Toy prototype details
Name: StrictyaTM
Subtitle: constricting amazon
Line: KR|Emergence
Item type: action figure - Nº 18 in the line.
Character details
Name: Strictya
Classification: lepidosauromorph reptile
Sex: female
Relationships: mother of Strictriss
Home: Tahron
Name: StrictyaTM
Subtitle: constricting amazon
Line: KR|Emergence
Item type: action figure - Nº 18 in the line.
Character details
Name: Strictya
Classification: lepidosauromorph reptile
Sex: female
Relationships: mother of Strictriss
Home: Tahron
Era: 3 years before Foundation
Affiliation: Unnamed Clan
Rank: chief officer.
Background
First appearance: KR|Emergence #3 - The war of all against all: Part II – Rise
Brief bio: once the member of a peaceful clan of anthropomorphic snakes that revered and worshipped a mammalian god, Strictya had a fascination with the legend of an ancient race of mystical ophidian demons. Outcast by her tribal chiefs for her sacrilege, she broke into the archives of Rokang Tar, where she learnt that centuries earlier her village was attacked by a nine-headed snake warlord and his shape-shifting minions. However, the village was saved by a valiant human warrior, who helped seal off the gate to the creature's realm and later became the clan's divinity. In a ruse to free her reptilian idols, Strictya pretended to join forces with Bi-Harr and, with the help of Sphenorat's dark magic, she acquired the staff of Mnepha, the key to summoning the mystic creatures to Tahron. She agreed to serve their fearsome master in exchange for the ability to shape-shift, but when the reptilian demon started the process to transform her and to give her the power she desired, Sphenorat, angered by her betrayal, interrupted the spell and locked the demons away again. After asking for forgiveness, a now disfigured, seven-headed Strictya pledged fealty to the Reptonoids and, thanks to her powerful serpentine appendages that could entangle and crush her foes in a lethal embrace, became a member of Bi-Harr's elite snake soldiers. Despite the interruption of the spell, she still possessed some of the skin-changing powers she had craved, powers that allowed her legs to grow into another pair of long hideous serpents with evil biting jaws. Eventually, Strictya became fascinated with Lor-Drek's audacity and decided to defect to the Unnamed Clan, where she became chief officer soon after the new army had been formed. At the same time as she stormed the mammalian enemies' territories with overwhelming terror, she fell in love with a fellow soldier and gave birth to a three-headed son who she named Strictriss. Devastated by her lover's death at the hands of the Rexodon forces, her own powers and mental health became more and more unstable, and Sphenorat finally sealed her within the same gate that held the demons she had venerated. Years later, an adult Strictriss loyally served Lor-Drek during the rise of the Spektrosaur faction, taking the same military position as his mother thanks to his ferocity in battle.
Affiliation: Unnamed Clan
Rank: chief officer.
Background
First appearance: KR|Emergence #3 - The war of all against all: Part II – Rise
Brief bio: once the member of a peaceful clan of anthropomorphic snakes that revered and worshipped a mammalian god, Strictya had a fascination with the legend of an ancient race of mystical ophidian demons. Outcast by her tribal chiefs for her sacrilege, she broke into the archives of Rokang Tar, where she learnt that centuries earlier her village was attacked by a nine-headed snake warlord and his shape-shifting minions. However, the village was saved by a valiant human warrior, who helped seal off the gate to the creature's realm and later became the clan's divinity. In a ruse to free her reptilian idols, Strictya pretended to join forces with Bi-Harr and, with the help of Sphenorat's dark magic, she acquired the staff of Mnepha, the key to summoning the mystic creatures to Tahron. She agreed to serve their fearsome master in exchange for the ability to shape-shift, but when the reptilian demon started the process to transform her and to give her the power she desired, Sphenorat, angered by her betrayal, interrupted the spell and locked the demons away again. After asking for forgiveness, a now disfigured, seven-headed Strictya pledged fealty to the Reptonoids and, thanks to her powerful serpentine appendages that could entangle and crush her foes in a lethal embrace, became a member of Bi-Harr's elite snake soldiers. Despite the interruption of the spell, she still possessed some of the skin-changing powers she had craved, powers that allowed her legs to grow into another pair of long hideous serpents with evil biting jaws. Eventually, Strictya became fascinated with Lor-Drek's audacity and decided to defect to the Unnamed Clan, where she became chief officer soon after the new army had been formed. At the same time as she stormed the mammalian enemies' territories with overwhelming terror, she fell in love with a fellow soldier and gave birth to a three-headed son who she named Strictriss. Devastated by her lover's death at the hands of the Rexodon forces, her own powers and mental health became more and more unstable, and Sphenorat finally sealed her within the same gate that held the demons she had venerated. Years later, an adult Strictriss loyally served Lor-Drek during the rise of the Spektrosaur faction, taking the same military position as his mother thanks to his ferocity in battle.
