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Movie Maniacs Jaws Box Set

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If you're a horror or just plain film fan you have to own this awesome piece of memorabilia. Not so much a "toy" as a model it captures the thrilling ending of the classic, JAWS perfectly even coming with a little "Quint" that you can fit into JAW's gaping maw. (How cute, he even comes apart at the waist revealing bloody innards, awwww!) The only gripe I have (call me crusty like good 'ol Quint I suppose) is that this is so much a sculpture and not a toy. I would've liked to be able to close JAW's mouth or be able to remove him from the playset like their King Kong is able to. These are minor gripes though it is still cool as all hell. Suggestion: Make a JAWS 2 figure with a removeable JAWS shark or better yet make an 18" JAWS with a mini-Roy Schieder! Bottom line: Own this great Mcfarlane, you movie maniacs!!

Fans looking to get a small slice of their favorite movie will be in heaven with the Jaws Box Set. McFarlane Toys does their usual top-notch job on the sculpting and detailing, and the value-for-money is great. The set includes the doomed ship Orca, complete with Jaws himself (itself?), rising up onto the deck to consume the Skipper, Quint. Quint is the capper to a great toy: he is able to split into two pieces, and fits perfectly into Bruce's mouth.......
The details on this toy are PHENOMENAL!! From the perfectly sculpted waves to the look on Quint's face, McFarlane Toys really pulled out all the stops. They even perfectly re-created the interior of the Orca, which most people would probably never even notice.

I brought this set to work with me, to show a friend, and everyone that passed my desk had to stop and play with it. Everybody wanted to have one of their own......

Note to McFarlane toys: MORE!!!!!

I'm not a collector of McFarlane movie models, but since JAWS is one of my favorite films I couldn't resist this beautifully crafted set piece. If you're a McFarlane fan or a JAWS fan or know someone who is, do not pass this item up. I just wish that it had not taken a quarter of century for a decent Jaws "toy" to come along. Although this is more of a static model than a toy, the fact that the figure of Quint can be inserted in the shark's mouth, stood on deck, or even "bitten" in half, gives this model some minor degree of playability. I still, however, would like to see someone come out with a fully playable action figure line for Jaws... perhaps for the 30th Anniversary of the film? (Hint, hint!)

Now the negatives for this item, which are very minor. The figure of Quint is great, but where's Chief Martin Brody? While Quint was being eaten in this scene, Brody had a front row seat and the model seems incomplete without him. But I won't remove a star in my overall rating because of this.

What's really preventing this from being a five-star review is the Orca's "rigging" which present the only "assembly required" aspect of this item. The guy wires supporting the mast are made of common string. One end of the six strings are glued to the top of the mast, and plastic plugs are glued to the other end of the string. You have to insert these tiny plugs into their tiny fittings on the deck. Unfortunately, these plugs can easily pull away from the string since they are only glued to the string.

After you've done this, the central guy wires, which attach to the deck of the flying bridge, look rather limp because the fore and aft guy wires are more taunt and are what are really stabilizing the mast. So, I decided to make my own rigging out of very thin and pliable metal wire which I found at the hardware store. No need for those plastic plugs anymore. After removing the string from the top of the mast, I wrapped the six wires around the mast and crimped the end other end of the wire though the deck fittings. It actually looks better this way because the the wire is thinner than the string and is therefore proportional to the size of the model. Besides, in the movie, if you look closely, the Orca's guy wire's were metallic anyway.

So despite the fact I had to make my own improvements to the model, and the fact there should have been a Chief Brody figure included, I still give this item four-stars for the exceptional craftsmanship and the unbelievably reasonable price.

I have my McFarlane "Orca" sitting atop my computer monitor at work. I LOVE IT. We Don't need a bigger boat! This boat is tremendous. It fits perfectly across the top of my computer monitor. Beautiful workmanship in this model, so many details. I have the little "Quint" in the sharks mouth. It's fun to watch the surprised look on peoples faces when they come in to my office. As an artist, I can "get away with it". I totally suggest getting one of these for the fisherman in your life! I only have one question. Where is "Brody" and "Hooper"? They get eaten? A little tenderizing, and down ya go! McFarlane, you did it again...great stuff!

it's unbelieveable! McFarlane is the best. and to capture the best scene of Jaws is just flat out awsome.
i wonder what McFarlane is going to do next?

I just have to say this is AWESOME!! I thought it was going to be about half the size it actually is. It is about a foot and a half long. Detail is perfect. It is more of a display model than a toy, which is fine by me. You should by it!

This is a great stand and is extreamly durible. I have bought two of them so I could salvage parts from one and put it into the making of a compleate ORCA. I would not recomend doing this unless you have alot of time to put into it. The plugs that hold the mast are very delicate. There are a cupple of thing wrong with the ORCA, the most noticable is the bow of the boat witch should be straight instead of curved the others you would have to watch JAWS and have your Jaws stand their with you to compeare the stand's Orca to the one in the movie.

Any fan of Todd Mcfarlins (Movie Maniace Figures)must have this in there collection. The JAWS delux box set is amazing. The shark is amazingly detailed. Bloody jaws and scar marks from battles. The sinking boat is crawling with detail:Broken window, supplies seen in jaws, and most of all the set of jaws on the window-that was in the movie. Last the figure of Quint: the unlucky fisherman who becomes luch can split apart reviling guts and put back togther as if nothing happend to him. The figure can be palced on the bout and most of all in the sharks mouth. Besides Quint this toy would be ok for a kid 9+. The gore really is not that bad- hey its Jaws, what do you expect.This is really not a toy, more of a display, but can be played with along with care. Any Manice fan or Jaws fan really should have this in there collection.

I recently purchased this Jaws deluxe bos set and was very satisfied. There isonly tow problems that i have noticed, they are that Officer Brody isnt present anywhere in this set and he was in the scene at the time and the other reason is the rows are the sharks teeth on the bottom. They detailed it a little to much. Other then those two problems there is nothing wrong with this set. If you are a JAWS fan then I reccomend picking one up.

one of the best toys on the market. as all mcfarlane toys, it is very detailed... Will be a sell out.