By the Power of Grayskull!!!!
He-Man with Orko 1:4 EX Statue 241/350 - Pop Culture Shock
Well frak. It was my first PCS statue so I was hoping to be underwhelmed by it so I could resell it and cut back on some aspects of my collection.... total failure! Not only that but he's so freaking tall (30" and back to that in a sec) that I don't know where on Earth to put him.
Now the statue itself, simply put I have no issues whatsoever with the production, the paint or anything when it comes with the execution of the piece. It's perfect honestly, He-Man looks like he jumped off the screen, the paint is simple but perfect for a cartoon character, the base is kick ass (I wish the whole castle was behind him!!), the pose is great... like I said.
However! I find Orko to be totally useless in this piece. He's greatly made for sure but he doesn't belong, this scene is He-Man's and He-Man's alone. Orko would have been a much better EX for Man-at Arms who he keeps annoying with his magic in the cartoon.
I mentioned he's 30" and that's mighty tall. None of my shelves fit him and my second tallest statues (Master Chief, Batman and Boba Fett Mythos) reach around 25". It's not that big a difference but I can't justify lowering a whole shelf by 5" just for one piece because it would force me to remove other pieces.
So this leads me to my one complaint about this piece: the EX was simply a bad choice by Jerry and PCS. Orko doesn't do anything for this piece and even detracts, a MUCH better EX (though I realize also MUCH harder to execute) would have been 2 heads and 2 sets of arms for a "I have the POWER!!" pose. It would shave a lot of height in the statue and allow for more display options for a lot of people.
In any case I have no space for him, not sure where to put him and I'm not letting him go. So that should tell you everything you need to know.
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