Increasing most action figure collections' Chris Tucker quotient by one, Ruby Rhod
is something of an oddball on numerous levels. He's got Q*Bert's
snout on his head, he talked amazingly fast, and was basically what an
E! host would be like in the distant future. Post-post-glam in
appearance and mannerisms, the character stopped the movie cold and
earned a Razzie for worst new performer. As he was neither worst nor
new, it was an odd choice - there haven't been a lot of characters like
him in sci-fi movies and as an action figure he turned out quite nicely.
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As one of the most identifiable races in The Fifth Element, a non-specific Mangalore
ReAction figure just makes sense. It's not explicitly Aknot, but it's
cool and it looks like it fell out of the 1980s. The paint is a little
weak, as it should be - they nailed it here.
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I saw custom figures of this one back in the 1990s, and they look a lot like this final Korben Dallas
ReAction figure in the sense that it's sort of a Dagobah Training Luke
Skywalker meets Aquaman kind of thing. Korben comes from a sci-fi
future in which the hairstyles of the band The Police are in vogue along
with blisteringly bright orange shirts with military pants and boots.
It's a decent replica of his movie costume, plus it has a surprise in
the back - there's a gun holster in what is more or less the back of his
pants' waistband.
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I dug The Fifth Element
when I saw it at a crappy theater near my house in 1997. It didn't
dawn on me at the time, but it turned out that it was packed with a
bunch of great action figure designs which had a lot of false starts
before the likes of Diva Plavalaguna came out as a ReAction
Figure in 1997. I saw custom figures at the former Empire of Toys, I
saw prototypes in ToyFare, but no actual product hit until now! We got 7
figures, which is pretty amazing - and it also highlighted how many other
figures like Cornelius, or any of dozens of awesome, gorgeous, or
arguably sexist extras and background characters. (See: McDonald's,
Fhloston Paradise plane.)
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There aren't many catchphrases to survive The Fifth Element , but Leeloo
did have one word that really struck a chord and is also no doubt a
question you have right now. "Multipass?" Yes. Leeloo has a
Multipass! It's unpainted and tiny, so you're probably going to lose it
because if it gets in your carpet you will never see it again.
It's not the smallest 3 3/4-inch accessory ever, but it's definitely
close. Molded in her skin color plastic, Leeloo has a lot of paint to
get her up to spec while also being somewhat convincing as a retro
figure. The only problem is that the paint isn't glossy, and old Kenner
toys were shiny little dears.
I didn't even think to ask for a Predator (Thermal Vision)
ReAction Figure. I was just in Toys R Us one day, and blammo, there it
was for ten bucks. I took a few days to mull it over. "Do I need another
Predator figure?" The answer was yes, and I scooped it up even though
it's the same masked mold I've bought at least four times by now. Paint
makes up for a lot in these toys, and something this weird - and
technically something we never really saw in the movie - is a must-buy
for fans of this junk.
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The ReAction Alien line is a little weird. We've got three Kanes, two monsters, and our heroine has only two releases. The second is this Ripley (Spacesuit) figure, which is basically the first Kane in new colors and Ripley's head - now molded in flesh color. Her helmet is new, missing the flashlight on top.
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