I’m more a fan of the comic style than I am the movie style, but with a design this good, there’s room for variety. I’ve seen the newer Hellboy PF based on the second movie, it’s utterly gorgeous. Now this one, I hadn’t seen it in person prior to buying it, and I’d barely seen any shots. Sideshow used to put up like 3 shots per figure before instead of the dozen+ they put up now, I wasn’t sure what to expect.

I cracked it open and saw that the arm was in a completely different pose than the promo photos. Had I been ripped off?! Nope! This one has an interesting feature. The arms are soft and can be angled in different ways. You can keep them down for a casual look or try to hold them up in a more battle-ready pose. I’m not sure what material the soft arms contained but they managed to remain stationary during my review.

What surprised me the most was how fantastic the face sculpt was. The likeness looks far better than expected and the way the face is textured is gorgeous. Considering how off I think most of Sideshow’s earlier likenesses are (especially in the Star Trek/Star Wars lines, ugh), I wasn’t complaining. The chest was also nicely done with that similar rough texture. Paint apps were rock solid.

One thing that was disappointing was the jacket. It looks cheap. The patch on the jacket looks cheap. I realize techniques weren’t quite as good then but it looks far inferior to what’s done now in the 1/6th range. However, I do like the pants. They did a good job on the little BRPD belt buckle too, shame about the belt.

3.5/5. Despite how impressive some parts are, when the main fabric item looks cheap, it detracts from the whole product. If you could get a custom jacket made, it would easily bump this to a 4.

Buying Options : Last I checked, it’s been slowly trending downwards in price on Ebay.

I heard these would be SDCC exclusives so imagine my surprise when I ran into them in Toys R Us. Picked these bad boys up, struggled with the stupid packaging, here we are. Unlike Mighty Muggs, you can move the legs on these, as well as angle the head up and down. This wider range of motion allows for a little more creativity in posing.

Abe doesn’t come with an accessory and his goggles can’t come off. Slightly disappointing. Hellboy comes with his gun. The paint on these looks good and the style works for me. The leg movement is a little tricky. You’ll find they can get off-balance very easily.

3.5/5. Affordable, solid style, good way to start a toy line. I don’t expect many accessories from designer toys but one per toy would’ve been nice. From their website, seems they’re putting out more releases, good stuff.