Articulation
Standard, excluding hinged abdomen, plus a hinged upper jaw, a ball jointed extra neck piece, and two additional swivel-hinged appendages ending with ball jointed heads.
Description
Head: the main, central head is similar to a Boa constrictor, characterised by an arrow shape, blueish scaly skin with yellowish striping on either side, and a mouth showing two rows of sharp, curved teeth of about the same size (no fangs). She wears a golden mask, which covers her snout completely and displays two sculpted fangs, solid orange glowing eyes and a pair of short goat-like dark-grey backward-projecting horns whose ends are shaped like rattlesnakes' tails. Both her head and muscular, darkly marked neck extension are on ball joints, which not only gives her a slightly longer neck and a hunched over look, but also an extended range without hindering the movements at all
Body: blueish skin patterned with yellowish "saddles" (i.e., irregular diamond-shaped markings with orange-brown centres), massive gripping hands and 2-toed feet with dark-grey claws, a short, thin tail emerging from under her skirt; the torso and the outer sides of her limbs look scaly, while the inner sides have a segmented appearance. The three-headed upper body featured by Strictriss way back when was a much simpler design, while Strictya's awesome multi-serpent torso is certainly more menacing looking as it features a triplet of long snakes that seem to project from the back of each shoulder in an "ε" pattern. The two largest snakes resemble anacondas and are by default coiled around Strictya's arms; each displays the eyes set high on the head, a snub nose as well as an open mouth with a forked tongue sculpted on the inside, and wears a golden headband embellished with two coiled snake tail-like "ear" pads, two bull-like dark-grey horns whose ends are shaped like viper heads, and an elaborate crescent-shaped golden central ornament. The four remaining smaller snakes extend above the shoulders and below the armpits, and resemble pythons with flat, triangular heads and exposed tongues (the upper ones and the lower ones have their mouths closed and open, respectively). All these snakes have pairs of orange eyes with slit-shaped dark vertical pupils as well as wire-skeletons, so they are able to be posed. The detail is absolutely fantastic, and the integration of the bendable feature into these appendages makes this lady totally intimidating
Standard, excluding hinged abdomen, plus a hinged upper jaw, a ball jointed extra neck piece, and two additional swivel-hinged appendages ending with ball jointed heads.
