Red Hood comes to the Mego collection.
Mego has really been producing some hits lately and so far their foray into the DC Universe has been slow and very satisfying. One of their latest figures is the Red Hood.
If you are unfamiliar with Red Hood, he is actually Jason Todd, the second person to be Robin. He was killed by the Joker and then brought back to life. He took up the identity of Red Hood and at first, was more of an anti-hero. Not afraid to kill villains when necessary. Eventually, he mellowed out a bit and was welcomed back into the Batman family.
Mego has given us a pretty good interpretation in the classic Mego form. You get the usual 26 points of articulation you expect. The head sculpt is extremely impressive. Whoever sculpted it did a great job and it looks like it came right out of the comics.
The outfit he’s wearing is a body suit with the red bat symbol, and layers of strips that give the illusion of body armor. He wears motorcycle boots and they look nice. Finally, there is the iconic brown jacket. The designers decided to use an image where the sleeves of the jacket are rolled up. But the weird part is elbow is more material in black. The fake leather they use. I believe they are supposed to simulate the rest of his body suit, but why not just give us a jacket with rolled-up sleeves and then just more of the spandex bodysuit?
Red Hood has a holster on his right leg. Now before I opened the package, I just assumed it was a knife, but it was some type of club. It’s really weird looking and I don’t understand the decision. Now due to DC Comics’ policy on no guns with action figures, they are absent here. If you know Red Hood, you know guns are his thing. The good thing is, is the hands are shaped with trigger fingers, and there are plenty of people on the net who sell guns for Mego figures.
Overall I’m really loving this figure. Yes, it does have it’s quirks but the pros really outway the cons. I highly recommend Mego’s Red Hood!
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