Name: Par-SyaTM
Subtitle: visionary queen
Line: KR|Enmity
Item type: action figure - Nº 16 in the line.
Character details
Name: Queen Par-Sya
Family name: UbbakhTM
Classification: primivod mammal
Sex: female
Relationships: wife of Li-Khon, mother of Ir-Ash, Tir-Hing and Gax-Uhr
Home: Tahron
Era: 20 years before Foundation
Affiliation: Theriom
Rank: queen of Tahron; counsellor of State.
Background
First appearance: KR|Enmity #1 - Flares of enmity
Brief bio: although her aristocratic family aimed at breaking ties with the Therioms, rather than risking giving up their noble titles, Par-Sya wished to become a skilled diplomat in an effort to end the conflict between the mammalian and the reptilian peoples. Despite having little interest in warfare, she joined the royal army to be trained in hand-to-hand combat and soon managed to show that her political skills were nearly as impressive as her fighting abilities. Par-Sya quickly found herself at the centre of Tahron's politics, helping her new mentor Prince Li-Khon to further peace with the Reptonoids. Over time, her council became vital to the Therioms, as she could often foresee the outcomes of controversies and disputes during diplomatic negotiations. After some time, she fell in love with the dashing soon-to-be King Li-Khon and eventually became queen of Tahron, but died prematurely due to the exposure to ionising radiation during a fight with IgnitrysTM.
Articulation
Standard, excluding hinged abdomen.
Description
Head: predominantly feline (even if she's a primivod, a fictional anthropomorphic marsupial), characterised by dainty features, short brown to white fur and dark eyes. She wears a gold crown that consists of a ring carrying eight half hoops (or half arches) and surmounted by a glow-in-the-dark globe of ivory with an amethyst fleur-de-lis (⚜, the emblem of her family) on top of it; each half hoop is adorned with a few progressively smaller diamond-shaped straight up amethysts. Two hemispheres made of engraved gold fill the left and right sides of the crown, leaving an opening in the middle through which the front and back half hoops pass. The crown is lined with a dark-red velvet cap covered with pearls
Body: covered from neck to toe; her hands show a short white fur
Wearables: a long golden dress with a V-neck and long sleeves, two metallic purple bracelets (decorated with dark-red arabesque patterns and gold studs) and a Y-shaped belt made of purple fabric, black leather and gold ornaments. The puffy neckline is deep enough to expose a gold necklace, while its sides meet at a big brooch that looks like an elaborate ivory version of the Theriom emblem (i.e., a seven-pointed star with the two side points elongated). The loose sleeves are tucked into the bracelets, while the shoulders are covered with two clip-on purple puffs (decorated with dark-red fleur-de-lis designs) that hold a golden cape (which gradually splits into a pair of tails). The belt separates the fitted part above the waist from the slightly flouncier skirt below, which, despite being made of a soft plastic, blocks her articulation from the waist down due to the absence of slits.
Action feature
In the comics, Par-Sya has the ability to perceive events in the future and to express the predicted consequences of those events through different colours of an enchanted stone hidden in her brooch. The chest ornament fictionally has two spring-pivoting "wings" that swing open to reveal the gemstone; in reality, we get two swappable snap-on GITD versions of the brooch: closed and open. Similarly to a mood ring, the little stone mounted on the open version of the jewel changes colours, from blue to orange, based upon the temperature.
Additionally, Par-Sya, like her husband, is portrayed in the comics as both a wise counsellor and a skillful warrioress. Exactly like with Li-Khon, PoliganToys gives us the possibility to display the figure in two different configurations: an institutional look and a combat look. The former has been described above, while the latter is obtained by detaching the head, removing the puffs-plus-cape piece and taking off the dress, which is a whole solid removable part that slips off the figure after unplugging a number of little fasteners on the back. Her body looks kind of funny underneath, but that's because the female waist and hip articulation that is normally hidden, is now exposed. Afterwards, the alternative outfit, which consists of a gold chain mail vest and includes a badass metallic purple belt, a longish golden skirt and an additional black leather sword belt, wraps around her body and connects on the back the same way as the dress piece. The open front skirt allows her brown-to-white furred legs and metallic purple boots (with diamond-shaped knee guards) to be visible, and, unlike the dress, doesn't block her articulation from the waist down. Then, an additional metallic purple chest armour can sit on her shoulders; this piece has holes for connecting either version of the brooch on the front and two gold pauldrons on the sides. Finally, the head must be reattached - the crown is a clip-on piece that can be easily removed, leaving a little gold tiara portion that is part of the head sculpt and onto which a gold helmet/mask can clip snugly. This piece, which completely surrounds (but doesn't cover) her face and tapers under the chin to protect her neck, looks beautiful and really helps bring one of the best comic book designs out.
Weapons and accessories
Apart from her interchangeable brooches and alternative battle outfit, Par-Sya comes with three accessories, one of which is her light sceptre. This is a golden staff topped with an ivory ornament that, besides glowing in the dark, bears a resemblance to the fleur-de-lis seen on her crown and shoulder puffs. It is worth mentioning that this is also the sceptre eventually held by Foundation Magda-Lyn as an inherited symbol of sovereignty and, in fact, it's the exact same piece, except that most of the gold portion is vac-metallised.
Additionally, there is a sword that has an ivory hilt with a fleur-de-lis design and a golden blade. This sword can be clipped onto the belt of the battle outfit and is a vac-metallised version of the sword that came with Enmity Magda-Lyn.
Finally, the figure includes a Baryanoid, which serves as the fourth instalment of the Build-a-Figure plan that will lead to the completion of the Baryanoid-Cart. Everything related to this topic has already been covered extensively in Ir-Ash's review.
Final thoughts
Character value: ♦♦♦ While Par-Sya is not one of my favourite figures ever in the line, it is an essential and a welcome part of my collection. The Royal Family of Tahron is now complete
Articulation: ♥♥♥ Obviously her articulation is pretty limited in her queen gear. Beyond that, the neck range of motion is not great when she wears the battle helmet/mask (she can look up, but not down)
Sculpt and paint: ♣♣♣♣ The sculpt of this figure is pretty great and the paint has some nice depth shading on both outfits
Accessories: ♠♠♠♠ With cool accessories for both modes, she is a fun figure both as a queen and as a warrior. Then, on top of that, we've got the last Baryanoid... I wonder what the next piece will be
Playability: ♪♪♪♪ As always in these cases, just the fact that you can create two different versions of a character is fun
Overall: ☺☺☺☺ Due to the ability to pose dynamically, I’m going to have to say that the combat version is the better of the two figures, even though Queen Par-Sya is definitely a necessity.
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