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June 27 2006

MWC reviews the Deluxe Hawaiian Angel and Spike action figures due in stores soon, in detail and with excellent photos.

Craig Oxbrow | Collectibles | 21:46 CET | 17 comments total | tags: angel, spike, action figures, diamond select, dst, hawaiian shirts

Spike has no neck! How odd. He rather looks like a cartoon character who has been hit so hard on the head that it has been pushed down onto his torso.

Lioness | June 27, 21:57 CET

He doesn't quite have no neck, but your analogy of the cartoon character head hit is spot on.

zeitgeist | June 27, 22:32 CET

I think that once they put the figures side by side, they realized Spike should be shorter than Angel, so they just gave him a quick tap on the head with a hammer. Problem solved!

Rogue Slayer | June 27, 22:42 CET

I think the problem is Spike's shirt. At Wizard World it looked like the shirt was a separate piece snapped on the figure. Angel's shirt seems apart of the sculpt. In the close ups of Spike, the neck is there, it's just hidden underneath the large hawaiian shirt. Either case, I'm buying them. I can't say no to Spike in a hawaiian shirt.

oanimation | June 27, 22:55 CET

Here's what the Spike at Wizard World looked like with no shirt. So, if you want an exclusive tank top Spike, you could just buy an extra figure and slice off the Hawaiian shirt...

deanna b | June 27, 23:06 CET

Unless my memory is slipping, wasn't Spike wearing shorts, rather than full-length jeans, when he was wearing the Hawaiian shirt?

Chris inVirginia | June 27, 23:35 CET

Unless my memory is slipping, wasn't Spike wearing shorts, rather than full-length jeans, when he was wearing the Hawaiian shirt?

Yup. He wore blue jeans at the end of that episode, but with his standard black shirt.

The shorts with the hawaiian shirt and Docs were classic...

Rogue Slayer | June 27, 23:38 CET

Right, when he wanted go kick some demon ass!

I loved the bit where James, an American playing an Englishman, pretends to be an American, with a horribly fake American accent!

Chris inVirginia | June 27, 23:51 CET

My memory is slipping since a horrible financial situation forced me to sell my DVDs. Is the Spike hawaiian shirt thing from that season 4 episode when he first realized he could fight demons?

Tycho | June 28, 00:18 CET

Actually, by the time of the battle on the Hellmouth and the "I'm a friend of Xanderrrr's herrre," Spike was wearing the Hawaiian shirt with blue jeans, just like the action figure, so it's fairly accurate.

deanna b | June 28, 01:11 CET

Hmm, he either changed pants on his way to the school, or the wardrobe folks made a goof!

Rogue Slayer | June 28, 01:36 CET

You beat me to it deanna b, and yes, tycho.

newcj | June 28, 01:36 CET

I didn't remember the jeans...definitely sounds like a wardrobe malf...uh, goof.

The shorts and shirt outfit was hilarious.

Chris inVirginia | June 28, 01:51 CET

I predict mad usage of the "hawaiian shirts" tag.

Scotto | June 28, 01:54 CET

That's my hope. I haven't spawned a meme in months.

(And nice catch with the shirtless pic, Deanna.)

Craig Oxbrow | June 28, 04:27 CET

I think they both look rather silly.

cheryl | June 28, 08:01 CET

"I think they both look rather silly."

And in that regard they achieved what they should have. Because they both looked extremely silly, as they were meant to, on the show.

DB's performance was very LOL silly as well.
Loved it.

I ordered a Spike and Angel set from BCB Comics a long time ago but I can't remember if it was this one or the Destiny one. BCB is cheap as heck but rather slow. So I may not know for quite a while.

Xane | June 28, 22:10 CET

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