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December 31, 2004
In The Past - The Red Baron - Manfred Freiherr
Von Richthofen
| Manfred Freiherr Von Richthofen was born on
May 2, 1892 in Breslau, Germany (Wroclaw Poland). He died on April 21,
1918, at the age of 25, shot down in battle over Vaux sur Somme, France
by Australian gunners, but the fatal bullet may have also come from the
guns of Canadian flier Arthur "Roy" Brown. Manfred is also known as the
Red Baron and one of the most feared WWI Aces.
On another note, while researching the Red Baron I was shocked to
learn that despite popular belief and pop culture Snoopy never did
battle the Red Baron. Sadly the song by the Royal Guardsmen documenting
Snoopy's exploits was a work of fiction (sorry, bad humor on my part
but I could not resist)
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Review
I would like to start by saying I am now a convert.
I ordered the Baron for my friend Chris under the understanding that I
would review it before I sent it to him. Not being familiar with the
In The Past figures I really did not have great expectations for the
Barron and I thought it would be just another run of the mill figure,
I could have not been more wrong.
This figure is fantastic the attention to detail
and quality is right on the mark. the experience starts with the box.
the Barron comes with a nicely decorated protective sleeve that
once removed revels the figure in a window box the can be used for
display. the back of the window box has a nice picture and short bio of
the Baron.
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| The head sculpt on this figure is very good there were
no defects or blemishes. The only complaint here is that the paint was a
little washed and lacked highlights giving the Baron a pasty look under
les than perfect ligting..
The body is excellent it is very articulate and solid, and is similar
to the ones offered by Dragon and bbi. The figure comes with the bendy
type hands. |
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| The costume is where this figure excels. The
Baron comes with a leather jacket that is fully lined the includes
a fur collar. It should be noted that all of the the pockets are fully
functional.
His uniform is outstanding the detaining on the piping is incredible.
The stitching and attention to detail was impressive. After close
inspection I found zero defects in the costume. Finally the Baron comes
with a set of nice rubber Jack boots. .
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| The Baron does not come with a lot of accessories but
the ones he has are very nicely done. He comes with some nicely done
medals, white scarf, Leather flight hat and goggles. |
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Summary:
The Red Baron is nicely done and is a definite
recommend, in fact I'm a little sorry I promised this figure to my friend
Chris. I will most likely be contacting
Tommy's Toys
to order a Baron for my collection.
| Category |
Score (Scale 1 - 5) |
| Originality |
5.0 |
| Detail |
5.0 |
| Quality |
4.5 |
| Accessories |
3.0 |
| Overall |
4.3 |
The scores are on a scale of 1 to 5. 1 is the lowest
and five is the highest.
Scale
| Score |
Comment |
| 1 to 1.9 |
Poor |
| 2.0 to 2.9 |
Fair |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
Average |
| 3.6 to 3.9 |
Above average |
| 4.0 to 4.5 |
Very Nice |
| 4.6 to 5 |
Outstanding |
II would like to thank Tommy's toys for providing us with our test
figure. If you're looking to add the Red Baron to your collection you can
find him at Tommy's Toys. |
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