I finally found a place locally that had both of the wave 1 God of War figures from NECAand I had to pick them up. God of War is one of my favourite newer franchises, and NECA, as far as I know, has been the only one to do any merchandise from it. The second wave is garbage and I still see it warming the pegs everywhere, as it should. Electric and black Kratos? Woop woop, lemme just waste more dough on pretty much the same sculpt but in stupid colours. That’s a way better choice than selling any monsters or anything unique from the game, yeah!
Here’s Kratos in his armoured form. He comes with a giant sword, which is awkward to pose given his limited articulation. I decided to pose him holding the sword, because an action pose sure wasn’t happening. The angry face is a nice touch.
The detail on both the Kratos figures is really good. While I’m not entirely sold on the paintjob for the normal Kratos figure, the armoured one looks spot on.
As much as the limited articulation is a little annoying, the joints don’t stand out in an unappealing way, which is a total plus. The worst part of these figures? The absolutely garbage stand. I don’t know why they even bothered to include it, because it doesn’t help stabilize them whatsoever, and on the armoured figure, it’s so loose you can’t even lift him without the stand falling.
Accessory wise, it’s fairly limited, but they really nailed which accessories to include. The original figure has both of the Blades of Chaos, and a bloody Medusa head, which has just the perfect amount of gore. The armoured figure has an alternate colour scheme for the Blades of Chaos (I can’t remember the in-game name of that particular colour) as well as the giant sword.
Gotta say, pretty happy with these. Not happy that NECA dropped the ball on the rest of the line, but oh well! If you’re a God of War fan, your best bet is one of these two figures, both of them, or the large size (12 or 18 inch, I can’t remember) version of Kratos that was also created by NECA. There’s a few custom kits of Kratos available, but they can be rather tricky to track down.
Overall, 4/5.
Buying Options : If you’re lucky, you can find these in comic shops still. Otherwise, off to Ebay it is.
