Got a few of these today. The surprise of the bunch, honestly, is the Blackwatch Agent! The promo images made him look kind of thick and blocky, but he's very streamlined, the smoothest joints of any figure in the set so far, and looks weirdly like a young Timothy Olyphant. I almost regret going overboard building a custom Peter Wisdom a few weeks back cos this guy would work relaly well instead (though I think the part-swap Peter does look more like him than the Agent does.) I am not a fan of the agent's demonic head though, it's a little... top-heavy? If it were more demonic I'd probably use it instead of the human head.
The parts reuse really does a lot of heavy lifting in this line but their pant apps make up for it. Eraser really is just a new head on the same old body, but he feels unique and the way the figure uses the negative space of clear plastic parts is very cool. I love that instead of parts swaps you get optional overlays to cover his invisible forearms with. I'm trying to figure out if his arm rig/holster would look better without his vest or if he needs the vest to make the holster work.
Dr. Caligari is one I kinda bought by accident, was in my cart when I ordered something else and wasn't paying attention but decided to leave hte preorder. I wish his legs were less obstructed by his jacket and my particular copy's right arm is going to need a TON of heat to bend at the elbow but he's very weird and cool. I can't wait to put him on display with Dr. Mindbender, who would be absolutely metaphorically turgid at meeting this creature. His kit is cool, too - the briefcase is awesome and the little Rock-inspired cannisters inside are incredible.
I really just don't want to call the Donner Party the Donner Party. The name grosses me out. But the figure is appropriately grotesque. Again, the parts reuse is doing a ton of work here but the overlays make it all come together. he soft goods fit really well. I can't get the dsamed shotgun to rest in his hand appropriately, but I feel like that design of gun has never worked well for any action figure ever, and this just carries on a cursed tradition.
The agent makes me wish I'd gotten the general instead, because I like the base body but I'd get more mileage out of a uniformed general than I will a single agent. And honestly, this'll do me for a while - these are very cool figures but I don't feel the need to army build or get every single variation. There's one or two Crimson Moon figures I may pick up to be stand-ins for weird characters in my Joes headcanon but I think I'm pretty happy with the collection overall.
