Rassilon

My second review is on the almighty Rassilon figure from the End of Time miniwave. But is the time lord president also the CO figure lord?

As you may know from my last review there are 5 sections within my review...

Likeness to the Character
Articulation
Accesories
Play Ability
Overall Rating.

But first a bit of background info...

Rassilon was at one point in history the Time Lord President. So powerful he even had an era named after him. But he became evil, He created the Death Zone where Time Lords would fight for their lives to reach Rassilon and gain the secret of immortality. For years no one could complete this mighty task until The Doctors were entered into the Death Zone by lord Borusa, he wanted them to clear the dangers that lurked within the death zone so he could recieve immortality himself. Little did he know that immortality meant being turned into a statue for eternity. During the Time war at some point the Time Lords ressurected Rassilon to lead them during the time war to lead them. He did and again went insane and by the time the Doctor had ended it Rassilon had planned on blowing open the universe and killing everything. After the Master connected to the Time Lords from Earth they were brought back into the universe with Rassilon as their leader. Before he could get his plan into action however the Tenth Doctor and the Master together sent him, Gallifrey and The Time Lords back and seemingly dead forever.

Now onto the main review....

Likeness:

The actor who played Rassilon was Timothy Dalton. This figure's face sculpt although baring slight similarities to him does not look like Timothy Dalton. His hair isn't the right colour and the facial structure just doesn't look a lot like Dalton. However his outfit looks very alike to the character's outfit. The cloak is the same length as the one Rassilon wears during the End of Time and is also the correct shade of burgundyish red. The detail on Rassilon's cloak is very good aswell and a lot of effort appears to have gone into getting the right pattern and shade of Gold. The flak jacket also looks very good and has a realistic texture to it, bumpy to show how the fabric would look. Also the trousers are the exact same colour as the ones Rassilon wore aswell, a nice little touch. His footwear is correct aswell in being black army boots. His glove is also very accurate with layers included aswell so as to give the correct texture. The best thing about this figure though however is that the Seal of Rassilon is almost a replica of the one that appeared in the show.

Likeness:7/10-Loses points for not looking like Tim.

Articulation- This figure has lots of points of articulation. It has 360 degree head articulation which is very nice as it means Rassilon can always face his foes/audience. Also it has hand articulation which is handy for the glove so he can point it in the same meanacing way he would in the actual episode. He has boot articulation which makes up for the lack of upper leg and torso articulation. He has bicep swivel aswell which is always nice. He also bends at the knee which although isnt required on this figure because leaders don't kneel it's still there just incase you need it.

Articulation:9/10-If only he had upper leg articulation it would've got a ten.

Accesories- Rassilon has one accesory, his staff. This accesory is a thing of beauty. It's spectacularly detailed right down to the diamond on the top of the staff. The seals are beautifully reproduced even at the tiny size required for the staff. It also sits beautifully in his hand with no chance of it falling out either. Something which is very nicely done. Plus it stands vertically with no problem what so ever.

Accesories:10/10-Lovely jubbly.

Play Ability-As leader of the Time Lords this figure is a must for any time war stories. He also looks great in classic stories if you wish to have him incharge of an alliance. He stands beautifully and also theres no chance of his staff dropping out of his hand either. If there's one tiny little moan I have about this its that it would be helpful if two different Time Lord figures had been produced so as to make him have an awesome looking guard. However I'm not deducting points for this.

Play Ability-10/10-He's awesomesauce

Now for the part that matters most....

Overall Rating:

Likeness-7
Articulation-9
Accesory-10
Play Ability-10
Overall Rating:36/40.

Buy this figure, Its worth it. Honestly.