Description
Head: the main, central head is similar to a Boa constrictor, characterised by an arrow shape, blueish scaly skin with yellowish striping on either side, and a mouth showing two rows of sharp, curved teeth of about the same size (no fangs). She wears a golden mask, which covers her snout completely and displays two sculpted fangs, solid orange glowing eyes and a pair of short goat-like dark-grey backward-projecting horns whose ends are shaped like rattlesnakes' tails. Both her head and muscular, darkly marked neck extension are on ball joints, which not only gives her a slightly longer neck and a hunched over look, but also an extended range without hindering the movements at all
Body: blueish skin patterned with yellowish "saddles" (i.e., irregular diamond-shaped markings with orange-brown centres), massive gripping hands and 2-toed feet with dark-grey claws, a short, thin tail emerging from under her skirt; the torso and the outer sides of her limbs look scaly, while the inner sides have a segmented appearance. The three-headed upper body featured by Strictriss way back when was a much simpler design, while Strictya's awesome multi-serpent torso is certainly more menacing looking as it features a triplet of long snakes that seem to project from the back of each shoulder in an "ε" pattern. The two largest snakes resemble anacondas and are by default coiled around Strictya's arms; each displays the eyes set high on the head, a snub nose as well as an open mouth with a forked tongue sculpted on the inside, and wears a golden headband embellished with two coiled snake tail-like "ear" pads, two bull-like dark-grey horns whose ends are shaped like viper heads, and an elaborate crescent-shaped golden central ornament. The four remaining smaller snakes extend above the shoulders and below the armpits, and resemble pythons with flat, triangular heads and exposed tongues (the upper ones and the lower ones have their mouths closed and open, respectively). All these snakes have pairs of orange eyes with slit-shaped dark vertical pupils as well as wire-skeletons, so they are able to be posed. The detail is absolutely fantastic, and the integration of the bendable feature into these appendages makes this lady totally intimidating
Wearables: a lamellar chest armour (which looks a bit like an armoured sports bra), two studded light-green leather bracelets (each with a slithering snake pattern between the golden studs), two light-green leather calf protectors (reinforced with golden rivets), a light-green leather belt with laminar, spiked golden tassets, and a scale armour golden skirt. The chest armour is made from small rectangular plates of light-green leather laced into horizontal rows and is reinforced with riveted golden edges; it also resembles a snake face and is decorated with orange glowing eyes and white downward-pointing fangs in addition to a pair of slithering snake patterns on the "straps" and a shield-shaped central ornament. Her belt has white fangs pointing up to match the armour's design, but also sports additional orange glowing eyes and white downward-pointing fangs as well as a lamellar light-green leather loincloth (resembling a forked tongue) held by the large shield-shaped golden buckle (which displays the Unnamed Clan emblem, i.e., a light-green snake emerging from an upright, spirally coiled conic dark-green shell). Each calf protector looks like a snake face too, with orange glowing eyes, four small fangs and a gaping mouth that partially exposes a segmented golden shin guard.
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| Strictya's stylised armour. |
Action feature
In the comics, Strictya's big feature is her long serpentine projecting parts that can be used to attack and grapple her enemies. All the figure's six snake appendages are bendable and poseable, but quite sturdy. The package advertises that she can hold up to three figures, if you use the longer snakes that are normally coiled around her arms; these have hard plastic joints at their bases and necks, with bendable bodies that really give you some great options when posing this figure.
Additionally, when the hinged upper jaw of her main head is tilted back, an included long forked pink snap-in tongue can be inserted in her mouth.
Finally, since in the comics Strictya is shown at times with her lower body transformed into two massive snake bodies (giving her a nine-headed appearance) accompanied by a much larger tail, the figure comes with an alternate lower section that replaces the regular legs and attaches to the upper body by a peg at the waist. This looks awesome and wonderfully threatening, and feels very sturdy. The three serpentine parts (which remind me a bit of the monster Sabera from Steel Jeeg) are not at all bendable, but they look very dynamic on display. The long, crested tail has a swivelling end, while the two snake "legs" have orange-brown spikes and serpentine ball jointed heads, which apparently are just something that comes along with her stretching/growing power. Each extra face is similar to a Boa constrictor's head with the two toe claws above the eyes rising up to give it a horned appearance, and is topped by a ripped light-green leather headgear derived from the calf protector/shin guard, which resembles a mix of a cobra hood and a nemes with an elaborate leaf-shaped golden vertical ornament. Since this lower body piece includes a different, simpler version of the standard belt, the shield ornament on her chest can be swapped for the regular leg's belt buckle to have the Unnamed Clan emblem on her breastplate.
In the comics, Strictya's big feature is her long serpentine projecting parts that can be used to attack and grapple her enemies. All the figure's six snake appendages are bendable and poseable, but quite sturdy. The package advertises that she can hold up to three figures, if you use the longer snakes that are normally coiled around her arms; these have hard plastic joints at their bases and necks, with bendable bodies that really give you some great options when posing this figure.
