After two pretty cool waves, it seems that the ReAction Alien
line is in a holding pattern. At least, we haven't seen the other
space suit figures and have yet to get a Harry Dean Stanton. Now we've
got three versions of this character, as Kane (with Chestburster)
is arguably the entire reason this movie happens. As is typical for
modern horror movies, he's not careful and gets pregnant. No wait,
that's not it. Well, yes it is - and this figure is sort of a beautiful
spoiler become flesh.
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While characters in this movie have some lavish costumes, fancy jackets, and unique battle-damage, only Leeloo (Straps Costume)
gets plastic twice. A regular version came out at the same time, but
when your lead actress shows up, is killed, is rebuilt naked, and goes
on a crazy chase in the sky it generally warrants another toy. She's
pretty good.
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As one of the more memorable and fun film villains of the late 1990s, Zorg
is a must-have figure mostly for the novelty of having him. Sure, a
Pop! Vinyl figure is coming and the ReAction isn't perfect - but it's
good for ReAction standards. The basic format of the other lines is
followed closely with 5 joints and a nice accessory, one of the largest
for ReAction.
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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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