the power to see far and beyond obstacles, in order to hit his enemies with precision (a technology that eventually will inspire Xonedar to develop his bionic visor). So, the figure comes with a fan-blade backpack, which is a separate piece that plugs into a hole in the back armour. The attachment is a little heavy and requires a magnet to keep in place. The piece is made of three separate components, one moulded in place and two that are articulated, allowing the whole equipment to close or be fully spread. Each of the seven blades widens at its tip (kinda resembling the shape of a machete with straight edges) and is painted in black on the front and silver (with a nice metallic over-spray) on the back. The devices at the tips of these individually sculpted blades are the most diverse: a round purple lens (which in the comics is a combination of a high-resolution camera and a radar), an orange high-energy detector (which resembles the trefoil symbol used to warn about ionising radiation), a square green night/thermal vision lens, a triangular blue directed-energy cannon and an octagonal silver burning glass/mirror. Additionally, a pair of gunmetal laser cannons can be connected to two sockets on the two furthest-apart blades.
Weapons and accessories
Apart from his removable wheel-backpack and plug-in laser cannons, Fasyan only comes with one accessory, which is his signature shield. In the comics, the evil count hurls this weapon either to hit his foes or to utilise it as sort of spy drone connected to his skullcap antenna. The piece is very nicely designed and has a cool devilish eye symbol right in the centre of the hexagonal greenish bronze-looking plate. I especially like the iris/pupil component, which looks a bit like a spotlight lamp and glows in the dark. Additionally, the shield has six curved steel blades along the edge, which can fictionally activate and retract at Fasyan's will. So, the accessory comes with an additional silver ring that attaches via some pegs on the back, in order to display it with the blades deployed.
Final thoughts
Character value: ♦♦ Despite his unique points, unfortunately he doesn’t stand out much with his brother
Articulation: ♥♥♥ It is nice how the "wheel" can fold out completely without hampering the figure's head and arms articulation too much
Sculpt and paint: ♣♣♣♣ He's an impressive figure that will have an overall appeal to many collectors. The wheel is no small feat, which makes him carry a major presence on the nicely growing Dark Legion shelf
Accessories: ♠♠♠♠ If you don’t count that giant removable backpack and the two blasters, the included shield is the only accessory, but it's a very nice piece
Playability: ♪♪♪ KR figures are as fun to play with as ever
Overall: ☺☺☺ I have been waiting a long time to have Fasyan join my KR|Enmity collection and now that he is here, I am quite pleased with him.
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