Product Description

These action figures, the first of two assortments totaling eight figures, are straight from the movie! Featuring exquisite sculpting and detailing, the first assortment of the WATCHMEN MOVIE action figures includes:

Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) 6.25" H

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12631 in Toys & Games
• Brand: DC Comics
• Model: JAN098120
• Released on: 2009-02-04
• Dimensions: 13.50" h x 6.00" w x 8.50" l,

Features

• A DC Direct release
• From the 2009 film Watchmen
• Multiple points of articulation
• Packaged in a 4-color window box
• Figure includes a display base

From the Manufacturer
This action figure, from the first of two assortments totaling eight figures, is straight from the feature film Watchmen. It features exquisite sculpting and detailing. Rorschach stands 6.25" tall and features movie accurate costume detailing.

Customer Reviews

Hrmmmm
I have been waiting a long time to get a Rorschach action figure. The original comic book had a section on a proposed Watchmen figure line featuring Rorschach and Night Owl, and as a kid that had me drooling in anticipation. I wanted those toys so badly! Next, I saw the prototype figures for Watchmen figures at the 2000 San Diego Comic Con, and although Rorschach wasn't among them you knew that he would be coming along soon enough. But that figure line was canceled due to complaints by author Alan Moore. I understood and respect his point of view, but I still wish I had those figures!

But at last, here we are. Not exactly the action figures I was hoping for, as they are based on the film adaptation, but it is hard to complain. Of all the Wave 1 figures based on the new "Watchmen" film, this is obviously the figure to get. Not just because it is of Rorschach, but because unlike Nite Owl, Silk Spectre and Ozymandias, Rorschach's costume wasn't changed from the original comic book.

This is clearly a collector's figure, and not really meant for play. On the box they even call it a "Collector Action Figure", just so no one misunderstands. It is much more of a plastic statue than anything else, with limited posability. The arms can bend at the elbow and rotate at the shoulder, but the legs are immobile. As far as the sculpting goes, it is perfect. He looks exactly what Rorschach should look like. In the modern era of laser-scanning technology, one expects nothing less.

It stands about 6-7 inches high, maybe a little bit more if you include the base. The base, which looks like a vaguely industrial stand, is important, as the figure can't really stand on its own. It attaches in a method I haven't seen before, where you push a peg up from the bottom into the figures foot. You have to be careful, as I almost threw out the little pegs along with the packaging before I realized what they were! There are three spots for the peg, so you have a little choice on positioning although not in pose.

They could have done a little more with the figure, like giving you a "Kovacs" head to swap out and a "The End is Nigh" sign-board. (Although you can buy this version as a variant figure.) One of the hands can be replaced with a gripping hand to hold his included grappling gun, but that is about it. For the price it is a bare-bones figure.

Not quite the figure I wanted so badly as a kid (and still want!), but it is pretty cool to have a Rorschach figure on my desk menacing my other figures, including the original hero Rorschach was based on, The Question.

Hurm
Gripe #1, the [lack of] articulation on this figure is ridiculous. Not because I want to create my own kewl "action pose"... I just want the friggin' thing to STAND UP, and with the legs and feet the way they are, it is impossible to get it to stand on its own and look normal, so the base becomes an unfortunate requirement (unless of course you already have pegged stands).

Which leads me to gripe #2, which is the positioning of the pegs on the base. It's a square base (like the one seen in the Doc Manhattan photos) with holes in the center, back edge and front edge, but since the hole is in Rorschach's back (right) foot, there's no way to get him into the center of the base; he's either leaning into the center, or hanging off of the edge.

Overall, it's a cool enough looking figure. Not the greatest, but most of my issues with the way it looks are my own, and likely not everybody else's. Paint and colors are good, detail is good, pose is on the stupid side, and the permanently cocked head is a bit annoying, but all-in-all, it's not bad.

If I could only just stand it on a flat surface by itself like any other decent figure, I'd be happy.

More of a statue than an action figure
Rorschach will always be the coolest character from the best graphic novel of all time, unfortunately he could have gotten a better action figure. This action figure is simply for show purposes only. He has very little articulation and barely any poses. His head swivels, his arms can move up, his elbows bend and his legs rotate. While his overall look is very detailed this figure is quite disappointing. The bottom part of his coat "the dress part" is one big block and his legs stick out once the block ends. His waist does not move and his legs do not bend. Back at Comic Con 2008 DC stated that this figure would have a changeable clear mask plates to accommodate the moving fluids in the movie, surprisingly none of those features can be found in this retail version and is just another let down. If you want a Rorschach action figure this is the only one you'll get for a long time, Let's just hope DC decides to release a proper line of Watchmen figures in the future based of the comic and not the movie(Hooded Justice????).