Alex Rider 6" Figure - Alex Rider Variant

by Jazwares

Product Features

• Features Alex Rider- Varient
• Collector quality.
• Accurately detailed and fully poseable.
• Based on the popular Alex Rider Series

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000GX2HZ2
• Item model number: 31002
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #457,098 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Alex Rider is a fourteen-year-old boy whose life is turned completely upside down when his uncle is killed. The secrets he learns about Ian Rider and how he earned a living results in Alex becoming a member of MI6, a British intelligence agency, where his

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's hard to make a good action figure based on a living actor, April 24, 2008

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John Wheeler "Johanan Rakkav" (King David's Harp, Inc., Houston, TX. USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Alex Rider 6" Figure - Alex Rider Variant (Toy)

It's hard to make a really good plastic action figure based on a living actor. I'm just amazed that people actually collect STAR TREK and STAR WARS figures based on living actors (without heavy costuming, that is). Action figures seem to look and work better when based on animals, or else on animated characters or artwork (Western comic strips and animation, Japanese manga and anime, etc.).

I think the makers of this toy should've taken a cue from the superb manga-based artwork of the Alex Rider graphic novels. As it is, the body proportions, face and hair fit a person who is at least three years too old (seventeen and upward, maybe even very young adult). Also, the joints are surprisingly stiff. However, the toy is very durable and well-wrought, and if one can imagine Alex having had three years and a considerable growth spurt come upon him, then a child (or a collector like me) could use this as a type of his final and committed (however initially reluctant) acceptance of his role as a spy.