Additionally, when the hinged upper jaw of her main head is tilted back, an included long forked pink snap-in tongue can be inserted in her mouth.
Finally, since in the comics Strictya is shown at times with her lower body transformed into two massive snake bodies (giving her a nine-headed appearance) accompanied by a much larger tail, the figure comes with an alternate lower section that replaces the regular legs and attaches to the upper body by a peg at the waist. This looks awesome and wonderfully threatening, and feels very sturdy. The three serpentine parts (which remind me a bit of the monster Sabera from Steel Jeeg) are not at all bendable, but they look very dynamic on display. The long, crested tail has a swivelling end, while the two snake "legs" have orange-brown spikes and serpentine ball jointed heads, which apparently are just something that comes along with her stretching/growing power. Each extra face is similar to a Boa constrictor's head with the two toe claws above the eyes rising up to give it a horned appearance, and is topped by a ripped light-green leather headgear derived from the calf protector/shin guard, which resembles a mix of a cobra hood and a nemes with an elaborate leaf-shaped golden vertical ornament. Since this lower body piece includes a different, simpler version of the standard belt, the shield ornament on her chest can be swapped for the regular leg's belt buckle to have the Unnamed Clan emblem on her breastplate.
Weapons and accessories
Aside from the tongue and lower body pieces, Strictya comes with a three-section staff, i.e., a flail weapon that is composed of three greenish wooden staffs connected by golden (real) metal chains. This weapon has a longer central bamboo staff and a shorter flail head on each end. Each striking end consists of a studded rod equipped with various nasty golden attachments, and looks like two snakes winding around each other, with one of them showing its head and the other showing its tail. One striking end bears a hooded cobra head (with a double-bitted axe as the hood) and a spider-tailed viper tail (bordered by long curved spikes), while the other end displays a viper head (with a wavy forked blade as the tongue) and a rattlesnake tail (with a flanged mace as the rattle). While the bamboo shaft can be held by Strictya's hands, the two flail heads can be clasped by the slightly pliable mouths of her "arm" snakes.
Additionally, the figure includes an alternative copperhead-style portrait, which is an exact replica of her regular head, except that it wears a copper mask with a pair of yellow glowing eyes.
Finally, there's a baby carrier that supports an infant version of Strictriss. The carrier is basically a basket made from interwoven strips of greenish cane, which is attached to a shoulder guard composed of two cobra hood-like golden spaulders and a light-green leather choker, and can be carried by Strictya on her back. Baby Strictriss is a mini bust figure permanently attached to the basket; he has swivel arms and three swivel heads, and is painted in olive-green with dark blotches.
Final thoughts
Overall: there's really no arguing that this is a fantastic looking prototype and a necessary part of the Emergence era line up. I definitely think Strictya is a very fun figure and an excellent toy. She's a crazy, bright-blue snake woman, she's got an incredible weapon, and those crazy extra snake heads and bendable parts that can capture multiple figures. That's a lot of play value for one toy! Definitely a solid addition to the 2021 series of KR prototypes
Rating: ☺☺☺☺☺ / 5
Finally, there's a baby carrier that supports an infant version of Strictriss. The carrier is basically a basket made from interwoven strips of greenish cane, which is attached to a shoulder guard composed of two cobra hood-like golden spaulders and a light-green leather choker, and can be carried by Strictya on her back. Baby Strictriss is a mini bust figure permanently attached to the basket; he has swivel arms and three swivel heads, and is painted in olive-green with dark blotches.
Final thoughts
Overall: there's really no arguing that this is a fantastic looking prototype and a necessary part of the Emergence era line up. I definitely think Strictya is a very fun figure and an excellent toy. She's a crazy, bright-blue snake woman, she's got an incredible weapon, and those crazy extra snake heads and bendable parts that can capture multiple figures. That's a lot of play value for one toy! Definitely a solid addition to the 2021 series of KR prototypes
Rating: ☺☺☺☺☺ / 5
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