>>9250121And lastly, we have Lugia. This figure reminded me how badly I was hurting for a good Lugia figure. It was my favorite Pokemon for a while as a kid.
The wing setup is brilliant. With a double balljointed "elbow" and balljointed thumb, you get a surprising amount of freedom to do very organic looking poses. Wing flapping poses look great, and you can maneuver the joint so it's more or less hidden pretty well. The neck and tail are on hinged balljoints, so it can look up for flight poses. The top of the head also gets its own swivel hinge joint, so you can do pretty wide open mouth poses. Hips are double balljointed I believe, and it has what amounts to knee, ankle, and toe hinges. The legs like to pull apart easily, and the wings pop off easily too (shallow peg problem again). I also would have liked to see a swivel hinge at the base of the head to allow for more posing mobility. It's not perfect, but given how happy I am with the wings, which I've never seen done so right before, I'll happily give this a 9/10.
