"Raiders of the Lost Ark" is one of my all time
favorite films. It really captured my imagination when it
came out originally. Not surprisingly, I have a few of the
figures that came out around the time of the movie . Belloq
was Indy's nemesis, so I thought he'd be a good candidate for
closer look.Appearance:
Belloq first appears in "Raiders" in a pith
helmet and typical adventurer gear. But, that wasn't the
version that Kenner decided to produce in 1982.
They went for the middle of the movie, in his Marion wooing
outfit. Wow, a bad guy in khakis.
His sculpt and size are roughly the size and
quality of the "Star Wars" figures of the size of the time.
Straight arms and legs and no waist joint. Unlike SW figures
though, Belloq has knee joints and funky hip joints. The
reason for this (I'm assuming) is to allow him to ride the horse
that was part of the line. I'm sure everyone remembers the
great horse chase between Indy and Belloq (just kidding).
Fun:
Just like SW figs, most of the Raiders figures
come with a single small accessory. And what exciting item
did Indy's arch enemy come with? A map. While it's
cool, I'm sure this had to one of the most easily lost accessories
ever to come with a figure. It wasn't even legible.
Just some vaguely Egyptian looking markings. One of the
family vineyard wine bottles would have been more exciting.
However, I think the most obvious accessory would have been the
gold idol from the beginning of the film. That would've been
cool.
Overall:
To me this figure looks like he would be more at
home in on the "Love Boat" than the middle of an archeological
dig. I would have rather seen a generic German soldier over
this guy. At least then, there would've been somebody to
drive the truck that was in the line.
Engineernerd Score: 65/100
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