Last year during WrestleMania week I posted several WWE figure reviews and here we are again, WrestleMania week. I'm kicking off the week long wrestling week with a look at one the latest Elite Collection figures, Rick Boogs.
I don't recall when Rick made his WWE debut, but his over the top, loud character was something else. I thought his character was a little goofy, but when they partnered him up w/ Shinske Nakamura I started to enjoy his gimmick. After his injury that sidelined him for sometime, he returned to the WWE with a new look. His loud, boisterous character remained intact, but thus far his guitar (and ponytail) are absent. I'm so happy that Mattel decided to go with his original look for this first foray into the Elite Collection.
Rick Boogs comes in his original "denim" attire, a unique look for a wrestler. His pants are painted, however the top half of his overalls are a soft, rubbery plastic. I imagine it can be removed, but when I tried it didn't want to budge and I didn't want to risk breaking anything. The detail given to his outfit to mimic the look of denim is fantastic. The knee pads are also made of the same rubbery plastic.
Capturing the likeness of a person in toy form has come a very long way and Mattel continues to release some great looking figures, wrestlers in this case. Rick had a smile on his face most of the time, eyes squished up a little. Rick's signature look had to be his headband and his pony tail. All of these features have been expertly captured. Even the tattoo on his chest has been recreated.
Rick comes with a few accessories, including his signature electric guitar as well as two additional sets of hands - devil horns and fists. Like with virtually every action figure these days, the hands simple pull off allowing a new set of hands to be popped in.
The guitar is actually two pieces with the connection point in the middle. The strap is cast in a soft plastic and molded in a way that it easily fits around the figure. It actually fits snuggly up underneath the ponytail and looks pretty great. Using the default "open" set of hands, he is able to hold the guitar quite well and even looks like he's playing. Too bad they didn't include a small guitar pick for him to hold as well.
Now we get to the portion of the post where I don't really excel in...talking about articulation and trying to show it off with dynamic poses. If you have ever handled a WWE Elite figure before, than you know what to expect. Double jointed elbows and knees, ankle rockers, ab crunch, etc. I'm sure you or others could pull off better poses than I have. However I am loving this figure and it's become one of my favorites thus far.
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